Is this going to be an ongoing thing? Don’t know yet. And bear in mind, when I say, “Pro,” I’m referring to myself here, who is decidedly not a professional, is not making any kind of scratch with this, and should not be referred to as an authority on anything…
That out of the way, here’s the tip:
If you’re planning on recording audio in your basement studio, do not wait for the early morning hours when the temperature has dropped precipitously and the heat pumps that sit right outside your window are kicking on every few minutes to produce unwanted background noise on your audio track.
I have two video projects that I’m trying to work on, and can’t do the audio for either of them since I’d have far too narrow a window to work with, so they’re going to wait for the warmer midday hours. I could simply shut down the two heating systems (upstairs and downstairs) for the duration of the recording, but I’m afraid that I’ll forget one or the other and we’ll discover this when the indoor temperature has become rather frigid. I can wait – and by extension, so can you it seems.
I suppose, when the windows are eventually replaced down here, that we could opt for something that deadens that noise – but then I won’t be able to hear what’s going on in the pond or yard, and I’ve counted on that in a few instances already. I’ll just have to time things between the run cycles…