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Turn your Apollo interface into a professional recording station with Universal Audio’s DAW LUNA and its authentically analog extensions – and see it in action LIVE!
Join our YouTube Live Stream on December 16th for a LIVE demonstration of Universal Audio’s LUNA DAW. Plus, RSVP and watch the livestream for a chance to win your very own Apollo Twin X Duo (a $1,199 value)!
RSVP + Join The livestream for a chance to win your own
Apollo Twin X Duo!
Experience Professional Recording with LUNA LIVE
Thursday, December 16th
at 2PM PST
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How Will This Live Stream Work?
Where Do I Watch?
The Live Stream is hosted on our YouTube Channel, but is best viewed here, on the Event landing page
at 2 PM PST.
How Do I Win?
- Watch the event intently and listen to the Presenter.
- Towards the end of the event, our Host will type in the Live Chat a question pertaining to the Live Stream.
- Input your answer to the question in the Giveaway Question Box located below the video on the Event page.
- ** Pro Tip ** – watch the live stream on our event page and type in your email address in the Giveaway Question Box to prepare for the question.
- The fastest correct answer wins.
- The winner will be notified by email after the event ends.
How Long Is This Event?
Our events usually run longer than anticipated. We typically aim for the event to be 1 hour long,
but a flood of great questions from viewers can push the length beyond that.
Watch the Live Stream and Enter Your Answer
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The Authentically Analog DAW for Apollo
Designed for seamless integration with Apollo audio interfaces, LUNA is Universal Audio’s free Mac‑based recording application that lets you do music recording, audio editing, composition, sound design, and more ‑ all in real-time, and with big analog studio sound.
LUNA Compatible Devices
What's New in LUNA v1.2
Get Your Hands on Authentic Analog
Designed for seamless integration with Apollo audio interfaces, LUNA is our free Mac‑based recording application that lets you do music recording, audio editing, composition, sound design, and more ‑ all in real time, and with big analog studio sound.
Control Surface Support
Get hands on with LUNA using any compatible desktop MCU control surface or DAW controller app on your phone or tablet. Easily perform analog-style workflows like fader moves and mix automation, plus zoom, scroll, control playback, and more.
Supported Control Surfaces:
- SSL UF8
- V-Control Pro & V-Software
- PreSonus FaderPort Classic
- PreSonus FaderPort (2nd Gen)
- PreSonus FaderPort 8
- PreSonus FaderPort 16
- Behringer X-Touch One
- Behringer X-Touch
- Icon Pro Audio QCon Pro G2
- DAW Control (iPadOS App)
Sidechain Input
Give your mixes more energy and excitement with easy sidechain compression on tracks and buses, either directly in LUNA API Vision Console Emulation or other sidechain‑able Audio Units plug‑ins.
Supported Control Surfaces:
- SSL UF8
- V-Control Pro & V-Software
- PreSonus FaderPort Classic
- PreSonus FaderPort (2nd Gen)
- PreSonus FaderPort 8
- PreSonus FaderPort 16
- Behringer X-Touch One
- Behringer X-Touch
- Icon Pro Audio QCon Pro G2
- DAW Control (iPadOS App)
LUNA Extensions
Unlock Analog Sounds and Workflows
Far beyond plug‑ins, LUNA Extensions are built into the fabric of LUNA’s mixer, giving you authentic analog sounds without having to manage multiple plug‑in windows.
Built-In Neve & API Summing
Create with precisely emulated analog summing from legendary Neve and API consoles. These optional LUNA Extensions will transform a clean, sterile mix to sound as if it was mixed on a classic analog desk.
Integrated Studer & Ampex Tape
Get the punch and rich textures of magnetic tape on any audio or instrument track — as well as your master fader and buses — with optional Studer A800 and Ampex ATR-102 LUNA Extensions. You can also sculpt warm analog tape tones with the included Oxide Tape Machine Extension.
API Vision Console Emulation
Transform LUNA into API’s flagship analog console, with all its character, color, and punch. Track in real time through API preamp and channel modules, then mix with API’s illustrious analog summing and bus compression — seamlessly switching between low-latency tracking using Apollo DSP, and high-powered native mixing within LUNA.
LUNA Technology
Work The Way you Want
Using an all-new audio architecture built from the ground up, LUNA brings audio recording into a new era. Intelligent workflow and compatibility features let you capture inspiration the moment it strikes.
Accelerated Realtime Monitoring
No more toggling between Apollo’s Console app and your DAW, or messing with buffer settings. Accelerated Realtime Monitoring uses Apollo’s onboard DSP to give you deterministic, sub‑2ms recording latency — from input to output — for fast analog-style tracking and overdubbing workflows with UAD plug‑ins and UAD Instruments.
LUNA is constantly saving, so you’ll never lose your work again, no matter what happens.
Iterate, experiment, and version while permanently saving through all stages of composition and production.
LUNA intelligently switches tools and viewing modes for less menu diving during the creative process.
Realtime UAD Processing
Track, overdub, and mix with UAD plug-ins in real time, including Unison mic preamp plug‑ins from Neve, Manley, API, Avalon, and more, while enjoying seamless transitions between tracking, overdubbing, and playback.
Seamlessly integrate with other DAWs and easily import sessions using the industry‑standard Advanced Authoring Format (AAF).
Easily use your favorite AU plug-ins and AU virtual instruments inside LUNA.
Record and playback as many tracks as your Thunderbolt‑equipped Mac can handle.
UAD Instruments
Fuel Your Inspiration
Only available in LUNA, UAD Instruments bring UA’s expertise in modeling, sampling, and synthesis to software instruments, creating a new level of realism.
Ravel Grand Piano
A breathtaking emulation of a Steinway Model B grand piano based on UA’s exclusive sampling, physical modeling, and new Ultra‑Resonance technology, giving you all the sonic nuance of this studio classic. Captured at Ocean Way Studios, Ravel gives you an immaculately recorded studio piano that’s album-ready, with easy‑to‑use Tone, Dynamics, and Microphone controls, as well as an innovative Reverse feature for startlingly creative sounds and textures.
Moog Minimoog
Developed in partnership with Moog Music, the Minimoog UAD Instrument is an incredibly accurate and inspiring emulation of Bob Moog’s pioneering synthesizer. By perfectly capturing every nuance of the classic Moog oscillators and ladder filters and harnessing discrete transistor VCA modeling, the Minimoog UAD Instrument faithfully captures every detail and anomaly of this classic instrument used by everyone from Parliament-Funkadelic to Kraftwerk, Dr. Dre, and more.
Shape
A comprehensive creative toolkit included free with LUNA, Shape is a painstakingly curated UAD Instrument featuring a collection of the best vintage keys, drums/percussion, guitar/bass, orchestral content, and realtime synthesis, from Universal Audio, Spitfire Audio, and more. Craft professional textures developed by leading sound design experts, and take your inspiration further with intuitive controls and powerful effects.
Spitfire Audio
Expertly sampled and recorded at London’s AIR Studios, Spitfire Audio’s industry‑leading Chamber Strings, Symphonic Woodwinds, and Symphonic Brass will give your compositions the same professional gloss used by top producers for film, TV, and video game scores, plus chart‑topping pop and R&B records.
