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Cults Release New Album: To the Ghosts

by Geoff Stanfield

NYC-based duo Cults have just released their fifth album, To the Ghosts. The album was co-produced by the band's Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin with Shane Stoneback, mixed by John Congleton and mastered by Heba Kadry. Check out Cults on the...

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End Rant # 95: Recording as a Career?

by Larry Crane

Here's a recent email I received: "I am interested in what you do and how you do it. I guess I am not the average person looking to get into audio engineering. I am 44 and I am an anesthesiologist looking for a second career. I am an audiophile,...

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Could 192k Simply Make Good Common Sense?

by Allen Farmelo

As we exit the era of digital audio data compression and begin the ascent into higher sample rates for consumer consumption (via multiple platforms, though most popularly Neil Young's PONO system), we are finding ourselves as a community of...

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So You're Broke and You expect the Music Biz to Provide an Income?

by Larry Crane

I've received a few pretty odd emails recently. I know times are tough, unemployment sucks, but really, expecting any sort of "bailout" from the music biz has got to be the most delusional crap I've come across. Making a living in music requires hard...

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Matt Ross-Spang Discusses New Elvis Presley Box Set, Memphis

by Geoff Stanfield

Across more than 100 tracks, MEMPHIS captures Elvis from the earliest stages of his career at Sun Records/Memphis Recording Service to his final recordings in Graceland’s Jungle Room, with stops at other iconic studios such as American and...

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Tape Op Editor Larry Crane hosts P&E Wing Shop Talk @ Jackpot! in Portland July 26

by Larry Crane

Producers & Engineers Wing Shop Talk Thursday, July 26, 2012 6:00pm until 9:00pm The Recording Academy Pacific Northwest Chapter Presents: Join Recording Academy members, music professionals, and Jackpot! Studio owner Larry Crane to...

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Tape Op Bumper Stickers?

by Larry Crane

We're thinking of printing some bumper stickers to help promote the Tape Op brand name. Our ideas have included: "My Other Car is a Tape Op" "My Child is an Honor Student at Tape Op" "Honk if You're Tape Op" "I'd rather be reading Tape...

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In defense, unsuccessfully, of Auto-Tune

by Vijith Assar

Simultaneously making apparent the depths of both my dorkiness and my loyalty, I steadfastly stood by Imogen Heap's "Hide and Seek" all through its various tribulations over the last couple years -- first with its questionable placement on the OC,...

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Man Astonished To Learn Records Were Made Prior to 2004

by Larry Crane

I pulled short straw and had to go pick up the take out tonight (take away for our UK readers). The radio was set to NPR, so I let it alone. The announcer introduced a new segment called “Listen to This,” that features famous musicians...