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Excellent Stories about the late Don Smith

by Larry Crane

My pal David Lowery (Cracker/Camper Van Beethoven) has been doing a cool blog called 300 Songs, telling stories of how songs came about and other crazy stories. The most recent one is about the late Don Smith, who produced and engineered a bunch of...

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Daptone Records Robbed

by Vijith Assar

Via the Village Voice and meta-via Brooklyn Vegan comes the tragic news that the NYC recording studio operated by Daptone Records was burgled last night, with a remarkable amount of main brain Gabe Roth's vintage gear lost. Even...

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New Music From Tycho: Infinite Health

by Geoff Stanfield

Bay Area native Scott Hansen, a.k.a. Tycho (Tape Op #123), has just released his sixth album, Infinite Health on Mom+Pop Records/Ninja Tune.  Fans familiar with Tycho will hear Infinite Health as a logical progression in a sequence of...

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Songatron with Jonathan Mann and the Spinto Band

by Larry Crane

Jonathan Mann is the "song a day guy" of Songatron. Since January 1st 2009 he's posted a song and video a day. Septemeber 28th 2011 he'll have recorded 1000 songs. Wow.  In June Nick Krill and Thomas Hughes of The Spinto Band joined up with...

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Free Devil-Loc Plug-In from Sound Toys!

by Larry Crane

At our Tape Op Party during SXSW last week the fine folks at Sound Toys announced and gave away a new plug-in - the Devil-Loc! You have to grab this before March 31, 2011. Act now! Go here for the free Devil-Loc Plug-in Sharing Code:...

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New Episode of Creative Recording With Tape Op Video Series: Recording Simply

by Geoff Stanfield

Watch the latest episode of the Creative Recording With Tape Op series! Editor Larry Crane and Online Publisher Geoff Stanfield dig into the idea of keeping it simple. Episode made possible with support from Earthworks Audio.  Be...

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Mr. Oliver Has Left the Building: Vaughan Oliver / 1957-2019

by Geoff Stanfield

by John Baccigaluppi It may not be obvious, but as this magazine’s graphic designer, the recently passed Vaughan Oliver was a major influence on the look of Tape Op Magazine. Being someone who’s not involved with social media, and as...

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OneMic Series: Cedric Burnside

by Geoff Stanfield

Cedric Burnside performs "Love Her 'Til I Die" for the OneMic Series!

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The Problem with A-B'ing and Why Neil Young is Right about Sound Quality.

by Allen Farmelo

With news of Neil Young pushing to get studio quality audio out to the consumer, it occurred to me that it would be good to get some perspective on how we go about comparing audio quality.  One of the most problematic issues surrounding audio...