User Manual

Apollo Twin X Hardware Manual Introduction 4
Introduction
World-Class Conversion. Timeless Analog Sound.
UA Audio Interfaces are the world’s most acclaimed
professional recording interfaces for Mac and
Windows — delivering enhanced audio conversion
with the tone, feel, and flow of analog recording.
Built upon UA’s 60-year heritage of audio
craftsmanship, Apollo Twin X starts with two
Unison
™
-enabled mic preamps. Together with its
included bundle of UAD analog emulation plug-ins
— which you can track through in real time with
UAD-2 DUO or QUAD Core processing — Apollo
Twin X is born to make records.
Now You Can:
• Record with world-class Apollo A/D and D/A
conversion — as heard on hundreds of hit
records
• Cascade up to 4 Apollo interfaces and 6
UAD-2 devices over Thunderbolt, adding
DSP and I/O as your studio grows
• Mix with UAD plug-ins like the included
Teletronix
®
LA-2A and 1176 compressors,
Pultec
®
EQs, and 610-B Preamp
• Track with near-zero latency through preamp
emulations from Neve
®
, API
®
, Manley
®
and
more using Unison
™
technology*
Unison Technology: The Genuine Sound of Neve, API & Manley Preamps
Apollo Twin X features two Unison-enabled mic preamps, letting you track through
exacting mic preamp emulations from Neve, SSL, API, Manley, and Universal Audio. An
Apollo exclusive, Unison technology nails the tone of these sought-after tube and solid
state mic pres — including their input impedance, gain stage “sweet spots,” and the
component-level circuit behaviors of the original hardware.
The secret to Unison is its hardware-software integration between Apollo’s mic
preamps and its onboard UAD-2 QUAD or DUO Core DSP Acceleration. Simply place a
Unison preamp plug-in on your mic input in Apollo Console software, and it physically
reconfigures the Apollo interface’s impedance — so you can tap into the classic sounds
of the world’s most recorded mic preamps.
MIC/LINE 1 MIC/LINE 2
3 L
4 R
LINE OUT MONITOR
OPTICAL IN
OFF ON
12VDC
POWER
MONITOR
*Includes the “Realtime Analog Classics” UAD plug-in bundle. Other UAD plug-ins sold separately.