Apollo Twin — for Windows!

If you’re a Windows user, Universal Audio has an Apollo Twin just for you. The Apollo Twin USB is a 10 x 6 USB 3 audio interface for Windows 7 and 8 that delivers impeccable 24/192kHz Apollo conversion, juiced by real-time UAD processing and Unison mic preamp emulation. Onboard UAD-2 DUO Core processing lets you record your music in real time, with near-zero latency, through UAD plug-ins from Neve, Studer, Manley, Marshall, Lexicon, API, and more. Think about the classic analog sound you can achieve with racks of vintage mic pres, equalizers, dynamics, reverbs, and even tape machines and guitar amps! The Apollo Twin USB comes with the Realtime Analog Classics UAD plug-in bundle.

The sound of the world’s most coveted preamps

The Apollo Twin USB features Universal Audio’s breakthrough Unison technology, which delivers the sound of the world’s most coveted mic preamps complete with impedance, gain-staging characteristics, and component-level circuit behaviors. Based on extraordinary hardware-software integration between Apollo’s mic preamps and its onboard UAD plug-in processing, Unison lets you record through brilliant analog emulations — including the bundled Realtime Analog Classics UAD plug-in collection

Killer bundled analog hardware emulations

The Apollo Twin USB’s feature set gives you two pristine mic/line preamps, two analog line outs, two digitally-controlled analog monitor outputs for full resolution at all listening levels, and up to eight additional channels of digital input via its onboard optical connection. UAD-2 DUO Core processing lets you use your UAD plug-ins for both real-time tracking and for mixing in Pro Tools, Cubase, Ableton Live, and other popular DAWs.

Smart feature set speeds your creative process

Apollo Twin USB’s feature set gives you two pristine mic/line preamps, two analog line outs, two digitally-controlled analog monitor outputs for full resolution at all listening levels, and up to eight additional channels of digital input via its onboard optical connection. UAD-2 DUO Core processing lets you use your UAD plug-ins for both real-time tracking and for mixing in Pro Tools, Cubase, Ableton Live, and other popular DAWs.

Capture the sound of legendary preamps with Unison technology

The Apollo x16’s Unison preamp technology goes so far beyond traditional software modeling and emulations that it’s really in a category all its own. In essence, Unison is a bidirectional communication between the Apollo x16’s mic preamp and a Unison-capable plug-in, such as the included 610-B plug-in that re-creates the sound of UA’s classic LA-610 preamp.
The plug-in actually adjusts the preamp circuit itself, including parameters such as impedance, analog gain structure, and much more. When you adjust the Apollo x16’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 the Apollo x16’s input the same way it would behave with the “modeled” preamplifier.
UAD plug-ins astounded the recording world with their incredible ability to sound like analog processors, eliminating the need for large racks of gear in the studio. Unison preamp technology will do the same thing for your mic inputs, eliminating the need to collect and maintain expensive hardware preamps just for sonic variety.