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This set up has worked on and off for the past year, and has been extremely frustrating. Apollo thunderbolt option card info universal audio. Universal audio apollo x8p thunderbolt 3 audio interface. Ultra highbandwidth thunderbolt connection for apollo rackmount interfaces. Configure windows for thunderbolt thunderbolt only. Universal audio thunderbolt 2 option card for apollo. Adding thunderbolt to windows pc hello everyone, i was looking to buy an apollo audio interface.
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Nov 29, 2017 console 2 for apollo firewire interfaces also included in uad software v9. I have made sure that the bios settings are ok, restarted, restarted again and now the uad software does make a connection to the apollo8, the uad plugins are also showing up as normal. Universal audio apollo thunderbolt for windows has arrived. The card is compatible with intels new thunderbolt 3 technology on the latest mac and windows computers. Apollo working thunderbolt setups on windows with uad v9. Workstation pros to test the universal audio apollo range of audio i. This userinstallable card offers two thunderbolt 3 ports, and provides 15w bus power to all downstream thunderbolt 3 peripherals perfect for daisychaining additional apollo interfaces and uad 2 satellite dsp accelerators, modern storage solutions, 4k displays, and more. So i set up my windows 10 pc with a maximus 8 hero mobo, thunderbolt ex3 card, a startech thunderbolt 3 to thunderbolt 2 adapter, and the thunderbolt 2 apollo twin.
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Ua audio interfaces let you record through the full library of awardwinning uad powered plugins including vintage eqs. Now, i run ableton completely fine, no audio issues at all. In this video i will show you what you need in order to setup the apollo mk ii on windows operating system. Universal audio ships thunderbolt 3 option card for apollo. May 14, 2017 how to install apollo twin on a pc liri elgozi.
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