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[JordanMeyer]

He’s right … don’t buy the Apollo solo … buy the rack mount Apollo 😎 🔥 x8p or x16, just do it. Now.

[budgetguitarist]

On the Solo, you can use a compression and a reverb plugin in the Solo itself, and so the singer can hear their vocal treated while they sing, but you can record it clean, or compressed with no reverb. The M2 can't do that. The singer will hear their voice bone dry. Your two options are to connect the M2 to an external mixer for monitoring and add compression/reverb there, OR to use the plugins in your DAW and set your DAW to the smallest sample rate possible, which pushes most computers too hard and causes glitches. Recording with compression and/or reverb is something the large majority of singers prefer. I think this is the most important feature of the Solo.

[JoseCruz-qzfc]

first time having a Apollo interface especially the solo USB and i got to say that i wont regret, the audio quality is in a another level, no complaints at least me well maybe one probably the price, $399 would of been a good one

[ksammy]

i have the solo for about 3 weeks now and its honestly my favorite interface at the moment, i can use up to like 7 plugins before it maxes out (plug ins like the 737, distressor, vox box) all at once and it works like a charm, i think its a good interface for starters who want to get used with uad plug ins as personally i think they are the best plug in emulators on the market. the price can be a bit high but you still get tto use their plug ins and the nice clear pre amp that makes a bug difference between any other interface for under 200$

[jarexxsuvexx]

It's hard to believe this video was made by someone that truly understands UAD's apollo platform and expect knowledgeable viewers to take them seriously when they suggest to viewers to buy a Motu M2 interface and Mic Preamp to go along with it as a cheaper and better performing alternative to the Apollo Solo.

Seeing that the Apollo Solo is bus powered and Unison technology enabled it's easy to reason that UAD's focus was on real portability and great recording sound quality.

Telling people that the Motu M2 is better and then saying to get a Mic preamp to go along with it really comes off as wasteful spending nonsense and contradicts the cost, value, and performance talking points in this video.

Viewers of this video😳! Please do not buy a Motu M2 interface and connect a Mic Preamp to its instrument inputs, it's an entry level product and wasn't really design for that. Motu has great and appropriate products design for accepting the output signal from Mic Preamps.

[ryanreach]

Just finishing up a year with Slate. Really fun mixing with the mix rack. Really impressed with the sound

[politicallyopinionated]

Too many things wrong in this video to bother to correct.

[urbnctrl]

I got an Apollo Solo for 200$ best money ever spent. Now I can rock my mobile studio with the macbook pro. And the Home studio pc still rocks the SSL2+. We good!

[jsmoker]

I bought the solo, and yeah your right, the one dsp can’t handle more than a couple uad plug-in at a time. I demo the 55 fender tweed and it took like 70% by it’s self. Lol. But the reason I got it was because I haven’t liked the pre-amps in the few other interfaces I’ve bought for guitar amp sim, the main function I use it for. And so I just use it with guitar amp plugins that run on my iMac, and I’m very impressed with sound I’m getting, way way better than the stienberg i had and focusrite. Those uad plug ins are stupidly expensive, and I knew that going in, but I bought it with the hopes that it would make my guitar amp plug ins I run on my computer sound really good and I’m very happy with it for that. I don’t notice any latency and even the pro logic and garage band plugins sound great, much better than on my other less expensive interfaces. But yeah, like You say, if you got it to use for the uad plugins...you won’t be happy. The free legacy plugins actually sound great, and they don’t take up much dsp, but like that fender 55 tweed plug in, it used 70% buy it’s self. Lol. I think you’d have to have like the quad if you wanted to use for just the uad plugins. To me, for the price those uad plug ins, yeah they sound nice, but not for outrageous price. But I’m happy with what I use it for...but who knows, as I get more knowledgeable about recording and stuff maybe I’ll be unhappy, seems that how it always goes

[ernieg]

I concur 👍🏽 i bought an apollo x4 before they went up in price. And i never use the plug ins. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[tylerstooksbury]

The main benefit to me, over the Motu is the ability for me to track something with FX and no latency in a large session with a lot of plugin ins. Which as a songwriter, that is super duper helpful. I love the ability to add something or redo something without having to resource manage the session. The UA plugins are native now too. I care much less about the DSP after something is tracked. My machine can handle most of everything i throw at it.

[LetsFightCrohns]

I bought the solo and with the plugins they gave me and I bought the neve preamp and use the 1176 and the Pultec eq. It really is amazing I love it. It sounds just like the professional studio vocal wise

[jimlansa]

motu -usb 2.0<uad 3.0-lower latency.for instrument recording it a big advantage, actually it's crucial

[SenfMustard]

As a guitarist, you only need 1 plug in - an amp sim. It then monitors your playing with zero latency. That’s worth the extra bucks for most players over a cheaper interface

[YoSoyDiegoPerla]

I got the Apollo solo honestly because of the exclusive plugins and the way you record with them, i jumped from a scarlet 2i2 to Apollo solo there is a big gap 😊

[batphink]

I appreciate you sharing your knowledge as I bought an Antelope Audio Zen Go and when I turned it over for the Serial number something loose was rattling inside the unit.I took it back to our music chop and checked 3 more same thing! And I wanted to love that unit trust me!

[Jstall]

Still running the Audient Id14, still happy!

[RayoBeatz]

i've had a twin with the tlm 103 before nothing special. you will be fine with an apollo solo you don't need a million plugins either to record. you may need more power if you plan on vocal chaining every recording tho.

[KristianDowling]

How is the DSP horrendous compared to the Twin? Its a single core but that doesn’t make it bad. It just means its for a person with simpler recording needs and there are many out there.

[ludviglojdmark]

Well I’m buying it because you’re getting plug-ins worth $10.000 with it, all the things UAD does is just high quality, which for me is the most important while buying music gear, good video, always good to get different point of views of products!