Apollo Solo USB Reviews

If you record through the Console and commit with LA-2 and guitar amps etc. It can be rewarding. It teaches you to mix with its limitation. For me the limitation has actually been a good thing! If you’re a punk rocker like me, the Fender 55 Tweed, Ampeg, Marshall amp and Teletronix compressors are all you need. Precision delay to the vocals, maybe Realverb Pro to the bus for drums and guitars and you’re almost ready. Some mastering plugin for the master fader. I’ve released 70 songs in two years and surprisingly I don’t even know if I need more, especially when I use the Console and Unison amps. The amp plugins are better than my real amps! Which is ridiculous! Apollo Solo is like the Fender Blues Jr. of recording interfaces. Punk rockers don’t need any more than this. That’s what I think.

I read a lot of negative reviews, but gave this little guy a chance. I don’t regret the purchase, in my opinion, I got even more than I expected! For a month of use, I did not notice any disadvantages in the work. After SSL+, I was pleasantly pleased with the capabilities of this device! The only negative is that the kit does not include a USB 3.0 cable.

Apollo Solo USB for windows, I definitely recommend buying it!

Best in class!

This is a great little unit to get you going in the UA plug-ins! The installation was a breeze. It integrated with my software automatically. The UA Connect software is mostly self explanatory and easy to work with.

The converters just plain sound killer! I came from an Apogee Rosetta, so big shoes needed to be filled. I actually prefer the smooth character of the Apollo's D/A converters (and really, the DA converter is EVERYTHING when trying to discern how stuff sounds! ).

The control surface is straight ahead. No surprises in using it.

So we have this great little box, and on top of that, you can run the premium UA plugins on it! This box compliments the excellent sounding plugins.

I will probably upgrade to a Apollo Quad within a year as I can see quickly that I will want to run MANY more instances of the Apollo plugins. But, for the work I am doing now, this box is rocking my world, and I intend to stick with the Apollo series. I just don't see how any other company can compete!

Thank you UA for making my work far more fun to do!