Name Recognition?
by Larry Crane
My studio is at a point where the majority of the work being done there is by freelance engineers. This is great, as I spent many years as the main engineer and built the studio's reputation by...
Columns
by Larry Crane
TOC Intro #55
by Larry Crane
Making records is lying. Recordings are fake performances. Even when they document a live performance, the reproduction over speakers in a listening environment is nothing like the live event. If...
Organized Chaos
by Larry Crane
My client Ken is a treat to work with. He brings in sessions off his standalone digital multitrack with each song on a CD-R, clearly labeled, a binder with track notes including how everything was...
TOC Intro #54
by Larry Crane
It's only been a few weeks since TapeOpCon wrapped up. Those of you that were there know how much fun we had and how much there was to learn. I know there are a lot of you readers whom we never see at...
Customer Service
by Larry Crane
I recently installed a Pro Tools HD system and Pro Tools 7 in my studio to replace the Digi002 we've been using for a few years. I'd be lying if I said this was an easy task, but I'd also be lying...
TOC Intro #53
by Larry Crane
As I was writing the review of Glass Eye's "new" CD for this issue, it struck me how "fan-boy" my writing sounded. I wondered at first if I should tame it down, sound more removed, professional and...
No Glam Gear
by Larry Crane
I just hit the ninth anniversary of signing the lease on my studio space today, and I'm in the planning stages for moving into a new building (courtesy of my landlord-to-be, Hamptone). Reflecting...
TOC Intro #52
by Larry Crane
This April marks ten years of doing Tape Op Magazine, just as last November marked our 50th issue. We've been getting a lot of praise and encouragement from readers and we all thank you all very...
TOC Intro #51
by Larry Crane
I hope everyone survived the holidays intact. You know, every year I ask Santa for a Flickinger console, but he never kicks down. Darn. We will be putting on the fifth annual TapeOpCon in Tucson,...
Fifty Issues, Fifty Quotes
by Larry Crane
One quote from each issue of Tape Op — numbered by issue. 1. "Keep that spontaneity there at all costs." -Fred Cornog (East River Pipe) 2. "If I notice it then I gotta work on it." -Janet...
TOC Intro #50
by John Baccigaluppi, Larry Crane
Did I just say fifty? I can't believe it, but we've made it to fifty issues of Tape Op, and in April 2006 it will be the ten-year anniversary of this magazine. Have there been changes along the way?...
Things to Do in the Studio
by Larry Crane
"I read Tape Op because it talks about music and recording from what, in my mind, is the 'correct' angle — the artistic one. A common theme in this magazine is paying clients doing or saying...