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Even though the digital world has taken the recording
industry by storm, analog is still hanging in there. Unfortunately, using tape
and the equipment needed for it is not affordable for everyone. A company named
Endless Analog has made it a little more affordable to get the analog tape
sound, however.
Endless Analog offers a system called CLASP. CLASP stands
for Closed Loop Analog Signal
Processor. Sounds complicated, right? Well, technically it is, but is pretty
simple to use. CLASP allows for an easier workflow will still getting the tape
sound and sample accuracy.
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CLASP is both a
hardware piece and a software program to be used with a tape machine, console,
and a DAW (Pro Tools, Nuendo/Cubase) (Clasp, 2012).
With CLASP, the
audio is fed from the tape machine directly into Pro Tools (or the available
DAW of your choice). This eliminates a lot of hassle. Instead of recording
everything to tape and then dumping it all into Pro Tools, it goes straight
into the DAW. Also, you don’t have to use extra channels to go from your tape
machine to your DAW. CLASP does it all with much less hassle.
CLASP can be used
for up to 72 channels of analog recording.
The Endless Analog website offers a lot of information about
CLASP and how to get it up and running. They include the signal flow of CLASP
with your console and tape machine as well as all of CLASP’s functions.
Endless Audio now offers CLASP 16 and CLASP 8. According to
Mix Magazine, these are, “scaled down versions of the original CLASP so those with more limited analog
track counts, don’t have to pay for 24 channels,” (Becka, 2012). They have also
released the Machine Matrix and Machine Matrix I/O. The Machine Matrix gives
you 8 channels of audio. The Machine Matrix I/O gives an additional 8 channels.
Resources:
Becka, K. (2012, May 08). Endless
analog bows new products. Retrieved from
http://blog.mixonline.com/mixblog/2012/05/08/endless-analog-bows-new-products/
Clasp. (2012). Retrieved from
http://www.endlessanalog.com/what-is-clasp
http://www.endlessanalog.com/
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