Intro / TOC #126
by Larry Crane
As people intimately involved with the recording and producing of music, we are always told to follow the mantra of "the song comes first." Many will often re-iterate, "A great song makes a great...
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Intro / TOC #125
by Larry Crane
This pic is me in 1983, just before I went to CCRMA, in the Buchla Modular studio at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, which was another amazing situation to throw myself into. The small...
Intro / TOC #124
by Larry Crane
Sometimes I feel like maybe I've faked my way into the world of audio recording. I'll be talking to a group of engineers, usually peers around my age or younger, and they'll be rattling off classic,...
Intro / TOC #123
by Larry Crane
Many years ago, I was the one onstage, performing songs I'd written with my friends in our band, and hoping that audiences would care about what we were doing. We traveled around the country, and...
Intro / TOC #122
by Larry Crane
Years ago I was in a session when I suddenly turned around to my clients and asked, “What is it that you think you are paying me for right now?” They came up with a few answers relating to...
Intro / TOC #121
by Larry Crane
Larry and Garrett Haines at AES As I work on this issue of Tape Op I’ve just returned from the Summer NAMM show in Nashville, and this will also be the magazine I’ll be handing out at...
Intro / TOC #120
by Larry Crane
Real “magic” is not in a vintage console. It is not imbued in the walls of a famous studio. It’s not in the floor of an old, rented house. It’s not in the crisp air high in...
Intro / TOC #119
by Larry Crane
“Despite recording studios being the place designed to capture musical ideas, in many of them it takes far too much effort to get those ideas down as they’re happening.”From...
Intro / TOC #118
by Larry Crane
A lot of times during recording sessions people ask me if I'm able to listen to music outside the studio without being super critical of what I'm hearing. Usually this follows 30 minutes of using...
Intro / TOC #117
by Larry Crane
Here’s one constant scenario I run into: A client comes to me with tracks to mix. They’ve recorded in a home studio, or some such modest setting. Their gear list is fairly limited, maybe...
Intro / TOC #116
by Larry Crane
A few months ago I saw an opening in my calendar. A colleague, Brent Rogers, who works across town at REX Production & Post, had offered to take me out to lunch and give me a tour of the place. It...
Intro / TOC #115
by Larry Crane
Looking back over the history of recorded music, one thing is for sure: the technology used is always in flux. When I’ve interviewed engineers from the ‘60s or ‘70s, there will...