TOC Intro #53
by Larry Crane
As I was writing the review of Glass Eye's "new" CD for this issue, it struck me how "fan-boy" my writing sounded. I wondered at first if I should tame it down, sound more removed, professional and...
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TOC Intro #52
by Larry Crane
This April marks ten years of doing Tape Op Magazine, just as last November marked our 50th issue. We've been getting a lot of praise and encouragement from readers and we all thank you all very...
TOC Intro #51
by Larry Crane
I hope everyone survived the holidays intact. You know, every year I ask Santa for a Flickinger console, but he never kicks down. Darn. We will be putting on the fifth annual TapeOpCon in Tucson,...
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?...
TOC Intro #49
by Larry Crane, Geoff Farina
As we go to press (actually this issue is already at pre-press) hurricane Katrina has battered the coastlines of Louisiana and Mississippi and caused massive flooding and destruction to the city of...
TOC Intro #48
by Larry Crane
A few weeks back a potential client asked me for a CD-R of tracks I'd worked on to get an idea of what kind of projects I had done in the past and the sounds I went for. I put it off for a while, but...
TOC Intro #47
by Larry Crane
Every day I get asked many questions about audio recording. These can range from queries about specific pieces of gear to my thoughts about attending recording schools. The questions come via email,...
TOC Intro #46
by Larry Crane
This issue might be about two sides of rock and roll. At one end we have Pink Floyd and David Gilmour's floating state of the art studio, Astoria — an overachievement of creating the best...
TOC Intro #45
by Larry Crane
Last issue I wrote this intro page while visiting Amsterdam and hanging out at The Paradiso. This issue I'm sitting on a plane while heading to New Orleans to mix some songs I started with Big Blue...
TOC Intro #44
by Larry Crane
I've been visiting Amsterdam this past week, staying with some friends who live here. No, I won't regale you with any sordid tales of coffee shops and the Red Light District, but I did have a great...
TOC Intro #43
by Larry Crane
With a major U.S. election coming up and all the events going on in this world Tape Op is urging people to vote. I emailed folks involved in the recording and music world about why people should vote...
TOC Intro #42
by Larry Crane
A few months ago I was wrapping up the evening by dropping into a local watering hole with a nice young lady, when a customer who had been sitting at the bar looked at me and said, "You're that...