Now Ready for Your Studio: The Best Apollo Yet
Boasting next-generation elite-class AD/DA and Dual-Crystal clocking, Universal Audio’s Apollo x16 Gen 2 yields the lowest distortion and widest dynamic range of any Apollo to date. The Apollo x16’s powerful HEXA Core processor provides you with award-winning emulations of tried-and-true studio classics that you can track through in real-time. Of course, you can also combine Apollo x16’s onboard DSP with your host computer’s native processing to create a powerhouse hybrid workflow. Meanwhile, you’ll be able to mix confidently in any room or through headphones using Apollo Monitor Correction (an optional add-on); plus, Bass Management optimizes your subwoofer for maximum low-frequency detail. You’ll find that interfacing the Apollo x16 with your console and other studio gear is a straightforward affair, by virtue of its ample analog I/O and switchable +24dBu operation. Beyond that, you get native support for mixing formats up to 9.1.6, enabling you to tackle Dolby Atmos and other immersive formats with aplomb. Full-featured monitor control with speaker switching and integrated talkback are also in play. Furthermore, the updated UAD Console app enables you to quickly set up low-latency cues, plug-in scenes, and immersive audio monitoring, in addition to lock-tight LUNA integration. You also get near-zero latency and ample expandability, thanks to Apollo x16’s ultra-fast Thunderbolt 3 connectivity. On the fence regarding a performance upgrade? Now is the time to make the jump — Universal Audio’s Apollo is truly better than ever!
Powerful hybrid workflow
Apollo x16’s onboard HEXA Core processor enables you to track in real-time with Neve, Manley, or API channel strips or run high UAD plug-in counts while mixing in your DAW with zero strain on your host computer. Once you’re able to inject guitars with the tube warmth of a Pultec EQ, add the musical limiting of an LA-2A to a vocal, and pump up drums with an 1176 or Fairchild 670, you’ll wonder how you got along without UA’s industry-leading DSP-accelerated plug-ins. What’s more, since you can also run your UAD plug-ins natively, you’ll be able to combine Apollo x16’s integrated processing with your host computer’s native processing to create a robust hybrid workflow capable of tackling even larger sessions with even more complex plug-in chains.
Elite-class AD/DA with enhanced monitoring
When they were designing the second-generation Apollo X interfaces, UA’s engineers set out to craft the highest-quality elite-class 24-bit/192kHz AD/DA conversion of any Apollo yet. After giving Apollo x16 a serious listen here at Sweetwater, we firmly believe that they succeeded; its ultra-pristine signal path is audibly apparent, and even on paper, its 133dB DNR and -129dB THD+N specs speak for themselves. Moreover, Apollo x16 includes an optional add-on for Apollo Monitor Correction, which allows you to apply Sonarworks SoundID Reference profiles to UA’s precision EQ filters running in real-time on Apollo’s onboard DSP. Whether you listen on your studio monitors or through a high-end set of headphones, you’ll hear every detail of your mix with the utmost accuracy.
Seamless sub management
Whether you’re working in stereo or 9.1.6 Dolby Atmos, having a monitoring setup with well-tuned low-end is crucial to crafting mixes that translate. That’s where Apollo x16’s Bass Management feature comes in, leveraging a real-time DSP-driven Linkwitz-Riley crossover to integrate and optimize your subwoofer seamlessly.
Native immersive audio support
Right out of the box, the Apollo x16 supports monitoring in immersive audio formats up to 9.1.6, including Dolby Atmos, Auro-3D, and Sony 360 Reality Audio, via its analog outputs. Moreover, the Apollo x16 gives you access to monitor, calibration, and metering windows in the UAD Console application, enabling you to mix and monitor in a wide range of immersive and multichannel surround formats.
Lock-tight LUNA integration
Apollo x16 boasts ultra-tight hardware/software integration with Universal Audio’s free LUNA DAW software, enabling you to take control of your interface’s monitoring, talkback, and headphone systems and track and overdub with UAD DSP-accelerated plug-ins in real time, all without leaving your production software. LUNA also includes Accelerated Realtime Monitoring, which supplies fast analog-style tracking and overdubbing using Apollo’s onboard processing. You also get unlimited track counts, contextual editing and browsing, UAD and AU plug-in compatibility, a session auto-save function, and AAF importing. This software also supports LUNA extensions, which bake directly into LUNA’s mixer — no need to instantiate a bunch of plug-ins. LUNA is the closest you’ll come to an analog workflow in the software realm. It delivers spot-on analog sound, along with the creative immediacy of real-time processing.
Sensational plug-in bundle included!
UAD powered plug-ins have earned their reputation for being accurate emulations of analog audio equipment ever created. The astonishing processing power of the UAD platform is what makes these plug-ins sound so great. You simply can’t get the depth, color, and character these plug-ins have without devoting huge CPU resources to them. Best of all, Apollo x16 lets you record your audio through UAD plug-ins in real time with near-zero latency. When you buy Apollo x16 Essentials+ Edition, you’ll receive a generous suite of award-winning plug-in titles:
Channel strips and preamps
- Century Tube Channel Strip
- CS-1 Channel Strip
- Helios Type 69 Preamp and EQ
- Precision Channel Strip
- UA 610-A Preamp and EQ
- UA 610-B Preamp and EQ
Compressors/limiters
- Fairchild 670 Legacy
- Teletronix LA-2A Classic Leveler
- Teletronix LA-2A Gray Classic Leveler
- Teletronix LA-2A Silver Classic Leveler
- Teletronix LA-2A Legacy Leveling Amplifier
- UA 1176LN Legacy
- UA 1176SE Legacy
Equalizers
- Helios Type 69 Legacy EQ
- Pultec EQP-1A Legacy EQ
- Pultec EQP-1A Passive EQ
- Pultec HLF-3C Passive EQ
- Pultec MEQ-5 Passive EQ
- Pultec Pro Legacy EQ
Special processing
- Auto-Tune Realtime Access
- Oxide Tape Recorder
- Precision Enhancer Hz
- Verve Analog Machines Essentials
Instruments
- PolyMAX Polyphonic Synth
Delay and modulation
- Galaxy Tape Echo
- Precision Delay Modulation
- Precision Delay Modulation Long
Reverbs and rooms
- Precision Reflection Engine
- Pure Plate Reverb
- RealVerb Pro Custom Room Modeler
Guitar and bass
- Ampeg SVT-VR Classic Bass Amplifier
- Marshall Plexi Classic Amplifier
- Raw Distortion
Universal Audio Apollo x16 Gen 2 Features:
- 18-in/20-out Thunderbolt 3 audio interface for Mac or PC with powerful HEXA Core processor
- Next-generation elite-class AD/DA conversion supplies an ultra-pristine signal path with 133dB DNR and -129dB THD+N
- Dual-Crystal clocking supplies a low-jitter environment for pure, artifact-free recording and solid stereo imaging
- Onboard DSP combines with your host computer’s native processing to create a powerhouse hybrid workflow
- Apollo Monitor Correction (optional add-on) empowers you to mix confidently in any room or through headphones
- Bass Management optimizes your subwoofer for maximum low-frequency detail
- Native support for mixing formats up to 9.1.6 to accommodate Dolby Atmos, Auro-3D, and Sony 360 Reality Audio
- Selectable +24dBu operation for easy integration with analog consoles and other high-end studio gear
- Full-featured monitor control with speaker switching and integrated talkback
- Updated UAD Console app quickly sets up low-latency cues, plug-in scenes, and immersive audio monitoring
- Compatible with UA’s LUNA software for ultra-tight hardware/software integration
- Ultra-fast Thunderbolt 3 connectivity provides near-zero latency and ample expandability
- Includes a generous suite of award-winning UAD plug-ins
