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Desktop 12 x 18 Thunderbolt audio interface with four Unison mic preamps, elite-class Apollo X Gen 2 audio conversion, Auto-Gain, Apollo Monitor Correction, Bass Management, QUAD core DSP plug-in processing, and premium software suite for Mac or Windows.
Special ends:
$1,999.00
Retail: $2,499.00
Create with the world’s most powerful desktop audio interface.
Record and mix larger sessions and hear every detail with the next generation of UA’s Apollo x4 interfaces, featuring highest-resolution audio conversion, four Unison™ mic preamps, and QUAD Core DSP processing letting you record in realtime through UAD plug-ins from Auto-Tune, Neve, Manley, Avalon, SSL, and hundreds more.
Trusted by top artists and producers the world over, Apollo x4 levels up your productions with timeless sound and legendary UA craftsmanship, built to inspire your next collaboration.
Key Benefits
Get the Most Powerful Desktop Apollo Ever
Universal Audio built Apollo x4 to expand on the gold-standard Apollo Twin, the interface that single-handedly revolutionized home and project studio recording. With its expanded I/O count, unprecedented dynamic range, and elite-class 24-bit / 192 kHz audio conversion — now with enhanced monitoring — Apollo x4 puts the sound of the stars in reach for project studios and collaborators.
Record Through Iconic Preamps
With four Unison™ preamps and dual front panel Hi‑Z instrument inputs, Apollo x4 lets you track in realtime through preamp and channel strip plug-ins from Neve, Manley, API, and dozens more, giving you the same rich analog textures used on the greatest recordings of our time.
Unlock Authentic Analog Sounds
Right out of the box, Apollo x4 gives you the plug-ins used by the world’s best engineers. Along with included Teletronix LA-2A and 1176 compressors, UA 610, Century, and LA-6176 tube channel strips, plus UAD guitar amps like Showtime ’64 and Lion ’68 — you can tap into the entire UAD library of over 200 titles to unlock proven hit-making sounds.
Hear the Details Like Never Before
Now in its Gen 2 design, Apollo x4 features UA’s highest-resolution D/A converters ever paired with Apollo Monitor Correction powered by Sonarworks.® This means that when you playback your audio through monitors or headphones, you’ll not only hear the most pristine representation of your recordings, there will be no surprises when you listen to your final mix or master.
Find Your Flow in the UAD Console App
Just like an analog studio, where a console is the heart of the workflow, Apollo x4 has a powerful digital mixing engine where you control plug-in routing and monitoring. And with the latest features like Auto-Gain, Bass Management and Plug-In Scenes, it’s easy to find a flow that fits your needs.
A Hybrid System, Made for Your Mission
Combine Apollo x4’s QUAD Core DSP with native processing from your host computer to produce large sessions with complex plug-in chains — a powerhouse hybrid workflow that outpaces any native-only recording setup.
Expand Your Studio as You Grow
Build your studio by linking up to four Thunderbolt Apollo interfaces with up to 128 channels of premium I/O to your DAW, and control it all from your desktop using Apollo x4. So no matter how far your music takes you, an Apollo will always be in reach.
Key Features
*Requires Apollo Monitor Correction Add-on and SoundID Reference licenses, available from sonarworks.com
**For full compatibility information, refer to help.uaudio.com
Universal Audio Inc. was re-founded in 1999 by Bill's sons, James Putnam and Bill Putnam Jr., with two main goals: to faithfully reproduce classic analog recording equipment in the tradition of their father, and to design new digital recording tools with the sound and spirit of vintage analog technology. However, as Bill Jr. recounts, the genesis of "UA, part 2" is actually a bit more serendipitous.
Having grown up in the music industry, Bill Jr. and James ("Jim") Putnam naturally assumed that the music business is where they'd eventually end up. Jim, a touring musician and recording engineer, and their older brother Scott, a studio designer in Southern California, were the first to follow in Bill Sr.'s path. However, Bill Jr. took a more circuitous direction, working for a number of engineering companies before undertaking a doctorate in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. It was at Stanford that Bill Jr. became closely involved in the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), specializing in signal processing. It was also at Stanford that Bill Jr. began to assemble a team of the best and brightest minds in the field — who continue to steer many of Universal Audio's engineering efforts to this day.
However, the precise event that led Bill and Jim to start (or "reinvent") Universal Audio in 1999 was unexpected. As Bill Jr. tells it, when Bill Sr. passed away in 1989, he and Jim were faced with the Herculean task of cleaning out their dad's workshop and storage areas. While going through Bill Sr.'s old test equipment, boxes of parts, bits and pieces of consoles, and half-cannibalized 1176 compressors, Jim came across their father’s old design notebook. The two spent the evening poring over his notes, realizing that this was the map to every technical problem their father had ever solved. It was at that moment that they decided to bring back Universal Audio and its classic products.
Fast forward a decade. Now with nearly 80 employees and legions of new customers worldwide, UA is headquartered near the Silicon Valley, in Scotts Valley, California — where our classic analog gear is still hand-built, one unit at a time. The lengths we go to deliver the exact sound and performance of classic analog audio gear is unparalleled; in fact, the goal is for UA's modern units to perform identically to well-maintained units built decades ago.
Of course, analog is only half the story. At Universal Audio, we employ the world's brightest DSP engineers and digital modeling authorities to develop our award-winning UAD Powered Plug-Ins platform, featuring the most authentic analog emulation plug-ins in the industry. Our DSP gurus work with the original hardware manufacturers — using their exact schematics, golden units, and experienced ears — to give UAD plug-ins warmth and harmonics in all the right places, just like analog.
Payments as low as $45/mo.