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3 weeks ago | 
tapeop.com | John Baccigaluppi |Larry Crane |Ian Brennan |Andy Hong
🚧 We are launching a new site and some features are currently unavailable. We will be fully back online soon. 🚧 ISSUE #90 Jul 2012 Jim Williams has spent much of his 56 years working with some of the biggest names in the music business, including Frank Zappa, John McLaughlin and Stevie Wonder.
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1 month ago | 
tapeop.com | John Baccigaluppi |Larry Crane |Ian Brennan |Andy Hong
🚧 We are launching a new site and some features are currently unavailable. We will be fully back online soon. 🚧 ISSUE #51 Jan 2006 At the end of the afternoon, Martin said, "Oh, by the way, I'm just thinking. The problem with having too much material to work with... I think the mind can't really remember like five takes or seven takes. I actually find that three is absolutely the limit. Four fucks it up.
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1 month ago | 
tapeop.com | John Baccigaluppi |Larry Crane |Ian Brennan |Andy Hong
🚧 We are launching a new site and some features are currently unavailable. We will be fully back online soon. 🚧 ISSUE #119 May 2017 I have been a big fan of spring and plate reverbs for decades, and over the past three years I have spent a significant amount of time diving into the wormhole of designing and building them, initially for my own use and now for others.
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1 month ago | 
tapeop.com | John Baccigaluppi |Larry Crane |Ian Brennan |Andy Hong
When asked to come up with a "do it yourself" tube mic pre project, I thought long and hard about what topology to go with. I designed a number of different hybrid tube/discrete class A designs (eliminating transformers because of their large expense) but ultimately settled upon a classic tube/transformer- coupled design. The thought being, if you are going to spend the time to build it, then make it worth the effort.
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1 month ago | 
tapeop.com | John Baccigaluppi |Larry Crane |Ian Brennan |Andy Hong
π§ We are launching a new site and some features are currently unavailable. We will be fully back online soon. π§ ISSUE #61 Sep 2007 Nicolas Collins's book, Handmade Electronic Music: The Art Of Hardware Hacking, is a brilliant, hands-on guide to electronic music making. I've known Nic since the mid-1970s; he's been a friend, a colleague, a collaborator and a mentor, yet he never ceases to amaze me with his latest bit of music or techno-logical innovation.
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1 month ago | 
tapeop.com | John Baccigaluppi |Larry Crane |Ian Brennan |Andy Hong
For decades condenser microphones have been the staple for high-quality recording and live sound assignments. Unfortunately, not everyone can afford to own a good one. Well that's about to change. I've written this article so that anyone who wants a great condenser mic (or those who just want more of them) can have their wish. For around $20 (US) anyone can build an extremely accurate, life-like condenser microphone.
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1 month ago | 
tapeop.com | John Baccigaluppi |Larry Crane |Ian Brennan |Andy Hong
🚧 We are launching a new site and some features are currently unavailable. We will be fully back online soon. 🚧 ISSUE #104 Nov 2014 Jensen Transformers was founded in 1974 by Deane Jensen as part of his quest for excellent studio sound. He believed the transformers of the era were of a substandard quality, and our field has benefitted from his research and dedication ever since.
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1 month ago | 
tapeop.com | John Baccigaluppi |Larry Crane |Ian Brennan |Andy Hong
Burl Audio, under the direction of owner/designer Rich Williams, has developed some of the best new recording equipment over the last eight years. Their mic preamps, summing amps, and control room monitor are top-quality. But the company is best known for their analog/digital conversion units, like the B2 Bomber series and the B80 Mothership configurable converter. What led to you designing recording equipment? I went to UC Santa Cruz and got my degree in computer engineering.
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1 month ago | 
tapeop.com | John Baccigaluppi |Larry Crane |Ian Brennan |Andy Hong
š§ We are launching a new site and some features are currently unavailable. We will be fully back online soon. š§ ISSUE #149 May 2022 I first heard Roger Eno via Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks, the dreamy music written for the NASA footage-based documentary, For All Mankind. The album featured him collaborating with his brother, Brian Eno (Tape Op #85), and Daniel Lanois (#37, 127).
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
tapeop.com | John Baccigaluppi |Geoff Stanfield
by John Baccigaluppi
The music industry trade shows, and the NAMM Show in particular, have always been a mixed bag for me. Every year, for the last 20 years or so, Larry and I, along with Geoff, Scott, and Marsha (We miss you Andy, Dave, and Laura!) go to the NAMM Show in January in Anaheim (Orange County, California). We meet with our advertisers, who thankfully place ads in Tape Op allowing us to deliver the magazine to you every two months.
