TOC Intro #65
by Larry Crane
This is for real — I did not make it up. But damn, I really wish there was a "secret" that I could pass along to all of you so you could easily make "classy high- end" recordings at home "within...
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TOC Intro #64
by Larry Crane
I find that as I interview more and more people involved in the process of recording music that I feel I may be backing myself into a corner of sorts. I like the fact that a lot of our interviews are...
TOC Intro #63
by Larry Crane
Nashville, Los Angeles and New York: to many people these are the epicenters of recording in the United States. One cannot deny that many records are made in these cities, but the history of recorded...
TOC Intro #62
by Larry Crane
By the time you read this I will be in the middle of my first album-tracking sessions in a long time. Over the last year I was dealing with selling my home, AES SF, working on Elliott Smith's New Moon...
TOC Intro #61
by Larry Crane
As many of you might know and probably can relate to, I consider myself more a "fan of music" than a "fan of recording". Don't get me wrong, I love making records, owning a studio, editing this...
TOC Intro #60
by Larry Crane
Okay, for those of you following my misadventures over the latest issues, here's an update. We finished moving Jackpot! (my crazy studio) into our new Hamptone digs in Portland at the beginning of...
TOC Intro #59
by Larry Crane
As you read this we're finishing up moving my studio, Jackpot! Recording, to a new building. Many thanks to the Hamptone company (our "landlords", but really more like co-conspirators and friends) for...
TOC Intro #58
by Larry Crane
When you open this issue I'll be knee deep in a studio move. After ten years of Jackpot! Recording Studio existing in the same location, we're moving into a newly constructed building courtesy of our...
TOC Intro #57
by Larry Crane
Recently my friend, and Tape Op writer Steve Silverstein included this thought in an email to me: "I'm having a problem lately with getting too 'good' at recording and losing some of the charm that I...
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 #55
by Larry Crane
Making records is lying. Recordings are fake performances. Even when they document a live performance, the reproduction over speakers in a listening environment is nothing like the live event. If...
TOC Intro #54
by Larry Crane
It's only been a few weeks since TapeOpCon wrapped up. Those of you that were there know how much fun we had and how much there was to learn. I know there are a lot of you readers whom we never see at...