New UAD ARROW Interface, what up with this?

With the amount of processing the newer plugins use - it doesn’t seem like the solo card would have enough power to do all that much.

Main difference to me seems to be that it’s bus powered. Could be a cool mobile demo unit for when you’re on the go?

yes exactly bus powered so no psu needed just runs off your computer

as it comes stock with just one sharc chip, though that seems really lame or people are wondering if maybe it has the sort of dual core sharc chip ?

wish UA would stop this game of releasing to a low price point but a device that will just frustrate most serious users or lower the price of the sharc chip devices and start with 2 ?

this should have the same ad da as in the current twin which is the same a the current bf apollo 8?

The problem with the UAD model has always been you need the dealer who will make nothing off the plugins push the hardware. Solution entry level piece where if you become addicted to the audio crack that is UAD plugins, you will need more horsepower. Solution? Upgrade your interface or buy a satellite or two or..., dealer has another sale!

I get buy with a Quad Satellite...Rarely run out of power, but when I do I just freeze. No biggie.

of course, but the octo is no use when tracking, only on board apollo interface sharc chips are on line for tracking in console

so the video is a little misleading as the mix they play probably was not achieved with just the arrow

UA is releasing a new os update today so I guess some new plug ins too ?

Converter technology over the past 5 years has exponentially increased in quality without an exponential increase in price. It's how MOTU was able to build an interface like the 16a for $1,400 and it go step for step with an Apogee Symphony. Also companies are putting more thought into new ways of designing around these chips, putting more emphasis on improving jitter and noise, two things that can plague even the best converter chips out there. 

UA can simply reverse engineer their own premium products' design, use slightly less expensive building materials and features, and crank out cheaper interfaces with great sounding conversion. We are getting to a point now that companies are getting close to building totally transparent converters, which I mean nothing from the entire circuit corrupts the process of converting either AD/DA. But, I will say that having a great quality dedicated external clock is essential in locking down any converter out there. MOTU up samples their DA, but having the external clock to solidify the source sample rate makes the upsampling even more solid, less smearing etc. 

It works with all ua stuff problem is you need tb3.

It’s always tough figuring out when to upgrade. I’ve got a couple high end Converters (Burl, Hilo) for main Recording Channels, monitoring, Master buss - and had previously been using Antelope Orion 32 for all my large count I/o and drum tracking. Decided to replace the Orion with the a couple MKii Apollo 16’s and sonically I’m very happy I did. The Orion as clean as it sounded, was a bit too harsh on top. And a bit soft on the bottom. The Apollo mkii is sounding real nice on Drums as ADDA for gear inserts. There’s always upgrades coming - but the current promotion drew me in for sure. The free Octo was too hard to pass on. All these Converters are plenty sufficient to make world class recordings. I remember my first few radio hits were done on a Digi 001. We’ve come a long way since then

saw the vk video demo.
amazing they made a vintage 47 sound like absolute ass.
geez that's pretty hard to do.

The problem I had with the silver face Apollo was even while going in from Apogee AD16x digital into the Apollo and using the dbox it improved, but no where near as good as just the Apogee 16X system by itself. Easily on another level, more depth, just better all around. I really want to use this system for an upscale writing solution with a full room of instruments for location gigs, events, and practice spaces. In fact, I’m thinking about going with a specially designed case that holds the interface, laptop, and I-Loud monitors, Dbox and Satellite and cables. I need a total solution though and it seems this box just might be the one. Another issue I run into is I’ve outgrown the dbox sound. I picked up a Rupert Neve RNHP! Wow, does this thing sound great for headphone monitoring! I’m thinking even with the new Blackface it still probably can’t hold a candle to the RNHP, what I’m used to monitoring through. You know how it is, you base all your decisions on what you hear and I believe that either makes it or breaks it... Then one of my buddies says to me...just get a Midas M32...

ah,, but I thought shaker was the new cowbell ?