A Good Ear?
by David Payette
I had arrived. Led by my ego, I waltzed into the recording studio and began to warm up. A jazz pianist about to study at conservatory, I prided myself on my ability to hear what others could not. I...
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Dungen (bonus): Bo Hansson, Hip-Hop and Tape Delay
by Alex Maiolo
The songs are strong, the playing impeccable, but what strikes many listeners when they first hear Dungen is the sound. It always comes up when fans discuss the band. Leader Gustav Estjes creates...
Jeremy Todd, Jack Kote, Victoria Kane: Behind the Gear with iZotope
by Larry Crane
I've been using iZotope's RX audio restoration bundle extensively for a few years now. I think this product is exemplary. I'd heard good things about their Ozone mastering plug-in, so I decided it'd...
Vance Powell: When Opportunity Knocks, Grab it by the...
by Larry Crane
Too often people assume that those of us in the field of music recording had a distinct idea of what we wanted to do when we started. The truth is almost always that it's a wild and unpredictable path...
Not the API Your Grandpa Mixed On
by Allen Farmelo
THE BEGINNING About two years ago I started my quest for an analog console. I wanted something small, flexible, powerful, sonically amazing, and visually gripping and unique. This is the story of...
Johnny Sandlin: The Allman Brothers, Muscle Shoals & more
by Joe Boone
Some people are in the right place at the right time. Johnny Sandlin has been a player, producer and engineer since the mid-sixties. Members of his early bands went on to back Elvis Presley and to...
Old Town School of Folk Music
by Louis R. Carlozo
When Chicago's legendary Old Town School of Folk Music — a place that's trained the likes of Roger McGuinn, John Prine, Steve Goodman, Bonnie Koloc and more over its 50 year existence —...
THE "DRUG STORE TRUCK-DRIVING MAN"
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THE "DRUG STORE TRUCK-DRIVING MAN" From Tape Op issue #2! Here's a true story from an engineer that was there: On the condition of anonymity, here's what happened, as best as I remember it... keep...
Scott Litt: R.E.M., the Replacements & Nirvana
by Chris Stamey
Scott Litt is perhaps best known as the producer of six of R.E.M.'s most successful albums, including Out of Time and Automatic for the People. He's had something of a golden touch, both as a producer...
John Congleton: St. Vincent, Explosions in the Sky & the Walkmen
by Shane Mehling
John Congleton has a lot to say about "character." It's what he looks for in his equipment, his rooms and the bands he works with. This intangible desire seems to fuel the Dallas-based producer's...
Rob Roy Campbell: Behind the Gear with Electronaut
by Larry Crane
Years ago I ran into a guy showing his tube mic preamp at a booth in the basement of the 2005 NAMM show. He'd built the unit with metal brackets from Home Depot — I kid you not. Since then he's...
Danny Kroger and Lars Falck
by Bo W. Lauritsen
Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga, The Script, The Raveonettes, Kaizers Orchestro or Tricky — it probably won't cross your mind that artists like these have worked in Copenhagen. In only five years...