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New Karate Album and Singles

by Geoff Stanfield

On Oct 18th, the 30-plus year old band Karate will release Make it Fit, their first new album in 20 years, and have recently dropped the first two singles from the LP, "Defendants" and "Silence, Sound."  Larry first interviewed Karate...

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Phill Brown's "Are We Still Rolling?"

by Larry Crane

I just wanted to make sure everyone knows that we have finally published Phill Brown's book. In issue #12 Larry Crane and Chris Eckman interviewed Phill Brown, a producer/engineer with credits like Mott the Hoople, David Bowie, Sly Stone, Led...

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BECAUSE WE CAN or Because we SHOULD

by Larry Crane

Larry’s intro to issue #71 was one of his most important notes for engineers in a long time. It’s easy to press play, but not pay attention to the audio hitting our ears. (Have you ever read a book and found your eyes are scanning over...

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AES 2017 Passes

by Geoff Stanfield

Get Your Free Pass to AES in NYC on Tape Op!  http://www.aesshow.com/aes17top

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New Video Series Episode: Best Place to Spend Money When Starting a Studio

by Geoff Stanfield

Check out the new episode from our Creative Recording With Tape Op series! Larry and Geoff discuss the best place to spend your hard earned cash when starting a studio. This episode made possible with support from our friends at...

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This is what you sound like

by Garrett Haines

Maybe its a party. Maybe its a dinner party. Maybe you run into people on the street. But you know the situation: You are with your significant other. And you run into another audio-type with his/her/its significant other. Instead of being...

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Tape Op Publisher's Studio Closing Down and Morphing into New Places

by Larry Crane

My best friend and business partner, John Baccigaluppi, is moving out of the old building that houses his studio The Hangar (along with his Tape Op office) and had been part of his life since 1990. I played on some of the earliest records from...

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New Music From Sunroof: Electronic Music Improvisations, Vol.3

by Geoff Stanfield

We interviewed both Gareth Jones (Depeche Mode, Erasure) and Daniel Miller (Mute Records, The Normal) in Tape Op #110. Collectively they are Sunroof, and have just released Electronic Music Improvisations, Vol.3.  This collection follows...

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Why Did I think This Would Be Easy?

by Larry Crane

Why did I think I could set up my home studio in a couple of hours when it took four months to move Jackpot! to a new building? Tomorrow's shopping list: Solder, S/PDIF cables, etc... I'm amazed at how tangled and messy this quickly got. All I...