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Phoenix Hart recording her upcoming release for 2011 at Blade Studios with Brady Blade, Chris Bell, Andy Timmons, Shaun Martin, Sereca, Henderson, ...
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Phoenix Hart recording her upcoming release for 2011 at Blade Studios with Brady Blade, Chris Bell, Andy Timmons, Shaun Martin, Sereca, Henderson, and Braylon Lacy.
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Legendary producer Jack Douglas and engineer Warren Huart record Aerosmith's new full length album using Endless Analog's critically acclaimed CLAS...
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Legendary producer Jack Douglas and engineer Warren Huart record Aerosmith's new full length album using Endless Analog's critically acclaimed CLASP (closed loop analog signal processor). Aerosmith acquired no less than four CLASP systems for their private studios to make this soon to be classic album. This video contains testimony from the band as well as Jack and Warren.
for more information visit: www.claspaudio.com
Artists such as Aerosmith, Adele, KISS, Lenny Kravitz, Taylor Swift and scores of others are using a new sound technology called CLASP™ (for Closed Loop Analog Signal Processor), That's because in a world where digital delivery dominates, these artists and others still prefer the warm, detailed, musical sound of analog, and CLASP lets them make recordings that combine the inviting sound of analog with the flexibility of digital production, editing and delivery.
Briefly, CLASP routes all audio signals through an analog tape medium, using its patented hardware and software, and then sends the analog audio signal back to a computer/digital audio workstation for storage and editing. All the functionality of the digital audio workstation is preserved -- and the audio signals have the sonic benefit of being processed by CLASP while simultaneously being captured by the digital audio workstation.
CLASP came to market because Christopher Estes, CLASP creator and founder of Endless Analog (www.endlessanalog.com), a pioneer of hybrid sound technologies, was frustrated by the overall sound quality of pure digital recordings and decided to do something about it.
"As I would go back and listen to my analog recordings, I noticed they always sounded better than my digital recordings which had a shrill, thin sound and caused me ear fatigue," noted Estes. "Over the years, I have had numerous clients and collaborators share the same observation with their own recordings. It is more than just a common opinion -- it is a consensus."
After more than six years of work, Estes introduced the CLASP hybrid analog/digital system. It delivers a more pleasurable listening experience that is noticeable even with MP3 and compressed audio playback formats -- and recent scientific studies of analog sound help back this up. Listeners who were exposed to recordings made with analog tape (as is used on recordings made with CLASP) exhibited a dramatic increase in positive neurological and physiological responses compared to when listening to all-digital recordings including MP3's.
The digital recording process itself has always been under scrutiny from those who prefer the warm and musical sound of analog tape, as was used on thousands of classic recordings still popular today. Leading music industry figures like famed Beatles producer George Martin and artist Neil Young have addressed this exact subject in the media for years, and an ongoing debate continues to explore the downside to the convenience that digital media gives us: namely, the degradation in sound quality that can affect the music we hear as well as the listener (ear fatigue).
"Even though digital recording, playback and distribution have become a fait accompli, the sound is still far from perfect and most recording artists still want to improve the sound of their recordings," noted Estes. "With CLASP, they have a means of doing so. We've done dozens of comparative, blind listening tests and listeners consistently prefer the sound of recordings done with CLASP over digital-only recordings. We welcome the opportunity to demonstrate this to anyone."
Christopher Estes and the CLASP team are available for further discussions and interviews on this topic. Interested parties should contact Robert Clyne, at 615-662-1616.
Email: Robert@clynemedia.com.
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Hopefully we can all make better sounding records with this system!
Thank you Endless Analog