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DAVE
COBB CHOOSES CLASP® FOR SECRET SISTERS
— Universal
Republic’s retro-styled Secret Sisters, produced by Cobb and
executive produced by T-Bone Burnett, were recorded with analog tape
while keeping a modern workflow recording pace, thanks to Endless
Analog’s CLASP® —
129th
AES CONVENTION, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, November 5, 2010 — Los Angeles-based
producer, engineer and composer Dave Cobb has worked with some of
the biggest names in neo-traditional country and roots music –
Shooter Jennings, Oak Ridge Boys, Waylon Jennings, Jamey Johnson and
Brooke White, to name a few. He recently discovered a promising young
sister act, The Secret Sisters, composed of Laura and Lydia Rogers.
As producer of the group’s upcoming debut album, which is being
overseen by Executive Producer and GRAMMY®-winning roots music
legend T-Bone Burnett, and set to be released on Universal Republic,
Cobb is using the opportunity to masterfully match the Sisters’
unique vintage sound, reminiscent of classic late 1950s country-pop,
with period-accurate recordings. A huge piece of that puzzle is Endless
Analog’s CLASP® (Closed Loop Analog Signal Processor)
(booth 617), the critically acclaimed pro audio product that invisibly
merges real Analog Tape with Pro Tools and other DAWs.
Cobb
first became aware of CLASP through online recording forums. “It
piqued my interest immediately,” notes Cobb, “because
I’ve always been into tape, and matching it with Pro Tools in
this seamless way makes a really convenient, fast and easy workflow.
CLASP seemed like the perfect marriage of the two. It lets me just
work, and not have to think! Designer Chris Estes from Endless Analog
gave me a demo at my L.A. studio, and I bought it on the spot. I’ve
always had two-track tape machines, but lately I wasn’t using
them quite as much. But now that CLASP has come along, it has completely
solidified my workflow, and I’m back to using tape machines
all the time.”
The
Sisters’ project provided the perfect opportunity for Cobb to
put the CLASP to great use. The album’s tracking sessions are
taking place in Nashville at Blackbird Studio A, and Cobb made sure
to go to every length to attain the classic sounds they were seeking.
“We used a bunch of Universal Audio mic pre-amps, old RCA ribbon
mics, Neumann U48s – all very period-correct stuff,” he
recalls. “There’s something really pleasing and honest
about records from the 50s, 60s and 70s. CLASP enables us to get that
classic sound with modern convenience. We used super-minimal mic-ing,
period-correct compressors, instruments and setup, and gave the studio
a vintage atmosphere. Really, the only difference in the way we tracked
it now versus how they would have done it 50-plus years ago is that
we have computers to act as a big storage device. With CLASP, we’re
able to use one roll of tape, and just constantly hit ‘tape,’
and immediately it’s transferred into Pro Tools. We even used
live slap going down to the chambers, and we were able to print it
all to tape just as they would have done back then. All the sounds
are coming from the rooms, the performers, the mics, the vintage mic-pre’s,
and the tape, just like years ago. Pro Tools for us is a storage and
editing medium only.”
He
points out how CLASP has made their faithfulness to the vintage sound
possible. He notes, “If we’d done it before CLASP came
along, we’d have spent probably $12,000 on tape alone, but with
CLASP, you only need one roll. We were able to keep every pass we
did on the computer – not that we needed a ton of passes –
but we were able to keep them all and easily comp between those passes
with the convenience of Pro Tools. And we were able to get the classic
analog tape sounds without spending a fortune on tapes.”
As
Cobb continues to work on projects at his L.A.-based 1974 Studio and
elsewhere, he will be sure to keep CLASP as an integral part of his
signal chain. He states, “I don’t have to use plug-ins
anymore to try and get the sounds I’m looking for. CLASP opens
the doors to sounds that just don’t really exist in the digital
realm. Classic-sounding records with modern convenience, that’s
what CLASP allows us to do.”
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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Photo Caption: Producer Dave Cobb at Blackbird Studios, Nashville,
TN.
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.