+1 on taking regular breaks, i produce monday - friday 9.30am - 10pm without fail, sometimes weekends, i take breaks every hour and a half max, its best to go outside, it gives your ears a sense of 'normality' then when you come back - you truly do have fresh ears again - I also like to take a short 5 min break after i make say a lead melody or chords etc. - most of the time i think its a piece of magic - i come back 5 minutes later and think what the hellew wrote:Then take a break, no? I don't work for more than an hour and a half/two hours max without taking a break; my ears thank me at the end of the day.ghettosynth wrote: I agree, but, headphones get fatiguing for long periods.
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Also, up until recently i was living in a student house with 3 other people, i was on a floor above, but no doors between us and they said they never heard my music once, my parents in the next room in this house, i can produce while they are asleep, i keep it around 60-65db max, my ears will thank me in years to come
So maybe try just producing at a lower volume? Don't mean to state the obvious but i was in a similar situation last year before i moved in to that house and it worked out fine Mike
, and also find them fatiguing. However, I'm using closed-backed headphones - they are decent, but not high-end), and even with a VRM box and the room-emulation software (which helps with the stereo field, etc.), the sound is still somewhat claustrophobic.
