Need an Audio Dust Filter?

[12Kevin]

Prepare for a miracle. My garage studio/office/library/toolshed generates dust so fast, I can watch my computer screen turn gray in real time. Annoying and not healthy for lungs, computers, condensors, etc.

I was just about to spring hundreds of bucks on an electrostatic air filter when my handy-man big brother saved me. Here's the amazingly effective and cheap solution.

Get a basic 20-inch box fan ($11 Walmart). Then get a 20-inch, 1-micron-rated furnace filter ($8 Walmart). Tape the filter to the back of the fan. Voilá!!! Set it anywhere in the room. I run it at night and/or when I'm not tracking or mixing. After just one day the dust became negligible. The filter still works fine after a couple months of regular use.

In a burst of value-added cleverness, and to avoid unnecessary thinking, I added a plug-in timer ($4 on clearance at Walmart) so the fan goes on automatically when I'm gone.

One more benefit. Using the Arm&Hammer brand filter brings spring-like freshness to my garage. Like I said, it's a miracle.

 

[notbradsohner]

wow, I wonder if this would work for smells/smoke?

 

[Dracon]

wow, I wonder if this would work for smells/smoke?

Probably, but the beauty is. If you put a 'sniffer' connected to the timer and then everytime your electronic 'snifer' 'smells' a smell (fart) then the fan turns on and automagically cleans your smells.

 

[12Kevin]

Audio Sniffer Plug-In

Probably, but the beauty is. If you put a 'sniffer' connected to the timer and then everytime your electronic 'snifer' 'smells' a smell (fart) then the fan turns on and automagically cleans your smells.

I wonder if there's a VST plug in for that?

Actually, the Arm&Hammer filters have real baking soda in the fibers. Might help with smoke and unpleasant effluvia. Of course, I myself never produce such things.

"Everything you know is wrong." Firesign Theatre

 

[Dracon]

Actually this Fan/dust thing would be a great thing for any workshop.