Home Studio Corner

(http://www.homestudiocorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Question-mark-made-of-puzzle-pieces-by-Horia-Varlan-199x300.jpg)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 Enjoy Listening! [Photo by Horia Varlan (http://www.flickr.com/photos/horiavarlan/4273168957/)]

(http://www.homestudiocorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/349497988_fb751a5e3a-300x198.jpg)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. Happy Listening!

I recently emailed a lot of people on my mailing list (http://www.homestudiocorner.com/newsletter), letting them know about the Ask Joe (http://www.homestudiocorner.com/ask-joe) portion of the website. I got a TON of responses, more than I could feasibly write responses to in the HSC forums (http://www.homestudiocorner.com/forums) or here on the blog. 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. (http://www.homestudiocorner.com) file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Joe/Desktop/WEBINAR/2010-01-12%2009.23%20Webinar%20Now.wmv (file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Joe/Desktop/WEBINAR/2010-01-12%2009.23%20Webinar%20Now.wmv)

(http://www.homestudiocorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Picture-1.png) 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 (http://www.fcac.org/webr/) 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.