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Recording Drums  |  No. 41

Three Practical and Personal Primers #3: The 30 Second Drum Sound

by Malcolm Chisholm, Graham Hick

Recording music is often a challenge of doing the most amount of work within the shortest amount of time. The demand is that the work be done well and immediately, if not sooner. This is usually due...

All Features  |  No. 40

Monitoring: Fun with Monitoring: Speaker Placement

by Garrett Haines

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...

All Features  |  No. 47

Choir Academy: In The Choir Academy Charter School Basement Studio

by Nick Jaffe

All Features  |  No. 20

Recordings That Changed My Life: The Jungle Book Soundtrack

by Scott Colburn

All Features  |  No. 8

Cassette Corner

by Rob Christensen

The great thing about self-released cassettes is that anyone can put them out without spending too much money.  Photocopy some J-cards, dub a few tapes on the home stereo, and you're done. ...

All Features  |  No. 9

Cassette Corner #2

by Rob Christensen

Welcome to Cassette Corner #2.  So far it's been very rewarding talking with people about how they record their music.  I guess that's what Tape Op is all about.  Last time around I...

All Features  |  No. 37

Busted Strings and Things...: Or how to enter the retail musical supply business in three easy steps.

by Garrett Haines

All Features  |  No. 10

Recording Schools?

by Johnny Keener

All Features  |  No. 45

What Eric Does In Between Big Budget Blockbusters for Fun: What Eric Does In Between Big Budget Blockbusters for Fun

by Dana Gumbiner

In 2000, Eric Valentine invited us to come down to his now-former studio just south of San Francisco to listen to some music and talk about maybe making a record together. We arrived at the studio not...