Larry Crane

Both of these macOS-only applications perform audio plug-in management functions, but with varying options and pricing. I hate doing this, but...

An analysis and repair tool, the Fixate:Midrange plug-in seeks to clear the mud, repair missing lows, adjust frequencies that build up too much, and...

Many years ago, my pal – Tape Op contributor and reFuse Software owner Leigh Marble – came out with Lowender, one of the first subharmonic...

Laura Veirs has a new LP, Temple Songs, coming out August 14th. Here's a video on the making of the album, the first she has recorded on her own.

Here's a video for the song...

The DC-2 is a plug-in-controlled analog compressor that works in conjunction with the McDSP APB ("analog processing box") units (APB-8...

Gus Berry reviewed oeksound’s "sonic-fixing" Soothe2 plug-in in Tape Op#138 and noted how handy it could be for suppressing bass...

My first digital reverb was a used Alesis MidiVerb II in the late ’80s. I'd previously built a Radio Shack echo kit, messed around with spring...

Over 20 years ago, all the mixing I was doing was off analog 2-inch, 24-track tape and onto 1/4-inch stereo tape. I'd started with recording to...

We're getting into the age of intelligent plug-ins. They are doing so much that it's hard to keep track of how all these little changes...

By Mitchell Sigman's own description: "Memory Banks is an all-original love letter celebrating the futuristic musical visions of ELO, Kraftwerk, The Alan Parsons Project, et al. No AI, no...

Visit this recent Reddit thread to follow an interesting conversation about YouTube recording influencers and Tape Op shout out. OMG. Larry has written a LOT of gear reviews over the years, by the...

Do you get sent folders full of audio files from other recordists to mix? If you do, I'll bet there are frequently stereo audio files in there...

I reviewed the original Oxford Drum Gate in Tape Op#135. I've seen Drum Gate users make a lot of requests for features over the last six years...