NAMM 2018Universal Audio ships Arrow Desktop Audio Interface For Music Creators

Universal Audio has released the Arrow Thunderbolt 3 audio interface for Mac and Windows. Featuring two Unison mic preamps, Realtime UAD Plug-In Processing, and Universal Audio conversion, this portable, compact, and lightweight 2x4 bus-powered Thunderbolt 3 audio interface is designed to provide a collection of UAD plug-ins to record vocals, guitars, and more at near-zero latency, no matter their audio software buffer setting.

Derived from Universal Audio's award-winning Apollo interfaces, Arrow features an onboard UAD-2 SOLO Core processor, letting musicians monitor and record through the full library of UAD Powered Plug-Ins. Arrow also features Unison mic preamp technology, giving musicians the tone, touch and feel of sought-after tube and transformer-based mic preamps and guitar amplifiers.

The included UAD studio mixing tools — featuring classic compressors, EQs, and reverbs — enable musicians, electronic producers, and songwriters to produce polished tracks quickly and easily, right out of the box. Highlights include the UA 610-B Tube Preamp and Marshall Plexi Classic plug-ins — and Arrow can be expanded with exclusive titles from Neve, SSL, Fender, and Ampeg.

Key Features:

• Desktop 2x4 Thunderbolt 3-powered audio interface with class-leading 24-bit/192 kHz audio conversion.
• Unison mic preamp technology provides the tone, touch and feel of the world's most sought-after tube and transformer-based mic preamps and guitar amplifiers from Neve, API, Manley, Marshall, Fender, and more*.
• Realtime UAD Processing allows near-zero latency tracking with classic UAD plug-in effects, regardless of software buffer setting.
• Includes studio compressors, EQs, reverbs, and guitar amp emulations, and more as part of the "Realtime Analog Classics" bundle — featuring 14 quality UAD Plug-Ins.
• Bus-powered connection to modern Mac and Windows systems for easy portability and reduced cable clutter.
• Includes the "Realtime Analog Classics" UAD plug-in bundle. All other plug-ins are sold separately at the UAD store. All trademarks are property of their respective owners.

Price: $499.