Re: [LAU] A pc without noise!

Studio 32 wrote: 1) When shopping shop quiet - some Shuttle models are fanless or nearly so 2) Yes, I suppose the Mini is quiet, and can run Jack/Ardour/etc., but you're still shopping 3) Given what you've already got, and avoiding shopping, do what some parents do with a noisy child - send it to its room, or leave it where it is and they move to another room I assume you need to quiet things down for recording and not just because it annoys you. If so, #3 above means do your recording away from the computer. I've got a Behringer mixer and 20' microphone and instrument cables. It's no problem to hit record and walk over to the mike. That's the second part of #3. You could also employ a sound baffle that the noise is placed behind - not inside as that would cook the poor thing, but just some acoustically absorptive material (simple as a pillow) in the "path" of the noise to the microphone. The first part of #3 would be to locate the computer box out of the acoustic area where the work is being done. A simple example, even if a bit radical, would be to put it outside a window with the cables entering through the small opening - which could also be "sealed" with a towel or something. The hallway or whatever is outside the room would work as well, and even a closet which might be considerably cooler than the working room if it's anything like mine in this cold area and with poor insulation. Good luck! Frank