Now Slate Digital has its own serious problem to take into account. And if you’re a home studio enthusiast, it’s a lot of money to move from the Apollo Twin up to the Apollo 8.Įnough money to consider looking at switching to something else. It doesn’t take many plugins to max out the available hardware. The Apollo hardware is simply underpowered. There’s just one problem, and it’s the reason why I haven’t bought any UAD plugins this year. The results are fantastic, and not only well worth the money, but also far cheaper than buying (and maintaining!) the real outboard gear. You have to buy these plugins separately, and they cost hundreds of pounds each. The UAD system relies on DSP chips in the Apollo hardware to run emulations of analog outboard gear.

Slate Digital has launched the VRS8, their 8×8 recording interface for Thunderbolt-equipped Macs.įor home studio enthusiasts who want pro-level gear, there’s really only three ways to do it: Universal Audio Apollo, Slate Digital VRS and the Everything Bundle … or buy a standalone interface and collect your own plugins from lots of different vendors.

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