Universal Audio Apollo x6 Heritage Edition

What we say:

At A Glance:

The Apollo x6 Heritage Edition from Universal Audio is a powerful rackmount audio interface. It features a plethora of connectivity, handy controls, a talkback function and great bundle of UAD plug-ins. There’s also HEXA core processing on-board, which means you have six DSP chips for running the plug-ins.

If your looking for a high quality interface that caters for multitrack recording, radio and film studio applications and offers powerful processing with breathtaking plugins, this is the interface for you.

Features We Love:

UAD Plug-ins

UAD Plug-ins are regarded as some of the best on the market by countless producers, mixers, recordists and mastering engineers. These bring the sound of classic hardware to your DAW. For example, the LA-2A and 1176 compressors, Marshall amplifiers and Neve channel-strips. All plug-ins are painstakingly modelled on the hardware, and run from the DSP in your Apollo.

Using the Console application, you can choose to monitor with plug-ins active independently on each channel but record your dry signal. Alternatively, you have the UAD Rec function which lets you ‘print’ the sounds into your DAW recording. This is great for taking advantage of UAD channel strip or Amp emulation plugins, giving you an authentic studio sound and saving DSP later in the mixing process.

The HEXA core processing also allows you run UAD plugins accross a full mix, making the Apollo x6 ideal for studio mixing, editing sound for film as well as professional mastering.

Heritage Edition

The Heritage Edition Bundle includes UAD recreations of some of the most iconic studio equipment of all time. Including the Teletronix LA-2A Classic Leveler Collection and Pultec Passive EQ Collection. The LA-2A and Pultec EQ alone have been an essential part of countless classic records, but the bundle also includes the UA 1176 Classic Limiter Collection, UA 610 Tube Preamp & EQ Collection and Pure Plate Reverb, all of which are set to reinvent how you produce your music

Connectivity

The Apollo x6 Heritage Edition features a wealth of connectivity. You’ll find two Unison-enabled mic preamps and two Hi-Z instrument inputs on board. There are also six line inputs, two digitally-controlled monitor outputs and six line outputs on the unit. There’s also room for expansion via ADAT and S/PDIF. This makes it ideal for tracking multiple microphones or instruments, monitoring in surround sound and more!

LUNA Recording System included

LUNA is the new recording software on the block. Designed by Universal Audio themselves, it has some unique features. It makes it easy to record and monitor with UAD plugins and get that analog sound we all crave. You’ll find an excellent audio and midi recording/editing workflow on-board. It’s also very easy to dial in warm analog sounds thanks to features like record and playback fx, tape slots and parallel bussing. LUNA is already packed with great features and comes free with Apollo. You can also purchase a variety of extensions for it such as Neve Console Summing and the Minimoog instrument separately.

Highlights:

• Top quality rackmount audio interface
• Two Unison-enabled mic preamps and Hi-Z inputs
• Thunderbolt 3 offers faster transfer speeds
• Six Line inputs
• Two monitor outputs, six line outputs and two headphone outputs
• Expandable via ADAT/SPDIF
• World class components
• Six DSP chips on-board let you run even more UAD plugins
• ‘Realtime Analog Classics’ UAD plug-in bundle included
• ‘Heritage Edition’ UAD plug-in bundle also included
• Controls for monitor mute, mono, low-cut and more
• Talkback function with built-in mic
• LUNA and Console applications included

What's Included:

• Apollo X6 Heritage Edition
• Power Supply