Can the 2020 Air run Adobe Audition without fan noise?

[jerryk]

Hi,

Thinking about getting a 2020 Air to replace the laptop we are using in our sound booth/closet. But, I am concerned about fan noise.

The DAW we use is Adobe Audition with a Audient ID4 interface. We are doing voice-over recording, so mono track. We will not do much beyond capture voice and editing out of obvious bad takes on this system. Production editing occurs on other systems. So the question is can the 2020 MB Air run Adobe Audition for capture and very light editing without needing to spin up the fans?

Also, this will be a system dedicated to this task, and perhaps going on some trips and doing a little writing and browsing. I have a MBP 16" and desk-side systems for heavier work.

 

[jabbr]

I imagine you can do basic tracking and light editing of a couple of tracks without the fan being audible. If you're going to be using any moderately heavy plugins then I'd go for at least the base 13" pro because of the better thermals and lower noise.

 

[jerryk]

I imagine you can do basic tracking and light editing of a couple of tracks without the fan being audible. If you're going to be using any moderately heavy plugins then I'd go for at least the base 13" pro because of the better thermals and lower noise.

After watching some the frightening thermal results and associated fan noise from the Air I decided to purchase a base 13" MBP and up the memory to 16GB. I really don't want to have to deal with fan noise.

 

[deeddawg]

After watching some the frightening thermal results and associated fan noise from the Air I decided to purchase a base 13" MBP and up the memory to 16GB. I really don't want to have to deal with fan noise.

If you're doing sustained CPU intensive stuff, such as running continuous benchmarks, you need to buy up to the MBP level. Ideally to the 10th gen, as it's kinda silly spending all that money on old 8th gen CPUs, but it is what it is.

Note though - youtube reviewers don't get paid if nobody clicks on their reviews. Boring well reasoned balanced reviews don't get nearly the clicks (money) that hyperbolic OMFG IT BURNED DOWN MY HOUSE!!!! reviews generate.

MBA is aimed at the more casual user whose CPU usage is brief and bursty, not a frequent continuous compute load.
I'm very happy with my MBA - it's cool and silent - but I knew I'd be using it for non-CPU-intensive stuff, and it's a great fit to my intended usage.

Choose the appropriate tool for the job. Don't blame the screwdriver for being a poor hammer.

 

[jerryk]

If you're doing sustained CPU intensive stuff, such as running continuous benchmarks, you need to buy up to the MBP level. Ideally to the 10th gen, as it's kinda silly spending all that money on old 8th gen CPUs, but it is what it is.

Note though - youtube reviewers don't get paid if nobody clicks on their reviews. Boring well reasoned balanced reviews don't get nearly the clicks (money) that hyperbolic OMFG IT BURNED DOWN MY HOUSE!!!! reviews generate.

MBA is aimed at the more casual user whose CPU usage is brief and bursty, not a frequent continuous compute load.
I'm very happy with my MBA - it's cool and silent - but I knew I'd be using it for non-CPU-intensive stuff, and it's a great fit to my intended usage.

Choose the appropriate tool for the job. Don't blame the screwdriver for being a poor hammer.

Agree with that, but I cannot have recording ruined by a system whose fans spin up in the middle of a recording. The previous windows system (Microsoft Surface Book) did not have this issues, but the USB ports on it died. The low end MBP 13 I ordered is the old 8th gen CPU, but should perform well enough, and was only $100 more than the i5 MBA.