Thing you hate most.

[DogpitStudios]

Hey guys,

I thought it would be cool if we all went around saying what you would most want to replace in your studio or the thing that you hate most about it. What would you kill to have, or kill not to have?

Also what is one thing that you want more than anything else?

Let me kick it off.

If I had to replace something I would get a faster computer, I'm running off a 1.2 GHz g4 single processor. I would stay with apple but would get either a dual 2.0 GHz G5 or wait for the new pentium processors to come out and get one of those.

Something that I want most is an other MOTU 828k MK II so that I can record 16 tracks through my favorite card.

So what about all of you?

Ben

[guitar junkie]

i want to get rid of fan noise!

i mean i signed my CD and your poster and your butt! now shut up!

ok never mind wrong noise i mean even my iMac makes racket... i would love to clean that up and sort of have a dead room that i could lay down any kind of track and not have to play around with the noise in mixing... oh but to dream about it!

but with my wireless keyboard i am able to get thirty feet away in here now! i only wish then that my room was that big... oh well i am going to head into a new studio soon any way when i move into the big city...

[DogpitStudios]

When you say dead, do you actually mean dead...? or isolated? Are you working with one or two rooms?

[guitar junkie]

well since i end up tracking in the same room as my computer most of the time i wish it was rather dead sounding... but really i would settle for some kind of killer for the fan racket i guess thats what i really want to DIE!

soon i will track in a much larger room with some better sound treetments and more places to hide the computer from the mics ;D

[PhilB]

Here are some fan noise killers I have tried (and not tried). Some can be combined as necessary::

1) Put computer in closet (put small table in closet or other safe and handy setup of course). Isolate additionally as necessary (Blankets on inside or outside of door, towel or other thing along the bottom of door on outisde if nec). Run cables, etc as nec. Including a long monitor cable so you can see what's going on and not open that closet during a session.

2) Computer in the room, you're in the closet. Just kidding, but you CAN put yourself or amp, vocal mic, etc elsewhere sometimes, can't you? Get some 25' mic cables.

3) Hit record, close laptop (if it is one), put blanket on top of 'puter. Not for too long or overheating may result, i suppose, right? I do this.

4) of course instrument faces computer, as far away as will work (set up dead-ish/recording zone at opposite corner from computer), and mic is inbetween instrument and computer, faces instrument i.e does not face computer fan.

5) Research and buy new laptop, sell old one. It may not be that much of a price differential if buying used computer...yeah there are risks, etc. If I remember, P4's run inefficiently and thus hotter.

6) Use mics with good rear rejection when it's worth any compromise in the recording quality...yeah I hate doing this since I like my LDC for much of what I do. But I've done it when i'm sick of fan noise.

7) If not closet (see #1, above), then Cut top and one side off of box which is just bigger than the computer (may be plexiglass or other material, obviously take safety precautions if cutting plex, etc, or just build one. I suppose partical board would be another choice, or even better insulating material used by recording studios - do some research. YOu could even put blankets on the outside if nec.). Computer far away/perhaps on floor away from micing area. Box upside down, on top of 'puter, open side facing wall furthest from recording space. Computer will have no additional cooling problems. Fan noise will hit the wall, disperse,better than the direct effect!

8) EQ out fan noise. I hate this of course. Screws the track. But if you have a keeper track...what you gonna do.

9) google or search known forums of course and implement!
pb

[dach]

All great advice... I'll suggest one other thing. My PT rig and external drives sound like a damn jet plane even though they racked and cased. so I don't use it much. I bought a pc from www.rockinghamsound.com.. a Sonica something or other. I racked it in a rack case. It's barely audible at all. Probably one of the BEST things I have ever done.... it was really worth the extra cash.. I think I paid less than $1500 for a 3.4gig 2gig ram machine with 2 200gig drives. I added another 200 gig drive for samples (almost full already) and an external 200 gig (noiseless) drive for backing up everday. Did I say that that was one of the BEST purchases I have ever made? I can record ac gtr less than 3 feet from it and barely tell there's a sound other than the dogshit room I'm in...

[Deng]

MOTU BABBBBBY.

I would have to agree to some extent with my friend here...the computer is the thing that annoys me.
I want something dedicated to the place and not a laptop that one of our guys carries around everywhere.
Besides that another MOTU would help out a lot.

-Deng

[brandondrury]

All I want for Christmas is this:

[DogpitStudios]

Originally Posted by brandondrury

All I want for Christmas is this:

Dont we all,



Dont we all.....

[Deng]

JEBUS.

I want one too mommy, I want one too!

-Deng