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US Endless Analog's tape-based front end for digital recording is nominated for a TEC Award 10/09/10

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Nashville-based Endless Analog has announced that its CLASP system has been nominated for a 2010 Technical Excellence & Creativity Award in the category of Outstanding Technical Achievement, Signal Processing Technology/Hardware. Here's the press release that they have sent us...
CLASP was nominated for the upcoming 26th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards (TEC) by top industry pros – engineers, studio owners, producers and other leading industry figures – further underscoring the system's growing reputation within the professional audio industry.
Commenting on their nomination, Endless Analog founder and CLASP inventor Chris Estes commented, "We're very proud to be acknowledged for the CLASP by the top industry professionals. It is truly an honor to receive such accolades from our peers!"
The 26th Annual TEC Awards, presented by the TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio, will be held on January 14, 2011 at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. The TEC Awards was established in 1985 to honor outstanding achievement in professional audio production and product innovation. The Nominations were made by a panel of approximately 100 audio industry veterans, in a variety of fields. Winners will be determined by members of professional audio and sound production organizations, through online voting conducted by an independent company. Voting will take place from November 1 through 30, 2010. Winners will be announced at a ceremony to be held Friday evening, January 14, at the Anaheim Hilton as a special highlight of NAMM, the leading international music products trade show. The ceremony will include the presentation of the Les Paul Award and the TEC Awards Hall of Fame Induction.

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. 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; 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.
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.
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