Tape Log

Blog posts about recording from our senior staff.

May 3, 2011

The Wrecking Crew Film is Awesome

by Larry Crane

Come see The Wrecking Crew film at Hollywood Theatre in Portland on Saturday May 8th. There are a number of other screenings happening coming up. I shared the stage with director Denny Tedesco and watched his film in Cleveland recently, It's an...

April 20, 2011

Why Smart Engineers Write Positive Gear Reviews

by Larry Crane

Tape Op contributor Allen Farmelo sent us this thoughtful piece on why the mag doesn't feature many "negative" reviews. Makes sense to me. I imagine anyone out there wanting us to write reviews ripping apart gear all the time still might come up...

April 8, 2011

Cancer Awareness

by Larry Crane

Craig Schumacher, one of the country's best engineer/producers and our intrepid gear reviewer and former head of TapeOpCon has been dealing with head and neck cancer recently. He's doing better after treatment but needs help catching up on bills...

March 27, 2011

Listen to our SXSW "Producing in the 21st Century" Panel

by Larry Crane

Hey, have a listen to the panel we did at SXSW.  Jesse Lauter is an American producer/mixer/engineer. He has worked with The Low Anthem, James Blood Ulmer, Ingrid Michaelson, Elvis Perkins, Marco Benevento, Smokey Hormel, Alela Diane, Diamond...

March 21, 2011

Free Devil-Loc Plug-In from Sound Toys!

by Larry Crane

At our Tape Op Party during SXSW last week the fine folks at Sound Toys announced and gave away a new plug-in - the Devil-Loc! You have to grab this before March 31, 2011. Act now! Go here for the free Devil-Loc Plug-in Sharing Code:...

March 21, 2011

The Best Studio Promotion ever

by Larry Crane

Joe McGinty has Carousel Studio in New York. Here his pal Amy Hobby gathered 20 young ladies to knock out a great version of Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells" on film featuring Joe's INSAME collection of vintage keyboards. This film is the best...

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