As well as recording through the interface, you can also use the unit as an external DSP processing system, relieving strain from your computer’s CPU, and running plug-ins exclusive to the UAD platform. What makes the Apollo range different to other audio interfaces? Well, alongside the traditional front-end of a conventional audio interface, the Apollo series also includes the DSP processing from UA’s UAD-2 system (now available in QUAD, DUO or SOLO formats).

This Apollo Twin Mk II arguably forms the entry level to the Apollo product range, focusing on a two-input design ideal for desktop musicians that may well form the perfect starting point to an expanding studio setup. Having been first introduced back in 2012, the Apollo range has now grown to include six different interfaces, largely differentiated by the number of inputs and outputs on offer. The bridge between these two domains comes in the from of Universal Audio’s Apollo range, which cleverly fuses an analogue front-end with the ability to process signals through a range of analogue modelling plug-ins. Universal Audio’s ability to straddle both the hardware and software worlds of recording has arguably been the making of the company.

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