Set Yourself Apart
by Larry Crane
I'm worried about the current state of how people are learning recording. When I first started tracking myself (and others) out of my home studio, learning how to record on a budget was a difficult...
Columns
by Larry Crane
Intro / TOC #127
by Larry Crane
"Organising is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up." - A. A. Milne Very organized writing utensil space at Power Station. See interview...
Intro / TOC #126
by Larry Crane
As people intimately involved with the recording and producing of music, we are always told to follow the mantra of "the song comes first." Many will often re-iterate, "A great song makes a great...
Mistakes
by Larry Crane
It was 1992. The band I'd been in, Vomit Launch, had called it quits less than six months prior. I'd decided to take a road trip to the Northwest, with the faint concept of finding a new place to live...
Intro / TOC #125
by Larry Crane
This pic is me in 1983, just before I went to CCRMA, in the Buchla Modular studio at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, which was another amazing situation to throw myself into. The small...
Who’s Dropping By?
by Larry Crane
After 32 years of attending, visiting, and helming many studio recordings, I've come to recognize the impact that guests dropping by can have on a session. In Tape Op #73 I described my take on...
Intro / TOC #124
by Larry Crane
Sometimes I feel like maybe I've faked my way into the world of audio recording. I'll be talking to a group of engineers, usually peers around my age or younger, and they'll be rattling off classic,...
Intro / TOC #123
by Larry Crane
Many years ago, I was the one onstage, performing songs I'd written with my friends in our band, and hoping that audiences would care about what we were doing. We traveled around the country, and...
Set and Forget?
by Larry Crane
The art of recording music obviously involves the intersection of technical skills and creativity. It's certainly this juncture that fascinates many of us, and has lured us into a life of placing...
Intro / TOC #122
by Larry Crane
Years ago I was in a session when I suddenly turned around to my clients and asked, “What is it that you think you are paying me for right now?” They came up with a few answers relating to...
Intro / TOC #121
by Larry Crane
Larry and Garrett Haines at AES As I work on this issue of Tape Op I’ve just returned from the Summer NAMM show in Nashville, and this will also be the magazine I’ll be handing out at...
Intro / TOC #120
by Larry Crane
Real “magic” is not in a vintage console. It is not imbued in the walls of a famous studio. It’s not in the floor of an old, rented house. It’s not in the crisp air high in...