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Protect Your Home Studio

by Joe Gilder - February 8, 2010 - In the Studio

Do you have a lot invested in your home studio? I know I do. When my wife and I recently moved, I packed up my studio in my car and took it to our new place in one trip.

I was a little nervous the entire trip. The value of my car probably doubled for the duration of that car ride. If a random hijacker had decided to hold me up and steal my car, he would’ve hit the jackpot.

It’s More Than Just Financial

I don’t have tens of thousands of dollars invested in my studio. When I say the value of my car doubled, it’s because my car isn’t worth all that much. Still, my studio equipment is valuable to me. I have an obvious financial connection to it, but even more than that I have an emotional connection to it.

Ear Training Results: Parallel Compression

by Joe Gilder - February 5, 2010 - Mixing

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Yesterday, I posted a little ear training exercise. Most folks guessed the compression was the main difference between the two clips, but JP nailed it by guessing parallel compression.

You may remember a few articles and videos I posted last summer on parallel processing — Parallel Processing: Bass, Parallel Processing: Drums.

To review, parallel processing is simply processing two copies of the same signal in different ways in order to produce tonal results that would be otherwise impossible with only one copy of the signal.

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Ear Training: Drums

by Joe Gilder - February 4, 2010 - Audio

Have you ever done ear training? If you studied music theory in college, you probably did.
I remember my Theory II class with Dr. Linton. He would sit at the piano and play an interval, and we would have to accurately guess. He started slow, but that didn’t last long.
Bum…BUM. “Major fourth!!” BUM…bum. “Minor third!!”
He would [...]

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Webinar Replay, and Other Exciting Things

by Joe Gilder - February 3, 2010 - Site News

Last night’s webinar went really well. Thanks to everyone who came out, we had quite the crowd! I always love interacting with folks and answering questions, etc., and I hope you got a lot out of it.
For those of you who couldn’t make it, I do have a replay for you! As you might have [...]

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OS Updates…Beware!

by Joe Gilder - February 2, 2010 - Tips & Tricks

I sent this out to my mailing list yesterday, and I got a lot of good feedback, so I thought I’d post it here on the blog as well.
If you make this mistake once, you’ll never make it again. Even so, that one time will be a serious pain, and I’d rather you avoid it altogether.
I’m calling [...]

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EQ-ing Kick Drum [Video]

by Joe Gilder - February 1, 2010 - Mixing, Video

In January, I posted several articles on mixing. Today I want to share with you an excerpt from the HSC Production Club. This video comes out of the Week 9 material, which deals with mixing drums and bass.
If you haven’t signed up for the free webinar tomorrow night (Tuesday, February 2, at 7PM CST), there’s [...]

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Ask Joe #17

by Joe Gilder - January 29, 2010 - Ask Joe, Audio

Time for another rousing edition of Ask Joe. Today I’ve got seven questions. They deal with:

comparing home recording to professional recordings
using hardware processing with your DAW
tube mic care
using Pro Tools on two computers
acoustic treatment
time compression & expansion
mixing, mastering, etc.

Listen here:
Or you can download the mp3 here. [11 minutes, 7.5 MB]

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My First Album, and Also the Sad Story of Bob

by Joe Gilder - January 28, 2010 - Production

How did you record your very first album? My first one was a doozy. Imagine a clueless, 17-year-old version of Joe, hunched over an old PC in his parent’s living room, playing guitar and singing into the skinny little diction microphone that came with my parent’s computer.
You know the mic I’m talking about, right? It’s [...]

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