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 UAD plug-ins from Neve, SSL, and Auto-Tune, plus classic LA-2A and 1176 compressors, and more.
It’s our most powerful system for mixing live sound with UAD plug-ins or expanding your current Thunderbolt Apollo studio over Dante. Learn what it is, what it does, and why you need it from UA experts and fanatics.
With its powerful digital mixing engine giving you control over inputs, outputs, and plug-in routing — Apollo x16D makes it easy to build your mix and control entire effects chains in realtime. Then quickly recall your plug-in settings over MIDI, all without interrupting the performance.
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.*
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.
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
Includes up to 100+ UAD plug-ins with Ultimate+ or Essentials+ editions
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)
