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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BUDDY
MILLER AND MIKE POOLE CHOOSE ENDLESS ANALOG’S CLASP®
— Nashville
pros rediscover their sonic roots while staying in the digital realm,
keeping an efficient and inspired workflow in the studio —
129th
AES CONVENTION, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, November 5, 2010 — Nashville-based
Buddy Miller and Mike Poole have carved out impressive resumes, both
working together and separately. As consummate music professionals,
Miller and Poole are extremely in-demand throughout the Nashville
music community and beyond. Miller’s credits include production
and/or instrumental work with super-producer T-Bone Burnett and such
artists as Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin, Alison Kraus,
Solomon Burke and Robert Plant; and Poole’s work includes sessions
with Patty Griffin, David Rawlings & Gillian Welch, Martina McBride,
Keith Urban and many more. Both are involved in Robert Plant’s
new Band of Joy project – Miller as instrumentalist, producer
and band member, and Poole as engineer and mixer. Recently, Miller
and Poole began using Endless
Analog’s CLASP® (Closed Loop Analog Signal Processor)
system (booth 617), which uniquely integrates analog tape machines
into the digital audio production workflow. It has already proven
to be revolutionary tool for them, bridging their analog tape roots
with the convenience and efficiency of digital workflow. Miller and
Poole purchased CLASP from Vintage King Audio.
“CLASP
is the only game in town,” states Miller. “You lose something
when you’re not going through tape, and there’s nothing
else that does what CLASP does, allowing you to integrate your DAW
and tape machines together. I admit, I bought into the all-digital
workflow, but after revisiting analog tape, I realized it’s
such a stark contrast, and I had to go back. And when combined with
the editing capabilities of Pro Tools, it’s the best of both
worlds.”
Poole
particularly appreciates the efficiency of CLASP. He states, “When
you use CLASP, you do not have to be transferring takes back-and-forth
from a tape machine into Pro Tools – it’s all in real
time. It makes the work go faster because you’re not having
to deal with synchronization, transfers or manual realignment. The
overdub process is a lot faster. Both Buddy and I like to work on
analog tape, and the CLASP lets us use analog more efficiently in
conjunction with the digital workstation. Additionally, I love the
zero-latency monitoring – performers are a lot more comfortable
when they are hearing their voice and instruments in real time with
no latency. Also, with CLASP you only need one tape reel, so you’re
not keeping dozens of master reels around, and it reduces overall
tape cost for a project.”
Already,
Miller and Poole have used CLASP on a session for Lee Ann Womack,
who was recording a song for a Loretta Lynn tribute album. They are
planning on using it during upcoming sessions for Miller’s collaborative
album with Emmylou Harris, Shawn Colvin and Patty Griffin.
“It
is very rewarding to be able to go back to my roots,” stated
Miller, referencing his career beginnings, immersed in the sound of
tracks recorded to analog tape. “And to be able to keep focus
in the studio. There is no down time while you dump tracks between
machines, which can be a real groove buster for the session. CLASP
keeps the momentum going, and keeps the sound classic and warm.”
About
CLASP
CLASP is the world’s first and only pro audio hardware that
lets you record on real analog tape with digital speed. CLASP provides
sample accurate tape synchronization with zero latency analog monitoring
while delivering a true Analog front end recording solution for Pro
Tools and other DAW’s. Already being used by top artists, producers
and engineers worldwide, CLASP is re-inventing analog for the digital
age. CLASP is employed by a diverse range of artists, engineers, producers
and facilities, including Lenny Kravitz (at his new Bahamas-based
Gregory Town Sound recording facility); Michael W. Smith; Denis Savage,
engineer for Celine Dion; Butch Walker (Panic at the Disco, Pink,
Avril Lavigne); producers Nathan Chapman, Dave Cobb, Chuck Ainlay,
John Fields and Tom “T-Bone” Edmunds; and studio facilities
such as Clearwater, Florida’s Cleartrack Productions, Los Angeles,
California’s Hemispheres Recording and Austria’s Prime
Studios. Analog tape manufacturers recommended by Endless Analog for
use with CLASP include ATR Magnetics and RMG International.
For
more information, please visit http://www.endlessanalog.com.
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About
Endless Analog
Founded by inventor, musician and record producer Chris Estes, Endless
Analog is a Nashville-based company developing and manufacturing innovative
boutique audio processing products for the recording and broadcast
market sectors. The first of these products is the critically acclaimed
CLASP® (Closed Loop Analog Signal Processor). In developing CLASP,
Estes' vision was simple: to create a revolutionary product that would,
for the first time in history, bring user-friendly and cost-effective
analog tape recording to every studio environment around the world.
It is this bridging of worlds – analog and digital, old and
new, classic and modern – that defines Endless Analog's growing
product line and visionary approach to their craft.
Contact
information:
Endless Analog – Amy Becker – 3212 West End Ave, Suite
500, Nashville, TN 37203 – www.endlessanalog.com
– amy@endlessanalog.com
– 866-929-4446
Endless
Analog is exhibiting at booth 617 at the 129th AES Convention in San
Francisco, CA.