Learning Universal Audio UAD-2/Apollo

Learn how to use the powerful UAD-2 and Apollo software/hardware combo from Universal Audio to mix down songs and emulate classic analog sounds.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching this course

1. UAD/Apollo Basics

• Introduction to UAD-2/Apollo
• UAD-2 devices, connections, and bandwidth
• Apollo front interface
• Apollo back interface
• Navigating the UAD Meter
• Navigating the UAD Control Panel
• Navigating the Apollo Console
• Configuring the Apollo with Pro Tools
• Configuring the Apollo with Ableton Live
• Real-time tracking with Unison
• Understanding latency and DSP loads
• Understanding wordclocking

2. Exploring the UAD Core Plugins

• UA 610 Tube Preamp and EQ
• Softube Amp Room essentials
• Fairchild 670 (Legacy)
• UA Precision Enhancer Hz
• 1176SE/LN Classic Limiting Amplifier (Legacy)
• Pultec Pro Equalizer (Legacy)
• Teletronix LA-2A Classic Leveling Amplifier (Legacy)
• CS-1 Precision Channel Strip
• RealVerb Pro

3. Exploring Additional Compressors and Equalizers (EQs)

• Teletronix LA-3A
• SSL G Series Bus Compressor
• dbx 160 Compressor
• UA Cambridge EQ
• Neve 1073 Preamp & EQ

4. Exploring Additional Delay and Modulation Effects

• MXR Flanger/Doubler
• Cooper Time Cube
• Roland RE-201 Space Echo
• Boss CE-1 Chorus

5. Exploring Special Processing Units

• Thermionic Culture Vulture distortion
• Studer A800 Tape Recorder
• Empirical Labs FATSO tape saturator
• Moog Multimode Filter

6. Exploring Additional Reverbs

• EMT 140 Plate Reverb
• Ocean Way Studios Reverb

Conclusion

• Song playback: Before and after
• Next steps