Lynda.com – J. Scott Giaquinta : Up and Running with Universal Audio UAD-2/Apollo (TUTORIAL)

By | December 4, 2025

 

Release Year: October 2015
Manufacturer: Lynda
Manufacturer’s Website: www.lynda.com/UAD-2-Apollo-tutorials/Up-Running-Universal-Audio-UAD-2Apollo/365726-2.html
Author: J. Scott Giaquinta
Duration: 3:19
Type of Material: Video Clips
Language: English

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Description: 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. J. Scott Giaquinta shows how to connect the Apollo system to a computer and DAW, navigate the UAD interface, and work with features such as the UAD Meter, Unison tracking, and wordclocking. Then he digs deep into the core plugins, including the 1176 and LA-2A amplifiers, as well as the compressors, equalizers, delay and modulation effects, special processing units, and reverbs that make Universal Audio’s classic sounds some of the best in today’s digital audio world.
Creating mixes using UAD-2 and Apollo.

Content :
Introduction
Welcome
What should you 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
    RealVerbPro

  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

Example files: none
Video format: MP4
Video: AVC, 1280×720, 16:9, 15fps, 184kbps
Audio: AAC, 48kHz, 128kbps, stereo


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