EQ Magazine - April 2009 - (Page 9) MAUREEN PEABODY AND ROLAN VEGA The late Charlie Cooper (left) and Joshua Eustis. sound of analog tape being completely mauled. In addition, we mixed to 1/4" tape at 15ips—which is a weird, silly thing for electronic music. Our audiophile friends were saying, ‘You should have done it on 1/2" tape at 30ips.’ We didn’t use more modern Quantegy GP9 tape either, because we liked the ancient-sounding characteristics of Ampex 456 tape. To go even more lo-fi, we mixed ‘Worst Thing In The World’ at the insanely slow tape speed of 7-1/2ips. But we like the way these things sound. We like tape hiss.” Expect tape to figure even more prominently on future TTA projects, as Eustis has recently acquired an Otari M-5050 1/2" 8-track machine. “The previous record [Map of What Is Effortless] was done entirely on a laptop and a Digidesign Digi 001, and it was perfectly clean,” he says. “We went as far as we could with the ‘clean digital sound.’ Now we want to see what we can do with dirt, and how can we turn it into a beautiful thing.” As this issue went to press, EQ learned that Charlie Cooper passed away. Eustis released a comment shortly thereafter, including these words: “Aside from Charlie’s singular genius and musical gifts, I can tell you that he was a total sweetheart of a guy, and a loving friend and confidant to people everywhere. His musicianship was surpassed only by his greater gift to the world—his warmth, his generosity, his unquenchable humor, and his undying loyalty to those whom he loved.” TTA Tools Console 1983 Neotek Series II DAW Pro Tools HD Mics Soundelux U195, Neumann TLM103 Preamps/EQs John Hardy Company M-1, Universal Audio Solo/610, Drawmer 1960, API 550B Monitors Yamaha NS-10Ms, Grado RS1 headphones Synths ARP Omni and Soloist, Dave Smith Revolver, Oberheim Expander and Matrix 6, Prophet VS, Roland RS-09 and Jupiter 6, Yamaha DX7 www.eqmag.com APRIL 2009 EQ 9 http://www.eqmag.com
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