[LAU] A pc without noise!

[thomas fisher]

On Tuesday 15 January 2008 02:58:03 Emiliano Grilli wrote:
> Monday, 14 January 2008 alle 21:23:33, Studio 32 ha scritto:
> > Hey,
> >
> > My pc makes to much noise. :( I've two harddisk in it and I think the
> > cooler makes te most noise.
> >
> > Will it help to remove one harddisk?
> >
> > What else can I do without spending too much money?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Studio32
>
> Hi
>
> Facing this problem since my first PC...
> You can't eliminate the noise completely without moving in another room
> and still have a PC with some "balls"
> You can change the fans, and this will reduce the noise for some
> month(s) but the problem with fans is that they move a lot, and after
> some time even the quietest fan start to make too much noise again.
> I also built a rockwool "cover" for the case like you see here:
 http://www.ethanwiner.com/acoustics.html#noise
> Not expensive and it reduces noise a lot. Still, I haven't found
> anything acceptable if you're recording quiet instruments in the same
> room as the PC, especially with condenser mics. Try dynamics mic, move
> away from the PC and point the mic's null at the noise source.
>
> HTH
> Ciao
Thanks for the link. Very nice article on room and studio acoustics.
Tom