User Manual
Apollo 8 Hardware Manual Block Diagram 38
Block Diagram
Apollo 8 Hardware Block Diagram 
V09
INPUT CHANNELS 1 - 2
INPUT CHANNELS 3 - 4
LINE OUTPUTS 1 - 8
MONITOR OUTPUTS 
HEADPHONES 1 & 2 L/R
OUTPUT 
VOLUME
D/A
HP OUT
SHARC® 
DSP
DRAM
SHARC® 
DSP
DRAM
SHARC® 
DSP
DRAM
SHARC® 
DSP
DRAM
ARM® 
PROCESSOR
S/PDIF 
IN
ADAT IN
1/4” TRS
THUNDERBOLT
TM
 2 
OPTION CARD
FRONT PANEL
MIXER
CLOCKING / SYNC
SYSTEM CONTROL
OPTOOPTOOPTOOPTO
HI-Z AUTOMATICALLY SELECTED 
IF PLUG INSERTED IN HI-Z JACK
HI-Z IN
MIC IN
MIC PAD
IN/OUT
+48V ON/OFF
INPUT GAIN
10 – 65 dB
PAD
MIC/LINE
SELECT
A/D
LINE IN
XLR FEMALE
1/4” TS
1/4” TRS
ø
LOW-CUT
ON/OFF
POLARITY 
CONTROL
MIC-LINE/HI-Z
SELECT
+48V
MIC IN
MIC PAD
IN/OUT
+48V ON/OFF
INPUT GAIN
10 – 65 dB
PAD
A/D
XLR FEMALE
LINE IN
1/4” TRS
ø
LOW-CUT
ON/OFF
POLARITY 
CONTROL
MIC/LINE
SELECT
+48V
D/A
+4dBu / -10dBV
SELECT
PAD
LINE OUT
1/4” TRS
D/A
MONITOR
OR LINE
OUT
1/4” TRS
OUTPUT 
VOLUME
PAD
+14dBu / +20dBu
SELECT
WORD CLOCK I/O
WC TERM ON/OFF
75 Ω 
BNCBNC
RCA
Unison™ 
IMPEDANCE 
SWITCHING
(HI-Z)
Unison™ 
IMPEDANCE 
SWITCHING 
(MIC)
MON / LINE
SELECT
Pad Works on 
Stereo Pairs
INPUT CHANNELS 5 - 8
LINE IN PAD
IN/OUT
PAD
A/D
ø
LOW-CUT
ON/OFF
POLARITY 
CONTROL
LINE IN
1/4” TRS
PGA
BYPASS
PGA
PGA
PGA
BYPASS
Unison™ 
IMPEDANCE 
SWITCHING 
(MIC)
RCA
S/PDIF 
OUT
ADAT OUT
THUNDERBOLT
TM
 2 PORTS
TBTB
PGA = PROGRAMMABLE-GAIN 
AMPLIFIER
PCIe OPTION CARD SLOT










