Category Archives: Ask Joe

Ask Joe #21 [First Official HSC Podcast!]

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Today HSC officially has a podcast! You should be able to access it in the iTunes store now. Home Studio Corner…on your iPod…sweet.
Secondly, how do you like the “Ask Joe” logo? Very cool, right? Thanks to Dave of DTGraphix. He did an awesome job. He also designed the Understanding Pro Tools banners. If [...]

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Ask Joe #20 – Advertising Your Studio and more

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!
2 Things:
1. I think it would be fun to have an “Ask Joe” logo to post with these posts, since they’re becoming more frequent. Any takers?
2. This week’s episode of “Ask Joe” deals with:

advertising options for your studio
drum machines/software
copyrights on a benefit compilation
master fader and dB
hard drive issues with Pro Tools
tempo changes
getting studio quality [...]

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Ask Joe #19 – Recording and Money

I’ve got another round of questions for your weekend.
Thanks to everyone for your submissions. Good questions this week!
Topics covered:

Mixing & Mastering – Peak vs RMS levels
Dealing with USB latency
Monitor placement
808 bass drops/mixing
Recording & money

Listen here:
Or download the mp3 here. [19 minutes, 22 MB]
[Photo by Horia Varlan]

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Ask Joe #18 – Page Scrolling in Pro Tools

I get lots of questions. This particular one made me want to do a video. Special thanks to Tom, one of my newsletter subscribers.

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Ask Joe #17

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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Ask Joe #16 – Using the Stock Digi Plug-ins

Trent from Indiana sent me a great question via the Ask Joe form. Let’s take a look at it:
Joe – I’m new to Pro Tools.  I have simple tracks that I just want to get down onto disc.  I have acoustic guitar, vocals, and might add mandolin or some more guitar parts.  I [...]

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Ask Joe #15 – Thirty Questions Answered

I recently emailed a lot of people on my mailing list, letting them know about the Ask Joe portion of the website. I got a TON of responses, more than I could feasibly write responses to in the HSC forums or here on the blog.
So, to both save some time and also answer all of [...]

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Ask Joe #14 – Recording Meets Live Sound

In my last post I put up a LONG-overdue video. Now it’s time to jump back on the “Ask Joe” bandwagon.
If you’re new to HSC, I make it a point to regularly answer reader questions here on the blog. I can’t answer EVERY question, but I try to cover as many as I can. Got [...]

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