This week’s Ask Joe question is an intriguing one. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the topic, so be sure to leave a comment!
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Hey Joe,
I was wondering if it was worth the money to take the classes for Pro Tools Certification and if you did would that help out your chances to find work in this diminishing market? Thanks.
Stephen
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I had a nice handful of questions this week. Three to be exact. Let’s dive on in.
Shawn wrote:
Hi Joe,
I am recording a instrumental jazz/bossa nova piece with classical guitar. I have a mbox2, AT 4033, MXLV69, AKG C1000S, and a Universal Audio 2610. Should I rent a mic or a to d conv and go digital in on the mbox. I have no space and like the acoustics of my bathroom. What would be the best option for the limited budget. A U87 is $30 a day. The rosetta I think 800 is $100 per day.
Thank you so much for your time.
Website: shawnfleming.com
Happy Friday, everybody! It’s time for another round of Ask Joe. If you’re new and have a question, head over to the Ask Joe page.
But not until you’ve read today’s post, of course. 
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Graham Cochrane wrote:
Hi Joe…just stumbled upon your site this week and have thoroughly enjoyed reading your articles and watching your vids. The information you give is helpful and is presented clearly. Keep up the good work!
My big question is about converters. Now, since you have spent a lot of time with the different products out there, I’d like your opinion. I currently run Pro Tools LE 7.4 on a mac with the 002r. I’ve been a longtime pro tools user since learning it back in college and have migrated through the original mbox to the 002r a few years back. I’m not a fan of just spending money to make things sound better, but I seriously am toying with the idea of looking into better conversion for my system, mostly for the sake of getting bigger drum sounds with more clarity and depth as I feel this is where better conversion will make the most noticeable difference.
Happy Friday! It’s been a busy week here at Home Studio Corner. It appears that the 12 Home Studio Necessities eBook has been pretty well-accepted. Thanks! If you haven’t gotten your copy, you can snag one up by signing up for my newsletter.
On to the questions! I’ve got three questions this week. In case you’re new, every week I try to answer reader questions. (It usually falls on a Friday.) If you ever have questions you want me to address, I can give it a shot, just fill out the Ask Joe form.
Marcus Williamson wrote:
Hi Joe, Thanks for all you help so far with setting up my studio. My question is the high pitched noise I get though my monitors [using an Mbox 2 Mini], any time I turn the monitors on I get this noise. It’s not in the head phones so I’m not sure if it’s from the m-box mini or my monitor set up. I mostly use my head phones (when you have a 15 month old the only time things are quiet enough to record is when he is sleeping) but still like to use the monitors. I have see others have this problem and I’m not sure it can be solved. Thanks again for you help.
This week I’ve just got one question. If you have any questions for me, please ask via the Ask Joe form.
Mike wrote:
Was thinking of getting an Apogee Rosetta 200 converter. Do my monitor speakers get connected to the outs on the converter?
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Thanks Mike. This is a great question. First of all, kudos on picking the Rosetta 200. I’m a big fan of Apogee, and I think you’ll love the sound of the Rosetta.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, the Apogee Rosetta 200 is a two-channel converter from Apogee. It has two channels of analog-to-digital converters and two channels of digital-to-analog converters.
The Rosetta is a standalone converter, meaning that it doesn’t have any sort of direct connection to your computer (although they do offer an additional firewire option). In most cases, the Rosetta connects to your audio interface via either a S/PDIF, ADAT, or AES connections.
For example, if I was going to buy a Rosetta 200 for my Pro Tools system, I would connect it to the S/PDIF inputs and outputs on the back of my 003.
This week I have a few more reader-submitted questions. As always, if you have a question or two, you’re welcome to submit them via the Ask Joe form.
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Frank wrote:
Hey Joe. Looking to buy a wireless guitar system. I have never used one and don’t know much about them. I play alone most of the time. I play a Taylor and a Fender.
Frank.
This episode of Ask Joe is a bit on the long side, but Chris asked some really good questions, and I think a lot of readers have the same sort of questions, so here we go!
Chris wrote:
Joe,First, great website. I’ve been dabbling in home recording for a few years now, and this is by far the most user-friendly and intuitive user-generated website I’ve seen. It’s a great service, and I really appreciate it.
As I indicated, I’ve been “dabbling” in home recording for a few years. I initially got into it to make hip hop beats (a phase I went through) and to record basic guitar/vocal demos. Here’s my current rig:
It’s that time again. I’ve got three new questions, all Pro Tools related. (If you have a question, please submit it via the Ask Joe form.) Let’s dive in.
Martin R. wrote:
I have just recently installed Pro Tools 7.3 LE on to my Mac and I have an Iomega hard drive that I was going to use for recording however when I try to change the audio settings from ‘T’ to ‘R’ I get an error message which reads “IOMEGA cannot be designated as an Audio Record volume because it is not a valid audio volume.” Could you tell me what this means and if there is any way to use this hard drive for recording.
Many Thanks
Martin
