Hardware manual

Apollo Hardware Manual Introducing Apollo

Apollo Features

• Superior-sounding 18 x 24 audio interface with uncompromising UA analog design

• Realtime monitoring and tracking with premium UAD Powered Plug-Ins

• Additional mixing and mastering DSP horsepower for your sessions

• FireWire 800 built-in

• Thunderbolt connectivity available via Thunderbolt Option Card

Audio Interface

• Sample rates up to 192 kHz at 24-bit word length

• 18 x 24 simultaneous input/output channels:

• Eight channels of analog-to-digital conversion via mic, line, or high-impedance inputs

• 14 channels of digital-to-analog conversion via:

• Eight mono line outputs

• Stereo monitor outputs

• Two stereo headphone outputs

• 10 channels of digital I/O via:

• Eight channels ADAT Optical I/O with S/MUX for high sample rates

• Two channels coaxial S/PDIF I/O with sample rate conversion

• Two FireWire 800 ports for daisy-chaining other FireWire devices

Microphone Preamplifiers

• Four high-resolution, ultra-transparent, digitally-controlled analog mic preamps

• Front panel and software control of all preamp parameters

• Switchable low cut filter, 48V phantom power, 20 dB pad, polarity inversion, and stereo linking

• Unison™ technology for deep integration with UAD preamp plug-ins

Monitoring

• Stereo monitor outputs (independent of eight line outputs)

• Digitally-controlled analog monitor outputs maintains highest fidelity

• Front panel control of monitor levels and muting

• Two stereo headphone outputs with independent mix buses

• Independent front panel analog volume controls for headphone outputs

• Front panel pre-fader metering of monitor bus levels

• S/PDIF outputs can be set to mirror the monitor outputs

UAD-2 Inside

• DUO and QUAD models featuring two or four SHARC processors

• Realtime UAD Processing on all of Apollo’s analog and digital inputs

• Same features and functionality as other UAD-2 devices when used with DAW

• Can be combined with other UAD-2 devices for increased mixing DSP

• Includes UAD Powered Plug-Ins “Realtime Analog Classics Plus” bundle

• Complete UAD Powered Plug-Ins library is available online