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 Universal Audio History 239
Re-founded in 1999
Universal Audio was re-founded in 1999 by Bill’s sons, James Putnam and Bill Putnam
Jr., with two main goals: to faithfully reproduce classic analog recording equipment in
the tradition of their father; and to design new digital recording tools in with the sound
and spirit of vintage analog technology. To that end, Universal Audio employs the world’s
brightest DSP engineers and digital modeling authorities to develop our award-winning
UAD Powered Plug-Ins platform. Featuring the most authentic analog emulation plug-ins
in the industry, our DSP gurus work with the original hardware manufacturers — using
their exact schematics, golden units, and experienced ears — to give UAD plug-ins
warmth and harmonics in all the right places, just like analog.
Nothing better represents the merging of our analog heritage and groundbreaking digital
designs than the award-winning Apollo audio interface. Introduced in 2012, Apollo has
become the new worldwide standard for professional music production, and has been
used to record breakthrough albums by artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Coldplay, Dr. Dre,
Brad Paisley, and many more.
With 165 employees and offices in Los Angeles, Colorado, and Amsterdam, Universal
Audio is headquartered near Silicon Valley in Scotts Valley, California — where our
classic analog gear is still hand-built, one unit at a time.
Software or hardware, every Universal Audio product is backed by a decades long legacy
of innovation, superlative quality, and technical passion.