Jessica Thompson
Gear Review
Cinema Round Premium Acoustic Panel & Super Bass Extreme Bass Trap
Nov 15, 2019
Last winter, I set up an extra room in my house as a digitizing and restoration studio. I don't master in this room, but I still need it to...
Gear Review
CA500EQ 2-Channel Rackmount EQ
Jan 15, 2018
How often do we get the opportunity to revisit something we created early in our careers, with the aim of refining it for new audiences? With the...
Gear Review
IRON Mastering Compressor
Jul 15, 2016
Soon after longtime Tape Op writer Garrett Haines, owner of Treelady Studios, sent me a detailed review of the SPL IRON compressor, Jessica Thompson...
Gear Review
Pure2 master AD/DA converter & clock
Nov 17, 2015
Here's another multi-opinion review from three of our contributing writers. Mastering and restoration engineer Jessica Thompson recently joined...
Gear Review
DrMS v3 mid/side processor plug-in
Nov 15, 2010
The DrMS plug-in is based on Mid/Side processing, a powerful way of manipulating stereo signals that grew out of a recording technique patented by...
Gear Review
Isochrone OCX & 10M clock generators
Nov 15, 2008
In a digital system, the word-clock signal is used to generate a common time reference amongst all system components. It not only regulates data flow...
Gear Review
R-09 handheld recorder
Jan 15, 2008
I had to record an interview for an audio documentary and didn't want to lug around my laptop and Mbox. What could I use that would offer...