User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- A Letter from Bill Putnam Jr.
- Introducing Apollo Solo USB
- Getting Started
- Hardware Controls & Connectors
- Apollo Solo USB System Overview
- Working With Apollo Solo USB
- Essential Apollo Solo USB Concepts
- Setting the DAW to use Apollo Solo USB I/O
- Accessing Apollo Solo USB’s I/O in the DAW
- Input Monitoring with the DAW
- Using Console with the DAW
- UAD Plug-Ins: Console versus DAW
- Virtual I/O
- Using Apollo Solo USB for System Sound I/O
- Using Apollo Solo USB Without Audio Software
- Console Overview
- What is Console?
- Console Functions
- Global Functions
- When To Use Console
- Interactions Between Console and Apollo Solo USB
- Accessing Console
- Console Layout
- Global Window Elements
- Meter Bridge Overview
- Info Bar Overview
- Current Bank Overview
- View Column Overview
- Monitor Column Overview
- Channel Strips Overview
- Console Plug-In Inserts Overview
- Insert Effects Overview
- Popover Windows
- HP Cue Overview
- Sends Overview
- Console Sessions Overview
- Console Settings Overview
- Multiple Undo/Redo
- Keyboard Focus & Control
- Adjusting Console Controls
- Controls Shortcuts
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Console Reference
- Console Plug-In Inserts
- Insert Types
- Inserts Signal Flow
- Inserting UAD Plug-Ins
- Removing UAD Plug-Ins
- Editing UAD Plug-Ins
- Insert Assign Popover
- Inserts Display
- Insert State Indicators
- Insert Hover Options
- Insert Options Menu
- Channel Insert Effects
- Plug-In Editor Window
- Channel Strips
- Presets Manager
- Presets Manager Popover
- Save Preset Popover
- Console Settings
- Unison
- Console Recall Plug-In
- UAD Meter & Control Panel
- Using UAD Plug-Ins
- Tempo Sync
- UA Account & Store
- Latency & Apollo Solo USB
- Device Drivers
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Specifications
- Hardware Block Diagram
- Universal Audio History
- Notices
- Technical Support
Apollo Solo USB Manual Glossary 233
Transimpedance Preamplifier A transformerless solid-state preamplifier utilizing a
transistor configuration that employs current feedback for ultra-low distortion and the
highest possible quality of signal from input to output. The transimpedance design allows
audio from 4 Hz to 150 kHz to pass through without altering the phase relationships
between fundamental frequencies and overtones. Noise and distortion are kept to near-
theoretical minimums so critical signals may be generously amplified without degrading
the quality or character of the sound source.
TRS Acronym for Tip-Ring-Sleeve. A ¼” phone connector with three conductors, typically
used for balanced signal connections (e.g., I/O) or carrying two unbalanced signals (e.g.,
headphones).
TS Acronym for Tip-Sleeve. A ¼” phone connector with two conductors, typically
used for unbalanced signal connections. Note that TS, like TRS and XLR, denotes the
connector only and does not necessarily indicate the signal level of the connection. TS/
TRS/XLR cables are used for both low-level (e.g., microphones and instruments) and
line-level connections.
UAD Acronym for “Universal Audio Digital.” Used in reference to digital products created
by Universal Audio.
UAD-2 A line of DSP accelerator products developed and manufactured by Universal
Audio.
Unison Universal Audio’s exclusive preamp hardware/software integration technology that
enables UAD preamp plug-ins reconfigure the physical input impedance, gain staging
response, and other parameters of Apollo’s mic preamp hardware to match the emulated
preamp’s hardware design characteristics with bi-directional hardware and software
control.
Virtual I/O Apollo audio inputs and outputs that exist in software but not in hardware.
Virtual I/O is used to route digital audio channels between Console and other audio
applications.
Wet Refers to a signal that is processed, e.g., recording a wet signal. The antonym of a
“dry” signal.
Word Clock A dedicated clock signal based on the transmitting device’s sample rate or
the speed with which sample words are sent over a digital connection. (See “Clock”)
XLR A standard three-pin connector used by many audio devices, with pin 1 typically
connected to the shield of the cabling, thus providing ground. Pins 2 and 3 are used to
carry audio signal, normally in a balanced (out of phase) configuration.