A Worthwhile Investment?
by Larry Crane
As I was editing the letters section for this issue, one of them triggered a memory from fourteen years ago. I remember trying to build up my home studio and having stacks of catalogs on my desk. I...
Columns
by Larry Crane
TOC Intro #69
by Larry Crane
Every few years it seems time to give a brief explanation of how Tape Op Magazine "works." We constantly get letters from folks who are amazed that this magazine arrives to them for free. Well, it's...
TOC Intro #68
by Larry Crane
Okay, let's get this straight: Last issue I wrote an End Rant entitled "Purity and Honesty in Recordings." In this piece of over-the-top, satirical writing, I attempted to lampoon the idea of...
Purity and Honesty in Recordings
by Larry Crane
Here at Tape Op World Headquarters we get numerous emails from folks fighting the good fight against the threat to our world known as digital recording. All of the hideous doors that have opened since...
TOC Intro #67
by Larry Crane
I'd like to mention all the other things going on around me, outside of "simply" editing Tape Op magazine. For one, I had a long return visit to my former home of Portland, OR, beginning with three...
What They’re Doing to Your Music
by Larry Crane
I love listening to music. Sometimes I'd rather listen to a good album than record a good album. Less stress, more fun and you can pause it any time. The problem I've been having lately is...
TOC Intro #66
by Larry Crane
Let's talk about critiques. You'll notice my End Rant this issue involves music criticism. Our "Letters to Tape Op" section this issue features a nice jab at the content of this magazine as well as...
TOC Intro #65
by Larry Crane
This is for real — I did not make it up. But damn, I really wish there was a "secret" that I could pass along to all of you so you could easily make "classy high- end" recordings at home "within...
Personal Taste
by Larry Crane
A friend slipped me a copy of her upcoming album recently. I liked her songs as well as her singing. The arrangements on the album showed that some thought had been put into making each song feel...
TOC Intro #64
by Larry Crane
I find that as I interview more and more people involved in the process of recording music that I feel I may be backing myself into a corner of sorts. I like the fact that a lot of our interviews are...
Peter Gabriel on the Future
by Larry Crane
I recently had the chance to interview one of my favorite musician/studio owners, Peter Gabriel. The situation involved me and three other writers sitting in a wooden shed with an SSL AWS 900+...
TOC Intro #63
by Larry Crane
Nashville, Los Angeles and New York: to many people these are the epicenters of recording in the United States. One cannot deny that many records are made in these cities, but the history of recorded...