Articles
By Geoff Stanfield
Welcome to Tape Op's DISCussion, where we call our friends and music community notables to talk about their favorite records.
[ image omni1 type=center ] I just finished mastering an EP for Centuries of Slow Accumulation, a two-piece outfit with a surprisingly big sound. Their style uses barking Kinks-esque guitars and rowdy drums. Although focused, the drum kit als...
I confess. When I get my new Tape Op the first thing I do is look at all of the gear ads. In some respects, I would love to tell you these products are more about marketing hype and less about sound. But as someone who has heard (or used) man...
One of the most important things you can do to improve your mixes deals with monitor placement. Correct placement allows your speakers to perform at their potential. A thorough discussion of room acoustics would take (and does fill) volumes, ...
Three years ago Pearl Jam made the bold decision to release commercially available CDs of all 60-plus concerts on its U.S. and European tours, undercutting would-be bootleggers and delighting legions of fans hungry for recordings of the band&...
Since Tape Op Magazine only comes out every other month, I assume that our typical reader has a little time left over in which to read and learn more about the art and science of recording. With that in mind, we compiled a list of books that ...
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[ image gm1 type=center ] Coming up in the recording environment of Seattle there was no local mastering to speak of, so when mixing I learned to get it as close to a finished master as possible before sending it off to be tweaked by someone ...
[ image 1 type=center ] A vital, cost-effective and often neglected step in attempting to put your music on tape is the concept of pre-production. Planning ahead can save money (and time) in the studio. Budget considerations, time schedules, ...
This article is about changing your perspective. Regardless of your personal preferences between analog and digital recording mediums, each have their own strengths. There's no question that digital recording is going to be the primary f...
I am a visual artist. I was trained as a printmaker and worked with etching, screenprinting and lithography. My introduction to sound came during the early 1980s at my college radio station, when I was in grad school. There, I did all manner ...