What is Tape Op about?
Our subtitle says it best: The Creative Music Recording Magazine. Tape Op is about learning how to make great recordings with whatever tools you have access to. Unlike most recording magazines, Tape Op is not focused on reviewing equipment. Lots of mags already do a great job on that front. Instead, Tape Op interviews engineers, producers and musicians who are making great recordings. We sit down and talk with them at length and then run long, in-depth interviews. The reader becomes, in essence, the “tape op†hanging out in the studio and learning the trade from the seasoned vets working in the studio. Tape Op is about education and creativity.
Is Tape Op new?
How long has it been around?
Tape Op was started as a ‘zine’ in 1996 by a then novice recording engineer named Larry Crane. The first issue was 16 pages, printed on legal paper and Xeroxed. The print run was 500 copies and Larry sent it out to his friends.
Tape Op now distributes over 50,000 copies worldwide - FREE OF CHARGE!
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