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Focusrite & Shure announce Production bundles
Production bundles for singer-songwriters, podcasters, and drummers, from audio industry leaders,...
Warm Audio BUS-COMP Stereo Bus Compressor REVIEW
Warm Audio is one of our absolute faves when it comes to awesome studio gear on a budget. One of...
Learn Basic Tape Machine Maintenance & Repairing Tape Decks For A Cause
PLUS: Teaching Valuable Skills to Those Who Face Barriers to Employment Troubleshooting used to be a part of daily life for anyone who owned a piece of electronic equipment – especially tape decks. ...
Performer’s Comprehensive Analog Tape Glossary
Acetate Tape Acetate Tape refers to the material used as the base for tapes manufactured from the early ’50s through the 1970s. During the 1970s, polyester became the preferred base material for...
MUST WATCH: The Suitcase Of Drone – You Gotta See It To Believe It
My name is Randall Taylor and I am an audio + visual artist from Austin, Texas. I make ambient/drone music with tape loops, samples, field recordings, guitar pedals, and live guitar loops. I play...
Watch the Studio One 3 Launch Webcasts From PreSonus
Well the news is finally out, the next standard in creative music production, Studio One 3 is now available. PreSonus has launched the new version of Studio One with a series of three epic webcasts....
5 Cool Ways to Incorporate Tape in Your Next Recording Project
5 Cool Ways to Incorporate Tape in Your Next Project For some odd reason we often discuss the use of tape as some sort of analog vs. digital theoretical battle, when the truth is quite the opposite....
BUYER’S GUIDE: 6 Things You Need to Know Before Buying a Tape Machine
WHAT TO WORRY ABOUT Skip a lot of heartache and get a “modern” tape machine - something post 1975-ish (this varies depending on manufacturer) and that is a professional-grade machine. These will...
Why Ditching Your DAW & Going Analog Renews Studio Focus
The Howling Tongues Get Blown Away By Analog Tape We recorded our debut album to 2” tape on a 24-track Studer at Sound Emporium in Nashville, TN. That whole experience opened our eyes - we weren’t...
How To Use Tape as an Effect During The Mixing Process
DIGITAL, YOUR GRANDPA & TAPE’S CHARM Tape machines are like your grandfather. They’re old, and cranky, and require patience and tender loving care. But just like Grandpa, if you take the time...
The Artist’s Perspective: Save Money Recording to Tape By Nailing It The First Time
Pat McGee on Analog Recording I knew I wanted to record to tape before I even wrote the songs. Last year I went out and bought a turntable and a few albums that sparked the fire in me as a young...
How To Successfully Achieve Analog Warmth With Digital Tape Plug-Ins
AND THEN THERE WAS PRO TOOLS… Recording has been a part of my life for more than 35 years. I started in the analog tape world, and I’m still in the analog tape world at the studio that I work at. I...