Hello.
I'm a budding sound designer/recorder and have been looking at high quality digital sound recording devices. Thing is, for a decent one, I have to spend a lot of money.
I already have an Apogee Duet II which is very high quality and sounds fantastic when recording microphones. I currently have an old MacBook Pro (with a normal disk harddrive) and was thinking, what if I got a MacBook Air with an SSD (so there are no moving parts).
That way, I can have my MacBook Air and my Apogee Duet in my audio bag and use that to record microphones. This seems to make more sense to me than buying another device with decent mic preamps.
Anyhow, my question is, is it possible to run a MacBook Air even when the lid is closed? Will the laptop get too hot if it's running closed lid inside a bag? I've heard that the computer's heat is released from the keyboard so the lid needs to be open. Is that correct?
Any information or experience with this sort of thing would help greatly!
Thanks, James
I'm a budding sound designer/recorder and have been looking at high quality digital sound recording devices. Thing is, for a decent one, I have to spend a lot of money.
I already have an Apogee Duet II which is very high quality and sounds fantastic when recording microphones. I currently have an old MacBook Pro (with a normal disk harddrive) and was thinking, what if I got a MacBook Air with an SSD (so there are no moving parts).
That way, I can have my MacBook Air and my Apogee Duet in my audio bag and use that to record microphones. This seems to make more sense to me than buying another device with decent mic preamps.
Anyhow, my question is, is it possible to run a MacBook Air even when the lid is closed? Will the laptop get too hot if it's running closed lid inside a bag? I've heard that the computer's heat is released from the keyboard so the lid needs to be open. Is that correct?
Any information or experience with this sort of thing would help greatly!
Thanks, James