Tape Op is sponsoring an event at The Hangar, aka Tape Op Publishing HQ. When: Saturday, September 6, 10am-6pm. Where: The Hangar Studios, Sacramento, CA What: The first Audio Underground Roadshow What’s that and who will be there: Demos of gear from AUG manufacturers; Ryan Hewitt (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blink 182, Tom Petty, John Frusciante) who was profiled in... [KEEP READING]
Larry Crane: August 2008 Archives
Here I am at Powell's City of Books in Portland doing the book reading. Quite fun to get up and make an ass of myself in a book store. Thanks to Leigh Marble and Ben for playing sweet music, to Kevin Sampsell for arranging this for Powell's, and to Jenna Sather for arranging this on our end. Buy the... [KEEP READING]
I got an email the other day from a PR person looking for Tape Op to write an article about several "known" engineer/producers and their drum recording techniques in the studio. These guys are known, and one of them we've written about and I think he's a pretty great engineer, but the other two have really worked on some mainstream... [KEEP READING]
I ran the end rant about "Lies" I hear in the studio from musicians. I asked for "Lies" that engineers tell people, but only got these two. But they're pretty good! Please take with a sense of humor, according to Arthur, but there may be some truths in here too. -LC I am a recording artist, who tracks and mixes... [KEEP READING]
One of the local Portland weeklies did a blurb on me and the Tape Op book for the reading tonight. Mercury... [KEEP READING]
Quantegy , despite the oddity of still being an active link, posted this announcement recently: "Plans are being formulated for the revival of Quantegy 499 Gold Studio Mastering and GP9 Platinum Studio Mastering audio products, as well as the Black Diamond Hard Disk Drive series of products." Peter Hutt and Jahret Sylvester give their names as the people to contact.... [KEEP READING]
In line with Andy Hong's list of gear (issue #66) he's reviewed in the past that he still finds amazing, here's a list of stuff I was using this last month that I think deserves special credit for the amount of times I fall back on these pieces and how well they were designed and built. We're also installing a... [KEEP READING]
If you're sending tracks to other folks for mixing and/or sorting out, here's a suggestion from our pal Goat(boy), Andrew Gilchrist. -LC Larry, Sitting on a plane, flying today from Spain to Switzerland, on my seemingly endless tour. Finally getting a chance to dig into the march/april Tapop that's been sitting in my briefcase for the last couple of weeks...... [KEEP READING]
From reader David Matysiak: "I would love to talk to you about audio experiment that I've been working on. It's a project called Telephono. Based on the children's game where you whisper a message and it gets around a circle of people, then sounds totally different. In the spirit of the recording 'process,' I have launched telephono.org to archive this... [KEEP READING]
Vinnie Castaldo was in the new issue of Tape Op. Check out his reviews of his two fave educational DVDs. -LC Trust Your Ears: The Drum Tech Explorations of Jeff Ocheltree If you’re like me, always getting stuck tuning drums before a session, this DVD is way helpful. Jeff Ocheltree explains in detail the importance of tuning both top and... [KEEP READING]
Tape Op editor Larry Crane to do book reading and signing in Portland Friday, August 15th @ 7:30PM at Powell's City of Books on Burnside, 1005 W Burnside (800) 878-7323 http://www.powells.com/info/places/burnsideinfo.html Featuring readings from Tape Op: The Book about Creative Music Recording, Vol. II, a musical performance by Leigh Marble, long-time Tape Op contributor, home recordist and artist, questions and... [KEEP READING]
