Universal Audio APX8-HE Apollo x8 Rackmount Recording Interface Heritage Edition (Thunderbolt 3)

The Universal Audio APX8-HE Apollo x8 Rackmount Recording Interface is a produce album-ready sounds in realtime. It gives creators running bigger project and bedroom studios the same professional analog tones heard on your favorite records. With elite‑class conversion and HEXA Core UAD plug-in processing, Apollo lets you tap into the entire UAD plug-in library, giving you the proven hit-making sounds of Ocean Way Studios, Capitol Chambers, and hundreds more. Apollo x8’s proven A or D and D or A conversion gives you the same elite-class sound heard on thousands of hit songs and chart-topping albums. Widely praised for its open, natural sonics, Apollo's converters give you the perfect palette to paint your masterpiece. Get professional sound with the widest dynamic range and lowest noise available. Link up to four Apollos for 160 channels of premium I or O and control it from Apollo Twin. With its four onboard Unison preamps, Apollo x8 is the only interface that lets you track in realtime through preamps and channel strips from Neve, Manley, API, and dozens more, giving you the same rich analog texture as the hardware used on decades of iconic music. Apollo works with all major DAWs, but only LUNA Recording System gives you seamless integration with Apollo, for big analog studio sound in realtime using a host of built-in features and extensions from API console modeling to genuine Neve summing and integrated Studer tape. Right out of the box, Apollo's included plug-ins give you album-ready tones in realtime with professional tools like the UA 610-B Tube Preamp and EQ, Fairchild compressors, amps from Marshall and Ampeg, and more. Free, industry-leading technical support on the phone and online from knowledgeable audio engineers. It also includes ‘Realtime Analog Classics Plus’ UAD plug-in bundle featuring UA 610-B Tube Preamp, Legacy Pultec EQ, LA-2A, and 1176 compressors, Marshall Plexi Classic, Ampeg SVT-VR Classic and more.