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; plus, Bass Management optimizes your subwoofer for maximum low-frequency detail. You’ll never miss a take again, courtesy of Apollo x16’s Auto-Gain feature, which sets your levels across multiple inputs. 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!
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.
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 , 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 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
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Recording with Apollo x16 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! 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.
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.
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.
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:
