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Thoughts on the Apollo QUAD
Anyone have any real world experience with one?
Is it a good option/price point ($2,400)? Are there any other hardware interfaces that you've used that you'd recommend with PT11? Kind regards- |
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Re: Thoughts on the Apollo QUAD
Real world, no
Do I have any other recommendations yeah.... I love my Focusrite Saffire 56 and I'll tell you why. Low latency monitoring - like the Apollo 8 really nice (you won't find better for cheaper) mic pre's / Apollo has 4 only Difference Apollo has the unison mic pre (gimmicky ? Perhaps. Revolutionary could be?) And of course DSP in the interface which is very cool. Except you will drop another $1000 on the coolest plugins (you will) #audiocrack
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Re: Thoughts on the Apollo QUAD
Hmmm...LS56 for around $750 and a UAD Quad card for a grand........$650 left over for UAD plugins
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Thoughts on the Apollo QUAD
Oh yeah makes sense
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Re: Thoughts on the Apollo QUAD
And get the quad pcie b/c at least with that you can run in low latency mode- the FireWire satellites can't
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Daniel HDX - PT12.5.1 - HD I/O 16x8x8 Win10-Pro (v1709)- 6 Core i7-6850k - ASUS X99 Deluxe ii D-Command Main Unit - 'Ole Blue http://www.sknoteaudio.com/ plugins rock and are affordable. |
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Re: Thoughts on the Apollo QUAD
Check out the thread over at Gearsluts, it's almost cult-ish.
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Re: Thoughts on the Apollo QUAD
Haha who would have thought
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Re: Thoughts on the Apollo QUAD
I really appreciate the input. I was thinking about the possibility of running this on a Mac Mini. Help me wrap my head around this. So does that negate the usage of any cards like the UAD Quad card?
I am in the process of moving off what I currently have (windows Allenstien from the days of yore) to a system that will effectively run PT11. My 002 rack monitoring side went out. Not the power harness, which I have replaced twice. It's time to move on... So looking at a new machine and new interface. Thanks again. So many options. |
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Re: Thoughts on the Apollo QUAD
Yes mini means no internal cards - also means FW bandwidth is being shared by the UAD plugs. No low latency options
Apollo might be better for that setup b/c of the thunderbolt connectivity but then your back to $2400
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Daniel HDX - PT12.5.1 - HD I/O 16x8x8 Win10-Pro (v1709)- 6 Core i7-6850k - ASUS X99 Deluxe ii D-Command Main Unit - 'Ole Blue http://www.sknoteaudio.com/ plugins rock and are affordable. |
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Re: Thoughts on the Apollo QUAD
Thanks!
...starting basically from scratch again and have about a 5k budget. How would you spend it? Computer/Interface (need to leave some set aside for plug ins...ie. upgrades to Waves, Steven Slate Drums, Ozone) But computer/interface...Big open ended question, I know. But would just love to hear the good and bad, as your guys expertise to is very helpful. Kind regards- |
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