Give Me a Hammer
by John Baccigaluppi
It was at a recent trade show, after a major DAW manufacturer cancelled our meeting, that I realized I was relieved to be off the hook. I always enjoy meeting with this person, and I use and like...
Columns
by John Baccigaluppi
Hello and welcome to Tape Op #101!
by John Baccigaluppi, Larry Crane
Now that Tape Op has passed the 100th issue mark and survived 18 years, the astute among you may have noticed some changes. We now offer a FREE protected PDF subscription version of Tape Op,...
Embrace the Chaos
by John Baccigaluppi
After reading Larry's "Eliminate Variables" End Rant from last issue, I was compelled to write a response. Don't get me wrong, I agree completely with everything he said; so before you read any...
Done Fast, Done Good, Done Cheap
by John Baccigaluppi
Maybe you've seen this triangle of wisdom at your auto mechanic's shop. That's where I first saw it: on a piece of paper scrawled with a Magic Marker and tacked up on the wall by my mechanic Dave,...
Our Fantasy Gear Wish List
by John Baccigaluppi, Larry Crane, Andy Hong
Here's a list of things that would make our recording lives easier. Larry's List Pro Tools LE that would run on my laptop without a piece of hardware attached, even if it didn't record, so I could...
Anatomy of Disaster
by John Baccigaluppi
The session started with high hopes and the best of intentions. I had introduced Jason Lytle of the late, great band Grandaddy, to engineer Thom Monahan. They were mixing a record together at The...
Copy Protection Sucks
by John Baccigaluppi
First off, to all of you who've stolen software, and I will include myself in that list, you (and I) suck. You have only yourself to blame for how damn difficult and frustrating it is to install and...
TOC Intro #56
by John Baccigaluppi, Larry Crane
We are all human, and our love of music is usually what draws us all into the world of music recording. Music crosses many boundaries — we don't need to know what words Ali Farka Toure was...
TOC Intro #50
by John Baccigaluppi, Larry Crane
Did I just say fifty? I can't believe it, but we've made it to fifty issues of Tape Op, and in April 2006 it will be the ten-year anniversary of this magazine. Have there been changes along the way?...
Anatomy of an Issue
by John Baccigaluppi
Larry gets a break this month, as this issue's 'End Rant' is a behind the scenes peek at how this magazine gets put together every two months. In a nutshell, it's organized chaos and this issue...
TOC Intro #37
by John Baccigaluppi
This is the first intro I've written for the mag. This issue of Tape Op coincides with the AES show in New York City where Larry, Andy, Laura and I will be hanging out with other audio geeks preaching...