By Harold Dunn

Nashville country music artist Derek Sholl is on his way. His current hit radio single “(I’ll be) Here” shot to #1 in Germany this week. The single was recorded and produced by Chris Estes. “We recorded Derek’s single using analog tape and CLASP”, says Estes. “Derek was on a tight schedule so we had to work very quickly and efficiently. CLASP allowed us to do just that. When we started the recording session, we did a shootout, we tried recording Derek’s’ vocals both to digital and analog. During the comparison, analog tape with CLAS P was the unanimous winner, hands down. “Using CLASP with our Studer 827 and Nuendo, allowed me to work with incredible speed recording Derek’s vocals and I was able to perform comping and editing on the fly while simultaneously recording to tape.”