ola
Newbie
I'll be so bold as to say it's the "everyone else does it" mentality more than anything else.
T
tonyA
New member
don't worry
You are not micing your computer are you? You are not getting any bleed into the microphone from your computer console, do you? Then why worry of the noise? Sure it is annoying, but like everything else, you could get used to it. If you are handy, and your computer is such that you won't void the warranty, go ahead and open up the computer case, it could just be some screw you have to tighten. More often than not, it is the CD not the HD. Your hardrive speed is at 7200 rpm, right? For DAW, it's got to be. For new computers, the problem could be the new computer cases they make nowadays, they are thin and have no inner resistor lining like IBM and compaq of yesteryears.
Had the same problem, and I laugh when you said "like an airplane" cause that's the same thing I said about mine. Nothing like a couple of turns with the screw driver and some rubber washers couldn't cure.
Tony A.
You are not micing your computer are you? You are not getting any bleed into the microphone from your computer console, do you? Then why worry of the noise? Sure it is annoying, but like everything else, you could get used to it. If you are handy, and your computer is such that you won't void the warranty, go ahead and open up the computer case, it could just be some screw you have to tighten. More often than not, it is the CD not the HD. Your hardrive speed is at 7200 rpm, right? For DAW, it's got to be. For new computers, the problem could be the new computer cases they make nowadays, they are thin and have no inner resistor lining like IBM and compaq of yesteryears.
Had the same problem, and I laugh when you said "like an airplane" cause that's the same thing I said about mine. Nothing like a couple of turns with the screw driver and some rubber washers couldn't cure.
Tony A.
T.J.Hooker
New member
Mofracky said:
That's right! I want to write and record my own music, not become a computer geek. As far as the "everyone else does it" mentality, I see alot more people with pc's. I always figured it was a money thing.
Cheers dudes,
T.
camn
Active member
TJ.. if you are, by your own admission, NOT a computer geek... then why do you feel like you are in a position to comment on computers??
This seems to be a big trend in the world.. I call it the "just talking" trend... it seems like every day of my life I need to ask someone: "do you know what you are talking about... or are you just talking?"
in this case it seems...just talking.
NOT that that means you are right or wrong.. just that what you think has little real validity.
anyhoo...keep on talking, man. I hope it makes you feel good.
xoxo
ps.. the mac/pc debate is old and tired. think up something new.
This seems to be a big trend in the world.. I call it the "just talking" trend... it seems like every day of my life I need to ask someone: "do you know what you are talking about... or are you just talking?"
in this case it seems...just talking.
NOT that that means you are right or wrong.. just that what you think has little real validity.
anyhoo...keep on talking, man. I hope it makes you feel good.
xoxo
ps.. the mac/pc debate is old and tired. think up something new.
T.J.Hooker
New member
Well, I never tried to start a debate. It is, old and tired, I agree. I think it's everybody that feels they have to debate my comments that keeps this going. I think it was just about gone, until you popped in. Also, I think I'm very qualified to make a comment, Because I use them everyday side by side PC & MAC. Just because I don't know how to "optimize the code" on a Pentium 4 so it can compete with it's younger bro (P3). Doesn't mean I don't know jack. I just learned enough of what I needed to know to get rolling. When I was growing up I also learned this. The guy who tries to stand out in a crowd, the guy that's attention starved, the guy that thinks he knows everything, You know these guys. The're the kind of guys that are everyday, always asking people: "do you know what you are talking about... or are you just talking?". Ya know, the boring sticks in the mud.
NOT that that means these guys are right or wrong.. just that to me, thier whole being on the planet, has little or no real validity. Kind of useless people in a matter of speaking.
ANYWAY, I'm not talkin', I'm typin'. It hurts my tender guitar pickers, thanks for the concern though.
FU,FU
P.S. Let it go
NOT that that means these guys are right or wrong.. just that to me, thier whole being on the planet, has little or no real validity. Kind of useless people in a matter of speaking.
ANYWAY, I'm not talkin', I'm typin'. It hurts my tender guitar pickers, thanks for the concern though.
FU,FU
P.S. Let it go
D
dr grip
New member
hard drive technology
I may be new to recording, but I have been an IT administrator for about 7 years now and the above comments are correct...even the 5400 rpm drives of today are faster than the first 7200 rpm drives from a few years ago.
Density is one reason, another is the amount / quality of Cache memory on the drive itself. Older hard drives would only have 256k or 512k of ram on the drive (1MB tops)...newer better drives have 2 to 8MB... The same reason that cd burners buffer underrun less now, more buffer ram means much better sustained transfer speed as well as improved seek times.
Add in the blessing of ultradma / ata (66 and 100, even udma 33 is better than PIO) and performance is equal to normal SCSI (not ultra 2/3). The single best thing about DMA is the reduction on cpu for transfer setup...those precious CPU cycles can go to your compressors and reverbs rather than to the hard drive communications.
Even the improvements in the operating systems themselves (FAT32 being a big one) have increased efficiency of hard drives, including swap file management. Windows 2000 has much better swapfile management / allocation than NT or 98 ever did.
-Rob
I may be new to recording, but I have been an IT administrator for about 7 years now and the above comments are correct...even the 5400 rpm drives of today are faster than the first 7200 rpm drives from a few years ago.
Density is one reason, another is the amount / quality of Cache memory on the drive itself. Older hard drives would only have 256k or 512k of ram on the drive (1MB tops)...newer better drives have 2 to 8MB... The same reason that cd burners buffer underrun less now, more buffer ram means much better sustained transfer speed as well as improved seek times.
Add in the blessing of ultradma / ata (66 and 100, even udma 33 is better than PIO) and performance is equal to normal SCSI (not ultra 2/3). The single best thing about DMA is the reduction on cpu for transfer setup...those precious CPU cycles can go to your compressors and reverbs rather than to the hard drive communications.
Even the improvements in the operating systems themselves (FAT32 being a big one) have increased efficiency of hard drives, including swap file management. Windows 2000 has much better swapfile management / allocation than NT or 98 ever did.
-Rob