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Ogopogo · Post by **Ogopogo** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 7:10 am

Anyone else get bothered by screens for making music sometimes? I've always thought it affects concentration. Something to think about.

"Visual Concentration Can Leave You Temporarily ‘Deaf’"
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/watch-visu ... d=35650144

2ZrgE · Post by **2ZrgE** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 8:49 am

Sad thing is that in my daytime job I literally stare at a screen for 8 hours (whith half an hour break), and continue working on my music computer screen at home. So I began to get acquainted to my Push lately, just for a bit of change. And I don't even have a smartphone (which often covers the rest of the day for some other people concering 'screen staring')

trimph1 · Post by **trimph1** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 10:23 am

What gets me is that I am wearing bifocals here. Depending on the angle of the screen I either need to have my head sticking way up to see it or other such things.

Resolution can play havoc as well

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 10:39 am

Yep, 100%

It's one of the main reasons I prefer working with hardware as much as possible.

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 4:38 pm

Staring at screens doesn't bother me at all; 8 hours a day as a software developer, then go home and web surf, play games, make music, whatever. And increasingly I read books on a Kindle instead of on paper.

The tactile experience of knobs and finger pads, and occasionally drum heads or strings, and occasionally a game controller

is pretty good to have though.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 4:48 pm

Ogopogo wrote:Anyone else get bothered by screens for making music sometimes? I've always thought it affects concentration. Something to think about.

"Visual Concentration Can Leave You Temporarily ‘Deaf’"
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/watch-visu ... d=35650144

Sorry, but what a nonsense. The thought that universities even get money for such "scientific" researches really leaves me horrified about the world today. Edit: At least the headline is. There is a difference between being distracted and temporarily being rendered deaf. Nice they did a Research about something which is literally known since humans exist btw.

do_androids_dream · Post by **do_androids_dream** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 4:50 pm

Ogopogo wrote:Anyone else get bothered by screens for making music sometimes? I've always thought it affects concentration. Something to think about.

"Visual Concentration Can Leave You Temporarily ‘Deaf’"
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/watch-visu ... d=35650144

Yes I do. And, I don't think it's just the fact that it's a screen. Software gui's themselves and colours all seem to have effects that place placebo/pseudo influence on what one hears.

Something interesting that does support this is that I often have to look away from the screen or close my eyes to 'hear' things. I do it mostly subconsciously.

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cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 5:05 pm

tehlord wrote:Yep, 100%

It's one of the main reasons I prefer working with hardware as much as possible.

Ditto. After spending most of my day analyzing data, writing reports, emailing, etc. at a computer, I want to spend as little time as necessary staring at a screen when I'm making music. That's not to say that I don't still spend much of my music time staring at the screen, but incorporating hardware and real instruments breaks up the monotony of using the computer.

highkoo · Post by **highkoo** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 5:51 pm

My entire life is a grid on a screen.
Excel all day, FL all night.
Its a ridiculous life for a human, but, it doesnt bother me very often.

And +1. That article is just stupid.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 8:22 pm

Ogopogo wrote:Anyone else get bothered by screens for making music sometimes?

Sometimes I long for the original DX7 interface, on second thought, no I don't really

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 8:28 pm

It's the people behind the screen staring at me that makes me paranoid. I can hear them whispering and sniggering all the time.

xoxos · Post by **xoxos** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 8:36 pm

every day, take a moment to focus on something far away. even looking at the horizon when you're driving works. if you totally live inside boxes, close your eyes and visualise something you remember looking at from a distance.. a treetop or something. that can help your eyes if you have to spend most of the time focusing at a 3' distance.

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 8:38 pm

Aloysius wrote:It's the people behind the screen staring at me that makes me paranoid. I can hear them whispering and sniggering all the time.

Only if you close your eyes bro, read the article.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 8:39 pm

xoxos wrote:every day, take a moment to focus on something far away.

As long as the sky is clear at night, I always look for the big dipper, a couple of light years away