Vist Udi Koomran's special website ("MUSIC ENTHUSIAST AUDIO ENGINEER, PRODUCER FROM TEL AVIV ISRAEL. RECORDING MIXING AND MASTERING ORIGINAL AND CHALLENGING MUSIC IS MY PASSION.") and check out a fantastic interview with Etienne Conod about his work engineering records for Cris Cutler, Fred Frith and other "experimantal" musicans at his Sunrise Studios in Switzerland. It's an in-depth article that fits the Tape Op mold for sure. I'm really glad Udi did this piece, and thanks to Steve Silverstein for sending the link my way.
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I Hate Those Ads Where Plug-Ins Look Like Physical Gear
by Larry Crane
You know those ads? Yeah, some Photoshop jockey took the GUI of a plug-in and made it look like a piece of outboard gear, a synth or something. Drives me nuts. For years I couldn't figure out if one plug-in, I think it was Trilogy, was "real" or...