free one year subscription to tape op mag

[kaini]

never know, might be some good stuff in there. seem to be along the lines of computer music/sound on sound

 

http://www.tapeop.com/subscription/index.html

[Meadows and Labyrinths]

thank you

[kokoon]

broken for me

[kokoon]

no it says UK+EU too

[pylonbitch]

cheers kaini.

 

 

subscribed

[kaen]

same here

[Guest Adjective]

subscribed

this is kind of exciting, i don't have a subscription to anything else so this will be a treat getting a non-bill mail.

[Guest iep]

subscribed also

 

if the ink doesn't stain, this should be excellent toilet paper

[Guest aeser]

tape op is my favorite magazine of all time. pretty much the only magazine i actually like.

 

it's based in production, not just indie rock/guitar based stuff, any kind of music (there is more music production out there than electronic music of course). i have seen interviews with people who did everything in custom max/msp patches, and people who collect moog synths and other analog modulars, they have a lot of electronic music production stuff. they just also have like, dudes who engineered led zeppelin albums and other things. which i find interesting.

[Guest Adjective]

i had heard of the magazine and even lurked in their forum a little but had never actually read the magazine. looking forward to getting the free swimsuit issue

[Deepex]

It's got some good stuff sometimes. Ive been getting them for a few years. they pile up around my room hahaha.

[Guest hahathhat]

i got this for a while, then forgot to renew it. signed up again.

 

it more covers mics and neves and shit, i'm really a synth and software guy... but usually worth leafing through.

[Guest 277: 930-933]

It's got some good stuff sometimes. Ive been getting them for a few years. they pile up around my room hahaha.

 

Hahaha

[kaini]

got my first issue yesterday. some really nice stuff about mic placement and a reprint of an old interview with shadow from around the first unkle album. and the gear reviews are ace.

[Guest iep]

this mag is hilarious, especially the gear reviews in the back. every single review is over-the-top positive, written by some all-american dudes hyperbolically drooling over billionaire high end gear, not hampered by any technical knowledge whatsoever.

like when they praised some 1500$ passive EQ's sound by saying how great it sounds when you boost frequencies (while ofcourse passive EQs can't boost anything):

 

"when you boost, you're actually un-cutting a frequency range, instead of boosting it in the strict sense of the word. think about it for a minute. this gotta be a good thing sonically." then going on to say that it is one of the best EQs they know.

 

on a 3000$ neve channel strip, the conclusion was, "the unit never started to sound shit at any stage that i was messing with it, i loved this aspect of it." whatever that's supposed to mean..but yeah this is too amusing to use as toilet paper.

Edited April 21, 2008 by iep

[Guest chunky]

there was a catch to do with signing you up to marketing or something. maybe it was just to have the right to sign you up. i didnt like the idea of that.

 

years ago i bought a sampler from a shop called funky junk. recently they signed me up to this tapeop subscription without my permission.

 

im sure there are a lot of articles of people obsessed with pre-amps and compressors keke

 

i've got the tape op book, i think you can find it on amazong. it's not bad