I don't understand how CLASP deals with the time delay between the sync and repro head and manages to keep everything locked together?
Obviously, when you're tracking, you can not be listening to the tape as your cue monitor because of the delay. So what are you hearing as your cue? That's got to just be you pre-tape cue mix along with the DAW tracks.
So what does CLASP actually accomplish? Is it just the time savings or printed taped sound into your DAW in one step instead of two? If that's all it is, I'm not seeing the merit in spending 7 grand on this box. Why not save the 7 gees, track your project in analog and then once done, dump it to DAW and go nuts on the digital mix down.
Cheers!