Tag: recording
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PreSonus Studio One 4.5 Pro
TapeOp #132 co-review of Studio One 4.5 — on leapfrogging Cakewalk, Humanize, and software that disappears.
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Roland GR-55 Guitar Synth
TapeOp #112 review of the Roland GR-55 — and the 5-hour drop-deadline that proved its worth.
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Roland GK-Kit GT3 Pickup
TapeOp #103 review of the Roland GK-KIT — a discreet guitar synth pickup, still in active use a decade later.
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Roland Octa-Capture
TapeOp #82 review of the Roland Octa-Capture — a decade in service, still a strong find on the used market.
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Nakamichi Bx-1
The deck behind the archive, 1987–1993 — on Nakamichi’s pursuit of perfection in a doomed medium.
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Tascam 234
The 4-track behind the archive, 1987–1993. Hi-fi constraints, no-bounce discipline, cassette secret handshake.
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Boss BX-800 Mixer
Every archive on this site passed through this mixer. The gear behind the recordings — and what it still holds.
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