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kagoolx

Pausing PC fans to reduce background noise in home studio

Question

I'm impacted slightly by background noise when recording, partly due to PC being in the same room as the microphones.

I figure I should be able to pause the PC's fans for a short while, just during recording a take.

Does anyone have experiences of doing similar, and could you recommend a program to most easily allow me to do this please?

I've tried an app called FanControl, which handles some of the fans but is not very intuitive, and other fans in my case don't seem to respond (or have a minimum speed they seem to stop at).

I don't think I am at risk of PC overheating if I do this only temporarily.

Would love any advice or experiences of handling this please.

Thanks!

Posted Jun 17, 2026, 1:08 PM UTC

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