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How "golden" are your ears? UAudio Apollo preamps

 
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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2014 12:25 pm    Post subject: How "golden" are your ears? UAudio Apollo preamps Reply with quote

I worked with two clients last week using the Apollo Twin interface from Universal Audio. I am in love with this thing!
Anyways, here is a sample of 3 different "preamps", that is the base Apollo preamp and the 610a and 610b soft-preamp simulators. I level matched each sample to -20dB LUFS.
Can you tell any appreciable difference between them? I can't!

https://www.sugarsync.com/pf/D694970_99794621_965199
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PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2014 9:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Still bummed it's for Mac only..
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PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2014 12:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

me too...I have a UA LA-610 mic pre that I enjoy...but would love to get one of these...any chance a PC version is in the works?
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PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2014 1:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The API sounds the best to my ears.
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PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2014 10:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I didn't use the API in this sample, but I do like using the API channel strip.
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PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2014 4:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The 2nd one slated "API Vision" is the one I liked best.
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PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2014 11:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bruce, you're right, I goofed. He had originally told me it was a comparison of the 610a to the 610b, and I brain-farted.
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PostPosted: Fri May 16, 2014 1:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I use the API Vision emulation plugin on pretty much everything I record through my Apollo. Love the punchiness - my auditions really cut through now compared to my rather polite sound previously. Probably not suitable for long-form narration Smile

A word of caution - these emulations eat DSP like crazy. I bought a Duo (2 DSP processors), and have crapped out the DSPs using only 2 channels while tracking, both with the API or new Neve 1073 Unison plugins and the new UA 1176AE compressor.
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PostPosted: Sat May 17, 2014 6:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Those all sound great. I too like the API the best. I guess I just don't like the valve-style sound anymore.
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