I was sold on the UAD line for years, but only recently could I actually buy one the variants. I initially wanted to get a used UAD-1 or UAD-2 PCI Solo card, but as soon as the Apollo series was launched, I was drooling. I built a computer specifically for this device, picking a Gigabyte Gaming motherboard as that was the line that they claimed years ago was compatible. Since their information was outdated even then and motherboards continually are replaced with new ones, I went with the current Z270X Gaming 7 variant. This board also had Thunderbolt 3 onboard, so no need for an add-on.
The unit needs some software, such as the UAD console, to be installed. It claims to support WDM, but in my experience, it's not what you would expect from such an expensive product by such a legendary company.
On my first attempt to use it, I could here computer audio for half a second and then it would stop. In fact, if it was a Youtube video, the video would immediately hang after that half second of audio made it through. After troubleshooting, I realized that if you right-click on the volume control on the taskbar, then select "Sounds", then "Playback", I could disable the Apollo and reenable it and it would begin working uninterrupted, and the spinning Youtube video would instantly start playing again.
This was very odd, but there is a drawback to this "work around", there is intermittent noise and any inputs on the Apollo are destroyed by far more noise. Basically, it's unusable to record if you do the disable/enable trick.
That said, just turning it on and using Pro Tools, it works flawlessly. Essentially the WDM audio will not be available, but recording via the 2 inputs as well as the 8 ADAT lightpipe channels has none of the noise that occurs if you do the disable/enable trick.
Support is a bit of a joke if you want to speak to a human. Their website states that it's 4 days a week from 9am to 1pm PST, but that's not true, it's only 11am to 1pm—only 2 hours for 4 days a week! The person I spoke with was friendly enough, but he didn't even own an Apollo device himself. I'm awaiting contact from support for more troubleshooting, but I've disabled all the BIOS settings requested, set my processor to a static speed, and everything under the sun that is suggested on forums, but nothing has worked.
There are plenty of people complaining about Windows 10 support, so be aware of this.
All that said, it's still work it for me. This unit gives the ability to record 10 channels of audio (using the ADAT input for 8), supports Unison for real-time emulation of some preamps like Avalon, gives easy control of input, monitor, and phone levels, and comes with some of the most iconic compressor/limiters. This is what I was after all along, the ability to emulate multiple LA-2As and 1176s, rather than pay $2000 to $4000 for a hardware unit for only one channel.
I've since gone plugin crazy, thanks to the terrific holiday sales that were happening and acquired pretty much everything that I could want. Now, I can emulate awesome sounding bass and guitar amps, add some classic sounding reverbs, and even do some vocoding.
All in all, I couldn't be happier with the performance, but I do have a huge point of contention with the poor Windows 10 support. Still, the pros outweigh the cons, and my mixes are exploding with quality that I never could achieve before with knock off plugins like Reaper has built in. There is such a massive difference, I can't ever go back.
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I put off buying one of these for a while. I didn’t want to spend the money. I thought I could get the same sound from a Scarlett 4i4. I used the scarlet for a while, and truth be told it is a good interface. However, it is not in the same league of the Apollo twin. Not even close. After I received the Apollo twin, I did side-by-side comparison recordings, and there is a very audible and distinct quality difference between the two. Furthermore, the scarlet runs off USB bus power, and thus only has so much amplification, including for monitoring, before the sound gets distorted. The Apollo twin suffers from none of these problems. it is an incredibly high quality, audio interface, and given the quality of the materials, it is worth what they charge for it. Having said that, here are a few nits:My biggest gripe is that it didn’t come with a thunderbolt cable. I guess I should read the fine print. But at this price point, they should be including a cable. The unit is literally worthless without the cable. It’s like receiving your favorite toy on Christmas morning only to be told that it needs batteries and there are no batteries. Do better UA.It comes with “legacy” plug-ins. They are pretty good. Although at this price, I don’t know why they don’t give you a coupon to choose two or three free plug-ins. Unfortunately their plug-ins are a fortune.The big knob is slippery and the edges are sharp. There are no grooves for your fingers. They should smooth it and add some grooves.The on screen interface is not scalable. Buttons and text are tiny. you would think at this price point they would at least give you a screen interface that was legible.Their software package that you must install to use the unit is massive ant over 3 GB. This is because they include every single plug-in they sell. I know why they do this for marketing and sales, but it’s wrong to load all these plug-ins without giving the user the ability to uncheck them and not install them. It’s actually quite intrusive and totalitarian (ie not user friendly). Do better UA.You have to twist the power cord to “lock“ it into position where the unit won’t turn on. This is a good feature, however, they should make it well known because evidently many many people, including myself, couldn’t figure out how to turn the unit on, they could’ve saved themselves a lot of support requests by simply putting a little red tag or something on the line.The LED indicators on the unit are not high resolution. They barely move, regardless of whether the content you are playing is soft or loud. They should have a much higher resolution LED at this price point.There should be two headphone jacks, but there is only one.
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