Instead, I would always think about the workflows that your chosen clocking scheme dictates. So, if your clock in your interface would be slaved to an external device (Kemper), but it would still be regenerating its own clock signal as far as I understand it. When that embedded clock signal is received it will be regenerated. SPDIF embeds clock signal this way, the same as AES. It's common for manufacturers to infer that the clock quality/PLL chip they've used is going to create some sort of leap in sound quality, when the reality is clocking chips need to be reliable and not drift away from a known sample rate and provide steady modulation without jitter. That aside for a moment, I wouldn't get too hung up on master clocks.
The powered plugins allow me to really keep the load off of my (admittedly aging) CPU and I am thankful for it.Not sure about the board swap - seems highly likely that the SPDIF circuit is integrated into the main PCB. If this is how the ‘better half’ lives, sign me up. Loading up processor efficient versions quickly became a thing of the past, and I instantly grew ‘used to’ putting Fairchilds, Neve EQs, and Lexicon reverbs anywhere I wanted to.
Paired up with my Twin Quad I now had a staggering 10 cores of DSP at my disposal (well, 14 if you count my 8p which I did also put in the chain just for a few minutes to see what would happen). Obviously the two extra cores of DSP are incredibly welcome, and I can confirm that it is really nice to be able to load up as many plugins as you like with wanton abandon. I may be pipe-dreaming here, but wouldn’t it be cool if the day came where my Apollo could charge my MacBook over that TB3 cable? Ahhh, to dream… New Stuffīack in reality, I was anxious to check out the new features UA packed into the Apollo X. Using my spare TB3 cable (they still don’t include one in the box… grrr…) I was able to get up and running immediately.
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Surprisingly, I could even daisy chain other Thunderbolt 2 devices using a second dongle, and everything was recognized perfectly (although I am not sure I’d have the same luck on the PC side).Ĭonnecting to my 2017 MacBook Pro was a breeze.
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I hooked it up to my ‘old’ Mac Pro with the Apple Thunderbolt 2-3 adapter and it worked flawlessly.
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The good news is that if your main audio beast doesn’t have TB3 (side eye at the 2013 trashcan Mac Pro in my studio) that’s ok, the Apollo X series lives comfortably in both worlds. It’s clearly the future of connectivity for both Macs and PCs, and it’s already on just about every new machine coming out of both Cupertino and Redmond. Thunderbolt 3 is truly a welcome addition to the UA interface lineup. I got my hands on the latest coveted interface from UA and put it through the paces. What many of us didn’t expect is that the latest entry into the Apollo universe would add 50% more processing power and deliver a one-two punch of conversion and clocking upgrades to boot. With upgraded clocking and converters, 6-core DSP for UAD's plugins and upcoming 5.1 surround monitoring, could the UAD X6 be the interface of Matt Vanacoro's dreams?Īs USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 started to populate the Apple store and beyond, I’m sure we all knew that the Apollo series would eventually adapt and overcome.
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