We’ve started doing these online buyer’s guides at Tape Op, and it got me thinking; what could I write about that would be a little out of the norm or unexpected? Studio geeks get so darn...
It seems like we are in a new golden age for synthesizers right now and it’s exciting to see how many really amazing instruments are on the market at fairly affordable prices. Here’s my...
Welcome to Part 3 of our AES Buyer's Guide! For the first time in maybe forever, the AES Show in NYC has been moved online due to COVID-19. It makes sense, but we’re going to miss seeing all...
Welcome to Part Two of the Tape Op AES Buyer's Guide! For the first time in maybe forever, the AES Show in NYC has been moved online due to COVID-19. It makes sense, but we’re going to miss...
Here at Tape Op, we frequently hear the question, especially from musicians starting to record themselves, "What gear should I buy?" I have a small set up in my home office that I use for editing and...
In issue 81 of Tape Op, in January 2011, we interviewed John Congleton for the first time. John and Tape Op have stayed in touch ever since. And as his career has taken off, he’s produced...
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Perfume Genius, Laura Marling, Alabama Shakes, John Legend, Vulfpeck, Randy Newman, Jesca Hoop, Norah Jones, Andrew Bird, Jim James, and a long list of others all have a common thread: Blake Mills....
Ken Scott is an undisputed legend. We interviewed him way back in Tape Op issue #52. His work with The Beatles, Elton John, David Bowie, George Harrison, Supertramp, and countless others, has him...
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Audio engineers are translators. We translate ideas into sounds. Creative descriptions into technical decisions. Drunken late-night texts into mix revisions. That’s the secret to this job: we...
"Rudy Van Gelder has sadly passed away at 91 years of age. He was one of the first 'home recordists' and made some of the most iconic jazz recordings of all time in his parent's living room. He was...
Michael Lerner of Merge Records' Telekinesis has released three critically acclaimed records via the old get-a-producer-and-book-a-recording-studio process. For his fourth, he decided to plunge...
