Gear Geeking #72
by Andy Hong
No doubt many of you sit on a Herman Miller Aeron (www.hermanmiller.com). In the fifteen years that it's been available, it's become an icon for high-end task- chairs in both the dot-com and...
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Sporadic and regular articles from our contributors.
Be Careful How You Present Yourself
by Larry Crane
While doing research and editing for Tape Op articles, I spend a lot of time on the Internet looking for equipment model numbers, studio names and such. Many times I stumble across online advertising...
Gear Geeking #71
by Larry Crane, Andy Hong
How many of you know that Larry has an active blog at www.tapeop.com/tapelog with plenty of interesting news and opinion? Me being the Gear Geek, one of my favorite entries is Larry's list of gear...
Help The Archivist, Please
by Larry Crane
For the last two and a half years I've been working on archiving the recorded works of my late friend and stellar songwriter, Elliott Smith. His family entrusted me with the job of backing up all of...
Gear Geeking #70
by Andy Hong
How many of you have a USB or FireWire device-hard drive, effects processor, control surface, keyboard controller, whatever-sitting on your desk or console with a cable awkwardly sticking straight out...
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...
Gear Geeking #69
by Andy Hong
I still have a vivid memory of unboxing my first Mackie product, the CR-1604 16-channel, 4-bus mixer-almost twenty years ago. After a stint at the then fledgling Digidesign, where I had been fortunate...
Crushing the Death Magnetic
by Paul Abbott
The outcry over the un-listenably loud level of Metallica's Death Magnetic CD has become one of the more visible occurrences of the "loudness wars" in the mainstream media. This has been a problem...
Gear Geeking #68
by Andy Hong
Here's a roundup of some of the products I saw at the annual AES show that piqued my interest. Digidesign unveiled the Beta version of Pro Tools 8. Earlier this year, I sent my contacts at the company...
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...
Gear Geeking #67
by Andy Hong
Around New Year 2007, I suped up a new Mac Pro and configured it for dual-boot. Although my primary DAW platform, Steinberg Nuendo with RME hardware (Tape Op #63), is both Windows and Mac OS...
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...