Larry Crane - editor

Both of these macOS-only applications perform audio plug-in management functions, but with varying options and pricing. I hate doing this, but...

An analysis and repair tool, the Fixate:Midrange plug-in seeks to clear the mud, repair missing lows, adjust frequencies that build up too much, and...

Many years ago, my pal – Tape Op contributor and reFuse Software owner Leigh Marble – came out with Lowender, one of the first subharmonic...

The DC-2 is a plug-in-controlled analog compressor that works in conjunction with the McDSP APB ("analog processing box") units (APB-8...

Gus Berry reviewed oeksound’s "sonic-fixing" Soothe2 plug-in in Tape Op#138 and noted how handy it could be for suppressing bass...

My first digital reverb was a used Alesis MidiVerb II in the late ’80s. I'd previously built a Radio Shack echo kit, messed around with spring...

Over 20 years ago, all the mixing I was doing was off analog 2-inch, 24-track tape and onto 1/4-inch stereo tape. I'd started with recording to...

We're getting into the age of intelligent plug-ins. They are doing so much that it's hard to keep track of how all these little changes...

By Mitchell Sigman's own description: "Memory Banks is an all-original love letter celebrating the futuristic musical visions of ELO, Kraftwerk, The Alan Parsons Project, et al. No AI, no...

Visit this recent Reddit thread to follow an interesting conversation about YouTube recording influencers and Tape Op shout out. OMG. Larry has written a LOT of gear reviews over the years, by the...

March 19th in Portland, Oregon, at The Tomorrow Theater, this event is sponsored by Tape Op editor/founder Larry Crane's Jackpot! Recording Studio. Get tickets here.

"Elliott Smith touched...

At 750 pages, 30 chapters, and a whopping ten pounds, this hardcover book is literally one of the biggest I’ve ever read. Subtitled The Complete...

Don Gunn favorably reviewed the original Ocean Way Studios plug-in in 2018, and I've been using it constantly since then. Both the...

I prefer not to use the phrase “sound design” in my music production, as it feels more like a term our colleagues in post-production use. But what I...

Subtitled Recording 2 Years in Morocco, I'm not sure if this book is a memoir, a travel story, or a remote-recording handbook, but it's...

In October of 2011, I drove my rental car up to Ocala, Florida, to visit a recording studio icon, engineer Bruce Swedien . Upon arrival...

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...