Hi Mark .maphill wrote:Unfortuantely,
We are have different ears and will notice the fan noise depending on our hearing, sensitivities, placement (desk vs. stand), and even room characteristics (carpet vs. wood, size, etc.).
This information would be much more useful if those of us who have a radio shack SPL meter do something like the following:
1. Set the meter to C-weighted, slow.
2. PLace at typical ear position pointed at board, or some other fairly reproducible position, perhaps 3" above the top of middle C, etc.
3. Watch the values in an absolutely silent room. No computers running, no lawn mowers outside, no kids awake in the house, HVAC off, etc.
4. Look at the average readout over 30 seconds or so.
Readings made close to the unit will be less influenced by room character.
(I'll do this when my Kronos arrives...)
Mark
Of course if you "just" play the keys, I mean, just perform on the instrument, you would not stress so much the system, therefore the fan will not has to work extensively, so less sound will be produced.
You could try a simple test, though.
Try to transfer some large amount of data from a USB stick to the internal SSD, and you´ll notice an increase in the fan noise, an an example of one way to do so.
But no, you don't need to put your head next to the keyboard to hear it. It's easily audible at playing distance. It's noisier than my K2000 fan which is going on 20 years old. So for that reason I guess I have the expectation it should be quieter. I think in a small room I would not keep Kronos on when recording acoustic stuff. (I keep my computer in a closet to reduce noise.) Though, I don't think it's so noisy that it's distracting when you're playing Kronos since then it's covered up.
