Name: Universal Audio Apollo Twin X Quad Gen 2 Essentials+ 10 X 6 Thunderbolt Audio Interface
Brand: Universal Audio
SKU: APTXQG2-ESS
Price: 1499.99 USD
Availability: InStock

Now Ready for Your Studio: The Best Apollo Yet

Boasting next-generation elite-class AD/DA, Universal Audio’s Apollo Twin X QUAD Gen 2 yields the lowest distortion and widest dynamic range of any Apollo Twin to date. The Apollo Twin X’s powerful onboard plug-in processing provides you with award-winning emulations of tried-and-true studio classics that you can track through in real-time using UA’s vaunted Unison preamp technology. Of course, you can also combine Apollo Twin X’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 never miss a take again, courtesy of Apollo Twin X’s Auto-Gain feature, which sets your levels across multiple inputs. 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 Twin X’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 Twin X’s onboard plug-in processing 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 Twin X’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.

Leading-edge Unison preamps

Apollo Twin X’s Unison preamp technology enables you to track in real-time through faithful emulations of classic gear from Neve, Manley, API, and dozens more, giving you the same rich analog textures used on the greatest recordings of all time. Unison goes far beyond traditional software modeling, however, in that it adjusts the preamp circuit itself, including parameters such as impedance, analog gain structure, and much more. When you adjust the Apollo Twin X’s preamp gain knob and physical controls, the plug-in adjusts the preamp’s behavior to match the target preamp. So you’re not simply filtering your audio to approximate the character of a famous preamp — your microphone is now interacting with Apollo Twin X’s input the same way it would behave with the modeled preamplifier.

Assistive Auto-Gain and seamless sub management

Recording with Apollo Twin X is easier than ever, thanks to its assistive Auto-Gain feature, which can be applied to multiple channels simultaneously to ensure proper levels all across the board. Best of all, you can deploy Auto-Gain on all the interface’s inputs — microphone, line-level, and hi-Z alike — and even with select Unison preamp models! 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 Twin X’s Bass Management feature comes in, leveraging a real-time DSP-driven Linkwitz-Riley crossover to integrate and optimize your subwoofer seamlessly.

Lock-tight LUNA integration

Apollo Twin X 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, track and overdub with UAD DSP-accelerated plug-ins in real time, and benefit from full software-based control over Apollo’s Unison mic preamps, 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 Twin X lets you record your audio through UAD plug-ins in real time with near-zero latency. When you buy Apollo Twin X 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

Features:

10-in/6-out Thunderbolt 3 audio interface for Mac or PC with powerful onboard plug-in processing
Next-generation elite-class AD/DA conversion supplies an ultra-pristine signal path with 129dB DNR and -120dB THD+N
Unison preamps allow you to track through models of the industry’s most legendary hardware
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
Auto-Gain feature sets levels across multiple inputs
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

Specs

Computer Connectivity: Thunderbolt 3 (cable sold separately)
Form Factor: Desktop
Simultaneous I/O: 10 x 6
A/D Resolution: 24-bit/192kHz
Number of Preamps: 2 x mic, 1 x instrument
Phantom Power: Yes
Analog Inputs: 2 x XLR-1/4" combo (mic/line), 1 x 1/4"
Analog Outputs: 2 x 1/4" (monitor), 2 x 1/4" (line out)
Digital Inputs: 1 x Optical Toslink (ADAT, S/PDIF)
Headphones: 1 x 1/4" TRS
Thunderbolt: 1 x USB-C (Thunderbolt 3)
Software: UA Essentials+ Plug-in Suite
OS Requirements - Mac: macOS 10.15 or later, Quad Core i7 Processor or higher
OS Requirements - PC: Windows 10 Anniversary update or later, Quad Core i7 Processor or higher
Power Supply: 12V DC power supply (included)