Larry Crane - editor
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Tape Op Mentioned on Reddit
Apr 19, 2026
Visit this recent Reddit thread to follow an interesting conversation about YouTube recording influencers and Tape Op shout out. OMG. Larry has written a LOT of gear reviews over the years, by the...
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Rose Colored Moon: An Evening Tribute to Elliott Smith in Film and Music
Feb 5, 2026
March 19th in Portland, Oregon, at The Tomorrow Theater, this event is sponsored by Tape Op editor/founder Larry Crane's Jackpot! Recording Studio. Get tickets here.
"Elliott Smith touched...
Gear Review
Land of a Thousand Sessions (book)
Jan 9, 2026
At 750 pages, 30 chapters, and a whopping ten pounds, this hardcover book is literally one of the biggest I’ve ever read. Subtitled The Complete...
Gear Review
Ocean Way Studios Deluxe room simulator plug-in
Jan 9, 2026
Don Gunn favorably reviewed the original Ocean Way Studios plug-in in 2018, and I've been using it constantly since then. Both the...
Gear Review
FutzVerb reverb plug-in
Jan 9, 2026
I prefer not to use the phrase “sound design” in my music production, as it feels more like a term our colleagues in post-production use. But what I...
Gear Review
Audio Nomad (book)
Jan 9, 2026
Subtitled Recording 2 Years in Morocco, I'm not sure if this book is a memoir, a travel story, or a remote-recording handbook, but it's...
Gear Review
My Life as a Studio Wife (book)
Jan 9, 2026
In October of 2011, I drove my rental car up to Ocala, Florida, to visit a recording studio icon, engineer Bruce Swedien . Upon arrival...
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Phill Brown's "Are We Still Rolling?"
Feb 24, 2011
I just wanted to make sure everyone knows that we have finally published Phill Brown's book. In issue #12 Larry Crane and Chris Eckman interviewed Phill Brown, a producer/engineer with credits...