User's Manual

Apollo Solo USB Manual Console Overview 63
Console Functions
Console enables the following functionality when used with Apollo Solo USB:
• Hardware control. All of Apollo Solo USB’s front panel hardware controls (except
headphone volume) can be software controlled using Console, facilitating easy
hardware manipulation even if Apollo Solo USB is placed out of reach of the
computer operator.
• Low-latency monitoring. Using Console eliminates the latency associated with DAW
I/O buffering that makes monitoring problematic for the performer. By removing
the DAW’s software input monitoring feature from the monitoring signal flow
altogether, the need to adjust I/O buffer sizes and latency is no longer an issue.
• Realtime UAD Processing. UAD Powered Plug-Ins can be inserted into all Console
inputs and/or auxiliary returns (within available DSP resources), for the ultimate
latency-free sonic experience while monitoring and/or tracking live performance.
All processed (or unprocessed) inputs and stereo mix buses, including the
monitor, auxiliary, and headphone buses, can be optionally routed into the DAW
for recording.
• Unison. Apollo Solo USB’s Unison
™
technology gives you the tone of the world’s
most sought-after tube and solid state mic preamps, guitar amps, and pedals
— including their all-important impedance, gain stage “sweet spots,” and
component-level circuit behaviors.
• Send/Return auxiliary buses. Console has two stereo aux buses, with independent
send levels per input, for grouped signal processing (conserving UAD DSP
resources) or routing to the DAW.
• Flexible cue monitor mixing. A separate stereo headphone cue mix bus is available
with per-input sends to ensure performers are able to hear “more me” if desired.
• Session management. Complete Console configurations can be saved and loaded
to/from disk as presets, for convenient and unlimited session management.
Console sessions can also be stored/recalled within the DAW project using the
Console Recall plug-in.
Global Functions
Parameters within Console Settings are available for configuring various global behaviors:
• Hardware. Global interface settings such as sample rate and reference levels.
• Software. Global software settings for Console such as metering and plug-in
window behaviors.