very good video, but I have been trying for several days to route the PT output to virtual channels without success... No signal in the UA console, although I think I have respected the routing correctly.
Thank you very much for explaining how to set up the routing. You showed the result: a custom configured insert almost at the end of the video. I really find it easier to follow especially a nicely detailed tutorial like yours when I see at the beginning what's the plan or the achieved results. This IT-stuff is really a pain even though I have some knowledge von IT Basics. Let's help us all to be able to enjoy God's gift of music.
Awesome video! I wonder how to apply inserts in console. Say I wanna record thru an outboard compressor thru UAD console (instead of using a plugin in the insert slots in console, add a real hardware and monitor that as well) ... I wonder if there is a way to do that. Great video!
You can but not through console. You have to route analog outputs to the compressive and bring it back to an input and record that input channel in your Daw
One thing I'm confused about, that I can't seem to solve - The Apollo's Cue system limits you to 4 stereo cue's or 8 mono.. how could you get around this with the Apollo in real time? Is it truly a deadend? I'd imagine if I'm creating busses inside of PT and routing them out - that I'd be monitoring essentially through the PT engine, and thus I'd get latency..
Correct! A cool way around it which is what I did in my studio actually I got the behringer P16 personal monitors and connected that to the Apollo via ADAT and then I had u limited number of personal mixes
@TheSteveKinney no you would send direct out from your Apollo channels to your ADAT and mirror those to your monitor mix! You wouldn’t be sending from cues anymore. Or you can do mix and match of both combined. I ran sessions in my studio with 10+ different mixes this way without any issue.
@@fadygergis GOTCHA... so - say you have a 5 piece band, drums, bass, keys, gtr, acoustic. I'd imagine you'd have to be able to send some sort of bussed audio, would console's limit of two Aux's play a part in this? Also - if you were sending some of the playback audio at the same time, how do you handle the delay compensation in PT, does the engine just calculate it entirely for you?
@TheSteveKinney yes this is all possible. Drums I would dedicate a cue as a drum buss and send that to a stereo mix. All the rest of instruments are direct out. For playback I would send my PT audio to a virtual channel in UA console and I would treat it as a normal channel for monitor mixing. If it’s done properly no delay issues at all. Since all the headphone monitoring at this point is happening from UA console not from PT
If you use the Protools hardware insert feature it will be treated as a normal plugin inside Protools and delay compensation will be applied in the same manner.
No. I only use low latency mode in tracking if needed! Only for the purpose for the artist to hear back what he tracked. But most time I don’t even need this and I have the channel muted from Protools and monitored from Apollo.
Thumbs up! I have an Apollo Twin MK11 interface with Pro Tools studio 2024 version. I have one problem with my Apollo Twin. When I sing into my microphone I can barely hear my voice. Yes my headphone volume is turned up to a decent level. I will pay you if you can help me solve this problem. Thanks
Best Apollo-protools breakdown on RUclips also referring to your first vid on console setup I adjusted a few console settings after that vid to align the I/O The Grace 908 is a superb piece of gear! I don’t work atmos or surround in general but have been in the co-pilot chair during a scoring gig I was hoping to help master but time didn’t work out in my favor I hope the newer engineers and producers take advantage of your input section so many people who were working in the box are buying outboard gear as the analog train keeps steaming along At 60 years old I spent more time as a musician on the other side of talk back but the road is tiring as a independent talent so back to the chair Luckily I still have my Teletronix, EL distressors an Eventide H3000 (kitchen sink) black face from the ‘80s a few other nice keepers, And I also run the X6, and x8p with a X-twin now My UA 410 is older and needs some tlc but I have several 710 Twinfinity units I received practically free after an East coat flood some years ago Really like the Lynx Hilo converters! a few of my friends who worked east coast mainly don’t seem to think they are much better than the UA X racks but I disagree it’s like night and day, so saving up for that since my Genelecs are only 6 months old Hey, we can’t buy it all at once without partners or hitting the lottery besides my mic closet has a few holes to fill first but got the basics Akg, Neumann, Manley ref, Sennheiser, Shure,even found a Sanken 100k circa 1959? I know crazy but you meet so many people over the years on the road Anyway I’m rambling, I hope to follow your work and chime in now and then, good luck
So your hardware inserts are delay compensated automatically at any buffer size and sample rate with the Apollo? Even when doing parallel processing? I’d really like to get an x16 to use for hardware inserts in Pro Tools but it is impossible to get a definitive answer on this! Some people say it works automatically like an HD i/o, some people say you need to enter delay comp values manually for different sample rates etc.. Thanks for your help!
The MKII software has nothing to do with Protools. You can delete all the I/O in Protools and reassign them if you want to. But the actual software has nothing to do with it.
Hi Fadi, Hope all is well! I I got the apollo x8p and having issues connecting outboard gear! Tech support where i bought it are clueless and tell me to switch to mic input when it should be line, if connecting gear, smh, Is there anyway you can help me out would be appreciated!Thank you sir!
Excellent video. Very informative....Quick question. I don't think Apollo Twin USB has the I/O Matrix correct? How would I route it into Pro Tools then please? I just have a Apollo Twin USB interface (Windows 10) I believe only the Thunderbolt Apollos have the IO Matrix? Thanks in advance!
I sent you an email bro. I need some help with my setup I would really appreciate it. I have all my wiring right for my analog gear but I feel like my I/O is off somehow. Let’s schedule a call!
Hardware units as PT inserts. Mind blown. Thank you.
It’s a game changer for hybrid Mixing
very good video, but I have been trying for several days to route the PT output to virtual channels without success... No signal in the UA console, although I think I have respected the routing correctly.
Sand me an email.
Fady@heartbeatproductions.org
Thank you very much for explaining how to set up the routing. You showed the result: a custom configured insert almost at the end of the video. I really find it easier to follow especially a nicely detailed tutorial like yours when I see at the beginning what's the plan or the achieved results. This IT-stuff is really a pain even though I have some knowledge von IT Basics. Let's help us all to be able to enjoy God's gift of music.
Brilliantly clear and easy to follow video, thanks!
My pleasure
How do I get it to connect to my pc? My pc isn’t detecting it
That was a very helpful video for setting up headphone channels. Thank you.
Happy to help
Awesome video! I wonder how to apply inserts in console. Say I wanna record thru an outboard compressor thru UAD console (instead of using a plugin in the insert slots in console, add a real hardware and monitor that as well) ... I wonder if there is a way to do that. Great video!
You can but not through console. You have to route analog outputs to the compressive and bring it back to an input and record that input channel in your Daw
Another great video. Thanks again
Thank you sir
One thing I'm confused about, that I can't seem to solve - The Apollo's Cue system limits you to 4 stereo cue's or 8 mono.. how could you get around this with the Apollo in real time? Is it truly a deadend?
I'd imagine if I'm creating busses inside of PT and routing them out - that I'd be monitoring essentially through the PT engine, and thus I'd get latency..
Correct!
A cool way around it which is what I did in my studio actually I got the behringer P16 personal monitors and connected that to the Apollo via ADAT and then I had u limited number of personal mixes
@@fadygergis but wouldn't that still be limited to 4 stereo tracks being sent to it?
@TheSteveKinney no you would send direct out from your Apollo channels to your ADAT and mirror those to your monitor mix!
You wouldn’t be sending from cues anymore.
Or you can do mix and match of both combined. I ran sessions in my studio with 10+ different mixes this way without any issue.
@@fadygergis GOTCHA... so - say you have a 5 piece band, drums, bass, keys, gtr, acoustic.
I'd imagine you'd have to be able to send some sort of bussed audio, would console's limit of two Aux's play a part in this?
Also - if you were sending some of the playback audio at the same time, how do you handle the delay compensation in PT, does the engine just calculate it entirely for you?
@TheSteveKinney yes this is all possible.
Drums I would dedicate a cue as a drum buss and send that to a stereo mix.
All the rest of instruments are direct out.
For playback I would send my PT audio to a virtual channel in UA console and I would treat it as a normal channel for monitor mixing. If it’s done properly no delay issues at all. Since all the headphone monitoring at this point is happening from UA console not from PT
Well done! You've saved me lots of time and frustration.
My pleasure. Don’t hesitate to email if you got any questions
Such a great video 👏👏👏I'll be changing a few of my settings on my Apollo x16 after watching this. Thank you for your help 💚💚
Awesome I am glad this is helpful.
Great video, clear and concise and covers a wide range of topics...Ive subscribed. Well done🤘
Happy to help!
Thanks what about Delay compensation ?
If you use the Protools hardware insert feature it will be treated as a normal plugin inside Protools and delay compensation will be applied in the same manner.
Amazing video! This really came in handy! My only question is, are you using Pro Tools' LLM mode when using the Apollo?
No. I only use low latency mode in tracking if needed! Only for the purpose for the artist to hear back what he tracked. But most time I don’t even need this and I have the channel muted from Protools and monitored from Apollo.
@@fadygergis Thanks for the reply! I'll definitely be trying this in a future session. Looking forward to more videos!
Thumbs up! I have an Apollo Twin MK11 interface with Pro Tools studio 2024 version. I have one problem with my Apollo Twin. When I sing into my microphone I can barely hear my voice. Yes my headphone volume is turned up to a decent level. I will pay you if you can help me solve this problem. Thanks
Send me an email fady@heartbeatproductions.org
I will schedule a consult session with you.
Best Apollo-protools breakdown on RUclips also referring to your first vid on console setup
I adjusted a few console settings after that vid to align the I/O
The Grace 908 is a superb piece of gear! I don’t work atmos or surround in general but have been in the co-pilot chair
during a scoring gig I was hoping to help master but time didn’t work out in my favor
I hope the newer engineers and producers take advantage of your input section
so many people who were working in the box are buying outboard gear as the analog train keeps steaming along
At 60 years old I spent more time as a musician on the other side of talk back but the road is tiring as a independent talent so
back to the chair
Luckily I still have my Teletronix, EL distressors an Eventide H3000 (kitchen sink) black face from the ‘80s a few other nice keepers,
And I also run the X6, and x8p with a X-twin now
My UA 410 is older and needs some tlc but I have several 710 Twinfinity units I received practically free after an East coat flood some years ago
Really like the Lynx Hilo converters! a few of my friends who worked east coast mainly don’t seem to think they are much better than the UA X racks but I disagree it’s like night and day,
so saving up for that since my Genelecs are only 6 months old
Hey, we can’t buy it all at once without partners or hitting the lottery besides my mic closet has a few holes to fill first but got the basics
Akg, Neumann, Manley ref, Sennheiser, Shure,even found a Sanken 100k circa 1959? I know crazy but you meet so many people over the years on the road
Anyway I’m rambling, I hope to follow your work and chime in now and then, good luck
Awesome. Happy to hear!
The m908 is a beast of a unit.
So your hardware inserts are delay compensated automatically at any buffer size and sample rate with the Apollo? Even when doing parallel processing?
I’d really like to get an x16 to use for hardware inserts in Pro Tools but it is impossible to get a definitive answer on this! Some people say it works automatically like an HD i/o, some people say you need to enter delay comp values manually for different sample rates etc.. Thanks for your help!
Correct. But for parallel compression I use my patchbay for that.
Great explane, thks u very much..GBU 🙏🏻😇
You’re welcome!
Thank you very much, much appreciated information!
Your welcome.
I see you have a Lynx Hilo. Why do you have that if you have and use the Apollos?
They are much superior converters than the Apollo so I use them for mastering and processing mix bus.
@@fadygergis thank you for the reply. So, you track with the Apollos and mix & master with the Hilo?
Correct. But I still sometimes track vocals through the Hilo since converters are super clean.
@@fadygergis do you feel you lose audio quality when mixing with outboard gear using the Apollo’s DA?
@marbelis-my8xo Apollo converters are good. But I won’t call them mastering grade converters. So depends on how picky you are about your converters.
Thumbs up to you! Hi. Do you know how to uninstall Apollo Twin MK11 software from Pro Tools then reinstall it? Thanks
The MKII software has nothing to do with Protools.
You can delete all the I/O in Protools and reassign them if you want to. But the actual software has nothing to do with it.
@@fadygergis Thank You.
You got it.
I wish that were the case but all I see on mine is from left to right - Hardware - Display - Plugins - Midi
Hi Fadi, Hope all is well! I I got the apollo x8p and having issues connecting outboard gear! Tech support where i bought it are clueless and tell me to switch to mic input when it should be line, if connecting gear, smh, Is there anyway you can help me out would be appreciated!Thank you sir!
Hi,
Thanks for reaching out. Send me an email fady@heartbeatproductions.org
And we can schedule a consulting session to get your issues resolved.
@@fadygergis Thank you sir! email sent! Cheers!
@@khalilroukoz is you saying you recording in mic instead of line use trs cable in the back of the apollo you shoud get line
Excellent video. Very informative....Quick question. I don't think Apollo Twin USB has the I/O Matrix correct? How would I route it into Pro Tools then please? I just have a Apollo Twin USB interface (Windows 10) I believe only the Thunderbolt Apollos have the IO Matrix? Thanks in advance!
I believe all Apollo interfaces have I/O it’s less channels depending on your unit but they all have I/O matrix.
@@fadygergis Not in Apollo Twin USB unfortunately
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I sent you an email bro. I need some help with my setup I would really appreciate it. I have all my wiring right for my analog gear but I feel like my I/O is off somehow. Let’s schedule a call!
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