Microphones!
by Larry Crane, Mike McDonald
Mike McDonald has been recording bands in the Cleveland area for a short time now with his mobile Big Toe Recording setup and has recently been doing a bit of work out of Don Depew's 609studio. ...
articles
by Larry Crane
Reviews, etc...
by Larry Crane
MIRRORS/ELECTRIC EELS/THE STYRENES Those Were Different Times I love compilations that dig up all kinds of archival material from a dozen different sources in order to give the listener a...
Reading Material: Some "Neat-O Books" from the Mike McDonald Collection
by Larry Crane, Mike McDonald
From Tinfoil to Stereo: The Acoustic Years of the Recording Industry 1877-1929 Authors: Welch & Burt. The name sort of says it all. Sort of heavy on the business...
Reading Materials
by Larry Crane
THE BEATLES RECORDING SESSIONS The Official Abbey Road Studio Session Notes, 1962-1970 This book is required reading for all Tape Op readers. Writer and researcher, Mark Lewisohn, also...
Microphones!: A Highly Subjective View of Some Mics that Get the Job Done
by Larry Crane
Normally, in the recording magazine world, you'll pick up a current issue and find reviews of products that have just come on to the market and may cost LOTS of money. Here at Tape Op we're...
Mastering: Admit it. Some of you don't know what it is.
by Larry Crane
Admit it. Some of you don't understand what mastering is, what it does, and why you need it. I've had a hard time explaining it to clients in the past and thought I'd do good to call my...
Reviews, etc...
by Larry Crane
So, here's the REVIEWS section. Tape Op gets a lot of CDs, singles and (yuck) cassettes sent our way. Most of them are in a box behind my couch and are waiting to be traded in for Beatles...
Elliott Smith: on the joy of recording
by Larry Crane
It was, strangely, a sunny day in the middle of a Portland winter when I came by to pry Elliott out of a studio/office space (actually, it's a room off the side of the Undercover Inc. office) where...
Hillary Johnson
by Larry Crane
Hillary first came to Tape Op's attention when she e-mailed us, from New York, with some hot "snapple-micing" tips (see the letters in issue #3). I was impressed with her rockin'...
Martin Phillipps: of the Chills
by Larry Crane
First off, let me state that The Chills are one of my favorite pop bands ever. When I heard there was a new album (Sunburnt) coming out, and a tour to follow, I was overjoyed. Then I...
Reading Material: Where Can You Buy Gear and Tape?
by Larry Crane
The Barn: A visit to this studio in rural New Mexico
by Larry Crane
The common image of a studio is a warehouse or basement setup in a decent sized city. Or maybe it's a fancy resort styled place in the woods where millionaire rockers can relax and make hit...