Jason Phats Changes Direction with Prism Sounds Orpheus

Writer, producer, remixer and DJ Jason Phats has become the latest high-profile musician to purchase a Prism Sound Orpheus Firewire Recording Interface.

"The sound is extremely detailed and transparent. Clarity, depth, separation and stereo imaging is breath-taking - my jaw hit the floor when I first heard it, he says. "I found myself kicking back in the sweet spot and going through my music collection. Suddenly everything made sense."

Phats runs the Orpheus through a SSL Sigma summing mixer and likes the unit primarily for its ability to lever both Prism Sound quality conversion and mic preamps into a 1U box and then cram it full of features. These include line, microphone and instrument inputs, selectable RIAA Equalization for turntables, a built-in premium-quality monitoring mixer for each output providing for performer foldback and surround monitoring, and concurrent ADAT and switchable S/PDIF or AES3 digital I/O plus support for outboard MIDI devices.

Phats, who has sold over 5m records in a career spanning nearly quarter of a century. adds that the Orpheus has fundamentally altered the way he works.

"From the moment I started working with the Orpheus I could see myself getting closer to the sound I had been searching for, he says. "I decided to stop releasing tracks and focus on a goal: a new sound, a new direction."

Pursuing the new path took time but now, eight months later, Phats and his management are in the process of releasing his new material.

"With the Orpheus I could instantly identify where I was going wrong in my mixes and productions. Once I could understand the mixing process with such detail and depth I was able to achieve exactly what I wanted, he says.

The first track from the new Phats & Orpehus partnership was Jason Phats & Fenton Gees H I T E A T E R (White Water), which caused a real buzz in Ibiza over the summer. There is plenty more to come too.

"Every day is a joy in the studio with the Orpheus and I am very proud of the new material I have lined up for the future, he says. "The huge leap in quality has led to some great collaboration."

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