Songwriter/producer Guy Chambers, has added a Universal Audio Apollo Quad audio interface and UAD-2 Quad DSP card to his new Sleeper Sounds studio in West London.

The new gear was specified by fellow producer Richard Flack, and supplied by KMR Audio, with UAD-2 Quad card incorporated into a Pro Tools HD set-up to give full access to a selection of UAD Powered Plug-Ins, including processors from Studer, Ampex, Lexicon, Neve, Manley, Roland and SSL.

The Apollo interface is fitted with the Thunderbolt interface option, and lives in a portable rack bag alongside a Universal Audio 6176 vintage channel strip. This part of the set-up goes wherever Chambers and his team choose to record. It’s currently been put to good use at Robbie Williams’ Los Angeles studio, where they are working on material for a new album.

Flack is unequivocal over the choice of UAD plug-ins: ‘They sound better,’ he asserts. ‘Of all the plug-ins that I’ve used, I prefer the sound of the UA ones. They feel better as well – it feels like someone has really thought about how you want to use a piece of gear. I just love the way all the UA stuff works.’

The Apollo interface and Quad card complement an already impressive range of UA analogue hardware at Sleeper Sounds, including a second 6176 Vintage Channel Strip, a 2-610 Dual Channel Tube Preamp and 1176 Limiting Amplifier.