Vintage King | 1 decade ago

Infrasonic Sound Christen Newly Installed CLASP System with The Like

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Infrasonic Sound Recording Co, a custom built, analog and digital recording studio in Los Angeles, recently completed their very first session using the newly installed Endless Analog CLASP®(Closed Loop Analog Signal Processor), a hardware and software system that seamlessly integrates analog tape recorders and digital audio workstations, with all-girl rock band The Like. Members Elizabeth "Z" Berg (vocals and guitar), Tennessee Thomas (drums), Annie Monroe (organ) and Laena Geronimo (bass) tracked a cover of The Rolling Stones' 1967 single "Let's Spend the Night Together," with CLASP creator and Endless Analog founder Chris Estes overseeing the session. Jeff Ehrenberg, co-owner of Infrasonic Sound and West Coast sales representative for Vintage King Audio, was on hand as Producer, along with Infrasonic's principal engineer, Eric Palmquist, who assisted.

Infrasonic Sound acquired the CLASP from Vintage King Audio, a leading dealer of high-end new and vintage recording equipment, when the company announced its appointment as the exclusive U.S. retailer of Endless Analog's CLASP system in June. The studio, which serves as Vintage King Audio's Los Angeles demo studio and showroom, integrated the CLASP into their existing setup, including a 32-channel Rupert Neve 5088 discrete analog mixing console and three Otari Tape Machines.

"The majority of the sessions we've done here at Infrasonic have been analog recordings," says Ehrenberg. "We'd track as much as we could to analog first and then go directly into Pro Tools for overdubs, but there would be anywhere from a half hour to an hour of downtime when the band would just sit in the studio while the engineer transferred the tape into the computer." He continues, "with the CLASP, now that all happens in real time. Not only is it cost saving, it saves time and we get to do all of our overdubs as well as the basic tracks to tape first. So the big, fat, warm sound we'd get tracking our rhythm section to tape is now apparent over the course of an entire record."

Not only did The Like's session take full advantage of the new technology, it provided Infrasonic co-owners Ehrenberg and Pete Lyman, along with the rest of the studio's staff, with an opportunity to learn the inner workings of the CLASP directly from its creator.

"It was great to be on hand during the sessions and to be able to work closely with The Like and Infrasonic's Jeff Ehrenberg," stated Chris Estes. "It's always an honor to see CLASP being embraced by discerning artists and engineers who want that vintage analog tape sound."