Hardware manual

Apollo FireWire Hardware Manual Features

Features

Key Features

• Worldwide standard in professional A/D and D/A conversion for music production

• Onboard UAD-2 QUAD Core DSP allows Realtime UAD Processing — record through plug-ins from Neve,

Lexicon, Studer, Marshall, Ampex, and more*

• 4 Unison-enabled mic preamps for tracking through preamp emulations from Neve, API, and Universal Audio*

• 18 x 24 FireWire audio interface for Mac and Windows 7

• Cascade two Apollos for 16 analog I/O channels and 12 digital I/O channels

• Includes “Realtime Analog Classics Plus” UAD plug-in bundle with 610-B Tube Preamp & EQ, Raw

Distortion, Softube Amp Rooms, legacy LA-2A, 1176, and Fairchild compressors, Pultec EQs, and more

• Upgradeable to Thunderbolt via Thunderbolt 2 Option Card (Mac only; sold separately)

• World class UA analog design, superior components, and premium build quality

* All trademarks are recognized as property of their respective owners. Individual UAD Powered Plug-Ins sold separately.

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, pad, polarity, and stereo linking

• Unison™ technology for deep integration with UAD preamp and pedal 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