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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