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It helps sure. I can price those on Ebay and get a sense. How would you describe the noise from that machine in terms of fans and other sounds? I'm looking for an extremely quiet or silent computer situation.

Can you let me know more details about this computer? I'm trying to find a used computer to buy and these "proofs" of what works are really helpful. Also, which audio interface do you use with it? Thanks.

May I ask what the specs for your computer and interface are? I'm trying to figure out what kind of those to buy. Thanks.

I want to get into recording music and own an electric guitar but have no effects pedals. I was thinking I would buy an audio interface and then use my computer to put any effects on the guitar parts. I've held off on buying effects pedals for this reason. I'm wondering how good this could be...

I've been seeing this term "room noise" on various forums, and wondered about it. It seems to me I should probably be able to get this or extremely close to it. I just have to turn off the furnace (not just the blowers, but the furnace itself) and have either a silent computer in the room or the...

All interfaces have some kind of indicator to show you if there is signal or clipping. For many inexpensive ones, it's just a green and red light. But some have level meters, like the MOTU M series, that show where in the range you are (green...orange...red!). I'd think setting your level as...

Thanks for the info! As I understand it, the M2 doesn't have a physical knob for that. The MOTU M4 does, though. Your comment has made me think about the utility of such a knob. I wonder what value it provides to listen to, say, "40% effects/60% no-effect" singing or guitar playing. It seems...

Does anyone else here have a sense for how much this really matters in recording? Since you have to press play on your computer to play along with what's recorded, can't you adjust the volume coming from the DAW on the computer? Is this knob merely a nice convenience, but barely so? Under that...

I'm looking into various options for a new computer for recording (and maybe for all my computing use). What are reasonable specs these days? I anticipate probably wanting the option to have up to about 20 tracks and to use various effects and plugins, then to mix down to mp3 or whatever. But...

Thanks for this datapoint! How loud/quiet is that computer when it's doing all that? Also, do you have a ballpark on the price for that system? Also, why is it listed at 1.3 GHz but then you say it "kicked up to about 3.2Ghz"?

I meant if I am recording the 21st track of a piece, I have to play 20 tracks so I can play to it (well, I don't have to...I could always just play to 1-2 of those tracks, but I might want to). So, the CPU will be dealing with playing 20 tracks, I'll be listening through headphones and playing...

I'll try it out once I get set up with my interface, but I am not that hopeful. I am in a small (10x10) room and the noise is obvious to me, particularly once I shut off the computer. There is a sense of "Ahh..." when it goes to fully silent. Otherwise, there is an actual tone that I can hear. I...

Thanks, Dave, that's a good data point. However, do you think that laptop is powerful enough to deal with multiple tracks (say, up to 20?), effects and plugins, etc.? I will be recording some acoustic guitar and singing but also whatever occurs to me (think progressive rock, I guess). I also...

I don't need a fanless cooler, I (maybe; maybe not) need a fanless PC. If I put "fanless PC" into Amazon, lots of options come up. I'll look into that as well. In the end, I need a decent computer for audio recording as well as regular computer use. But I've been using a dual-core Pentium with...

I'm looking down the road of home recording and have wondered about the noise coming from one's computer (fan, disk access chittering, etc.). I would not call my old computer's fan loud, but it's audible and when you shut it off and the room goes silent, you realize just how audible it was. For...

I'm considering which audio interface to buy and wondering if I should get one with two mic inputs rather than just one. This would be for recording acoustic guitar + singing. I already have a simple mixer that could take in two mics (I actually own three and it has 4 inputs) and output one XLR...

Thank you again! This is very helpful. That's a superb point. I am trying to not only get good recording quality but make recording efficient and as few headaches as possible. And those likely go together, as if I keep having to fiddle with the gain and tire my brain and wear out my patience...

How could Julian Krause be measuring something other than the output?

Thanks for this helpful info! (to everyone in this thread, too!). I'm a bit confused. Julian Krause measured the noise floor of the UM2 interface vs. the UMC22 and it was this: - UM2: -127.2 dBU - UMC22: -127.9 dBU To me, that's indistinguishable. Am I missing something? All useful intel...

I realized I have a microphone mixer as well (I got for free and have never used). It accepts four "balanced Lo Z Mic in" and provides one XLR out. It's a Mini-Mix 4 Microphones Input Model BWK-II. Would I be able to use that to record singing + acoustic guitar with two mics in this way and...