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?

[holli]

alot of my work involves serious mangling of recorded sax, rhodes, various oddments pushed through mic'd amps etc. I never quite know when the mood will strike to record that little spark of inspiration whilst wanting to sequence as well.
I just got an ADC extension cable and have my flat screen right next to a semi-closed booth, to the side and slightly behind of my normal listening position. It's easy to swing the flat screen round a little and place the keyboard and mouse to hand. Just the mac and my amps are next door! Everthing else stays put for easy access.. studio noise =0!
The umbilical for the mac contains the ADC, motu PCI (firewire cable), USB for unitor and ethernet. The only bummer is loading cd's or DVDrams when necessary but I prefer this to moving the rhodes and all his exceptionally heavy analogue friends!