Seems like it's Sylvia Massy week over here at Tape Op! Here is another cool session trailer from Mix With The Masters where Sylvia records the Melvins!
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End Rant # 95: Recording as a Career?
by Larry Crane
Here's a recent email I received: "I am interested in what you do and how you do it. I guess I am not the average person looking to get into audio engineering. I am 44 and I am an anesthesiologist looking for a second career. I am an audiophile,...
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Home Recording Artist Linda Smith Presents online Archive
by Larry Crane
In issue 32 we had a short review of Linda Smith's current CD. Even though we meant to get an interview with Linda in the mag at some point, for some reason it never quite happened. Jump to 2011 and Linda has assembled a site full of MP3's of her...
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Amateur Hour Mastering Desecration
by Larry Crane
So during the mixing of a project last month I asked the band who they had picked out to master their album. They told me about someone I'd never heard of who was doing the job for very cheap, and I said, "Good luck." When they forwarded a...
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A 25-YEAR-OLD CASSETTE IN A BOX
by Geoff Stanfield
By Pete Droge Recently, I unearthed a cassette tape from a box labeled "late 90s." The spine read "Warren Pash at Got Wheels." The tape contained two Pash originals I produced, engineered, and mixed: "Blue River" and "Bones & Stones." ...
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Modular Synth Blog
by Larry Crane
Check out Ross Healy's VICMODBLOG on analog modular synths. He interviews "people who build and sell modular gear and forgotten electronic musicians." Cool stuff.
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Rick Allen and Lauren Monroe visit PantyLine Press!
by Larry Crane
So my wife runs the fabulous PantyLine Press, and she scored a sweet interview with Rick Allen (of Def Leppard) and his partner Lauren Monroe to talk about the music they are working on and all sorts of other stuff. She posted a shorter version on...
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Getting it Right the First Time
by Geoff Stanfield
More good stuff from Brittany Howard and Shawn Everett on the making of Brittany's new album Jaime Read the whole interview with Brittany and Shawn HERE
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Could 192k Simply Make Good Common Sense?
by Allen Farmelo
As we exit the era of digital audio data compression and begin the ascent into higher sample rates for consumer consumption (via multiple platforms, though most popularly Neil Young's PONO system), we are finding ourselves as a community of...