Universal Audio Apollo x16D Thunderbolt/Dante Audio Interface, Complete Edition

Available here as the Complete Edition with 200+ UAD plug-ins included, the Apollo x16D is a rackmount 18 x 20 Thunderbolt audio interface from Universal Audio with Dante I/O, elite-class Apollo X 24-bit/192 kHz audio conversion, and HEXA core processing for Mac or Windows.


See how you can put the Apollo x16D to work in your venue, house of worship, or studio:


Perfect for live sound venues or networked recording studios, Apollo x16D gives you elite-class Apollo X sound and realtime UAD plug-in processing over Thunderbolt and Dante. With Apollo x16D, you can mix and record live performances with over 200 available UAD plug-ins from Neve, SSL, plus classic LA-2A and 1176 compressors, and more.

Take Elite-Class Apollo X Sound on Stage
Universal Audio built Apollo x16D for both live sound engineers and networked recording studios. With its 16 channels of Dante I/O, elite-class audio conversion, and HEXA core DSP processing the world's most powerful system for running UAD plug-ins in realtime Apollo x16D seamlessly connects to your digital mixing console, putting over 200 UAD plug-ins right at your fingertips.

Work Fast & Never Lose Your Settings
With its powerful digital mixing engine giving you control over inputs, outputs, and plug-in routing Apollo x16D makes it easy to quickly build your mix and control entire effects chains in realtime. Then quickly recall your plug-in settings over MIDI, all without interrupting the performance.

Add Hundreds of Effects to a Single… read more Rack Space
Apollo x16D comes in two editions, both delivering a generous suite of UAD plug-ins right out of the box. Build your mix with classic Teletronix LA-2A and 1176 compressors, Pultec EQs, and Neve channel strips to modern favorites from Avalon and more.

Expand Your Studio Over Dante
Link up to four x16Ds to build a 64-channel Dante system with network redundancy. Or expand your current Thunderbolt Apollo studio over Dante the most low-latency and scalable audio network available. This means that if you've been considering making the switch to a networked recording studio, or you simply want to grow to a multi-room setup, you don't have to start from scratch.*

Mix Down to Surround
After the show, bring Apollo x16D back to the studio, where it becomes your all in one monitoring hub for mixing formats up to 9.1.6. This allows you to easily create 16 channel immersive audio mixes of live sets or studio recordings for Dolby Atmos, Auro 3D, Sony 360 Reality Audio, and others.

Features:

- Mix studio and live performances using award-winning UAD plug-ins in realtime over Dante
- Use Plug-In Scenes to recall settings instantly, even in the middle of a performance
- Turn any space with ethernet into a multi-room Apollo recording studio
- Link up to four x16Ds for a 64-channel Dante system with network redundancy
- Bring your best UAD plug-ins like Neve, and Lexicon from studio to stage
- 18 x 20 audio interface featuring Dante I/O (supports AES67 mode @ 48 kHz)
- 24-bit / 192 kHz elite-class Apollo X D/A conversion
- Stereo AES I/O for connection to professional digital outboard hardware
- Recall plug-in settings over MIDI, even in the middle of a performance
- Onboard HEXA Core Processing for mixing with UAD plug-ins at near-zero latency
- Compatible with Thunderbolt Apollo interfaces to expand systems over Dante*
- Create 16-channel immersive audio mixes for Dolby Atmos, Auro-3D, Sony 360 Reality Audio, and others
- ALT monitoring support in all monitor modes (2 x ALT mon for stereo, 1 x ALT mon for all)
- Free industry-leading technical support from knowledgeable audio engineers

Plug-ins included with Apollo x16D Complete Bundle:

Vocals & Pitch Correction (2)
Topline Vocal Suite
Topline Key Finder

Channel Strips & Preamps (19)
API® Preamp
API® Vision Channel Strip
API® Vision Channel Strip Legacy
Avalon® VT-737sp Channel Strip
CS-1 Channel Strip
Century Tube Channel Strip
Helios® Type 69 Preamp and EQ
LA-6176 Signature Channel Strip
Manley® Reference Microphone Preamp
Manley® VOXBOX Channel Strip
Neve® 1073 Preamp & EQ
Neve® 88RS Channel Strip
Neve® 88RS Channel Strip Legacy
Precision Channel Strip
SSL® E Series Channel Strip
SSL® E Series Channel Strip Legacy
UA 610-A Preamp & EQ
UA 610-B Preamp & EQ
V76 Preamplifier

Compressors / Limiters (36)
API® 2500 Stereo Bus Compressor
Chandler Limited® Zener Limiter®
dbx® 160 Compressor / Limiter
elysia•® alpha compressor V2
elysia•® alpha Mix Compressor
elysia•® mpressor
Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor™
Fairchild 660 Compressor
Fairchild 670 Compressor
Fairchild 670 Legacy Compressor
FATSO® Jr. Tape Sim. & Compressor
FATSO® Sr. Tape Sim. & Compressor
Manley Variable Mu® Limiter Compressor
Precision Buss Compressor
Sonnox® Oxford Limiter v2
Summit Audio® TLA-100A Compressor
SSL® G Series Bus Compressor
SSL® G Series Bus Compressor Legacy
Teletronix LA-2 Classic Leveler
Teletronix LA-2A Gray Classic Leveler
Teletronix LA-2A Silver Classic Leveler
Teletronix LA-2A Legacy
Teletronix LA-2A Tube Compressor
Teletronix LA-3A Classic Audio Leveler
Tube-Tech® CL 1B Compressor
Tube-Tech® CL 1B MkII Compressor
UA 1176 FET Compressor
UA 1176 Rev A Classic Limiter
UA 1176AE Classic Limiter
UA 1176LN Rev E Classic Limiter
UA 1176LN Legacy
UA 1176SE Legacy
UA 175B Tube Compressor
UA 176 Tube Compressor
Valley People® Dyna-mite™
Vertigo Sound® VSC-2 Compressor

Equalizers (32)
API® 550A Parametric EQ
API® 560 Graphic EQ
Brainworx® bx_digital V2 EQ
Brainworx® bx_digital V2 Mono EQ
Brainworx® bx_digital V3 EQ
Brainworx® bx_digital V3 Mix EQ
Cambridge EQ
Dangerous® BAX EQ Mix
Harrison® 32C Channel EQ
Harrison® 32C SE Channel EQ
Hitsville EQ
Helios® Type 69 Legacy EQ
Maag EQ4® MS Equalizer
Maag EQ4® EQ
Massenburg DesignWorks® MDWEQ5-3B Parametric EQ
Manley® Massive Passive EQ
Millennia® NSEQ-2 EQ
Neve® 1073 Legacy Classic Console EQ
Neve® 1073SE Legacy Classic Console EQ
Precision Equalizer
Pultec EQP-1A Legacy EQ
Pultec EQP-1A Passive EQ
Pultec HLF-3C Passive EQ
Pultec MEQ-5 Passive EQ
Pultec Pro Legacy EQ
Sonnox® Oxford Dynamic EQ
Sonnox® Oxford EQ
Tonelux® Tilt EQ
Tonelux® Tilt Live EQ
Trident® A-Range Classic Console EQ
Tube-Tech® ME 1B EQ
Tube-Tech® PE 1C EQ

Special Processing (28)
A/DA® Flanger
A-Type Multiband Dynamic Enhancer
Ampex® ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder
Brainworx® bx_saturator V2
Brainworx® bx_subsynth Subharmonic Synthesizer
C-Suite C-Vox™ Noise & Ambience Reduction
Eventide® H910 Harmonizer
Little Labs® IBP Phase Alignment Tool
Little Labs® Voice Of God Bass Resonance
Moog® Multimode Filter
Moog® Multimode Filter SE
Moog® Multimode Filter XL
Oxide Tape Recorder
OTO® BISCUIT 8-Bit Effects
Precision De-Esser
Precision Enhancer Hz
Precision Enhancer kHz
Softube® Vocoder
Sonnox® Oxford Inflator
Sonnox® Oxford Envolution
Sonnox® Oxford SuprEsser DS
SPL® TwinTube Processor
SPL® Vitalizer MK3-T
Studer® A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder
Thermionic Culture Vulture
Vertigo Sound® VSM-3 Mix Satellite
Vibe Analog Machines
Vibe Analog Machines Essentials

Instruments (7)
Anthem Analog Synthesizer
Electra 88 Vintage Keyboard Studio
Moog® Minimoog Synth
Opal Morphing Synth
PolyMAX Polyphonic Synth
Ravel Grand Piano
Waterfall B3 Organ

Delay & Modulation (11)
A/DA® STD-1 Stereo Tapped Delay
Brigade Chorus Pedal
Cooper® Time Cube MkII Delay
EP-34 Tape Echo
Galaxy Tape Echo
KORG® SDD-3000 Digital Delay
MXR® Flanger/Doubler
Precision Delay Mod
Precision Delay Mod L
Studio D Chorus
Waterfall Rotary Speaker

Reverbs & Rooms (14)
AKG® BX 20 Spring Reverb
Capitol Chambers
DreamVerb Room Modeler
EMT® 140 Classic Plate Reverb
EMT® 250 Electronic Reverb
Hitsville Reverb Chambers
Lexicon® 224 Digital Reverb
Lexicon® 480L Digital Reverb and Effects
Ocean Way Studios Deluxe
Ocean Way Studios
Precision Reflection Engine
Pure Plate Reverb
RealVerb Pro Custom Room Modeler
UAD Sound City Studios

Mastering (15)
Brainworx® bx_masterdesk
Brainworx® bx_masterdesk Classic
Brainworx® bx_refinement
Capitol Mastering Compressor
Chandler Limited® Curve Bender Mastering EQ
C-Suite C-Max™ Limiter
Dangerous® BAX EQ Master
elysia•® alpha Master Compressor
Hitsville Mastering EQ
Manley® Massive Passive Mastering EQ
Precision K-Stereo Ambience Recovery
Precision Limiter
Precision Maximizer
Precision Multiband
Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor Class A

Guitar & Bass (41)
Ampeg® B-15N Bass Amplifier
Ampeg® SVT-3 PRO Bass Amplifier
Ampeg® SVT-VR Bass Amplifier
Ampeg® SVT-VR Classic Bass Amplifier
Bermuda Triangle
Brainworx® bx_tuner
Chandler Limited® GAV19T Amplifier
C-Suite C-Axe™ Guitar Noise Suppressor
Diezel® Herbert Amplifier
Diezel® VH4 Amplifier
Eden® WT800 Bass Amplifier
ENGL® E646 VS Limited Edition
ENGL® E765 Retro Tube
ENGL® Savage 120 Amplifier
Fender® ’55 Tweed Deluxe
Friedman® BE100 Amplifier
Friedman® Buxom Betty Amplifier
Friedman® DS40 Amplifier
Fuchs® Overdrive Supreme 50 Amplifier
Fuchs® Train II Amplifier
Gallien-Krueger® 800RB Bass Amp
Marshall® Bluesbreaker 1962
Marshall® JMP 2203
Marshall® Plexi Classic
Marshall® Plexi Super Lead 1959
Marshall® Silver Jubilee 2555
Raw Distortion
Softube® Amp Room Half-Stack
Softube® Bass Amp Room
Softube® Bass Amp Room 8x10
Softube® Metal Amp Room
Softube® Vintage Amp Room
TS Overdrive Pedal
Sound Machine® Wood Works
Suhr® PT100 Amplifier
Suhr® SE100 Amplifier
UAD Dream ’65 Reverb Amplifier
UAD Lion ’68 Super Lead Amp
UAD Ruby ’63 Top Boost Amplifier
UAD Woodrow ’55 Instrument Amplifier
UAD Showtime ’64 Tube Amp

LUNA Extensions (4)
Ampex® ATR-102 Master Tape Extension
API® Summing Extension
API® Vision Console Emulation
Studer® A800 Multitrack Tape Extension


Take a deeper dive into what you get with Apollo X Gen 2 interfaces -- from SoundID Reference room correction to Assistive Auto Gain and beyond:

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