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New Tape Op Video Series

by Geoff Stanfield

We are excited to announce Creative Recording With Tape Op. This video series covers a wide range of recording and mixing topics, concepts, and solutions. We look forward to sharing these conversations with you in the coming weeks and months, but...

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Red Panda BitMap Video Review

by Geoff Stanfield

Ivan Anderson reviewed the Red Panda BitMap 2 pedal in the latest issue of Tape Op, but he also makes great and highly entertaining videos for many of his reviews. Enjoy!

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David J's Tracks From the Attic

by Geoff Stanfield

I interviewed David J in 2015, as I had long been a fan of his bands Bauhaus and Love & Rockets, and had been buying his solo albums since his first works in the '80s. We ended up working on some music with Barton Carroll at my studio a year or...

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Readers Respond to "Building Troubleshooting Skills" in Tape Op #84

by Larry Crane

When we ran a page featuring senior contributor Garrett Haines' "Building Troubleshooting Skills" in Tape Op #84 I never expected to get the kind of replies we did below. The Letters section for upcoming issues was too full, so I'm posting these...

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Sufjan Stevens produces John Legend Children’s Album

by Geoff Stanfield

Here’s a fun and upbeat track from an unlikely collaboration between John Legend and Sufjan Stevens. Check out the first single “L-O-V-E”  that features Legend’s wife Chrissy Teigen and their children along with Sufjan...

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Milennia Media Job Opening

by Geoff Stanfield

Millennia Media Audio Repair Technician job opening Audio Repair Technician needed for permanent, full-time position.  Must have analog and digital repair experience. Design engineering chops a plus. Millennia in Northern California, near...

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What does Larry Crane really do all day?

by Larry Crane

Yup, I sit at my computer all day editing articles, writing stuff for the mag and answering the ridiculous amount of emails that always seep in over the course of a day. illus by Eva Kihl

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Tape Op Editor Larry Crane hosts P&E Wing Shop Talk @ Jackpot! in Portland July 26

by Larry Crane

Producers & Engineers Wing Shop Talk Thursday, July 26, 2012 6:00pm until 9:00pm The Recording Academy Pacific Northwest Chapter Presents: Join Recording Academy members, music professionals, and Jackpot! Studio owner Larry Crane to...

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MySpace Drives Me Nuts - Facebook is Disturbing

by Larry Crane

Okay, so that's not the most original headline ever. I check the MySpace site once every 6 months and see old notes from friends about things that happened ages ago. Sorry. Oops. But what really drives me bat-shit is seeing ads like "Learn Audio...