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MICS FEATURED IN THE BEATLES?: ROCK BAND? VIDEO GAME

by Larry Crane

So I just noticed an email in my inbox from a PR person with the headline: "XXXXX MICS FEATURED IN THE BEATLES?: ROCK BAND? VIDEO GAME". What's next? "Shure SM57 seen briefly in a movie"? "Rob Thomas sings into wrong side of a mic in a video"? Oh...

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Goatboy's Pro Tools Suggestion

by Larry Crane

If you're sending tracks to other folks for mixing and/or sorting out, here's a suggestion from our pal Goat(boy), Andrew Gilchrist. -LC Larry, Sitting on a plane, flying today from Spain to Switzerland, on my seemingly endless tour. Finally...

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Gear Update: Little Labs Redcloud 8810U8ERS Attenuator Pack

by Geoff Stanfield

Larry Crane adds an update to Eli Crews' original review of the Little Labs Redcloud 8810U8ERS Attenuator Pack. Eli Crews did a great job of explaining this 8 channel attenuator eight years ago. What I find interesting is how, many years...

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The Rock & Roll Camp for Girls - Portland, OR

by Larry Crane

My friend, sts is the Program Director and an instructor at The Rock ’n’ Roll Camp for Girls. They’re currently building up their recording program, Rock Camp Studio and the "Recording Engineer Track" studies and are looking for...

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Neal Casal Music Foundation

by Geoff Stanfield

Our friend and Tape Op contributor Neal Casal left us one year ago today on August 26, 2019.  Since then, a team of his close friends dug into the archive of music and photography he left behind to create items raising awareness and funds...

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Larry Interviews Manny Marroquin

by Geoff Stanfield

Larry caught up with Manny Marroquin at Studio La Fabrique in France during a Mix With The Masters session.

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An Intern Rebuttal

by Larry Crane

I was gonna run this in the letters section of issue #78 coming up, but I just felt it was too long to fit well. -LC I just finished reading the letters section in the new issue [#77] regarding interns, and wanted to relate my experience. A couple...

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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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The Best Studio Promotion ever

by Larry Crane

Joe McGinty has Carousel Studio in New York. Here his pal Amy Hobby gathered 20 young ladies to knock out a great version of Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells" on film featuring Joe's INSAME collection of vintage keyboards. This film is the best...