Lucian- You are correct. I am a vocalist (trying to play guitar and piano), but my friend does most of the instrumentation. Ususally what happens is that he will record a guitar/bass/drum track and give it to me. Then I will do a vocal on it. Lately we have been doing a most of our recording at his place because his studio is of much better quality than mine. I would like to be able to do more at home because it seems like our schedules rarely work together and I would like to do more recording. All I want is something with two mic channels and possibly a 1/4 line in so that I can record directly from my amp if I ever become so inclined. I want the best interface I can get for under or around $200. It seems that with my low requirement I should be able to find something good. Did you sell the Rode you mentioned in your first post? What about it didnt suit you?

Colin- Daklander is correct about looking in your bios for the magic fan controller. There may actually be a few things controlling it, but I would start by looking for something called Q-fan. There might also be a way to set a profile to quiet mode. These are intended to turn the fans down or off when they are not needed. The problem is that the fans have to run sometimes and if they are noisey then there isnt much you can do about it, besides replace them.

Look for bios when you start up your computer. It will tell you press something like del or f10 (or other) to enter bios or setup.

Last edited by Bater; 08/14/09 01:53 AM.
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