Nobody In The Control Room, Set-up for studio recording alone? Options

[Presto]

During a one-instrument/voice session in a recording studio, I need to be at the controls of both the computer and my voice or instrument. I can't be on both sides of the glass, and mosttimes when I feel inspired for recording, nobody competent is going to be there to help.

Its a small well insulated studio for a small 'association' of musicians - I think you'd say club in English. For the moment its analogical, but I prefer to use my own Mac-based equipment.

We've decided to put the computer screen against the glass, and control it through a mouse and phones in the recording room.

Has anybody any experience of studio recording with nobody in the control room?

[Teiwaz]

When I was still living in the UK, i had a studio with sliding glass doors that partitioned my control room from the vocal booth.

I recorded acoustic guitar on a number of occasions alone in the vocal booth, remote controlling my older 9600 with an extended ADB cable (I made it with a soldering iron and some spare multicore) so I had both the keyboard and the mouse on a wheelie stand right next to me in the booth, linked to the computer via the wallbox...it worked a treat!

I was lucky enough to have a 21" screen - even that was a strain on the eye given that I was about 12 feet away from it during takes!!

I had to switch to a screen resolution of 640x480 to be able to see the record button...

Next time I do that, I'll make up an extra long monitor cable too...and maybe put a 2nd monitor in the vocal booth...

food for thought...

Those were the days...