Artist Interviews

Producer Butch Walker (Weezer, Taylor Swift) details how he used Apollo, UAD, and OX Amp Top Box to help deliver one of Green Day's most ambitious records yet.

Learn how Tycho and producer Count Eldridge find space for vocals in dense, glowing soundscapes using UAD plug-ins on Tycho's album, Weather.

Get an exclusive look inside an epic LUNA session with indie rock icon Cass McCombs and multi Grammy‑winning producer Jacquire King (Kings of Leon, Tom Waits). Download McCombs' track “The Wine of Lebanon” directly in LUNA and hear how the pros work.

Learn how SOHN (aka TophTaylor), uses UAD plug-ins and his Apollo x8p interface for his ultra-textured laptop symphonies and how he learned to embrace the human element in his recordings.

Learn how top EDM producer Flosstradomus builds his expansive, muscular sound using UAD plug-ins and an Apollo interface.

Mumford & Sons FOH engineer Chris Pollard details how he uses UAD-2 Live Rack and UAD plug-ins to shape the chart-topping group's string of sold-out shows.

Producer/engineer Fab Dupont (Jenifer Lopez, David Crosby) details his Apollo Artist Session with Monsieur Periné on the remote island of Providencia, Colombia, and how he used Apollo X and Twin interfaces for album quality results.

Here, producer Marco Polo (Masta Ace, Scarface, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch) offers tips on how to use Apollo interfaces and UAD plug-ins to move beyond samples and spur your own creativity.