Universal Audio Apollo TWIN Quad MKII Thunderbolt interface

Universal Audio Apollo TWIN Quad MKII

Apollo Twin MkII is a ground-up redesign of the world’s most popular professional desktop recording interface 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 MkII starts with two Unison-enabled mic preamps and stellar next-generation A/D and D/A conversion derived from UA’s flagship Apollo 8, 8p, and 16. Together with its included bundle of UAD analog emulation plug-ins — which you can track through in real time with UAD-2 SOLO, DUO or QUAD Core processing — Apollo Twin MkII is born to make records.

Apollo Twin MkII 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.

Right out of the box, Apollo Twin MkII provides a suite of incredible analog emulation plug-ins including the world’s only authentic Teletronix LA-2A, 1176LN, Pultec EQs, and the Unison-enabled UA 610-B Tube Preamp. Developed by UA’s world-renowned team of algorithm engineers, these Realtime Analog Classics plug-ins set the standard by which all other hardware emulation plug-ins are judged.

From the tube warmth of the Pultec EQ on guitars, to the gentle limiting of the LA-2A on vocals, your recordings will take a giant leap forward in rich, sonically complex analog sound.

Specifications:

• With 4 SHARC DSP for running the UAD plug-ins without burdening the CPU of the host computer
• 24 Bit / 192 kHz
• Unison technology for the modelling of classic preamps on a tube and transistor basis, guitar amps and stomp boxes
• Integrated talkback microphone
• Monitoring functions such as monitor remote control and controls for Mono, Mute, DIM and ALT monitors
• 2x Unison microphone/line combo inputs XLR/jack 6.3 mm
• 2 Line outputs jack 6.3 mm
• Hi-Z instrument input and headphone output, jack 6.3 mm
• 2 Digitally controlled analogue monitor outputs, jack 6.3 mm
• Optical digital input S/PDIF/ADAT
• Thunderbolt connector
• Power supply connection 12 V DC
• Realtime Analog Classics Plugin bundle included
• For Mac OS and Windows