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Cyrokk
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None of those mentioned I care about. TapeOp is what I read cover to cover. Plus it's free.
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jake-owa
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There're only two choices, Tape Op and Tape Op.
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Mountainmirrors
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I've never heard of TapeOp. Thanks for the recommendation!
I just subscribed.
I just subscribed.
Blue Bear Sound
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Hate to break it to you, but that mag is the most misinformation I've ever seen in print!Mountainmirrors said:
They make a career of spouting myth as fact!
SPINSTERWUN
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I agree with Bruce. I read a lot of their mags. I was not impressed, at all. 
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muttley
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Any thoughts on Recording Magazine? ( not home recording )da MUTT
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I'm still waiting to get Tape Op so can't comment on it.
For me the British mag Sound on Sound is for the home recorder the only thing worth buying. Many of the articles are long and comprehensive. I was at the newsstand the other day looking at EQ and Recording and thought man these mags suck compared to SOS in that the articles are almost always short and leave me with wanting more. The latest EQ mag's only article with any weight is the one about the Antares. The Aug issue of SOS reviews the Yamaha 01V96 and it's a nice LONG article.
And if like Steely Dan recordings they have them talking about their new (and old stuff too) album and how they used Analog etc....again it's a LONG article.
I haven't bought a US recording mag in nearly two years now, the articles are just weak in content to me.
For me the British mag Sound on Sound is for the home recorder the only thing worth buying. Many of the articles are long and comprehensive. I was at the newsstand the other day looking at EQ and Recording and thought man these mags suck compared to SOS in that the articles are almost always short and leave me with wanting more. The latest EQ mag's only article with any weight is the one about the Antares. The Aug issue of SOS reviews the Yamaha 01V96 and it's a nice LONG article.
And if like Steely Dan recordings they have them talking about their new (and old stuff too) album and how they used Analog etc....again it's a LONG article.
I haven't bought a US recording mag in nearly two years now, the articles are just weak in content to me.
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muttley
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Whats the American counter part of SOS I wonder?Can one get that here?
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Greenshoe
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Tape Op.
keilson
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what about mix magazine?
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muttley
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MIX will get you wanting a Solid State Logic in your whole house.Alsome publication, but expensive.
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muttley said:
Can one get that here?
You can get the international edition of SOS tha has no ad's but to subscribe is not cheap. It's $5.00 an issue or $60 per year which includes the print mag and online sub. Couple years ago I was spending that much or more buying American mags off the newstand that looking back now were a waste of money.
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wrenhunter
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You can also do just an e-sub to Sound on Sound, for as short a period as 3 months.
I have been in the UK a few times over the past year, and had a chance to read it. It's a great mag.
Also, you can search their online archives for reviews, which I agree kick ass.
And Tape Op rules.
Recording is not bad, esp. for a newbie like me. The current two-parter on the mic closet is pretty good. But when I first joined this forum, people asked a similar q and all the regulars said, "This is the best resource, forget the mags." I was like, yeah, but if you read Home Rec and Recording, it's really true, you learn the same stuff here.
You might argue, well, yeah, but it takes a while for it all to come out here, q by q, unless you search, etc. But Recording has this like 28-part series on "Recording Basics", so presumably there's some kid in Omaha who's been poised with his pencil and notebook for 2 years and hasn't recorded yet.
I think it boils down to: Tape Op and SOS give you stuff that you really DON'T get here. The decent recording mags, at best, just collect the same info in one place.
I have been in the UK a few times over the past year, and had a chance to read it. It's a great mag.
Also, you can search their online archives for reviews, which I agree kick ass.
And Tape Op rules.
Recording is not bad, esp. for a newbie like me. The current two-parter on the mic closet is pretty good. But when I first joined this forum, people asked a similar q and all the regulars said, "This is the best resource, forget the mags." I was like, yeah, but if you read Home Rec and Recording, it's really true, you learn the same stuff here.
You might argue, well, yeah, but it takes a while for it all to come out here, q by q, unless you search, etc. But Recording has this like 28-part series on "Recording Basics", so presumably there's some kid in Omaha who's been poised with his pencil and notebook for 2 years and hasn't recorded yet.
I think it boils down to: Tape Op and SOS give you stuff that you really DON'T get here. The decent recording mags, at best, just collect the same info in one place.
MarkoPolo
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I have never seen Tape Op or SOS ( if any one has the direct web site, Myself and others here would greatly appreciate it.
as far as other mags iI have seen most and you get almost all ad's with maybe three to six pages of OK reading
as far as other mags iI have seen most and you get almost all ad's with maybe three to six pages of OK reading
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suproboy
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Tape Op is one of my favorite publications, period. Unglossy, unkempt, & a bit rude, it has about one one-hundredth the operating expenses of the major mags, which tend to be (in my view) advertising vehicles for the pro-audio industry, kind of like Vogue or Vanity Fair without the perfume. Not that that's a bad thing.
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SoundQuarters
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I get them all.
I used to like Recording, but these days EQ is printing more of the things I find interesting. Recording's "Reader's Tapes" used to be interesting, especially with the CD that you used to be able to get with the tunes on them.
Not a "Home" recording magazine, I know, but my favorite mag is MIX.
I used to like Recording, but these days EQ is printing more of the things I find interesting. Recording's "Reader's Tapes" used to be interesting, especially with the CD that you used to be able to get with the tunes on them.
Not a "Home" recording magazine, I know, but my favorite mag is MIX.
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muttley
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About 1 1/2 months ago I subscribed to tape op, haven't gotten it yet, am looking forward to my first issue........da MUTT
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muttley
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SOS website ROCKS!!! I can see why people here like it!!
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