Larry Crane Discusses the Virtues of the Rupert Neve Designs 5088 Console

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Larry Interviews Manny Marroquin

by Geoff Stanfield

Larry caught up with Manny Marroquin at Studio La Fabrique in France during a Mix With The Masters session.

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Tape Op Magazine Presents: Let's Play the Recording Game!

by Larry Crane

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How the Free Economy is Affecting the Recording Community

by Allen Farmelo

I just read an excellent new essay called The Case Against Free in which the author suggests that the "free economy" is drying up the economic resources needed to make quality creative works. The article focuses on recordings. It's a well...

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Michael Nehra Looks Back at 30 Years of Vintage King

by Geoff Stanfield

Vintage King recently celebrated their 30 year anniversary. Like most things, there is a story behind what has now become a fantastic retailer of both vintage and modern recording equipment. I caught up with founder Michael Nehra on a Zoom call and...

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The Beatles' CDs get Remastered!

by Larry Crane

I'll be shelling out a lot of bucks for this on Sept 9th. Billboard reported this today... "All 14 Beatles titles, along with a DVD collection of the documentaries, will also be available in a stereo box set. A second boxed set, "The Beatles in...

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Modular Synth Blog

by Larry Crane

Check out Ross Healy's VICMODBLOG on analog modular synths. He interviews "people who build and sell modular gear and forgotten electronic musicians." Cool stuff.

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The Go-Betweens box set G Stands for Go-Betweens, Vol. 3 (2000-2006) out now

by Geoff Stanfield

In February 2000, I was lucky enough to record the legendary Australian group, The Go-Betweens, for their "comeback" album, The Friends of Rachel Worth. I'd done an interview with Robert Forster for Tape Op the year before, which – along with...

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Miles '54: The Prestige Recordings

by Geoff Stanfield

Craft Recordings has just released a select compilation of Miles Davis' recordings from 1954 for the Prestige label. I just got the Miles '54: The Prestige Recordings vinyl release, and it is a beautiful box set package with four discs, a...

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Readers Respond to "Building Troubleshooting Skills" in Tape Op #84

by Larry Crane

When we ran a page featuring senior contributor Garrett Haines' "Building Troubleshooting Skills" in Tape Op #84 I never expected to get the kind of replies we did below. The Letters section for upcoming issues was too full, so I'm posting these...