How To Use Outboard Gear With Apollo Twin And Logic Pro | A Step By Step Guide

Join me today as I unbox my very first piece of analog outboard gear – the Klark Teknik 3rd Dimension BBD-320, a unit renowned for its classic chorus effect. I'll walk you through how to connect it to a Universal Audio Apollo Twin X audio interface and how to set it up in Logic Pro.

Thank you for watching!

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00:00 - Intro
02:25 - Unboxing
02:57 - How To Wire It With Audio Interface
05:56 - Setting Audio Interface In The Console
08:30 - How To Use Outboard Gear In Logic Pro
16:58 - Wrap Up

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[officialdiron]

Hey cool video, here's a little explanation I hope it's understandable. Warm greetings from Germany! Since you have inserted an XLR plug into a combination socket, the Apollo recognizes that the connection is on all 3 pins of the XLR and sets the MIC level. If you insert a TRS cable instead of the XLR, it would recognize the three contacts in the TRS. With an XLR it always depends on the MIC level and with a TRS, Line. This is for all interfaces with a combination socket the same.

[AndyDouglasMusic]

Really helpful reminder, thank you Adam! Here's how I set everything up through my Apollo for my mastering chain in Logic Pro. I run everything through my Apollo Twin Quad. On the stereo Mixbus channel, I send the signal out to my mastering hardware (SSL Fusion, with send to the Tegeler Creme compressor, followed by the BBE 882i Sonic Maximizer). All devices are connected via XLR and TRS cables to and from the Apollo audio interface.

In the Apollo console, remember to link inputs 1 and 2 to create a stereo pair by clicking both inputs, right-clicking, and selecting 'Link.' I place the I/O plugin directly onto my stereo out channel in Logic.

My current mastering chain on the Logic Pro stereo channel is:

1. Some type of saturation to warm up the signal (e.g., Softube Tape, or UAD Ampex ATR102)
2. Routing out to the hardware via the Apple I/O utility plugin (SSL Fusion, Tageler Creme, BBE Sonic Maximizer 882i)
3. Kclip 3 (Clipper)
4. Fabfilter Pro L2 (Limiter)

I then bounce the stereo WAV or MP3 as usual. My mastering chain is always evolving as I experiment with different plugins, so have fun with it! My next step is getting my hardware outboard gear working with Ableton Live since I'm using Live for EDM Dance Electro/Pop

[pedalscapes]

Great work Adam. Sounds nice on the guitar. 😎

[timothyinfinite]

So happy I found this video! Thank you bro!

[RunningRebels]

If yu put XLR cables u force it through the Preamp, thats why u can choose only MIC.

[TriopticD]

Thanks, I've been trying to figure this out with my compressor and Apollo Twin, but I'm using FL Studio.

[sonicpalacevideos]

Welcome to the "Outboard" club!

[ejaybeatz]

Hey how do you use it for your daw for mastering or limiting

[christophs.]

How do you route the mix to your speakers? I use the four apollo x4 outputs for my two monitor systems?
I have no idea how to keep my both monitor systems running when all four outputs are used for outboard gear.

Thanks for short answer. (Great video!!!)
Cheers from Ibiza.

[MaisonLexBeatz]

Why did u bought the clone? There's alot of plugins (from UAD, Arturia, Overload) that can replace that piece of gear. If i were you I'd invest on monitors.