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NATHAN CHAPMAN FINDS THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS USING ENDLESS ANALOG’S
REVOLUTIONARY CLASP® SYSTEM
— GRAMMY®-winning
producer uses CLASP® to capitalize on current
digital technology while retaining analog warmth and tone —
NASHVILLE,
TN, March 28, 2010 — Award-winning producer and multi-instrumentalist
Nathan Chapman, who recently
garnered an Album of the Year GRAMMY® for
his work on Taylor Swift’s LP Fearless, and who himself has twice
won nominations for Producer of the Year by the ACM, knows sound. And
that’s why Chapman has wholeheartedly embraced the revolutionary
CLASP® (Closed Loop Analog Signal Processor)
system, the critically-acclaimed product that finally brings the worlds
of analog and digital audio truly together. CLASP was developed, invented,
manufactured and is exclusively distributed by Nashville-based Endless
Analog. Chapman believes that CLASP brings him and the artist together
like no other piece of technology ever has, giving him the ability to
tap into the legendary warmth of analog on his classic MCI 24-track
deck and still have all the speed and convenience of his Pro Tools DAW.
Chapman,
who has recorded as a multi-instrumentalist for artists including Trisha
Yearwood and John Oates, written songs recorded by Martina McBride and
other hit country artists, and produced artists ranging from Jewel to
Point of Grace, recently purchased the CLASP system.
“The
thing that put me over the edge would be the direct monitoring,”
he explains. “When you hook up the CLASP system, the singer is
hearing their vocal instantaneously. You’re not dealing with converting
in and out of Pro Tools and the latency you get from that. It’s
miniscule latency, but it’s significant enough to make a singer
uncomfortable. This totally eliminates that – it’s just
easier to sing, it’s easier to play, and that’s a really
good thing.”
Chapman
also points out that the CLASP system acts as the ultimate bridge between
vintage analog equipment and modern digital audio systems by reconnecting
vintage processing with classic analog tape recording. “The vintage
microphones, pre amps, compressors that we love [were] designed to hit
tape and have that color added to it,” he explains. “You
have to hit tape [or else] you take away one [critical] ingredient that
the original designer intended. I find that my preamps and my compressors
open up and they sound better when they’re getting the tape ‘love.’
The really important thing that CLASP is bringing to modern recording
is helping vintage gear sound like it’s supposed to.”
In
fact, the CLASP system allowed Chapman to move from “in the box”
recording and mixing to being able to bring his classic MCI JH-24 analog
tape machine out of storage and connect it with his Pro Tools system
in his home studio, utilizing a Neve 8816 summing mixer for direct monitoring
from tape. It was an easy and, Chapman emphasizes, important transition
for him. “It’s completely revolutionized the way I feel
about my home studio: that I have something that’s state of the
art, cutting edge. Now my studio is competitive with any studio, and
I’m proud of that. And having the analog color of the tape, the
sound coming from my MCI deck, being able to incorporate that with guitar
tones, it’s just been awesome. I’m just a proud owner and
I really appreciate what these guys have done to help make recording
fun again. CLASP gives me the ability to add different colors, how hard
I want to hit the tape, which channel I want to use -- all those kinds
of things have just been amazing for me. So anybody out there that’s
wondering how do you go from completely in-the-box at your home studio
to incorporating the CLASP system, it’s really not that long of
a journey, and when you make it you’ll know that it’s worth
it.”
CLASP
is a hardware and software system that integrates Analog Tape Recorders
with Digital Audio Workstations using a proprietary method called SST®
(sample synchronization technology). CLASP delivers a true analog front
end recording solution with the sonic character of the user’s
tape machine. No other product comes close to approximating what CLASP
effectively accomplishes. 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; producers Nathan Chapman, Dave Cobb, Chuck Ainlay, John Fields
and Tom “T-Bone” Edmunds; and studio facilities such as
Austin, Texas’ Yellow Dog Studios, Los Angeles, California’s
Hemispheres Recording and Austria’s Prime Studios.
For
more information, please visit http://www.endlessanalog.com.
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Photo
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Photo Caption: GRAMMY®-winning producer Nathan
Chapman, with his CLASP® (Closed Loop Analog
Signal Processor) system from Nashville-based Endless Analog.
About
Endless Analog
Endless Analog founder and esteemed record producer Chris Estes’
vision was simple: to create a revolutionary product that would, for
the first time in history, bring user-friendly analog tape recording
to every studio environment around the world. As an avid believer that
the sound of analog tape is superior to that of digital, and after acquiring
his first tape machine several years ago, a Studer A 827, Chris developed
and created CLASP (Closed Loop Analog Signal Processor). The CLASP system
solves the age-old analog tape dilemma by simplifying the recording
process and allowing the user to save thousands of dollars in time and
tape archiving expense. Dust off your tape machine and get ready to
once again hear the warm sound of analog tape flowing through your monitors.
Recording analog has never been so easy, effortless, and endless.
Chris
Estes is a Nashville-based Producer, Mixer, and Songwriter who enjoys
working with a variety of artists spanning several diverse genres. Over
the past 10 years a few of his clients have included Billy Mann (Teddy
Geiger, Jessica Simpson), Ryan Tedder (One Republic), Major Bob Music
(Lane Turner), Krystal Myers (Forefront), Michael Tait (D.C. Talk),
Universal Music Group, Curb Records, EMI/CMG, TVT Records, Elektra Records,
In Pop/Elevate Records, Gaither Music Group, Dreamworks Nashville and
countless independent artists.
Contact
information:
Endless Analog – Amy Becker – 3212 West End Ave, Suite
500, Nashville, TN 37221 – www.endlessanalog.com
– amy@endlessanalog.com
– 866-929-4446