McClear Digital

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Greetings, McClear Digital Recording & Post Production closed its doors in the summer of 2005, the equipment sold, and the library emptied. This site is dedicated to all the people who worked at 225 Mutual over the years,The great times they had,and the great sounds that were made there. Back in 1948, a newcomer to the Toronto Radio business, CHUM Limited decided to build its first Live Studios and chose the Mutual St. location.The block of land was originally owned by bookseller, Thomas McClear in 1875 resulting in the laneway beside the building being named after him. Around the same time, RCA Records started a recording operation in the Royal York Hotel. With the arrival of Television, Radio changed from live broadcasting to DJ's spinning the hits. CHUM no longer needed it's studios. On the other hand, RCA was expanding and needed a new home. So in 1954 the studio changed hands and RCA moved in it's three input console complete with a "Phantom channel", five microphones, two mono Ampex 300 machines and a Presto lathe. Over the years, the equipment complement went from five microphones to 150 microphones. Recording went from mono to stereo, three track, sixteen tracks and 24 tracks in 1976. The Studios were sold to McClear Place Studios Limited in 1979.McClear Place quickly expanded from two to three studios and in 1990 acquired the Pathé Film Post Production Studios, renaming itself "McClear Pathé." In 1999 McClear joined forces with Digital Music + Post to form McClear/Digital. Some of the famous acts recording There included Rosemary Clooney, Mel Torme, B.T.O., The Who, Gordon Lightfoot, Anne Murray, Ringo Starr, George Carlin, Steve Winwood, Chubby Checker, Rush, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Picket , and Mark Knopfler

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