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i've recorded everything on a macbook. to solve the fan noise prob i do this... i made a soundcave under my desk out of acoustic foam that i put the laptop in. kind of a large foam box open on the back. not perfect, but i've found as long as i have foam on the top and 2 sides, it does a good job (in a dead room. in a live room i need to close the box up more.) to run the computer...i've got a flat panel screen on the wall and a wireless mouse and keyboard on the other side of the room where i record. done. its very simple and i can disconnect and remove the macbook quickly from the soundcave. On Aug 12, 2009, at 4:28 PM, john floridis wrote: > I have been having a dilemma in trying to find a way to record > acoustic guitar with/without voice and was curious if anyone had any > ideas. Long story short- > > Present set up is: > 2007 Macbook, > Mbox 2, > one external monitor screen > > Using macbook to run either Logic or Pro Tools and saving files to > external drive. > > When recording with open mics, fan comes on in macbook to the point > that it makes recording either solo guitar pieces or even guitar/ > voice recording rather pointless. In these cases nothing else would > be added to the recording, so nowhere to hide. > > I've come to the conclusion that I simply need to put macbook in > closet next to recording space. I know this will work sonically, > but I'd still like two monitor screens, and one needs to mirror the > macbook screen or at least have the menu bar. I did find this > product- http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/dh2go/ > and I'm curious if anyone has any experience with such a device. > The tech support seemed to think it would work for what I'm trying > to do. > > The other question is .... Is there something I'm missing here? > > Finally, given what I'm trying to accomplish - recording quiet music > with access to two monitor screens - what are some other setups > people are using? I've heard the new iMacs are amazingly silent, > but the idea of having something with a fan that could come on makes > me nervous. I'd rather make what I have work. > > By the way, looping would come into play once I get all of this to > work. > > Any input is appreciated, > > John > >