Hardware manual

Apollo FireWire Hardware Manual Welcome
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A Letter from Bill Putnam Jr.
Thank you for deciding to make an Apollo High-Resolution Interface part of your music making
experience. We know that any new piece of gear requires an investment of time and money — and our
goal is to make your investment pay off. The fact that we get to play a part in your creative process is
what makes our efforts meaningful, and we thank you for this.
In many ways, the Apollo family of audio interface products represent the best examples of what
Universal Audio has stood for over its long history; from UA’s original founding in the 1950s by my
father, through our current vision of delivering the best of both analog and digital audio technologies.
Starting with its high-quality analog I/O, Apollo’s superior sonic performance serves as its foundation.
This is just the beginning however, as Apollo products are the only audio interfaces that allow you to
run UAD plug-ins in real time. Want to monitor yourself through a Neve® console channel strip while
tracking bass through a classic Fairchild or LA-2A compressor? Or how about tracking vocals through
a Studer® tape machine with some added Lexicon® reverb?* With our growing library of more than
90 UAD plug-ins, the choices are limitless.
At UA, we are dedicated to the idea that this powerful technology should ultimately serve the creative
process — not be a barrier. These are the very ideals my father embodied as he invented audio
equipment to solve problems in the studio. So as you begin to incorporate Apollo into your creative
process, we hope that the excitement and pride that we’ve built into it comes through. We believe
Apollo will earn its way into your creative workflow by providing stunning fidelity, great ease-of-use,
and rock-solid reliability for years to come.
As always, please feel free to reach out to us via our website www.uaudio.com, and via our social
media channels. We look forward to hearing from you, and thank you once again for choosing Universal
Audio.
Sincerely,
Bill Putnam Jr.
*All trademarks are recognized as property of their respective owners. Individual UAD Powered Plug-Ins sold separately.