Universal Audio
After a pretty damm good surf session one fine sunny day in Santa Cruz, California, my friend and fellow recording engineer, Eric Broyhill and I stopped by the Universal Audio offices to talk with Bil...
Interviews
Interviews | No. 24
Phill Brown: Are We Still Rolling?
By Phill Brown
We interviewed Phill Brown in issue number [#12] of Tape Op. Over the years he's worked with some of the greatest artists ever, like Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Traffic, Spooky Tooth, Jeff Beck, Led Zep...
Universal Audio
By Eric Broyhill and John Baccigaluppi
The 1176LN and the LA-2A are two examples of classic compressors which use very different techniques for gain control. The 1176LN uses a field effect transistor as its gain reduction element, while th...
Universal Audio
By Eric Broyhill and John Baccigaluppi
When Bill Putnam, Jr. mentioned to me that his brother Jim was in the Radar Brothers, it didn't really sink in 'till a few minutes later. When it finally did, I rudely interrupted him and Eric with a...
Steve Albini: Recording Neurosis and more
By Roman Sokal
Interview with Steve Albini
Eddie Kramer: Recording Hendrix and teaching future engineers
Eddie Kramer worked humbly with the students of Terry Setter's Advanced Audio Engineering class at The Evergreen State College for four days. Regularly throughout the year he travels to schools and pa...
Unwound: Their Haunted Home Studio
By Dewey Mahood
On an unusually cold and rainy Pacific Northwest winter day I found myself driving up I-5 to Olympia, WA. After narrowly escaping death from a couple of speeding 18-wheelers, I pulled into downtown an...
Plaid: Beyond Techno?
By The FezGuys
Plaid might be most well-known for their many remixes, especially those for Bjork and their own earlier trio, Black Dog. But it's the current duo's unique approach to the "techno" genre that sets them...