Quick question:

A woman I work with did an interview with a customer using her laptop to capture audio.

She used a cheap mic, and to make things worse on the recording you can hear the hard drive spinning up. It is pretty loud. Actually probably 75% of the volume of the voice.

Any recommendations on lowering the level of the hard drive whir?

Thanks!

Thanks for the responses. I'm using a Tascam US 428 with a P III @ 1133 mhz. The memory is 512 MB. The mother board is an AZUS. I had OPUS 2000 build me this custom DAW computer.

I get short bursts of audio noise and the red led that indicates the hard drive is working lights up for short bursts.

Have a P3 running Cubase Sx and Reaosn at 1113 mhz. I'm Getting an audio buzz and the red hard drive led comes on when the buzz happens. Usually when running Reason. It's an AZUS motherboard.

Is this a problem of not having enough processing power ? :eek:

My Monitors (KRK V8's) are currently placed about 1.5 feet behind and 1 foot to the side of my computer monitors. They are on speaker stands and are right behind my desk right now. I was wondering if the speakers and the computer monitors should be in the same plane.

I will need i killer computer for my studio.
IS better a P4 than the Athlon xp or is better the dual processor from Intel(Xeon)?
How much Ram i need for open a lot of hungry plugins?

I am awaiting the arrival of a new puter (WinXP/p4/2.4GZ/512mem/120gb HD) for the continued purposes of directing sequenced compositions from my Kurzweil workstation direct into soundcard. Then I will add vocals thru Joemeek and his friend "Marshall" MXL67. :) I have been using Cakewalk Pro8 and Cool Edit Pro 1.0 on my P2/333mz. Updating is probably needed here with the new system.

Howdy

I have about three or four dead computer monitors in my garage. They're really just taking up space so I want to get rid of them. Has anyone had any experience with recycling or donating older computer peripherals? I've searched online for recycling places but, and I find this odd, there don't seem to be any centers here in the Orange County/LA area of California.

Hey everyone!
I were wondering whats the best thing would be for my computer when I record and mix audio!
Shall I buy a better processor or more RAM or a faster HDD with memory?

I use right now a: 1700 P4 Celeron, 256 DDR, Maxtor Diamondmax Plus9-FDB 120GB 7200RPM
I have a Delta 66 soundcard..

Im a Cubase SX user with a SB live card on my comp. I was able to borrow a vocal and condenser mic from a friend of mine. I have a cord and an add on that will enable me to connect the condeser and the vocal mic to my computer for a recording session. Will this work or will i fry something?.

Hey, everyone. I haven't been webbing around as much lately, but I've hit a snag I could use some help on. I've posted this to PCDAW as well.

Last time I wiped the studio computer clean and reinstalled everything, I
followed Opus' W2K optimization guide on http://www.opusaudioprojects.net