Clearmountain Dance

Clearmountain Dance captures the unique stereo delay Bob Clearmountain created for the title track of David Bowie's album, "Let's Dance". What started as an accidental, chaotic delay became a defining element of the song's sound.

The Sound of a Studio Legend

For decades, Bob Clearmountain has been celebrated for his ability to build rich soundscapes where instruments and vocals blend seamlessly. His work has elevated the role of a mixer to that of an essential creative partner in music production. With Clearmountain Dance, Apogee has captured the essence of this signature creative approach in a user-friendly plugin.

Key Features:

• Cascading Ping Pong Delay: Create rhythmic stereo textures and entrancing, attention-grabbing patterns.
• Analog Tape Emulation: The plugin provides a rich, warm dual tape head delay character.
• Customizable Randomization: The Offset and Skew knobs offer options to vary stereo timing subtly or drastically from the standard grid timing.
• Analog Imperfections: The Degrade knob controls tape aging simulation, which can be used to soften harsh edges on repeats or lean into organic artifacts and variation. At extreme settings, wow and flutter characteristics can be heard.

Signal Routing

Clearmountain Dance is a stereo plugin that can be used on both mono and stereo sources. For stereo input signals, the dry signal retains its stereo balance, while the wet signal is summed to mono and then hard-panned for its ping-pong texture.

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