Uad solo Pc#
If you’re not sure whether your PC has a USB 3 port, you can check in the Windows Device Manager. If your computer has a USB 3 port that uses the standard USB A plug shape, you’ll need a USB 3 compatible USB A to USB C adapter cable to plug the Apollo Solo in. USB is a confusing standard these days so let me clarify the compatibility here, the USB 3 standard can be found with either the standard USB A plug shape or the newer and smaller USB C plug shape, found on a lot of smartphones.
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For whatever reason, Thunderbolt remains an esoteric commodity in the PC market, appearing primarily on high end workstation and gaming laptops, or custom built desktops. The addition of an externally powered USB 3 model specifically for Windows PCs may seem odd given the cross-platform nature of its bus-powered Thunderbolt sibling, however it does rather decisively solve some ongoing issues Windows customers are faced with.
Uad solo full#
Apollo Solo USB: an all new but familiar looking interface which shares the same form factor as the Thunderbolt equipped Apollo Solo but instead connects via USB 3, requires external power and is only compatible with Windows 10.īoth units feature a single SHARC DSP for running UAD-2 plugins without stressing your computer’s CPU, and pack in the Realtime Analog Classics plugin bundle including emulations of the 610 B Preamp and Marshal Plexi guitar amp (both Unison enabled) as well as the 1176 compressor and LA-2A limiter and many others (see full list at the bottom of the article).Apollo Solo: a bus powered Thunderbolt 3 interface which aside from the new silver finish, very closely resembles the Arrow interface it replaces.Now that the Apollo Solo veil has been lifted we have all the details about the TWO new UA interfaces just announced:
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UA’s flair for the dramatic (never more evident than at the Winter NAMM Show this year which felt more like a LUNA Theme Park than a tradeshow booth) is always a hit with fans who hang on their every word, especially when it means new products are right around the corner.
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Perhaps even more mysterious was the subtext proclaiming the experiment to be ‘Powered by the New Apollo Solo’ (?). Never ones to shy away from a good teaser campaign, Universal Audio raised their fair share of eyebrows earlier this week with news of an ambitious collaborative music-making project described as the ‘1000 Producer Experiment’.