Home Recording Studio: “Ergonomics” equals “Productivity.”

I have just finished recording an instrumental; a very cool instrumental. Actually, an incredible instrumental, at least by my ears, and there’s a reason that the song turned out so successfully. Yes, the fact that I happened to be brewing with creativity at the time of recording is, in fact, a key variable, though had little to do with the ergonomic comfort of my studio I “recreated” before getting serious about finishing up new and existing jobs “on a time line.” I reorganized my home recording studio and office, using some principles of Feng Shui. Let’s talk about you doing the same, but not in the way you might typically do, once in a blue moon. Here are some quick home recording studio tips and suggestions.

**For starters, SIMPLIFY your home recording studio efforts by clicking here: Tascam DP-03 Digital Portastudio (SD/CD)

In keeping with the concept creating an ergonomic recording studio, we are a going to follow a quotations written by Henry David Thoreau: “Simplify, Simplify.” Get the equipment that saves you the very most room (and money) when home recording, but make sure it can do the same as the highest calibar digital home recording studio, including burning a CD of your FINISHED musical masterpiece. The simpler the set-up of your home recording studio, the better, especially if you’re on a budget.

Seeing that we are near at the new moon of June 2010, I want you to start thinking about “ergonomics.” The literal definition of “Ergonomics” is: human engineering. The specific (self) instruction of applying ergonomics, as it pertains to your home recording studio or recording studio and office/workspace, goes like this: You need to take your mixing board, musical instruments, laptop computer (which you’d better own), all music files you have (preferably organized neatly with lyrics and contact information on your desktop and backed up on memory sticks you take VERY good care of), get them organized in a comfortable way within the room that you work in. What is the point of having your computer stationed on an (ergonomic?) computer desk, complete with your mixer, effects processors, and instruments/microphones in place, if you have ignored the fact that the CD burner is on the opposite side of the room (though connected by a trusty chord, that you must get out of your chair to travel to it when you need to use it)? Why ignore that one variable? There are countless other little inconveniences that add up to a HUGE inconvenience on your body if your studio is only set up ergomically at 90{904ac83d0f2af29eebb57dc7d57f270720e019a717053aa972713f6a9a731a9b}. We want to strive for COMPLETELY (self-human-engineered) approaches to complete body comfort and efficiency of movement (aka “freedom”) as you go to work, undisturbed, on all your projects. A lack of ergonomics in any home recording studio will DEFINITELY break your concentration with regularity, make you get up out of your chair (and your chair had better be COMFORTABLE and GOOD FOR YOUR POSTURE), only to break your focus and waste valuable time.

More to come.

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