Questions covered this week:

• What are your thoughts on using stereo widening plugins?
• Is it possible to daisy chain 2 usb interfaces by plugging them into two different USB ports?
• What is the best way to make poor acoustic guitar recordings sound good?
• Do you use the auto gain setting on the compressor plugin?
• Is there something wrong with adding the mastering chain to the master bus on a regular mix session?

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Questions covered this week:

• How should I set up my monitors in my room?
• How do I make acoustic guitar recordings sound full?
• How do I get guitar/vocal recordings to stand out?
• How do I get the boom out of voiceover recordings?

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• How do I deal with “combo jacks” on my USB audio interface?
• What’s the best way to import samples into my high-sample-rate session?
• Can I use a high-pass filter on a bus to process all my tracks except kick and bass
• How do I use the VU meter on my preamp?
• How do I get a full “in your face” distorted guitar tone?

Wanna submit a question for the podcast? Go here: www.askjoegilder.com

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Questions covered this week:

• How do I thicken up my piano recordings?
• Why are my mixes so quiet?
• What’s the best way to record saxophone?
• How do I get motivated to work on stuff?
• How do stock preamps compare to higher-end outboard preamps?

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Questions covered this week:

• How much is too much acoustic treatment?
• How should I build a web presence to showcase my portfolio?
• Should I master while mixing?
• How do I deal with electrical noise?
• How should I go about recording drums with one microphone?

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Questions covered this week:

• Is recording school worth it?
• How important is matching mic and preamp impedance?
• Is it okay to record drums in a small room?
• When using a reverb, why do you adjust the send level rather than adjust the actual reverb track fader level?

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Questions covered this week:

• How should I record a guitar/vocal performance with just one microphone?
• How do I keep my acoustic guitar recordings from sounding thin?
• When do you use mono reverbs and delays?

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Questions covered this week:

• Should I use volume automation or clip volume?
• Is it okay to go back and remix songs you mixed a long time ago?
• What’s the deal with lop-sided overhead mic panning?
• If you could just use one mic to record drums, what kind would it be and where would you place it?
• How do you deal with latency when mixing through outboard gear?

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Questions covered this week:

• Is EZDrummer good? Do you use it?
• In what order should I put my plugins?
• What tips do you have for recording music by yourself?
• What’s the best microphone for recording in a home studio?

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Questions covered this week:

• When should you use a spectrum analyzer and when should you ignore it?
• Should my individual channel levels be lower than the level of the bus they’re feeding into?
• Should I take a few recording classes at a community college?
• Can you talk about panning?
• Can you talk about your whiteboard in your studio and what’s on it?

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If I pick your question, you’ll be immortalized!

Questions covered this week:

• Is clipping in your DAW always bad?
• What’s your #1 gun-pointed-at-your-head vocal recording tip?
• What is peak vs RMS compression?
• How do you record demos for clients?
• Best way to use parallel compression?

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You might be featured on an upcoming episode!

Questions covered this week:

• How do you use saturation?
• What is considered a “fast” attack time on a compressor?
• How do I deal with bad-sounding mp3′s?
• What should I keep in mind for my mastering engineer when I’m mixing a song?
• What are 3 tips you’d give a beginner?

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Questions covered this week:

• How do I get the balance right on a mono mix?
• Should I re-record these doubled acoustic guitar parts?
• How to I find the missing high end in my mixes?
• What do I do if I can’t seem to finish a song?

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Questions covered this week:

• What can I do to get my mixes to sound more radio-ready?
• How do you pull off a doubled lead vocal?
• How do I know how much bass I should have in my mix?
• How do I accomplish really killer dynamics in my mixes?
• What should the dynamic range of my mixes be?

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Questions covered this week:

• When I compare my music to what I hear on the radio, the music on the radio sounds better. What do the big studios have that I don’t have?
• What interesting effects do you use on vocals?
• How do I record my guitar and the direct signal at the same time?
• How do I deal with loud S’s in my vocals?
• How do I compress the vocals to keep them at a consistent volume?

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Yeah, baby, the podcast is back and ready to rock.

After some technical issues, the Ask Joe podcast is back. This time around, I’ll be doing weekly, shorter podcasts. New episodes every Tuesday.

If you have questions, you can ask them here: www.askjoegilder.com

Questions covered this week:

• What pad sounds do you use and why?
• How do I sync my session tempo with my outboard delay unit?
• Should I record acoustic guitar to a stereo track or two mono tracks?
• Should I use EQ and compression on software instruments?

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Enjoy, and don’t forget you can ask your question here:

www.AskJoeGilder.com

Topics covered:

• How loud should you master your songs
• Various ways to use meters while mastering
• EQ-ing kick drum
• EQ boosts vs cuts
• Mid-Side Recording/Mixing
• Compression attack and release settings
• Recording great background vocal parts
• and more…

Links from the show:

• Ian’s Home Recording Masterclass (20% discount coupon “hsc” expires on Friday, September 14th)
• More than One Way to Skin a Song
• Klanghelm VUMT (cheap VU Meter plugin)
• “Out of Indiana” (my album)
• Recording Acoustic Guitar
• Understanding Editing
• Recording Killer Vocals

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Enjoy, and don’t forget you can ask your question here:

www.AskJoeGilder.com

Topics covered:

• Mixing with a gain plugin
• Using guitar amp simulators
• Pocketing bass tracks
• Wireless mic options
• Adding an intro to a song
• …and a bunch more.

Links from the show:

• New class! Recording Electric Guitar starts in two days (9/6/12)
• And…Crappy Speaker for the Win!
• Understanding Editing
• Review: Tech21 Sans Amp Character Series – VT Bass and California Pedals
• Vox AC4TVH head and V112TV cab

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Got some fun questions today. Happy listening.

Don’t forget, you can send in YOUR question at:

www.AskJoeGilder.com

Topics covered:

• Guitar Layering
• Plugin order – leaving a space at the beginning
• EQ Carving
• Normalizing
• Small home studio space
• Breathing sounds on acoustic guitar recording
• Inserting time into your session
• Reference tracks
• Hissing sound while recording
• Compressing snare drum
• Upgrading software/hardware rant

Links from the show:

• New class! Recording Electric Guitar
• How to Choose the Right Room for Your Home Studio
• Inserting Time with Pro Tools [Video]
• Setting Levels for Recording

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Enjoy!

To send in YOUR question, go to:

www.AskJoeGilder.com

Topics covered:

• Mixing vocals
• Finding a good computer for recording
• The right number of tracks for your song
• Dealing with USB latency

Links from the show:

• 3 Ways to Find Your Focus in a Mix
• VIDEO: Dealing with USB Latency
• Graham’s video: 5 Minutes to a Better Mix: The Mute Button

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If you’ve got a question, ask away here:

www.AskJoeGilder.com

Topics covered:

• Tonal balance from song to song
• EQ-ing and compressing electronic drum set
• Getting better at mixing
• Home vs Professional Studio
• Acoustic treatment
• Mixing vocals for the chorus
• Drum miking
• Compressors characteristics
• Vocal clarity
• Mic preamps
• Multi-band compression
• Gain plugins while mixing
• Bass trapping
• Mixing bass
• External hard drives

Links from the show:

• HSC Newsletter
• Importing Video into Pro Tool
• VIP Member
• EZDrummer
• Recording Multiple Output from EZDrummer
• Derek West (mastering)
• Yes Master Studios
• MixCoach.com
• Audio Geek Zine’s acoustic panels
• Ben Gortmaker Interview
• Understanding Compression
• MultiBandCompression.com
• Understanding Your Room
• REthink Your Room (affiliate link)
• HSC Production Club

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• Email Newsletter

If you’ve got a question, ask away here:

www.AskJoeGilder.com

Topics covered:

• EQ-ing reverb and delay
• Getting a non-muddy reverb sound
• Choosing a new interface
• Using backing tracks live
• Inter-sample peaks
• Writing drum tracks
• Creative de-esser uses
• M/S mastering
• Finding time to record

Links from the show:

• Simply Recording Academy
• The Recording Revolution
• Presonus StudioLive 16.0.2 video
• Focusrite Liquid Saffire
• VIP Membership
• EZDrummer
• Danski’s article on M/S Mastering

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If you’ve got a question, ask away here:

www.AskJoeGilder.com

Topics covered:

• Recording an upright piano
• Recording a dynamic vocalist
• Multi-band compression and phase issues?
• Acoustic treatment first steps
• Mixing without compression?
• Mixing vocals
• Recording a choir
• Using your interface with an iPad?

Links from the show:

• Simply Recording Academy
• Derek West
• 4 Ways to Balance the Loud and Soft Parts Songs
• MultiBandCompression.com
• Auralex Roominators Project 2 Review
• Understanding Your Room
• Pensado’s Place
• Understanding Compression
• The 3:1 Rule

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Happy listening!!

If you’ve got a question, ask away here:

www.AskJoeGilder.com

Topics covered:

• Hooking up an external preamp
• How to decide where to pan your tracks
• Copyright and Public Domain
• Sweet rack for only $15
• Mixing while recording
• Setting levels
• Dealing with mediocre musicians
• Balancing drums
• Parallel compression
• Hanging guitars and acoustic treatment

Links from the show:

• NAMM Show
• Presonus
• Nimbit
• Noisetrade
• Shure SM7B
• Steinberg MR816x
• Preserve Processing Part 1 – Bus Several Tracks Through the Same Effect
• Preserve Processing Part 2 – Commit to Plug-in Settings
• Preserve Processing Part 3 – Offline Processing
• How I Kicked Click Bleed to the Curb
• Parallel Processing – Bass [Video]
• Parallel Processing – Drums [Video]
• Graham’s article on LCR Panning
• IKEA Rast Nightstand Rack
• Why Stealing Plugins Makes Your Mixes Worse
• Home Recording Tactics
• Understanding EQ
• Understanding Compression
• Presonus Studio One

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(It is quickly becoming very popular.)

Got a burning question? (Or just a regular question?) Ask away here:

www.AskJoeGilder.com

Happy listening!

Topics covered:

• Tips for adding extra “umph” to guitar tracks
• Amp simulation
• Re-amping
• Recording with a newborn baby
• Mic Preamps
• Drum Overheads
• Fader levels
• Thunderbolt
• Limiter thresholds
• Solid State Drives

Links from the show:

• Dave Chick
• Home Recording Tactics
• Pond5 – service for selling your instrumental music
• Plugin Order
• Understanding EQ
• Understanding Compression
• Big Al’s Site
• Simply Recording Podcast
• Presonus Studio One
• How to Connect Your External Preamp
• VRM Box Discussion on the Simply Recording Podcast
• Sennheiser HD650 Headphones Review

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(It is quickly becoming very popular.)

If YOU have a question for the show, you can ask it here:

www.AskJoeGilder.com

Happy listening!

Topics covered:

• Joe’s new guitar!
• Mixing drums
• Should I record with compression?
• Recording in stereo with or without a matched pair of mics?
• Dealing with “fake-sounding” virtual instruments
• Ribbon vs Condenser mics

Links from the show:

• Production Club
• Ronan’s Recording Show
• Gortmaker Podcast
• My Les Paul Forums
• Presonus Faderport
• Understanding Your Room

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I’m back in Nashville and have a brand spankin’ new podcast for you

Some topics covered today:

• Should I upgrade my computer?
• Mastering individual songs vs an album
• Electric guitar recording techniques
• External converters
• My approach to mixing
• Choosing studio monitors

… and a lot more.

Happy listening!

Links from the show:

• Ian’s Home Mastering Masterclass
• Sennheiser HD280Pro
• Drum EQ
• Right Studio Room
• Gaven Haverstick of Haverstick Designs
• Understanding Your Room
• HSC Daily Newsletter

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Some questions covered today:

• Should I mix and master separately?
• How do I find clients in a rural area?
• How do I pick my first pair of studio monitors?
• How to not bite off more than you can chew with client work.
• and lots more…

Ask your questions over at www.AskJoeGilder.com.

Links from the show:

• Intro to MIDI
• VIP membership
• Sennheiser HD650 Review
• EZDrummer Review
• MultiBandCompression.com
• HSCProductionClub.com
• Tim Horsley (my drummer)
• Joel Bezaire (my bass player)
• Pensado’s Place

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Some questions covered today:

• What does over-compression sound like?
• Does copying audio files degrade their sound quality?
• Is outboard analog compression worth it?
• Is it good to use multiple compressors on a track?
• When do I ask my clients to pay me?
• and lots more…

Take a listen here, and enjoy!

Don’t forget, you can ask questions over at www.AskJoeGilder.com.

Links from the show:

• HSC Production Club – My 19-week recording course.
• How I Kicked Click Bleed to the Curb
• Wiretap Anywhere – digital “routing” software that I use with:
• Screenflow – screen recording/video editing software (I failed to mention this in the podcast, but this is Mac-only software. PC folks, check out something like Camtasia.)
• An Easy Way to Avoid Over-Compression

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Big news, folks!

I’m resurrecting the Home Studio Corner Podcast! More specifically, I’m resurrecting Ask Joe.

Ask Joe was a feature I had on the site when I first started it back in 2009. It turned into an Ask Joe Podcast, which then morphed into the “Home Studio Corner Podcast,” and the “Ask Joe” part of it kinda died out.

Then (as you probably know) last year I joined forces with Graham Cochrane of TheRecordingRevolution.com to start the Simply Recording Podcast.

BUT…I still get lots of questions, and I want to answer as many as I can and help as many of my subscribers as I can, SO…I’m bringin’ back Ask Joe!

The easiest way to ask a question is to head over to www.AskJoeGilder.com. That’ll take you to the right place.

As Home Studio Corner grows, it becomes harder and harder to return every single email I get. This podcast will allow me to answer questions more efficiently (and in more detail) than I could do via email.

So, grab a cup of coffee, and take a listen to the resurrected Home Studio Corner Podcast.

Enjoy!

Links from the show:

• Setting Levels for Recording
• My album, “Out of Indiana” — joegilder.bandcamp.com
• Presonus Eureka Review
• Simply Recording Podcast Episode #5
• Two Words You Should Never Say In the Studio
• Home Studio Corner Newsletter

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Welcome back to the HSC Podcast!

Notes from the show:

• New baby Owen! (That picture is a picture of me as a baby next to Owen.)
• My new album: Out of Indiana
• Presonus Eureka review
  • Intro to Preamps video
  • Home Recording Show Podcast – Show #76 – Different Types of Preamps
• Latest Products:
  • Understanding EQ
  • Understanding Compression
• 31 Days to Better Recordings
  • Day 1 – Evaluate Your Rig
  • Day 3 – One Good Microphone
  • Day 5 – One Good Preamp
• Ask Joe
  • Realistic guitar recordings from Line 6 Pod products
  • Getting a full sound on acoustic guitar recordings
  • Listening to your own mixes with a critical ear

Thanks for listening to the podcast! Don’t forget to subscribe in iTunes.

Also, make sure you’re signed up for the HSC Newsletter:

www.homestudiocorner.com/newsletter

Welcome to another round of the HSC Podcast!

Show Notes:

• Live Mix Session
• MixWithUs.com is open for new members!
• Whitney Winkler
• Brandon Wilson
• Micah Kandros Design
• Ask Joe
  • Glyph hard drives
  • Using Compression on Your Master Fader
  • MXR Carbon Copy delay pedal

Do you listen to the podcast? Let me know by leaving a comment here. I’ve found it takes me longer than I thought to put together the podcasts each week, so I may drop down to bi-weekly, but I’d love to hear your opinion.

I need 10 comments before I post again next week. Thanks!

Welcome to another podcast!! I didn’t get one up this week, due to some crazy misfortunes in my studio (I explain in the podcast.)

This podcast features two of my family members, my dad and my baby nephew.

Topics on this podcast:

• Piracy – in honor of my piracy post
• Using a distortion pedal to spice up vocals – featuring the Tech21 SansAmp Character Series Blonde Pedal
• Attack settings on a compressor – See my Intro to Compression video.
• Links from Ask Joe
  • Ian Shepherd’s post on TT Dynamic Range Meter

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Topics Covered:

• Tube shoot-out – We take a listen to swapping out the stock tube on a PreSonus TubePREwith a vintage RCA 12AX7 tube. Both are fairly over-the-top examples, but it’s interesting to hear what different tubes sound like.
  • Download the 24-bit audio files here.
• Is Mastering a Waste of Money?
  • Here’s my post – Using Compression on Your Master Fader
  • And here’s Ian Shepherd’s response – Is Mastering a Waste of Money?
• Ask Joe
  • Solo Safe
  • Outboard DSP for plug-ins
    • Preserve Processing Part 1 – Bus Several Tracks Through the Same Effect
    • Preserve Processing Part 2 – Commit to Plug-in Settings
    • Preserve Processing Part 3 – Offline Processing
• HSC Survey – Help me make Home Studio Corner better!

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I’m very excited about today’s podcast, featuring my good friend Ben Gortmaker.

Ben just released an incredible album called All’s Lost, All’s Found. And the best part? It was all recorded and mixed in his home studio. Make time to listen to this podcast. You’ll hear some great music and interesting discussion.

Ben is an independent artist out of Nashville. You can find out more about him and buy his new album at his website:

www.BenGortmaker.com

Go there now. You can stream the entire record from his site…then, after you are blown away, you can buy it.

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You may have caught wind of this in the last few days or so, but it’s time for me to re-open the doors to the HSC Production Club!! Listen to the first part of this podcast, where I talk through the Club and discuss some new features.

Happy Listening!

Links from the show:

• Sign up to the HSC Production Club interest list
• Info for Monday’s webinar
• Planet Waves Clip-on Tuner Review (via Beards & Gear)
• Editing Post #1
• Editing Post #2

Got a question for the podcast? Leave a message in the official HSC voicemail. The number is: (615) 852-8472.

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Is it just me, or are the weeks flying by MUCH faster than they were a few weeks ago? It’s probably just me.

Enjoy Listening!

Topics from the show:

• Multi-Band compression
• Headphones/Ohms
• Getting rid of “squeaks” in an acoustic guitar track
• Maxim (plug-in) and mastering

Got a question for the podcast? Leave a message in the official HSC voicemail. The number is: (615) 852-8472.

Links from the show:

• HSC Anniversary Giveaway!!!
• Sennheiser HD650

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It’s podcast time, folks.

Happy Listening!

Got a question for the podcast? Leave a message in the official HSC voicemail. The number is: (615) 852-8472.

Links from the show:

• Sennheiser HD650
• HSC Newsletter <–For a free copy of 12 Home Studio Necessities
• How to Bounce to Disk [VIDEO]
• Record to Disk – An Alternative to Bounce to Disk [VIDEO]
• Sessions with Slau
• Home Recording Show

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In this week’s podcast I get back to some reader questions.

New Feature Alert!!!

HSC now has its own phone number!! (Fancy, I know.) It’s a Google Voice number. If you have questions for the podcast (or general comments), you can leave a message at that number. It’s just a voicemail line, so feel free to call anytime. The number is: (615) 852-8472, or (615) 852-8HSC (he he he). If you leave a message there, I can import the audio into a future podcast!

Enjoy Listening!

Links from the show:

• www.MixWithUs.com

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In this week’s podcast I answer the question, “What is this mixing course all about?”

Also, you get a sneak peak..er…listen to one of the tracks from my upcoming album.

Happy Listening!

Links from the show:

• www.MixWithUs.com
• www.ustream.tv/channel/joegilder

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TODAY IS DYNAMIC RANGE DAY!

I’M TYPING IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE IT’S REALLY ANNOYING…AND SO IS RIDICULOUSLY, UNNECESSARILY LOUD MUSIC.

BACK OFF THE LIMITER, BOYS. YOU’RE KILLING THE MUSIC.

IN THIS EPISODE OF THE PODCAST, I TALK ABOUT DYNAMIC RANGE AND GIVE YOU SOME AUDIO EXAMPLES OF WHAT “TOO LOUD” SOUNDS LIKE. I ALSO ANSWER SOME READER QUESTIONS.

Enjoy!

LINKS FROM THE SHOW:

• IAN SHEPHERD’S BLOGS
  • MASTERING MEDIA BLOG
  • PRODUCTION ADVICE
• RESETTING YOUR MAC’S PRAM AND NVRAM
• PRO TOOLS TRACK TYPES PART 2 – THE MASTER FADER
• TOP 10 FREE PRO TOOLS RTAS PLUG-INS (VIA AUDIO GEEK ZINE)
• MIXING TIP: DELAY INSTEAD OF REVERB (VIA AUDIO GEEK ZINE)

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It’s time for another round of the HSC Podcast. A few topics covered:

• Understanding Pro Tools (www.understandingprotools.com)
• Analog summing – Dangerous Music D-Box
• Getting your music “out there” – TuneCore
• Outboard preamps with a 002R – Universal Audio Solo 610, PreSonus DigimaxFS

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Be sure to leave a comment below.

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 you have any graphic design needs, be sure to check him out.

Enjoy the podcast! I mention yesterday’s blog post somewhere in there. Here’s the link for you to check that out if you haven’t already.

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 vocals

Happy Listening!

One last thing…

You guys have been slacking on the comments lately. I blame myself, so here goes…

…wait for it…

LEAVE A COMMENT!

Seriously, I wanna know what you think. Do you agree? Do you think I’m a genius? If so, you need help. Do you disagree? Do you think I’m a complete moron? (Now we’re talkin’.) Leave a comment.

I’m tempted to impose a 10-comment rule. I won’t post another blog post until there are at least 10 comments. Or maybe I should make it 100. We’ll see.

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

Enjoy Listening!

[Photo by Horia Varlan]

• 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.

Happy Listening!

So, to both save some time and also answer all of these questions, I sat down this morning recorded my response to each of them…all thirty of ‘em.

There are all sorts of questions, and it was actually pretty fun answering them all. Enjoy!

Other Fun News

I’ve put together a free webinar for my newsletter subscribers. It’s this coming Tuesday, January 19th, from 7-8pm CST. Acoustic treatment expert Gavin Haverstick will be joining me to help explain acoustic treatment and answer your questions.

To access the webinar, you need to sign up for my mailing list. You’ll get a free copy of my new eBook Roadmap to Finishing Your Album, AND you’ll get all the information you need to sign up for the webinar.

Click here to sign up.

Last night I did a radio interview with Tim Hill, a buddy of mine from college. Tim hosts a political radio show on WEBR Fairfax in Washington, D.C. In addition to discussing all things political, Tim’s been focusing on topics of interest outside the political arena.

He’s been intrigued by Home Studio Corner for a while and thought it would be interesting to have me phone in as a guest.

Here’s a recording of the show. Keep in mind, the show was streaming on the internet, so the sound quality isn’t all that great.