So here we are with the new, bigger look for Tape Op. I hope people like it... This means there are more articles, more photos and pictures and such. That means there's more that has to be written, so if any readers have people they wish to interview or features (like a how-to on tape splicing?) they want to write please let me know. There's no way I could possibly fill a whole issue with my own writings any more.
Damn, anyway, it'd be hard to convey how much work goes into this mag without sounding like a whiner, so I'll shut up. I'd like to point out that there's a lot of people who really help out on it, and I hope they're all listed to your left.
One complaint that has come up a lot is lack of info for or on 4 track cassette recording. There's no conscious decision to ignore 4 track stuff, and I'm always looking for great records done on that format, but as far as full-length interviews, it seems there's only so much you can talk about when it comes to 4 tracks. I hope that our chats with people working in other studio settings can shed some light on tricks that can be used with 4 tracks too. Let's face it though, even with a 4 track, if you expand and get a separate mixer you can open up a lot of avenues that were closed before. Thus the perpetual search for more gear...