Tutorials | No. 102
Tom Werman
by Tom Beaujour
Ted Nugent, REO Speedwagon, Poison, Mötley Crüe, Molly Hatchet, Twisted Sister. When pitching this article to Tape Op, it was not lost on me that many of the artists that Tom Werman signed...
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Carol Kaye: Session Bassist Extraordinaire
by Jon Erickson
Carol Kaye is one of the most recorded bass players of all time, with 10,000 sessions and 40,000 songs under her belt, including a staggering list of hits for Ray Charles, The Righteous Brothers,...
My Bloody Valentine: Kevin Shields Tells All
by Eric Tischler
When the chance came to interview Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine, my hand shot up. The shadow of Kevin Shields looms large over my record collection, and the fanboy in me couldn't resist the...
What is Stem Mixing?: And How Can it Help Me?
by John Baccigaluppi, Barney Barnicott, Larry Crane, Jason Devore, Alexander Lawson, Thom Monahan, Dan Workman
You've just finished the mix of a song and printed it to tape or back into your DAW. You spent hours getting everything just perfect with your analog outboard gear and console. If you tried to write...
A Brief Introduction to Contracts for Freelance Engineers, Mixers and Producers
by Allen Farmelo
Over the course of making a recording we enter into a lot of agreements, often quite informally, and many without even a clear oral agreement. Examples from my own career include things like, "If...
Kurt Ballou: Godcity Recording and Converge
by Scott Evans
If you listen to modern hardcore or metal, you know Kurt Ballou's work. Kurt is a founding member of the band Converge and an accomplished, prolific recordist. "Extreme" music magazine, Decibel,...
Build a Plate Reverb: Building Your Own Plate Reverb!
by Bob Buontempo
(Disclaimer: This article is missing images and parts list. The writers originally offered up a kit of parts and stopped doing so many years ago. This is an incomplete article and please do not email...
Drum Recording : Stop the Cymbal Splash
by Chas Ferry, Marcos Lopez-Iglesias
I worked as an engineer and tech at Cherokee Recording Studios for over ten years and was involved in recording sessions at many other major Los Angeles recording studios. During that time I saw the...
John Dwyer: of Thee Oh Sees
by John Baccigaluppi, Larry Crane
John Dwyer is certainly prolific. His main band, Thee Oh Sees, have released 18 studio albums since 1997. His side project, Damaged Bug, has two albums out. He co-owns Castle Face Records, where most...
Greg Sage of Zeno Studios and The Wipers
by Bryan Bingold
I first discovered The Wipers in a basement record shop in Southeast Portland. I picked up Silver Sail and was blown away by the sonic quality. I quickly found myself buying all The Wipers' albums I...
Oakland's Evil Wizard: Greg Wilkinson on a career devoted to recording the heaviest music around
by Scott Evans
For the past 11 years, Greg Wilkinson has recorded the Bay Area's crustiest punk/hardcore/grindcore/death metal/doom/black metal at Earhammer, his warehouse studio in West Oakland. He's also played...
An Intro to Analog Tape Splicing & Editing
by John Holkeboer
Who among us hasn't wanted to take a razor blade to our tapes for no other purpose than malicious destruction? Through the ancient art of manual tape editing and splicing, you now have a practical...
Studio Interns: So You Wanna Be an Intern?
by Larry Crane, Geoff Sanoff
As a studio owner, I get several calls and emails per week from people looking to break into the "glamorous" world of recording through interning. These people wish to gain experience in the studio,...