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The Tape Project: Releasing Timeless Music on Audiophile-Approved Reel-To-Reel
The Tape Project releases classic albums on reel-to-reel, duplicated from the original master...
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...
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...
What It Takes To Operate a Cassette-Based Record Label in 2015
Curious Possibilities: The Ins and Outs of Running a Tape Label in 2015 WHY ON EARTH WOULD I DO THIS? When I consider the decisions I’ve made in my life, I often think of that playful hypothetical...
The Hiss is Back: The Growing Resurgence of Cassette Culture
Why Your Band Should Consider This Cost-Saving Merch Opportunity As a child of the ’90s, I’m just barely old enough to feel nostalgic about cassettes. My first album was a tape of the Austin Powers...
7 Reasons Your Band Should Release Music on Cassette
The Argument for Tapes: Why Your Band Should Release Your Music on Cassette If you are an indie musician or label there's a good chance you're interested in making physical product of your...
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...