Mark Linett
by John Baccigaluppi, Larry Crane
Grammy award winner Mark Linett is the veteran of many years in the studio, starting in Hollywood at Artist Recording, Paramount and Mystic Studios in the early seventies after running his own PA...
articles
by John Baccigaluppi
Doug Easley: His dad digs Loretta Lynn
by John Baccigaluppi, Larry Crane
Easley McCain Recording in Memphis has been a fixture in the recording scene since the early '90s, initially with local records with bands like the Grifters, and later nationally with bands like...
John Tchicai
by John Baccigaluppi
I first met John Tchicai when I recorded his 1995 album, Love is Touching. I was several days into the project when I learned that, among others, he had played with John Lennon, Albert Ayler and...
Air & Mellow: Air
by John Baccigaluppi, Larry Crane
Walking down a typical city street in Paris, passing cafés and shops, one wouldn't guess that on the same block, down around a back street and through a small courtyard, is a private recording...
Air & Mellow: Mellow
by John Baccigaluppi, Larry Crane
John and I were in France last spring, and thought we'd search out some home recordists in Paris. I tracked down Air and we also came across some acquaintances of theirs (through the fabulous boys of...
Audio Books Review: Audio Books Roundup
by David Ackerman, John Baccigaluppi, Myles Boisen, Louis R. Carlozo, Martin Chittum, Scott Colburn, Larry Crane, David Cuetter, Matthew Cullen, Larry DeVivo, Bill Dodd, Jeremy du Bois, Kiley Henner, Graham Hick, Bob Katz, Steve McAllister, Bill McMaster, Eric Morrison, Steven Nereo, Steve Pogact, Brian Roth, Rob Shelby, Steve Silverstein, Kenneth Sluiter, Philip Stevenson, David Weiss
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...
Dave Amels: of The Bomb Factory
by John Baccigaluppi, Larry Crane
In the last six months I've been forced to learn my way around Pro Tools a bit while mixing some budget projects. Sonically, I'd rather mix through a console although I really enjoy the process of...
Universal Audio
by John Baccigaluppi, Eric Broyhill
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...
Universal Audio
by John Baccigaluppi, Eric Broyhill
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...
Universal Audio
by John Baccigaluppi, Eric Broyhill
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...
Digital Mixing: Notes on the conversion from analog to digital mixing
by John Baccigaluppi
I recently finished recording and mixing a five song EP that, for the first time, I transferred into a computer and mixed digitally. It was one of the most interesting, fascinating and (mostly)...
Mitch Easter: Producing R.E.M. and building his studio
by John Baccigaluppi, Ted Comerford
In 1983 I was working in a nice 'pro' 24-track two inch studio recording music that I would never actually buy myself, and then I heard R.E.M.'s Murmur. When I heard that some guy named Mitch...