Feels great, sounds great, and the UAD plugins just seal the deal. Luckily I have a small laptop cooler who did is work just fine, cooling the Apollo perfectly.Ĭonclusion: Get it! All it matters is Music, and this will be an important asset regarding your generals' sound quality. Buy an Apollo Twin - Get Auto-Tune, Manley & UA PlugIns FREE Now through June, purchase and register any new Apollo Twin MkII or Apollo Twin USB audio. Honestly, I tried the demo of every single master bus compressor UAD has. I also sensed the unit running hot in the first week I got it, (an extremely hot week with my studio reaching 30º Celsius). This was largely due to its unusual twin VCA gain-reduction amplifier design. Not a major issue, meaning I should make more use of the freeze tool. When projects got heavier, I pushed my old rme to a buffer size of 4096, however, in the Twin, the limit is set to 2048. 2 premium mic/line preamps 2 line outputs front-panel Hi-Z instrument input and headphone output, 2. The UAD plugins are something else - really analogue feel!Ĭons - A thing I noticed right away was by the time I opened some heavy projects, there was some 'chocking' due to the buffer size. Universal Audio Apollo Twin MKII Duo (APLTWDII) Desktop 2圆 Thunderbolt audio interface for Mac and Windows with world-class 24-bit/192 kHz audio conversion, uncompromising analog design, superior components, and premium build quality. The hardware is practical, the knob feels great and looks great as well.

Pros - General sound quality feels in somehow superior, but that might be biased for the present monitor positioning. However, it was time to upgrade my Audio Interface and I've chosen this one. I've come from an RME HDSP 9632 which I was very pleased with its low latency, general features, and I've used it for over 10 years.

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