User Manual

Apollo 8 Hardware Manual Introduction 6

Apollo 8 Features

Key Features

• Next-generation Apollo A/D and D/A conversion for professional music production

• Onboard UAD-2 QUAD or DUO Core DSP allowing Realtime UAD Processing

• 4 Unison™-enabled mic preamps for tracking through preamp emulations from

Neve, API, and Universal Audio*

• 18 x 24 Thunderbolt 2 audio interface with powerful Console 2.0 software control

• Cascade up to 4 Apollo interfaces and 6 UAD devices total over Thunderbolt

• Convenient front panel monitoring functions including Alt Speakers, and

assignable Dim or Mono

• Includes “Realtime Analog Classics Plus” plug-in bundle

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

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 Thunderbolt 2 ports facilitates daisy-chaining of other Thunderbolt devices

Microphone Preampliﬁers

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

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

• Front panel and software control of all preamp parameters

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

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