Apollo Solo UAD Console & Voice-Over Plugin Setup

How to Set Up UAD Console & Voice-Over Plugins on Apollo Solo | Vox Boy

Universal Audio Apollo Solo + UAD Console Voice-Over Setup

Your Apollo Solo is installed and registered. Now it’s time to turn it into a professional voice-over signal chain.

Part 2 of the Vox Boy Apollo Solo Setup Guide walks you through UAD Console, Apollo DSP plug-ins, Vox Boy voice-over settings, microphone gain, realtime processing, room-noise reduction, and saving your own working presets.

The goal is simple: create a polished starting sound you can open quickly, then make only small adjustments for your own voice and recording environment.

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Universal Audio Apollo Solo + Plug-Ins
Part 2 — UAD Console + John Q. Kubin Voice-Over Settings

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What You’ll Learn

By the end of this guide, you’ll know how to:

Understand the difference between UA Connect, UAD Meter & Control Panel, and UAD Console
Authorize the UAD DSP plug-ins you own
Understand how audio flows through Unison and UAD Console insert slots
Load the downloadable Vox Boy .uadmix voice-over session
Set a clean input level for the Universal Audio SC-1 microphone
Build and understand the Vox Boy voice-over processing chain
Use compression, EQ, preamp modeling, and room-noise reduction
Choose between UAD REC and UAD MON
Monitor Apollo Solo DSP usage
Save your own custom Vox Boy presets for home, hotel, Source-Connect, and other recording environments

UAD Console handles the live Apollo mixer, microphone input, phantom power, Unison, inserts, monitoring, and realtime processing, while UAD Meter & Control Panel handles DSP plug-in authorization and resource monitoring.

The Vox Boy Voice-Over Chain

The supplied Vox Boy starting chain is built specifically around realtime Apollo Solo DSP:

Neve Preamp → UA 610-B → 1176LN Legacy → Pultec EQP-1A Legacy → C-Suite C-Vox

Each processor has a specific job:

Neve Preamp
Adds foundation, presence, and preamp character.

UA 610-B
Adds tube-style warmth, body, and broad tonal shaping.

1176LN Legacy
Controls peaks, evens out voice-over delivery, and adds density.

Pultec EQP-1A Legacy
Provides broad, musical EQ for body, presence, and polish.

C-Suite C-Vox
Provides realtime reduction of steady room noise, ambience, HVAC, traffic, and untreated-room character.

The guide identifies the UA 610-B, 1176LN Legacy, and Pultec EQP-1A Legacy as included with Apollo Solo, while the Neve Preamp and C-Vox may require a separate license depending on your UA account.

Load the Vox Boy Settings Once

The downloadable Vox Boy .uadmix file contains the inserted UAD plug-ins and their starting settings.

Open the session in UAD Console once, make any small room or gain adjustments you need, then Save As your own version.

UAD Console remembers its current settings between launches, so in normal use you do not need to rebuild or reload the entire chain every time you reconnect your Vox Boy.

Get the Microphone Right First

Before changing plug-in settings, make sure your SC-1 is receiving a clean signal.

For Vox Boy voice-over:

Select MIC
Turn 48V ON for the SC-1
Leave PAD off for normal VO
Speak at your actual performance level
Set your gain so loud reads peak around -12 dBFS without clipping

If your level is wrong, fix the Apollo input gain first rather than adjusting every plug-in.

UAD REC vs. UAD MON

UAD Console also lets you choose whether the processing is actually recorded.

UAD REC — Print It
You hear the processed Vox Boy chain and the standard insert processing is recorded into your DAW.

UAD MON — Keep It Flexible
You hear the processed chain while recording, but the standard-insert signal sent to your DAW remains dry.

Unison processing is the exception — Unison is always recorded.

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