Top reasons we think the Apollo x4 is the best audio interface | 2022

[@soundsocietymusic]

What has been your experience with the Apollo x4? How does it compare to other interfaces you have used❓

[@dspoet1]

I got the first generation Apollo Twin in 2014 and then in 2020 got the Twin X, six years total of working with the Twin. Almost two months ago, a friend of mine told me about RME. After a bit of research, I ditched my Twin X and got the RME UCX II. I can tell you from experience that the RME UCX II is leaps and bounds better than the Apollo Twin. 1. The clocking is better. 2. The preamps are cleaner and better. I get 72 dB of clean preamp gain opposed to the 65 dB of gain that's colored from the Apollo Twin 3. Better converters which means better conversion. Converters on the Apollo Twin are sub-par. 4. The soundscape is clearer and wider. I hear things in my mixes that I didn't hear with the Apollo Twin. 5. More inputs and outputs. RME UXC II: 20-in/20-out. Apollo Twin X: 10-in/6-out. 6. You can't bypass the preamps on the Apollo Twin X when using an external mic preamp. The signal still passes through the Apollo Twin preamps, which still add a little bit of color to the sound/signal coming from the external preamp. I found this out about six months ago. This means I wasn't getting the full advantage of my Neve Shelford Channel. After switching to the UCX II, problem solved. With plugins from Plugin Alliance and now some from UAD Spark (13 native plugins), the ones I was using anyway before I sold the Twin, I don't need the Twin anymore to run those plugins. Plus I can add a UAD Satellite to run more UAD Plugins if I wanted to. The only thing the Twin X has over the RME UXC II is the ability to track with Unison Preamps, which really doesn't matter if you track with hardware gear. For the price point, I get more bang for my buck with the RME UCX II.

[@mastermiller9776]

DEWAYNE SMITHERS! 🙌🏽Your ENTHUSIASM is UNMATCHED 🔥 and YOUR CONTRIBUTION To The COMMENT SECTION Here At Sound Society is TOP-TIER 🙏🏾 So I Wanna Say THANK YOU For That. But As I'm Sure You Know ☺ 🙏🏾 That's a Lot To Respond To. And As I'm Sure You Can Tell From Our Content Thus Far.. ☺I Have NO PROBLEM Talking About It ALL! With That Being Said.. I Think You've Just INSPIRED An Entire Video 🔥 ☺ UA > vs < RME Thanks Again. STAY TUNED. 🎧💎🚀💫

[@henrikpetersson3463]

Can’t argue with what you are hearing, and RME make really good interfaces. If good conversion is the main objective then I would surely pick it before the Apollo. But some of the stuff you listed here are things that makes more difference on the paper than in real life. Like not being able to bypass the preamps. The difference it makes is bigger in one’s head than it is in the actual world.

[@troymccall2078]

Awesome! Well done! The best articulated full journey description for the interface, simple and fun!$

[@mastermiller9776]

Troy! I Appreciate That Sir! 🙏🏾 I'm Glad You Enjoyed It.

[@bradpiper3533]

I love your passion for your craft. Your videos are informative but more importantly inspirational and a joy to watch.

[@mastermiller9776]

Brad THANK YOU. Really.. That Means a Lot.

[@mastermiller9776]

So I'm Trying To Get More Familiar With Our Audience.. If You Don't Mind Me Asking, What Aspect Of The Music Production Process Would You Say You Fall Into..? Musician.. Producer.. Engineer..?

[@davidpalacios6116]

I got my x4 otw !!! I’m so excited man

[@mastermiller9776]

👀Maaaaaaaannnn David 🚀 We Gon Definitely Have To Talk About That. What Mic Are You Gonna Be Plugging Into That Thing..?

[@mastermiller9776]

But Thats Awesome Man 👀.. I'm Hyped For You. Also, Are You Gonna Be Using Any Analog Hardware In Between The Mic and The X4? Or You Gonna Strictly Roll With The UA Plugins for Your Vocal Chain..?

[@mastermiller9776]

PALACIOS! ..Yo! ..What's Up With That X4? 👀 Did You Ever Get Your Hands On It..? If So, What's Ur Take On It, Having Sat With It For a Bit..?

[@donahvanhollis9652]

I’m ordering one. Just got a new Mac studio Thrilled

[@mastermiller9776]

Oh Hollis You're Bout To Have One Helluva Time! The X4 Is One Of My Favorite Pieces of Gear That I've Purchased To Date. You Gotta Holla Back After You've Used It For Some Time And Let Me Know What You Really Think About It. I'm Super Hyped for Ya. 🎧🚀💫

[@MoonlightCruise]

Thanks, dude

[@mastermiller9776]

Moonlight 🙏🏾 I'm Glad We Could Be Of Help

[@RainEntertainmentNE]

I've been using an Antelope Discrete 8 and was amazed by the quality. Just got my UA Apollo x4 to add in and have yet to hook it up (had to order another thunderbolt cable).

[@mastermiller9776]

Oooooouuuu 👀This Is Exciting For Me.. Cuz ANTELOPE HAS SOME REALLY GOOD STUFF 😤 And Now You've Got Your Hands On That X4! I'm Gonna DEFINITELY Need Some User Feedback 🔥

[@steph__ray]

Great information! Thank you!

[@soundsocietymusic]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mastermiller9776]

YOUR WELCOME! 🙌🏽 THANKS FOR WATCHING! If You Have Any Questions, Let Us Know. Never Hesitate To Ask.

[@DamonZenDrummer]

Amazing video

[@mastermiller9776]

☺️ ..And So This Was The FIRST SOUND SOCIETY VIDEO Made. ..Damon I'm Glad You Liked It.

[@camartinez6]

what camera are you using to record this video? looks amazing

[@mastermiller9776]

Carlos, Thanks Man! 🙏🏾 Yeah Everything Shot On This Channel Has Been With a SONY A7III.

[@JeffyG]

Great video! UAD Spark is taking the headlines, but Apollo hardware still has some of the best features…. AD/DA Conversion, Unison Pre-Amps, Expandability, Console… you hit the highlights.

[@mastermiller9776]

🙏🏾 THANKS Jeffy. Yeah I've Been Seeing The SPARK Adverts. If I'm Understanding It Right.. It's a Subscription based Alternative To Allow You To Run The UAD Plug-Ins Without Having To Own One Of Their Interfaces.. Are You a UAD User Yourself..?

[@JeffyG]

@@mastermiller9776 yes. I have about 20 plugins and the Apollo Twin X. I received an offer to convert my plugins to the Spark subscription - free for the first year - but I’m not interested in starting to pay an annual subscription in year 2 for plugins I’ve owned for the last 4 years. I guess the pitch is that they’ll add new plugins to Spark from-time-to-time, but I’ll just stick with the hardware/software I own. I’m not against subscriptions when it makes sense.

[@mastermiller9776]

@@JeffyG Man I'm Right There With You On The Subscription Tip.. When It Makes Sense 🎯. So I Looked Into The SPARK a Little More And 1 Thing That Crossed My Mind Was.. I'm Wandering How Well An Individual's Computer Can/Will Support The Processing Power Without The SHARC chips ☺️🥴 You Know Due To The Extensive Modeling, Some Of The UAD Plugins Are "DSP Hogs" . In The SPARK FAQs It Mentions, How Many Plugins Can I Run Within SPARK..? And It Said However Many You Computer's CPU Can Handle ☺️🙈🤷🏽‍♂️.. Well Lets Just Say I'M DYING! TO KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE 👀 BECAUSE I KNOW! How Quickly Those SHARC chips Fill Up. So Im Super Curious On How Many Instances a Mix Session Full Of UAD Plugins Say, an i9 Processor Can Handle..? ..😏 Guess There's Only One Way To Find Out.

[@mastermiller9776]

Jeffy G! How's Those UAD Plugins & That Apollo Twin X Been Goin'..? Have You Tracked or Mixed Anything That "Moves You" Lately..?

[@JeffyG]

@@mastermiller9776 nothing lately. In fact, it’s a little embarrassing. I’ve been working on electronic/trance/dance/chill material largely based on samples and I need to find a vocalist appropriate to this genre. The UA plugins are really excellent for vocals, especially the API Vision channel strip, 1176 and LA2A. Also learning the subtle tweaking with the Pultec EQ.

[@victorpatron1209]

Hi Can I connect 2 pairs of monitors?

[@mastermiller9776]

Hey Victor 🙏🏾Nice To Meet Ya Man. 2 Pairs Of Monitors Connected Directly To The X4? 🥴 I'mah Have To Say Is a "No-Go" The Monitoring Section on The X4 Only Has 3 Stereo Outputs "HP1" > "HP2" > "MONITOR" So You Can Only Hook Up 2 Pairs Of HEADPHONES & 1 Pair Of MONITORS.. That's It.

[@victorpatron1209]

@@mastermiller9776 thanks man great video

[@mastermiller9776]

@@victorpatron1209 🙏🏾 We Here Man. Any Questions.. NEVER HESITATE TO ASK. There Are No Bad Questions. We're All Here TO LEARN.

[@JLP-333]

Pretty good vid. 👍. Wondering if the conversion can get better? Need more comparison to some of the antelope units

[@mastermiller9776]

JLP 333! 🙏🏾 I Appreciate Ur Comment. ..and RESPECT for The "Antelope" Mention. 👀 ANTELOPE AUDIO HAS SOME DAMN GOOD UNITS ✨I Was Looking At Their "PURE 2" (AD/DA Converter) Some Time Back but I Decided To Go With DANGEROUS MUSIC Instead. ..but to keep things in context.. YES.. 😏 An "ANTELOPE AUDIO ZEN TOUR SYNERGY CORE" vs "UA APOLLO X4" 🗣 Would Be A Hell Of A "High End Mobile Audio Interface Comparison Vid".. You're gonna be making HQ Productions with both units.. it just depends on which company or platform u are wanting to invest in. ..as Both Units Have the "REAL TIME FX PROCESSING" & "Near ZERO LATENCY".. Nonetheless.. Touché.. Thanks for "Stirring the Pot" & Driving The Conversation.. Know that I'm Here for It All. ..and YES, The Conversation Will Be Getting Better.. 🙏🏾Thanks Again.

[@angusbrown2712]

Do you have any Way of showing me how to set up my new Apollo x4 in Studio one Professional. .. ??

[@mastermiller9776]

Angus 🙏🏾 THANK YOU For Considering Us To Help Guide You In Your Audio Journey. Here Is a Video That Should Help You With Setting Up Your Interface In STUDIO ONE. 👉🏾 kzbin.info/www/bejne/raWTn5eprrJojM0 This Video Over At @PreSonus Audio Electronics Really Takes You "Step By Step". 🙏🏾 I Hope This Helps. Let Us Know If You Have Any More Questions. Thanks For Swingin' By.

[@dronbana]

Review those twin6 please?

[@mastermiller9776]

😏 My Guy 🎯.. 👌🏽AGREED. Soon Enough We Will Have To Do That. Digvijay, I Appreciate The Feedback.

[@mastermiller9776]

Digvijay! ..I Was Looking At Our Content We Have Lined Up and The STUDIOS MONITORS Ain't Coming Soon Enough ☺🤷🏽‍♂ But I Ain't Forget About Ya.. So In The Meantime I Was Wandering What Monitors Are You Currently Using..? And Then What Pair Of Monitors Would You Want To Upgrade To..?

[@UTSONUT]

did you compare in an A / B test thisx4 to other higher quality interfaces ? ( with better converters, better meaning more transparent, neutral and with a better clock that reduces jitter in audio signal), the twin X and x4 do NOT have the same clock as in the x16 and x8 by the way Lynx, RME , Prism, Apogee beat the UA X4 in terms of conversion (especially D to A), but by how much is subjective and debatable,...... the x4 is great overall.....no doubt......but i feel like highlighting ONLY positives in a "this is THE Best" way about any device is not the truth.....every device has some flaws..... .for example (i) Apogee Symphony Desktop sounds better than UA any-day, but it has a touch screen (thats wack - no real buttons, UA is better in this aspect as buttons are easy to reach and hit while recording - instead of touching a screen and diving in menus on the screen to change a setting), and its i/o is very limited to the point that we cannot use any hardware with the device (UA wins here as well), so Symphony desktop is very limited in those specific areas but does sound better in terms of D to A conversion especially, + cleaner pre amps - now Apogee does offer a Unison preamp like feature but does not offer all the emulations that UA does......... still a choice for those who are always "in the box", they CAN choose that device over this one..... (ii) the RME does not have unison pre amps and one may prefer the UA console software + unison preamps and choose the UA for that reason - and that is totally cool but in terms of converters, RME is better than UA, anyday (iii) Prism sounds better than UA but Prism software is not nearly as advanced and easy to use as UA (iv) Lynx sounds better than UA in terms of conversion but Lynx does not offer any of the union pre amps and so on...... "to each , his own"

[@mastermiller9776]

UTSONUT..🙏🏾First Off I Want To THANK YOU For YOUR INPUT 👆🏾☺️ That's A Lot To Respond To.. As You Are Creating New Discussions Within Discussions. Which Is Dope. I Welcome It Allll ☺️🙏🏾 But I Will Try My Best. So Let's Start With The Root Of The Matter. Based On Your Response, It's Suffice To Say, You Have Fallen Out Of CONTEXT Very Quickly. So Let's Revisit The Title Of The Video. > "Top 5 Reasons WE THINK The Apollo X4 Is The Best Audio Interface" Key Words: "WE THINK". Meaning This Is Our OPINION, NOT A "Definitive Claim" Where I Then Went On To Lend Perspective & CONTEXT For My Reasoning With One Of THE MAIN REASONS Being.. "PORTABILITY". Stay With Me UTSONUT. CONTEXT, UTSONUT, Is Where We're Getting Lost In Translation Here. It Would Be Different IF The Video Was Titled "THE BEST CONVERTERS ON THE MARKET", But It's Not. It Would Be Different IF The Video Was Designed As A FULL LENGTH REVIEW, Where People NORMALLY Talk "PROS & CONS", But It's Not. "Top 5 Reasons WE THINK The Apollo X4 Is THE BEST Audio Interface" The Context Of The Video Title Alone, Alleviates Any Need To Be Discussing "Flaws" As This Was Not A "Pros & Cons" Video. So Once Again, CONTEXT Is Everything. So With POTABILITY Being One Of My Main Reasons. I Am Leaving ALL RACKMOUNT Units Out Of The Discussion. As They Are Not Conducive For Travel Application. So Now That We Have Re-Established The CONTEXT. A Lot Of Your Comment, In Your Own Words, Supports The Notion That YOU EVEN FEEL That The UA, Is In Fact, The Better Interface Vs The Alternative Brand Units You Proposed. ALL EXCPET FOR ONE ASPECT That You Continued To Fall Back On... "Sounds Better".. More Specifically the AD/DA Conversion. Now This Is Where It Gets Interesting.. By The Way, I'm A Fan Of Your Passion for Audio. But At This Level Of Audio Quality UTSONUT, To Try Lay Hand Over The X4s Conversion With The Likes Of.. Anything! ☺️ Is Gonna Be A Stretch.. Like You Said Yourself.. "by how much is subjective and debatable".. So If Thats How You Feel.. 😆 What R We Even Talking About here..? ..But I Did Say, "I'm Here For It All", So Lets Drive The Discussion.. "Apogee Symphony Desktop sounds better than UA any-day" ..👈🏾 So To Ur Claim I Would Say Ur TROLLING ☺️ But.. Lets Go There.. The Only Way To Really PROPERLY Support That Claim, At This Level of Audio.. Is With EXTREMELY HIGH QUALITY MONITORS, Which Most Viewers DON'T HAVE.. While Sitting in A Very "Intentionally Designed Room" That Is Optimized For Monitoring Audio Playback. Which Once Again, Most Of Us Are Not Going To Be Sitting In. Nonetheless, What MONITORS You Are Monitoring With and What ROOM You Are Monitoring In, Is Going To LARGELY IMPACT That Claim.. Made By Anybody. Not To Mention The Level Of "Ear Training" Of An Individual Making a Claim On Audio Quality at this level, Is Gonna Be As Big Of A Variable As The Room And Speakers. But Let Me Stop There. I Just Want To Make Sure I Matched Your Enthusiasm Here In The Comment Section ☺️🙏🏾 I Love Comments Like Yours. As It Leads Me To More Studying and well.. I Am ALWAYS LEARNING. So For That I THANK YOU, Once Again. But I Wanna Revisit The Aspect Of Your Comment of You You Saying, >>>> "Lynx, RME , Prism, Apogee beat the UA X4 in terms of conversion (especially D to A)" #ThatPart How DO YOU.. In Your Mind.. In Your Heart of Hearts.. Even Begin To Quantify That Claim..? 🤔To That Part, I'm Genuinely Curious.. Oh And If You Can Add In What Studio Monitors (and Headphones) You Are Using To Support Your "Sounds Better" Claim, That Would Also Be GREATLY APPRECIATED! ☺️ Cuz I for real Might Need To Get Some New Ones. ThanksInAdvance. When U Get A Chance Of Course.. I'll Be Here.

[@aurelianepuras]

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[@mastermiller9776]

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