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- May 2013 (6)
- April 2013 (9)
- 02: Ask Joe #51 – Re-Mixing: Good Idea or Bad Idea?
- 04: Get It Right at the Source – Electric Guitar [Video]
- 09: Ask Joe #52 – Acoustic Guitar Magic
- 11: The Mother of All Mix Tips [Video]
- 16: Ask Joe #53 – Is Recording School Worth It?
- 18: Get It Right At the Source – Acoustic Guitar [Video]
- 23: Ask Joe #54 – Should I Master While Mixing?
- 25: Footswitch Recording [Video]
- 30: Ask Joe #55 – Getting Motivated
- March 2013 (9)
- 01: How to Not Destroy Your Bass Tone [Video]
- 05: Ask Joe #47 – 3 Tips for a Beginner
- 08: How to Not Destroy Your Bass Tone – Part 2 [Video]
- 12: Ask Joe #48 – Gun-to-My-Head Vocal Tip
- 14: Studio Tour – March 2013 [Video]
- 19: Ask Joe #49 – Spectrum Analyzers and Gain-staging
- 21: My Studio Whiteboard [Video]
- 26: Ask Joe #50 – Tips for Recording by Yourself
- 28: Nifty Delay Trick [Video]
- February 2013 (7)
- 05: Ask Joe #43 – It’s Alive!!! [Podcast]
- 08: How to Use EQ Make-Up Gain [Video]
- 12: Ask Joe #44 – Big Studio vs Small Studio [Podcast]
- 15: Using Make-Up Gain on Your Compressor [Video]
- 19: Ask Joe #45 – Song Dynamics [Podcast]
- 22: Using the Mix Knob on the Compressor Plugin in Studio One [Video]
- 26: Ask Joe #46 – The Missing High End in Your Mix [Podcast]
- January 2013 (1)
- December 2012 (3)
- November 2012 (13)
- 01: You’ll Never Learn
- 02: An Aversion to Versions
- 05: The Pop Secret
- 06: How to Never Lose an Election
- 07: The Mixing Dead
- 08: The Stubborn Two-Year-Old Technique
- 09: How to Be a Thief (and still sleep at night)
- 12: Seeing Double
- 13: Grow Up Already
- 14: Oops I Crapped My Mix
- 15: A Puzzling Approach to Finishing a Mix
- 16: Why You Should Join Dueling Mixes
- 27: 6 Ways to “Reboot” Your Studio
- October 2012 (22)
- 01: Announcing a New Era of Awesome Mixes
- 03: “You’ve been chopped.”
- 04: “Age-Appropriate” Gear
- 05: For Pete’s Sake…
- 08: Comfort Zones are for Wimps
- 09: The Power of Three
- 10: Your Mother Would Be Ashamed
- 11: You’re Asking the Wrong Question
- 12: 3 Ways to Record Like Christopher Columbus
- 15: Your Unfair (Performance-Enhanced) Advantage
- 16: Thomas the Tank Engineer
- 17: The Magic Mixing Button
- 18: A Parallel Universe
- 19: Just Embarrassing…and Sad
- 22: The Ultimate Catch-22 (The Story of Billy)
- 23: Was Blind, But Now I MIX
- 24: “The Problem With Scotland” (A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy)
- 25: “Nice EQ Curves”
- 26: Ah…young love
- 29: How to “Train” Your Tracks to Mix Themselves
- 30: “Know When to Fold ‘Em”
- 31: 15 Ways to Scare Away Musicians
- September 2012 (17)
- 04: Ask Joe #41 – “Pocketing” Bass Tracks
- 06: Low-Watt Amps: Great for Home Recording? [Video]
- 10: “How deep rabbit hole goes…”
- 11: More Than One Way to Skin a Song
- 12: Ask Joe #42 – Great Mastering Questions
- 13: How to Set Up a Mastering Session
- 14: Can’t believe I said that…
- 17: “You’re Doing it Wrong”
- 18: My “Secret Weapon” for Full Mixes
- 19: The “Soft Underbelly” of Subtractive EQ
- 20: Brave Toddler Shames Audio Engineer
- 21: 4 Ways to Give Your Mixes a Flu Shot
- 24: Get More Bass With a High-Pass Filter?
- 25: Recording Advice from Hitler
- 26: 3 Reasons You NEED to Be Good at Audio
- 27: The Great Session Killer
- 28: The “Night Club Bouncer” of Mixing
- August 2012 (23)
- 01: Make a Big ol’ Mess
- 02: New Parallel Compression Trick for Mixing Drums [Video]
- 03: Room Treatment and a Couch Full of Gear
- 06: 3 Examples of Getting More By Doing Less
- 07: Ask Joe #37 – Using EQ and Reverb
- 08: 11 MORE of my Favorite Ways to Use Compression
- 09: How to Record Upright Piano [Video]
- 10: 3 Ways to Find Your Focus in a Mix
- 13: The Less Obvious Tweaks
- 14: Ask Joe #38 – Home vs Professional Studios
- 15: A Foosball Master
- 16: Intro to EQ [Video]
- 17: 8 Powerful Home Studio Lessons
- 20: A Crucial Conversation About Gear
- 21: Ask Joe #39 – Mixing Vocals, Recording Computers, and more
- 22: 3 Tips for Working With Virtual Drum Software
- 23: Announcing a New Class/Giveaway
- 24: How to NOT Prepare for a Guitar Recording Session
- 27: And…GO! (Recording Electric Guitar Class)
- 28: Ask Joe #40 – Guitar Layering
- 29: The Official Recording Redneck Test
- 30: The “Close Miker”
- 31: “While My Guitar Gently Hisses”
- July 2012 (22)
- 02: A “Get It Right at the Source” Handbook
- 03: 8 Rookie Recording Mistakes
- 04: Take a Minute to Celebrate Your Studio
- 05: No More Than Four (Plugins)
- 06: Ask Joe #32 – Mastering and more
- 09: When Proximity Effect is Your Friend
- 10: Hard Drive Full of Unfinished Songs
- 11: Ask Joe #33 – “Should I Record With Compression?”
- 12: Just Dive In
- 13: Reader Spotlight: Manic Bloom
- 16: Using Outboard EQ With Confidence
- 17: Ask Joe #34 – Adding “Umph” to Guitar Tracks
- 18: Guaranteed Way to Lose Clients
- 19: 3 Drum Recording Myths
- 20: 4 Reasons to Have a Regular “Recording Day”
- 23: Mixing Tips from a Radiologist
- 24: Ask Joe #35 – Summer NAMM, Presonus, and more
- 25: 4 Ways to Balance the Loud and Soft Parts of a Song
- 26: Using Compression to Make Quiet Things LOUD
- 27: Batman’s Mixing Utility Belt
- 30: Imitation is the Greatest Form of LAME-ery
- 31: Ask Joe #36 – Vocal Recording and Mixing
- June 2012 (22)
- 01: What Mastering CAN and CAN’T Do For You
- 04: The Two Home Studio Killers
- 05: My Favorite EQ
- 06: Dealing with Spoken Word (and how to make it loud enough)
- 07: Recording Vocals – Easy Peasy?
- 08: Quick Mastering Trick for Balancing Tracks
- 11: Recording Tip from…an Orthodontist?
- 12: How I Kicked Click Bleed to the Curb
- 12: Ask Joe #29 – The Resurrection of the HSC Podcast!
- 13: EQ Settings – Where to start?
- 14: The Secret to Making Better Music
- 15: It’s BACK (times two!)
- 18: Let there be…recording! (It’s go time.)
- 19: Ask Joe #30
- 20: A Case Against Pre-Production
- 21: How do I “get it right at the source”?
- 22: The “Steamboat Willie” of Audio Editing
- 25: “Does this Mix Make Me Look Fat?”
- 26: Ask Joe #31
- 27: Beware the “Easy” Button
- 28: Welcome to Mistake-ville
- 29: Don’t forget…
- May 2012 (23)
- 01: My Drum-less Drummer
- 02: Perfectionism (Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be)
- 03: The Devil’s in the Details
- 04: Recording Guitars (Why it’s okay to not know what you’re doing)
- 07: Three EQ Fake-Outs
- 08: Jogging and Recording
- 09: Why You Should Set Limitations in the Studio (The SM57 Challenge)
- 10: Ignoring the Obvious
- 11: Recordings and Pearls of Great Price
- 14: What’s Your Excuse?
- 15: “Leave Room for the Creative Spirit”
- 16: “If you’re gonna do it, you might as well do it right.”
- 18: Overworked Compressor Attacks Mix Engineer
- 18: The #1 Sign of an Amateur Mix (and how to avoid it)
- 21: Why Ugly Compressor Plugins Rock
- 22: An Easy Way to Avoid Over-Compression
- 23: 10 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Compression
- 24: Poor Man’s “Vocal Booth” Sound
- 25: The Final Countdown
- 28: “You can’t master in a home studio.”
- 29: One Mix, Two Masters?
- 30: My Plug-in Chain for Mastering
- 31: How to Get Your Mixes LOUD
- April 2012 (21)
- 02: Why Stealing Plugins Makes Your Mixes Worse
- 03: Lawnmower’s Guide to Getting New Clients
- 04: 4 Ways Recording Music is Like a First Date
- 05: Recording Wannabe’s
- 06: Microphone vs EQ
- 09: Why Control Surfaces Aren’t Worth It
- 10: What Elmo Can Teach You About Recording
- 11: A Case Against “Workflow”
- 12: A Boring (But Effective) Way to Avoid Embarrassing Mixes
- 13: Beware the Killer Editing Robots
- 16: Stuck in the Past – Going for that “Vintage” Sound
- 17: Don’t Be a Dumb Bird in the Studio
- 18: 5 of My Favorite Ways to Use Compression
- 19: Putting the Guitar Before the Horse
- 20: Mastering: Regular vs Multiband Compression
- 23: The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Recording Engineers
- 24: The Solution to “Thin” Vocals
- 25: The Curse of New Gear
- 26: The Lonely Recording Engineer (plus…BIG announcement!)
- 27: Mindless EQ Zombies
- 30: A Tale of Two Preamps
- March 2012 (22)
- 01: 99-Cent Awesomeness
- 02: “Monorific”
- 05: How a Client Fell Right in My Lap
- 06: My Unpopular Opinion on Getting Mixes That Sound Good Everywhere
- 07: 5 Ways to Love Your Crappy Mixes
- 08: Annoyingly Indecisive Psycho Kitty
- 09: Umm…You Might Be Getting in the Way
- 12: Why Boosting with EQ is “the Devil”
- 13: The Michael Scott School of Recording
- 14: “You Can’t Mix on Headphones”
- 15: Four Horsemen of the Compressalypse
- 16: Wrong Side of the Mic, Dummy
- 19: Wanted: Studio Lawnmower
- 20: My Little EQ Secret
- 21: A Compression-Less Mix? Blasphemy!
- 22: Grumpy Old Fart
- 23: Apparently I’m a Liar
- 26: And…Crappy Speaker for the Win!
- 27: How to Escape from Prison AND Get Better Mixes
- 28: Mastering Your Own Mixes FAQ
- 29: There’s Nothing Quite Like It
- 30: 10 Mixing Lies You’re Telling Yourself
- February 2012 (21)
- 01: Defeating Click Bleed
- 02: Who Wins In A Fight: Linear-Phase EQ or Regular EQ?
- 03: My Big Stupid Recording Failure
- 06: Sit, Mix, Sit! …Good Mix!
- 07: Going Click-Less
- 08: Finally – Scientific Proof That You Don’t Need More Gear
- 09: Why Workflow Matters (and Why It Doesn’t)
- 10: Recording a Band in a House [Podcast]
- 13: Different Versions of Mixes – Good Idea or Dumb?
- 14: Your Audio Needs Better Lighting
- 15: More Than Blankets
- 16: These SAVE you money?
- 17: It’s So Simple It’s Kinda Silly
- 20: You’re Not Allowed to Mix
- 21: Two Words You Should Never Say In the Studio
- 22: 10 Ways to Limit Yourself (& Make Yourself Better)
- 23: Why “Free” Isn’t Necessarily Valuable
- 24: Tickle Their Ears
- 27: The ARC Angel?
- 28: Liposuction for Your Recordings
- 29: 5 Compression Mistakes That Keep Even “Smart” People Stuck
- January 2012 (18)
- 03: Presonus StudioLive 1602 – 3 Things I Like
- 05: 6 Ways to Attract Clients
- 06: You’d Be Stupid Not to Check This Out
- 10: 5 Mixing Hacks
- 12: A Case for Mixing at a Lower Volume
- 13: Why I Don’t Use Elastic Audio or Beat Detective
- 16: Fighting New Technology
- 17: Compression: Attack vs Release
- 18: An Often-Overlooked Key to a Good Mix
- 19: Mixing Myths – Top 10 Countdown
- 20: Sound Quality or Song Quality?
- 23: Why EQ is Unnatural
- 24: Attack of the Lop-Sided Stereo Monster
- 25: Why You Should Record With Room Mics (Even if You Don’t End Up Using Them)
- 26: Recording Engineers Who Don’t Make No Sense
- 27: A Whacky Crazy Way to Get Better Recordings
- 30: Dealing with Noise
- 31: How to Make Friends With Outboard Compressors
- December 2011 (11)
- 05: The Mix Engineer, The Mind-Reader
- 07: Making Money From Your Home Studio
- 09: 7 Tips for a Successful Live Concert Recording [With Audio Example!]
- 12: Barter? I Hardly Know Her! – Why You May Not Need to Spend a Dime on Your Next Recording Project
- 14: 12 Days of Christmas – Joe’s Giving Away Over $1,400 of Stuff
- 15: 5 Stereo Mic Techniques for Acoustic Guitar (or ANY acoustic instrument)
- 19: Big Honkin’ End-of-the-Year Sale
- 23: 6 Tips for Reigning in the Bass in Your Mix
- 23: VIP Session with Kevin Ward
- 27: 9 Ways to Spend That Christmas Cash
- 29: HSC Best of 2011
- November 2011 (11)
- 04: What Are Your Steps to Recording a Song? (Need Your Feedback)
- 08: MY Steps for Recording a Song (plus a BIG announcement)
- 09: Step 1 – Pre-Production
- 10: Win a Production Club 2.0 Scholarship!!!
- 12: Step 2 – Recording
- 14: Step 3 – Editing
- 16: Step 4 – Mixing
- 21: Step 5 – Mastering
- 22: Why Your Mixes Need to Be Critiqued
- 25: Why Your Home Studio Might Be Bloated (And Why That’s a Bad Thing)
- 28: Develop “The Twitch” (How the Save Button Can Save Your Butt)
- October 2011 (16)
- 03: “But there are so many plugins we haven’t used yet!”
- 04: Common EQ Mistake #4 – Boosting First
- 05: Back That Vocalist Up
- 06: 500th Post – Share What You’ve Learned
- 10: The Wrong Way to Set Deadlines
- 11: No-Brainer Recording Formula (Get Better Recordings EVERY Time)
- 14: Stop Reading This Website
- 17: VIDEO: How to Create a Reverb Track in Pro Tools
- 18: Reverb vs Delay
- 19: New Training for VIP Members: Understanding Reverb & Delay
- 20: 4 Quick Delay Tips
- 21: 4 Ways to Create Depth WITHOUT Reverb
- 24: Acoustic Treatment vs. Digital Room Correction
- 27: How to Choose the Right Room for Your Home Studio
- 29: Auralex Roominators Project 2 Review [With Audio Examples]
- 31: 3 Home Studio Nightmares to Avoid
- September 2011 (12)
- 01: Top 10 DIY Mastering Mistakes (Part 2)
- 02: Intro to Automation [Video]
- 05: Charging for your Work
- 06: The Key to a Killer Client Relationship
- 07: EQ: Using a Filter vs a Shelf
- 08: How to get a Big Bass Sound
- 09: How to Collaborate Online
- 12: The One Drum EQ Trick That [Almost] Always Works
- 13: WIN A FREE SEAT AT THE SIMPLY RECORDING ACADEMY
- 16: Common EQ Mistake #1 – EQ-ing Without Listening
- 22: Common EQ Mistake #2 – EQ-ing in Solo
- 26: Common EQ Mistake #3 – Not EQ-ing with the Big Picture in Mind
- August 2011 (26)
- 01: Key to a Comfortable Recording Session
- 02: Why You Should Use a Condenser Mic on Vocals
- 03: BIG NEWS: Simply Recording Academy
- 04: Baby Steps
- 05: The Insecure Engineer
- 08: Why are My Mixes so Quiet in My Car?
- 09: New Music: ‘Weeds’ by Whitney Winkler
- 10: Are You the Weakest Link?
- 11: Inexpensive Wireless Transport Control
- 12: Intro to Crossfades [Video]
- 15: FREE eBook – 31 Days to Better Recordings
- 16: Great Acoustic Guitar Tone – The Guitar (Part 1 of 7)
- 17: Great Acoustic Guitar Tone – The Room (Part 2 of 7)
- 18: Great Acoustic Guitar Tone – The Mic (Part 3 of 7)
- 19: Great Acoustic Guitar Tone – Mic Placement: Mono (Part 4 of 7)
- 20: Brand New Class: Recording Acoustic Guitar
- 22: Great Acoustic Guitar Tone – Mic Placement: Stereo (Part 5 of 7)
- 22: Next VIP Session: Interview with Brent Milligan
- 23: Great Acoustic Guitar Tone – The Preamp (Part 6 of 7)
- 24: Great Acoustic Guitar Tone – The Mix (Part 7 of 7)
- 25: Listen Your Way to the Top
- 26: Intro to Subgroups [Video]
- 29: Is it possible to make a professional mix at home?
- 30: A Drill, a Closet, and a New Tracking Room
- 31: Top 10 DIY Mastering Mistakes (Part 1)
- 31: 4 No Cost Ways to Guarantee Better Recordings [Webinar Replay]
- July 2011 (19)
- 01: Why You Shouldn’t Record Acoustic Guitars Direct
- 04: FREE EQ That Works Better than Anything I’ve Tried
- 05: Rules for Recording
- 06: How to Instantly Double How Many Mics You Own
- 07: Do I need a mixer?
- 08: Why Noise isn’t a Big Deal
- 11: 3 Ways to Get a Huge Guitar Sound
- 12: Send/Return Fun with Presonus Firestudio Project
- 13: How to Use EQ to Give Each Instrument Space in the Mix
- 14: Is Expensive Gear Worth the Money?
- 15: 3 Ways to Kill Your Monitors’ Stereo Image
- 18: Photoshop and Pro Tools
- 19: Announce the Simply Recording Podcast!
- 20: Commit
- 21: Steak
- 25: Behind-the-Scenes: Producing an Acoustic EP
- 26: An Unlikely Kick Drum
- 28: Less Takes, Less Stress
- 29: 3 Reasons to Use a Dynamic Mic on Vocals
- June 2011 (12)
- 02: Should I record in stereo or mono?
- 03: Compression vs Automation
- 07: Mastering Q&A Session with Ian Shepherd [VIP]
- 10: How to Get Better: Copy Someone Else
- 13: Over-Compression: It’s Easier Than You Think
- 15: Compression: Why You Should Use Slow Attack Times
- 17: Compression: When You Should Use Fast Attack Times
- 20: Compression: How to Set Release Times
- 27: How to Gain-Stage Plugins
- 28: Do you save plug-in presets?
- 29: All Faders Up
- 30: Unhappy With Your Mixes?
- May 2011 (8)
- 03: Virtual Instruments to the Rescue!
- 05: How Bluegrass Music Can Make Your Recordings Better
- 10: How to Level Out Volume Differences in Vocal Takes
- 12: Mixing in Mono
- 17: Headroom is NOT the Same Thing as Dynamic Range
- 19: How to Record Shaker
- 24: What Video Can Teach You About Audio
- 31: Do “Great Recording Engineers” Really Exist?
- April 2011 (13)
- 01: 23 Guaranteed Ways to Make Horrible Recordings
- 05: Figuring Out What’s the “Best”
- 07: One of the Most Overlooked Steps of Recording
- 08: How do you know when your song is ready to mix?
- 10: VIP Session #2 – Recording & Mixing Drums Q&A (with Graham Cochrane)
- 11: Mixing on Headphones?
- 12: Sennheiser HD650 Headphones Review
- 13: 2 Ways to Mix [HSC 2-Year Anniversary Post!]
- 14: Help! My Mixes Don’t Translate!
- 18: Mix With Us is BACK!
- 20: How do you know when you’re finished mixing?
- 26: Maintaining Energy in a Recording [Ask Joe]
- 28: Should I Use a Click Track?
- March 2011 (11)
- 01: 003 for Sale (plus free tutorial videos)
- 02: EZDrummer & Drum Software Questions [Ask Joe]
- 08: 4 Reasons to Invest in Analog Gear
- 10: How to Properly Wrap Cable [Video]
- 14: Editing Drums – Why You Need to Group ALL Drum Tracks [Ask Joe]
- 18: How to Set Up a Headphone Mix [Video]
- 22: Announcing the HSC VIP Program
- 23: Dynamic Range Day Competition
- 24: Full Band Recording vs One Track at a Time [Ask Joe]
- 28: Using EQ: Take it Easy
- 29: Using an Expander on Vocals [Ask Joe]
- February 2011 (2)
- January 2011 (5)
- December 2010 (15)
- 01: ADAT, Clocking, and a Lifesaver
- 02: Announcing: Home Recording Tactics
- 03: Plugin Order [Video]
- 06: Should I record with effects?
- 07: Holiday Noise: A Christmas Collection
- 08: Live Recording Software [Ask Joe]
- 10: How do I use AudioSuite Plug-ins? [VIDEO]
- 13: Christmas Music, and a Good Cause
- 15: Percussion: Why You Should Use It [and a Free Gift!]
- 16: How Orchestral Music Can Help You Get Better Mixes – Part 1: Arrangement
- 17: How Orchestral Music Can Help You Get Better Mixes – Part 2: Arrangement Continued
- 20: How Orchestral Music Can Help You Get Better Mixes – Part 3: Instrumentation
- 24: Music Production Interview
- 27: 8 Ways to Spend that Christmas Cash
- 31: HSC Best of 2010
- November 2010 (14)
- 01: Understanding Compression
- 03: Acoustic Treatment Myths
- 04: Understanding Your Room – Live Class
- 05: Intro to Acoustic Treatment [Video]
- 08: Too Much of a Good Thing?
- 09: Prioritizing Your Gear Upgrades
- 11: Presonus Eureka Review
- 12: Presonus Eureka Review, 31DBR, and more [Podcast]
- 15: How Should I Connect My Preamp to My Interface?
- 17: 8 Common Microphone Mistakes
- 19: How to Automate Tempo [Video]
- 24: What does it take to make good recordings? [Ask Joe]
- 26: Intro to Headphones [Video]
- 30: HSC Readers: Introduce Yourselves
- October 2010 (33)
- 01: Day 1 – Evaluate Your Rig [31DBR]
- 02: Day 2 – Avoid G.A.S. [31DBR]
- 03: Day 3 – One Good Microphone [31DBR]
- 04: Day 4 – Acoustic Treatment [31DBR]
- 05: Day 5 – One Good Preamp [31DBR]
- 06: Day 6 – Think Outside the Box [31DBR]
- 07: Day 7 – Set Limitations [31DBR]
- 07: Understanding EQ [New Tutorial Series]
- 08: Day 8 – Get the Most Out of Your Studio Monitors [31DBR]
- 08: Meet Owen Gilder, Heir to the HSC Throne
- 09: Day 9 – Get the Most Out of Your Headphones [31DBR]
- 10: Day 10 – Cables: The Weakest Link [31DBR]
- 11: Day 11 – Pre-Production [31DBR]
- 12: Day 12 – Overdubs: Keep it Simple [31DBR]
- 13: Day 13 – LISTEN Before you Commit [31DBR]
- 14: Day 14 – Setting Levels for Recording [31DBR]
- 15: Day 15 – Get a Handle on the Proximity Effect [31DBR]
- 16: Day 16 – Using EQ and Compression On the Way In [31DBR]
- 17: Day 17 – Using Multiple Mics [31DBR]
- 18: Day 18 – Take Advantage of MIDI [31DBR]
- 19: Day 19 – Recording Takes [31DBR]
- 20: Day 20 – Don’t Forget to Edit! [31DBR]
- 21: Day 21 – Mixing: Identify the Focus [31DBR]
- 22: Day 22 – Setting Levels for Mixing [31DBR]
- 23: Day 23 – Use Subgroups [31DBR]
- 24: Day 24 – Wield the HPF [31DBR]
- 25: Day 25 – Carve Out Space For Each Instrument [31DBR]
- 26: Day 26 – Don’t Compress by Default [31DBR]
- 27: Day 27 – Use Automation (Secret Weapon) [31DBR]
- 28: Day 28 – Compress the Master Fader? [31DBR]
- 29: Day 29 – Revise Your Mixes [31DBR]
- 30: Day 30 – Be Good With People [31DBR]
- 31: Day 31 – Mastering [31DBR]
- September 2010 (12)
- 01: Listen to the Artist, Not Just the Music
- 03: Is Editing Cheating?
- 07: Should I get a Pro Tools Certification?
- 09: 7 Things I Wish I Had Done Differently on my Album
- 13: Live “Ask Joe” Webinar
- 14: “Out of Indiana” – Official Release Date
- 17: Intro to Microphones [Video]
- 20: Sennheiser Training
- 21: Q&A Session Replay and the Production Club
- 23: Intro to Preamps [Video]
- 24: CONTEST: Gilder Baby Pool
- 27: Introducing “31 Days to Better Recordings”
- August 2010 (11)
- 05: Understanding Editing – New Tutorial Series
- 06: A Drowning iPhone – Thoughts on Removing Distractions
- 07: Pro Tool Plug-in Tricks
- 09: Update on My Album
- 12: FREE Music from Yours Truly
- 13: Using Distortion on Vocals [Video]
- 16: 7 Tips for Finishing Your Album
- 18: 7 Tips for Finishing Your Album [Part 2]
- 20: Win a Copy of “Out of Indiana”
- 24: Pre-Order “Out of Indiana”
- 30: How to Record Violin (or ANY new instrument)
- July 2010 (11)
- 01: Why You Should Collaborate Online
- 02: Online Collaboration Tools
- 05: Something New: OneHourChallenges.com
- 12: Is “Productivity” a Dirty Word?
- 14: OneHourChallenges.com is LIVE!
- 16: An ENTIRE song in 10 Hours?
- 20: Thoughts from Vacation
- 26: Do You Edit Your Tracks?
- 27: 3 Reasons to Edit Your Tracks
- 28: 3 Reasons NOT to Edit Your Tracks
- 30: Intro to Editing (300th Post!)
- June 2010 (12)
- 01: Do You Always Use Compression?
- 07: NEW Tour of my Home Studio [Video]
- 08: LIVE Mix Session Thursday Night!
- 09: Buses and IO Explained [Video]
- 11: 30-Minute Mix Session, Hardware Inserts in Pro Tools [Podcast]
- 14: I LOVE to Mix [Mixing Resources]
- 15: 3 Ways to Become a Better Engineer [Video]
- 17: 30-Minute Mix Session – 3 Things I Learned
- 18: The Magic of Finishing
- 22: Should Musicians Give Their Music Away?
- 28: The Psychology of Recording
- 29: 3 Channel Strip Warnings
- May 2010 (16)
- 03: Epic Webinar Replay
- 04: Instant Microwave Music & Piracy
- 05: Intro to De-Essing [Video]
- 06: How to Save Your Recording Session from the Rain
- 10: Backing Up Isn’t Dorky
- 11: Using Compression on Your Master Fader
- 12: Got a sec? Help me make HSC better!
- 14: Tube Shoot-out! [HSC Podcast]
- 17: The “Fix it in the Mix” Mentality
- 18: Intro to Gates/Expanders
- 19: Stealing Plug-ins – Robin Hood or Jack Sparrow?
- 20: Why Pre-Production is so Important (and Fun)
- 24: Piracy, Distorted Vocals, and Compressor Attack Settings [HSC Podcast]
- 25: 3 Tips for Getting a Good Bass Sound
- 26: Why Doing Everything Yourself Might Be Lame
- 29: How to Survive a Computer Crash
- April 2010 (22)
- 01: Home Studio Corner is Closing Its Doors
- 02: Ask Joe #25 – DI Boxes and Uses a Car as a Vocal Booth [Podcast]
- 05: Digidesign: What’s in a Name?
- 06: What’s Your Next Gear Purchase?
- 07: EZDrummer Review [Video]
- 08: “Humanizing” Virtual Drum Software
- 09: Ask Joe #26 – New Gear Purchases and more… [Podcast]
- 12: 4 Tips for Mixing an Unruly Lead Vocal
- 13: HSC Anniversary Giveaway!!!
- 14: Studio Tour: McPherson Studios, Nashville, TN [Video]
- 15: Why Record Direct Electric Guitar
- 16: Ask Joe #27 – Multi-Band Compression, Headphones, and more [HSC Podcast]
- 19: Quick Tip: Keep Your Boxes
- 20: An Epic Free Webinar
- 21: Editing: Why We Do It
- 22: Audio Editing: Hear It For Yourself
- 24: Ask Joe #28 – HSC Production Club, Home Studios, and more [HSC Podcast]
- 26: New Video: Pre-Production Tip
- 27: What Production Club Members Are Saying
- 28: New Video: Thoughts on Mastering
- 29: Audio Examples: Production Club Before & After
- 30: Ben Gortmaker Interview [HSC Podcast Special Edition]
- March 2010 (22)
- 01: 2010 Goal Update: How Are You Doing?
- 02: Ear Training: Acoustic Guitar [Texas Hold 'Em Edition]
- 03: Ear Training Results: Acoustic Guitar
- 04: Getting Ready to Mix My Album [I Need Your Input]
- 05: Ask Joe #21 [First Official HSC Podcast!]
- 08: EQ Before or After Compression?
- 09: Careful Drink Placement
- 10: Experiment with Panning to Improve Your Mix
- 11: Quick Guide to Dither
- 12: Ask Joe #22 – Pro Tools, TuneCore, Summing, and more
- 15: What’s Your Desert Island Microphone?
- 16: Apple Problems? Try Resetting your Mac’s PRAM and NVRAM
- 17: Get Opinions on Your Mixes
- 18: Side-Chaining [Video]
- 20: Ask Joe #23 – DYNAMIC RANGE DAY! (WITH AUDIO EXAMPLES) [Podcast]
- 22: Do You Mix With Headphones?
- 23: Exciting News: Let’s Mix My Album Together
- 24: Headphones: To Mix or Not to Mix
- 26: Mixing: “Limit Thyself” [NEW VIDEO]
- 27: Mixing Course Explained (plus sample music) [Podcast]
- 30: MixWithUs.com is Live!
- 31: 4 Ways to Deal with Noise in a Mix
- February 2010 (21)
- 01: EQ-ing Kick Drum [Video]
- 02: OS Updates…Beware!
- 03: Webinar Replay, and Other Exciting Things
- 04: Ear Training: Drums
- 05: Ear Training Results: Parallel Compression
- 08: Protect Your Home Studio
- 09: Headphones: A Great Learning Tool
- 10: Ask Joe #18 – Page Scrolling in Pro Tools
- 11: Why Home Studio Owners Should Read Business Books
- 12: Ask Joe #19 – Recording and Money
- 15: Ear Training: Bass
- 16: Ear Training Results: Bass EQ
- 17: Check Your Mixes EVERYWHERE
- 18: How to Remove Vocals from a Song [Video]
- 19: Ask Joe #20 – Advertising Your Studio and more
- 21: Why I Use Pro Tools [FREE webinar]
- 22: Pro Tools Resources
- 23: 24-bit vs 16-bit
- 24: What Are Your Favorite Plug-ins?
- 25: Thoughts on Mastering, and DYNAMIC RANGE DAY
- 26: Understanding Pro Tools Released!
- January 2010 (21)
- 01: 2010 Goals for Your Home Studio [plus a FREE eBook!]
- 04: Mixing Bass Part 1
- 05: Mixing Bass Part 2 – EQ
- 06: Mixing Bass Part 3 – Compression and Limiting
- 07: How to Quantize MIDI [Video]
- 08: Low End Woes
- 11: Mixing Acoustic Guitar Part 1 – EQ
- 12: Mixing Acoustic Guitar Part 2 – Compression
- 13: Mixing Acoustic Guitar Part 3 – Easy on the Effects
- 14: Why Audio Engineers DON’T Need to Know Video
- 16: Ask Joe #15 – Thirty Questions Answered
- 18: Use a Reference Track While Mixing
- 19: Creative Panning in Pro Tools [Video]
- 20: How (and Why) to Reverse a Cymbal in Pro Tools [Video]
- 21: Why Audio Engineers Should Focus on More Than Music
- 22: Ask Joe #16 – Using the Stock Digi Plug-ins
- 25: Should You Leave Your Gear Powered On?
- 26: 7 Home Studio Obstacles (Free Webinar)
- 27: 3 Mixing Tips [Video]
- 28: My First Album, and Also the Sad Story of Bob
- 29: Ask Joe #17
- December 2009 (19)
- 01: Why Audio Engineers Need to Know Video
- 02: Printing Effects and Instruments in Pro Tools [Video]
- 03: Work With Me
- 07: A Few “Pre-Mixing” Tips from Audio Geek Zine
- 08: The Best Mixing Tip
- 09: HSC Production Club Class #2
- 12: What’s the “Glue” in Your Mix?
- 16: Another Look at Power Conditioners
- 17: Setting Levels for Mixing
- 18: Practice Makes Perfect…Even for Audio Engineers?
- 21: Line 6 JM4 Looper Review (with Video)
- 22: Preserve Processing Part 1 – Bus Several Tracks Through the Same Effect
- 23: Preserve Processing Part 2 – Commit to Plug-in Settings
- 24: Preserve Processing Part 3 – Offline Processing
- 25: Session File Management in Pro Tools [Video]
- 28: Mixing Drums Part 1
- 29: Mixing Drums Part 2 – EQ
- 30: Mixing Drums Part 3 – Compression
- 31: Intro to MIDI
- November 2009 (19)
- 03: The Secret to Good Home Recordings
- 05: What is the HSC Production Club?
- 06: HSC Production Club – Your Questions Answered, and a Contest!
- 07: Live Q&A Part 2 – 6pm Today
- 09: HSC Production Club is Open!
- 10: Common Hard Drive Questions
- 11: Home Recording Show Podcast, featuring Home Studio Corner
- 12: Loudness Wars – What Do You Think?
- 13: 5 Ways to Ruin a Recording Session [Friday the 13th Edition]
- 16: Recording Technology and its Effect on the Role of the Session Drummer
- 17: What is Phase?
- 18: Why You Don’t Make Money as a Recording Engineer
- 20: What Computer Do You Use in Your Studio?
- 23: I Miss Cash and Tupac
- 24: Importing Video into Pro Tools [Video]
- 25: The 3:1 Rule
- 26: Close Your Eyes
- 27: 10 Christmas Picks [Black Friday Edition]
- 30: Getting Things Done in Your Home Studio
- October 2009 (14)
- 01: Recording Multiple Outputs from EZDrummer [Video]
- 02: Ask Joe #14 – Recording Meets Live Sound
- 05: New Video from WinkSound, Lots of Pretty Gear to Look At
- 09: Announcing the Home Studio Corner Forums!
- 12: Recording a Choir? Need Lots of Headphones? Use an FM Transmitter
- 13: “Is that wrong?” – Thoughts on Making Musical Decisions
- 14: Setting Levels for Recording
- 15: Question: How do you like to learn things? (Please comment!)
- 19: LATE-Night Studio Tip: Importing Session Data [Video]
- 20: Tour of My Home Studio – Part 1
- 21: Tour of My Home Studio – Part 2: Plug-ins
- 26: More Studio Tours
- 27: Mbox2 Mini + Reason = Finished Album
- 29: My First Radio Interview [Audio Clip]
- September 2009 (10)
- 04: Sweetwater Sound – An Insider’s Review
- 07: Tips for Moving Your Studio
- 12: I’m still alive, don’t worry.
- 14: Processing Vocals Part 1 – Recording the Vocal
- 15: Processing Vocals Part 2 – Comping/Editing
- 16: Processing Vocals Part 3 – Tuning: Thoughts on Auto-Tune
- 22: Processing Vocals Part 4 – 3 Tips for EQ-ing Vocals
- 23: Processing Vocals Part 5 – Compression
- 25: Processing Vocals Part 6 – Effects
- 28: FREE MUSIC – The Sinai Alliance Sampler EP
- August 2009 (19)
- 01: Taking it Easy This Weekend
- 03: Free Live EP from Yours Truly
- 04: Parallel Processing – Bass [Video]
- 05: Inserting Time in Pro Tools [Video]
- 06: 5 Tips for Taking Your Sessions to Another Studio
- 06: HSC Newsletter Update
- 07: Ask Joe #12 – Mbox 2 Pro or 003? [HSC's 100th Post!]
- 09: Weekend Links – 8/9/09
- 10: Embarrassing Studio Moments
- 11: More on Compression
- 12: Make the Singer Comfortable
- 13: Ask Joe #13 – Using the Digidesign 003 for Computer Audio
- 14: What Are You Listening To?
- 17: Is the Recording Console Dead?
- 19: File Management in Pro Tools: Using “Save Copy In” to Shrink Your Sessions [Video]
- 24: MIDI: Frequently Asked Questions
- 25: Using QuickPunch in Pro Tools [Video]
- 26: Review: Dropbox (dropbox.com)
- 27: Engineers or Guys in Cubicles?
- July 2009 (25)
- 02: Review: Stereo Mic Bar [with Audio]
- 03: Ask Joe #7 – Connecting an Apogee Rosetta 200 to Studio Monitors
- 04: Video: Making Money with Music in a Digital World
- 06: FREE eBook: 12 Home Studio Necessities
- 07: Dealing with Low-Mids and a Muddy Mix
- 08: Free Music: Jamie Randolph & the Darkhorse
- 09: 4 Ways to Use Playlists in Pro Tools [with Video]
- 10: Ask Joe #8 – USB Noise, How to A/B Plugins, and Firewire Hard Drives
- 11: One-Hour Challenge
- 13: Why Do You Make Music?
- 14: 3 Things I Wish I Had Known When Recording My First Albums
- 16: PreSonus StudioLive 16.4.2: A New Opportunity for Home Studio Owners
- 17: Ask Joe #9 – Converters: Apogee vs Digidesign
- 18: Weekend Links
- 20: Sample Rates: Just Marketing Hype?
- 21: Intro to Compression [Video]
- 22: AKG D5 vs Shure SM58 [Audio]
- 23: Using Electric Guitar to Cover up Noise/Bleed on an Acoustic Guitar Track [Video]
- 24: Ask Joe #10 – Gear Rentals, Active vs Passive Studio Monitors, & Printing Instruments & Effects
- 25: New Ideas for HSC – I Need Your Feedback
- 27: Do You Set Deadlines?
- 28: Using Groups in ProTools (or any DAW) [Video]
- 29: What is “Knee” on a Compressor?
- 30: Parallel Processing – Drums [Video]
- 31: Ask Joe #11 – Do I Need Pro Tools Certification?
- June 2009 (26)
- 01: Our Need for a Music Community
- 02: 3 Reasons NOT to Stereo-Mic Acoustic Guitar
- 03: Poll Results, Plus Ask Joe #3
- 04: VIDEO: More Click Track Tricks
- 05: A Few Weekend Links
- 07: How Do You Record Takes?
- 08: Review: Tech21 Sans Amp Character Series – VT Bass and California Pedals
- 09: Video: Using the 4 Edit Modes in Pro Tools
- 10: Why I Use Pro Tools
- 11: Ask Joe #4 – Pro Tools Questions
- 12: Video: Using an Instrument Track to Build Background Vocals
- 13: Wisdom Teeth and Productivity in Your Home Studio
- 15: Video: Solo Safe in Pro Tools
- 16: Pro Tools Track Types Part 1
- 17: Video: Pro Tools Track Types Part 2 – The Master Fader
- 18: Shure SM7B vs SM58 (With Audio!)
- 19: Ask Joe #5 – Setting Up a Home Studio
- 20: SM7B vs SM58 Shoot-out Results
- 22: Video: Pre-Fader Send
- 23: Homemade Reflection Filter (With Audio Examples)
- 24: Video: EQ-Learning Trick
- 25: 10 Ways to Promote Your Home Studio
- 26: Ask Joe #6 – Wireless Guitar & Pro Tools Clipping Issues
- 27: Some Weekend Reading
- 29: Video: How to Bounce to Disk
- 30: Video: Record to Disk – An Alternative to Bounce to Disk
- May 2009 (22)
- 01: VIDEO: Scroll Me Sideways!
- 02: Do-It-Yourself Acoustic Treatment
- 03: The Battle of Technology vs. Good Music
- 04: Productivity: Accomplish More in Your Home Studio
- 05: VIDEO: Productivity Part 1 – Label Your IO
- 06: VIDEO: Productivity Part 2 – Using Session Templates
- 07: Productivity Part 3 – Make a Schedule
- 08: Productivity Part 4 – The Importance of Hard Drive Backup
- 09: The Many Hats of a Home Studio Owner
- 11: VIDEO: Ask Joe #2 – Hard Drive Chipsets, Virtual Instruments, and More
- 12: 10 Ways to Improve Your Home Studio for $50 or Less
- 13: The Importance of Pre-Production
- 14: The Point of Diminishing Returns
- 15: VIDEO: Inserts and Sends in Pro Tools
- 17: Review: Fishman SoloAmp
- 18: Better Feedback Delay
- 19: VIDEO: Dealing with USB Latency
- 20: VIDEO: How to Create a Click Track in Pro Tools
- 21: VIDEO: Customizing Your Click Track with Xpand
- 22: 3 Reasons to Stereo-Mic Acoustic Guitar (with audio examples)
- 26: “Do I have to go to college to learn to be a recording engineer?”
- 28: Reader Poll – What do you think?
- April 2009 (17)
- 13: 12 Home Studio Necessities
- 13: 12 Home Studio Necessities #1 – Computer
- 13: 12 Home Studio Necessities #2 – DAW/Recording Software
- 14: 12 Home Studio Necessities #3 – Audio Interface
- 15: 12 Home Studio Necessities #4 – Microphones
- 16: 12 Home Studio Necessities #5 – Studio Monitors
- 21: 12 Home Studio Necessities #6 – Headphones
- 22: Gear Acquisition Syndrome
- 23: 12 Home Studio Necessities #7 – External/Dedicated Hard Drive
- 24: 12 Home Studio Necessities #8 – Acoustic Treatment
- 25: 12 Home Studio Necessities #9 – MIDI Controller
- 26: VIDEO: Ask Joe #1
- 27: 12 Home Studio Necessities #10 – Good Cables
- 28: VIDEO: How to Make Your Hard Drive an “Audio Record Volume” in Pro Tools
- 28: 12 Home Studio Necessities #11 – Power Conditioner
- 29: 12 Home Studio Necessities #12 – Accessories
- 30: Auralex MoPADs Review