i record in a large bedroom right now. it's 12x15 with 7-8 foot ceilings, but it sounds surpisingly good. i recently had new wood floors put it and it's sounding nice, just needs some bass traps. the only thing that makes it a bedroom is the bed in the corner, everything else is musical. this is as good as i can do for being 17 and having a desire to record as much as possible before i'm able to get into the business.
i have a 52" ceiling fan, it emits a very quiet low frequency hum, something i doubt a mic would noticably pick up, but you can hear it. it gets hot in here, considering all the gear: monitors, amps, macbook pro (more like cookbook pro.) it would be a dream to have the fan on its lowest setting while recording, but i know that low frequency hum will be hidden in there somewhere, so my question is: would it be anywhere near logical to track with the fan on, and slap a highpass filter (depending on the frequency of the fan, i do not know yet until i do some kind of test) on the tracks i recorded with the fan on? is this stupid? should i just turn it off, record, sweat, and get it back on asap?
thanks for your input!