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May/Jun 2018

TOC Intro  |  No. 125

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...

Mar/Apr 2018

TOC Intro  |  No. 124

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,...

Jan/Feb 2018

TOC Intro  |  No. 123

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...

Nov/Dec 2017

TOC Intro  |  No. 122

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...

Sep/Oct 2017

TOC Intro  |  No. 121

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...

Jul/Aug 2017

TOC Intro  |  No. 120

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...

May/Jun 2017

TOC Intro  |  No. 119

Intro / TOC #119

by Larry Crane

“Despite recording studios being the place designed to capture musical ideas, in many of them it takes far too much effort to get those ideas down as they’re happening.”From...

Mar/Apr 2017

TOC Intro  |  No. 118

Intro / TOC #118

by Larry Crane

A lot of times during recording sessions people ask me if I'm able to listen to music outside the studio without being super critical of what I'm hearing. Usually this follows 30 minutes of using...

Jan/Feb 2017

TOC Intro  |  No. 117

Intro / TOC #117

by Larry Crane

Here’s one constant scenario I run into: A client comes to me with tracks to mix. They’ve recorded in a home studio, or some such modest setting. Their gear list is fairly limited, maybe...

Nov/Dec 2016

TOC Intro  |  No. 116

Intro / TOC #116

by Larry Crane

A few months ago I saw an opening in my calendar. A colleague, Brent Rogers, who works across town at REX Production & Post, had offered to take me out to lunch and give me a tour of the place. It...

Sep/Oct 2016

TOC Intro  |  No. 115

Intro / TOC #115

by Larry Crane

Looking back over the history of recorded music, one thing is for sure: the technology used is always in flux. When I’ve interviewed engineers from the ‘60s or ‘70s, there will...

Jul/Aug 2016

TOC Intro  |  No. 114

Intro / TOC #114

by Larry Crane

I’ve always understood music to be a very pure thing. In my mind, the only reason one would play music and create albums was to make art. It wasn’t until I’d been immersed in the...

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