Gear Geeking

Sporadic and regular articles from our contributors.

Jan/Feb 2010

Gear Geeking  |  No. 75

Gear Geeking #75

by Andy Hong

Back in 2003, I reviewed the VersiPanel roll-out wall (Tape Op #36), a freestanding partition made of LDPE (life- preserver) foam-core "runners" covered in heavy-duty fabric. I purchased two of them...

Nov/Dec 2009

Gear Geeking  |  No. 74

Gear Geeking #74

by Andy Hong

Cascade Microphones (cascademicrophones.com) sent Tape Op a number of ribbon mics to evaluate, so when JB and his crew at The Hangar were asked to set up a remote studio for Devendra Banhart's new...

Sep/Oct 2009

Gear Geeking  |  No. 73

Gear Geeking #73

by Andy Hong

Every now and then, I have to merge a stereo recording that's split into separate L and R files (like a Pro Tools stereo track) into a single, interleaved stereo file. There are plenty of ways to do...

Jul/Aug 2009

Gear Geeking  |  No. 72

Gear Geeking #72

by Andy Hong

No doubt many of you sit on a Herman Miller Aeron (www.hermanmiller.com). In the fifteen years that it's been available, it's become an icon for high-end task- chairs in both the dot-com and...

May/Jun 2009

Gear Geeking  |  No. 71

Gear Geeking #71

by Larry Crane, Andy Hong

How many of you know that Larry has an active blog at www.tapeop.com/tapelog with plenty of interesting news and opinion? Me being the Gear Geek, one of my favorite entries is Larry's list of gear...

Mar/Apr 2009

Gear Geeking  |  No. 70

Gear Geeking #70

by Andy Hong

How many of you have a USB or FireWire device-hard drive, effects processor, control surface, keyboard controller, whatever-sitting on your desk or console with a cable awkwardly sticking straight out...

Jan/Feb 2009

Gear Geeking  |  No. 69

Gear Geeking #69

by Andy Hong

I still have a vivid memory of unboxing my first Mackie product, the CR-1604 16-channel, 4-bus mixer-almost twenty years ago. After a stint at the then fledgling Digidesign, where I had been fortunate...

Nov/Dec 2008

Gear Geeking  |  No. 68

Gear Geeking #68

by Andy Hong

Here's a roundup of some of the products I saw at the annual AES show that piqued my interest. Digidesign unveiled the Beta version of Pro Tools 8. Earlier this year, I sent my contacts at the company...

Sep/Oct 2008

Gear Geeking  |  No. 67

Gear Geeking #67

by Andy Hong

Around New Year 2007, I suped up a new Mac Pro and configured it for dual-boot. Although my primary DAW platform, Steinberg Nuendo with RME hardware (Tape Op #63), is both Windows and Mac OS...

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