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Universal Audio Thunderbolt 3 Option Card
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Brand | Universal Audio |
Hardware Interface | USB |
Item Weight | 0.79 Pounds |
Compatible Devices | Laptop |
Operating System | Mac or Windows |
About this item
- User-installable Thunderbolt 3 Option card for Apollo rackmount interfaces
- Two Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports for daisy-chaining Apollos or peripherals
- Thunderbolt 3 delivers up to 40 Gbps for high bandwidth peripherals such as dual 4K displays and hard drives
- Provides 15W bus power to downstream Thunderbolt peripherals
- Requires macOS Sierra/High Sierra or Windows 10 w/Anniversary (64-bit Edition)
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Product information
Item Weight | 12.6 ounces |
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Product Dimensions | 12 x 9 x 3 inches |
ASIN | B07C4KWMSM |
Item model number | UA-TBOC3 |
Customer Reviews |
5.0 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #8,434 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments) #74 in Computer Recording Audio Interfaces |
Date First Available | September 5, 2018 |
Compatible Devices | Laptop |
Hardware Interface | USB |
Operating System | Mac or Windows |
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Product Description
Delivers high bandwidth, low latency connectivity for Apollo interfaces to Thunderbolt 3-equipped Mac and Windows systems. Compatible with Intel’s new Thunderbolt 3 technology on the latest Mac and Windows computers, the Thunderbolt 3 Option Card for Apollo rackmount interfaces allows music producers to connect Apollo directly to their computer using Thunderbolt 3. It also supports daisy-chaining other Thunderbolt devices such as additional Apollo interfaces, UAD-2 Satellite Thunderbolt, hard drives, monitors and more. The user-installable Thunderbolt 3 Option Card includes two Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports, and easily slides into the expansion bay of any Apollo audio interface. Bus power is provided to all downstream Thunderbolt 3 peripherals.
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Key Features
• | User-installable Thunderbolt 3 Option Card for all Apollo rackmount models |
• | Enables Thunderbolt 3 connectivity for Apollo and Apollo 16 FireWire models |
• | Get compatibility with Universal Audio’s free LUNA Recording System |
• | Blazing-fast PCIe audio drivers and rock-solid performance versus FireWire |
• | Two Thunderbolt 3 ports for convenient daisy-chaining of Apollos or peripherals |
• | Provides bus power to downstream Thunderbolt 3 peripherals |
• | Easy user installation – tool and instructions included |
• | Thunderbolt 3 cable sold separately |
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Only a few months after that, UA started shipping the Apollos stock with the TB installed already.
They made the TB cards available to us early adopters, but wanted $500 for them! So, if you waited to buy an Apollo, you were golden connection-wise. While us "trusting of UA" early adopters had to shell out another chunk of cash just to get what new customers got included with their Apollo.
Raw deal. And, I refused to pay for that $500 card. I didn't "need" it at the time, so was happy not to give UA more money for trusting they do the right thing but didn't. Principle matters.
Then, while researching newer sound cards, I found this TB3 card compatible with even the first run Apollo 16s - for a more reasonable $200.
I sprang for it, and, it works fine. Just had to update the firmware on the Apollo and voila'.
What's interesting, is with this version of the TB card, you can choose to downgrade back to Firewire if you want/need to. That's HUGE.
Now I can switch back to Firewire if I want to use my old system, which has a lot of material on it using plugins and other code that never made it to my current system. Software goes away folks - hardware is still king.
Anyway, yeh, this one is a worthwhile investment. I don't need and can't afford the latest Apollo 16s, so having my Silverface Apollo 16 to use with both older and newer systems is pretty handy.
Some ears get wiggy with the earlier Apollos, they split hairs and talk like you can't cut a record nor mix with them they're so bad.
Hogwash. The Silverface Apollos, especially the 16 with it's higher grade converter chips than the rest of the Apollo line of the era, is not going to be why you can't make outstanding sounding recordings. No.
So, no brainer this card, extending the life of your Silverface Apollo full on into your current rig.
Props to UA for getting this to us for a reasonable price... later is better than never in this case.