Scott McChane

Every music maker is constantly in search of that special something that can make their mixes stand apart from the crowd. Like its namesake...

The Nuance Select is Radial Engineering's new desktop stereo monitor controller from the bench of their lead designer, W.C. “Hutch” Hutchison...

Ever since reading Thom Monahan's informative and gushing review of the Soyuz SU-017 tube mic , I've been curious about the...

At the last few pre-pandemic AES conferences I attended, my brief conversations with David Bock centered around his opinions about the classic...

We've all grown far too accustomed to the head puckering, bass muffled, ear-smushing, insulated fake spaciness of crappy small speakers strapped...

“What is this crazy thing?” is the heading of the second paragraph in Kludge Audio’s instruction manual for the one knob / two toggle switch 509...

To list all the classic, quintessential rock 'n' roll recordings that have been tracked at Sound City Studios is beyond the scope of this...

UPDATE: ANTI & Enigmatic Amp Pedals Review

Universal Audio introduced their first three UAFX Pedals in 2021, and with the release of 12 new pedals...

We’re all super excited over here at Tape Op when API introduces new gear, and the enthusiasm doubles when said equipment is priced affordably....

There will surely come a time when we no longer use ADAT Lightpipe cables as a digital signal carry method. Until that day, the ADAT protocol...

“Thank you for choosing Apogee! For complete set up instructions and software downloads...” You’re welcome, but I’ll skip all that, plug the USB-C...

The makers of the pro audio market’s most popular entry-level studio monitors, KRK, have entered round two of the headphone game with their new...

Fourteen years ago, Apogee Electronics released their original Firewire Duet – arguably opening the floodgates for one-knob desktop...

It may be a rhetorical question, but when did it become necessary to integrate a subwoofer into our monitoring setups? I can remember a time in the...

Calling the EQ52 from Ingram Engineering a plain old “EQ” is like calling a rocketship a paper airplane – not correct. You can’t just insert this...

Applied Research and Technology (ART) has set the “bang for the buck” bar with equitable pricing and affordable innovation in professional audio...

I was already stoked with my Focal Alpha 65 powered monitors before their updated replacement model, the Alpha 65 Evos arrived at my...

I bought my first large-diaphragm condenser mic in 2004 for about $100: an Apex 420 that (along with many inexpensive mics of that era) was built on...

Headphones, headphones, headphones – I’ve got ‘em hanging from the walls, equipment racks, and underneath desks. I’ve tried in-ears, planars...

Once there was an audio software company – now also making studio furniture – that decided to develop a coaxial monitor with a Barefoot wizard named...

Competition has skyrocketed in desktop interfacing, with multiple manufacturers developing proprietary DSP-powered plug-in technology while...

It’s easy to fall in love with the sound of some new headphones, as it might bring you a different picture from your existing pair. Inevitably for...

Gummy residue on your Sennheiser MD 421s and mic stands from overuse of gaffer/duct tape? “Original” Surface SafeGoo Gone goo & adhesive remover...

It’s time to open up about those empty spaces in our 500 Series racks – it feels like a sickness inside you, doesn’t it? Every time you see a shadowy...