Try USB / Thunderbolt cables with better shielding (USB 3.2 aka SuperSpeed). Sometimes bad cables create a latency issue (especially in environments with a lot of gear).     See Less

That was one of my issues with using UAD plugins. Honestly i use the native plugins they have more than the ones that requires the DSP. Ran into the same issues you have with yours and that     See More OCTO sits more than being used. But i feel your pain botha    See Less

Universal Audio became a monopoly because their stuff was very good. They were arrogant and now other companies have caught up with them with plugins. I have slowly moved away from Univers     See More     See Less

The gen 2 definitely should've had more capable dsp. Protest with our money     See Less

Be careful with Presonus right now. They are in between transition right now and I bought Studio One 5 and bought all their plugins and I could never get them to work right in Pro Tools. As     See More , I have 5 Quad chips (3 Satellites and 2 PCIe card) and have never had an issue. I'm thinking about getting an Apollo quad to cap it off. I don't know whats taking up that 13%. I could try to help but don't know your system. I would get rid of the pref's, if that doesn't work, re-install the software. Maybe it's within an update, Maybe try past updates. These are some of the things I would try. Hope that helps.    See Less

Bolo, I've been using the Quantum HD8 for about 3 months now and I've had no issues at all. I run it on a Mac mini m1 16gb ram. The low latency on this thing in crazy. I use waves,     See More iance, brainworxs, soundtoys, universal audio, ik multimedia, etc. with no issues. I live in an area where it gets really hot and also really cold and still no issues. Go with the quantum lol    See Less

8:22 From the Console user manual: “UA Audio Interfaces use DSP resources for internal DSP mixing and routing functions.     See More , the UAD Meters show DSP and memory usage when Apollo/Arrow is connected, even if UAD plug-ins are not currently loaded in Console or the DAW, and/or if the Console application is closed.”    See Less

Its definitely a not a you problem... I'm new to UAD hardware. real new and noticed these oddities IMMEDIATELY. Like how am I using 13% of the DSP with NO plugins loaded anywhere... Just     See More g turned on??? DaFuq? I've been flipping taking it back to Guitar Center. I'll give it another week or so, but I'm leaning towards taking it back. The sound is amazing, but this isn't just about the sound. You can get amazing sound for less. It seems that a lot of these companies (all industries) are making a fortune off of selling us unobtainable dreams. Or worse, hyping shit and then dumbing down our expectations of what OUR purchases actually does.    See Less

Bolo I understand that’s why I haven’t pull the trigger on a new one.Recently I had an issue with my x8p gen1 it wouldn’t put out any audio I had some internal issues had to send it to     See More also got an Apollo 8 black had it since 2015 no issues at all but all the apollos seem to work a lot better with LUNA to me    See Less

Brainworks Plug-ins and a Focus Rite Good PreAmp and Call it A Day🫡🎱🎱     See Less