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 Working With Apollo Solo USB 59
Using Apollo Solo USB for System Sound I/O
Apollo Solo USB’s I/O can be used for the computer’s system sound audio. System sound
audio I/O is used by music players, web browsers, system software alert sounds, and
similar applications — essentially, any audio application that doesn’t access Apollo Solo
USB’s ASIO drivers directly.
If an audio application doesn’t have its own setting for accessing an I/O device directly, it
uses the device specified within the Sound control panel in the operating system. When
Apollo Solo USB is set as the audio I/O device in the OS, any audio software that uses
system sound will use Apollo Solo USB for I/O.
Important: To prevent system sounds from being inadvertently routed into Apollo
Solo USB’s outputs and/or DAW recordings, setting Apollo Solo USB as the output
device for system sounds is generally not recommended when using a DAW.
System Sound Routing
When the OS is set to use Apollo Solo USB for system sound I/O, audio levels are
controlled by the audio application, Apollo Solo USB, or both, as described below.
System Sound Output
Audio from the application is routed to Apollo Solo USB’s main outputs and mixed with
Apollo Solo USB’s input signals. The application’s audio level is controlled from within
the audio application, while Apollo Solo USB’s input levels are controlled within Console.
Note: To adjust the level of system audio at Apollo Solo USB’s outputs, use the
output level control within the audio application.
System Sound Input
The level of Apollo Solo USB’s input signals being routed into the audio application are
adjusted with the preamp controls — and UAD plug-ins, if any — in Console. In this
scenario, Console’s input faders don’t control levels routed to the audio application.
Signals routed to audio applications are always pre-fader (Console’s input faders control
monitoring levels only, not recording levels).
Tip: It’s usually best to keep Console metering set to pre-fader (in Console
Settings>Display Panel) so the input meters accurately represent the signal level
at the audio application’s inputs.