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Restoring The Electric Lady Neve Console: Vintage King Restoration Series, Part 3

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What's the attraction of vintage consoles? There's no denying that a classic console will look incredible in your studio and make a great investment, too. But the real draw will always be the...

Restoring the "Holy Grail of Compressors": Behind the Scenes at the Vintage King Tech Shop

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Vintage King co-founder Michael Nehra shares some of his love, knowledge, and practical advice for diving into the world of vintage audio gear, and then takes us behind the scenes for a walk through...

Jackpot! Recording Music Production "Secrets": Larry Crane's lynda.com Video Tutorials

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How does a newbie learn the secret handshake of the recording community and master the tricks that make the pros sound so professional? Larry Crane's new video courses on lynda.com can...

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Beauty Pill: The Artist as Museum Exhibit

by Frank Turner

This article ran a few years ago when Beauty Pill was in the throes of their public recording project called Immersive Ideal. After band leader Chad Clark [Tape Op #36] won...

THE "DRUG STORE TRUCK-DRIVING MAN"

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THE "DRUG STORE TRUCK-DRIVING MAN" From Tape Op issue #2! Here's a true story from an engineer that was there: On the condition of anonymity, here's what happened, as best as I remember it... keep...

Peter Gabriel and the Future (expanded edition)

by Larry Crane

by Gye Green

Sometimes recordists (and musicians, more broadly) have to ship a piece of gear — either to the manufacturer for repairs, or to the retailer as a return or exchange. Just as recording is more...

Tom Bugs

by A. B. Daniels

Soon after finishing a technical engineering degree, Tom Bugs completed and sold his first batch of Weevils. While working out how to give life to what would become BugBrand, Tom helped out at the...

Terry Manning and Lucas Engineering

by Mark Rubel

Talk a little about your Lucas equipment. I started about '89 or '90. Really what inspired it was two things: It was always difficult recording guitars, because a lot of what I did experimenting on...

Nicolas Collins - Trombone Electronics

by Robert Poss

What exactly is/are "trombone-propelled electronics?" The backwards guitar pieces were fun to watch because of all those "horny guitars" (as my wife dubbed the highly pronged pawnshop specials that...