These show up as independent outputs to your DAW software, as does the headphone output. Said rear panel sports two combination jack/XLR sockets which can accept mic- or line-level signals, plus two pairs of TRS jacks providing Monitor and Line outputs. Apart from the headphone socket and a high-impedance jack input for connecting electric guitars, all the socketry resides on the back panel, while the top is dominated by a large, multi-function rotary controller with associated buttons and LED meters. In other respects, though, its basic design shares many ideas with those products.
Compared with RME's Babyface or MOTU's Track 16, the Twin has the great advantage that all its I/O is built into the unit itself, rather than delegated to an awkward flying cable. Around six inches square, it's larger and heavier than most of the other desktop interfaces I've encountered, but still merits the tag 'portable'. Housed in a very smart metal case, the Apollo Twin has the look and feel of a quality product. While its rackmounting siblings can mate with the host computer using Firewire 800 or Thunderbolt, the Apollo Twin is Thunderbolt-only, and is currently compatible only with machines running Mac OS.
The Apollo Twin is available in Solo or Duo configurations, the latter offering twice the DSP grunt of the former. As with the larger Apollo and Apollo 16, this makes it possible not only to use UA plug-ins at mixdown, but to employ them in the monitor or record path with very low latency. The latest addition to Universal Audio's growing Apollo family is a desktop audio interface which incorporates their UAD2 Powered Plug-ins platform. The Apollo Twin brings impressive sound quality and UA plug-ins to the desktop, along with unusually versatile mic preamps!
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