The Hazards Of Using DAWs

[THE INTRANCER]

Whilst there are many psychological benefits in using DAW's, there is the old adage of 'too much of a good thing, has a flip side. It's rarely ever talked about and with DAWs and the manuals long diminished into virtual reality of a computer screen, the likelihood is that users and particularly young people never read them. Have they and do they even mention the cautions one should take whilst using DAWs...I can't remember, but I'm pretty sure I read Propellerheads manual back to front when I got it back in 2001...The good old days of reading paper.... One of the obvious one's is the sound level and the duration in which you listen to your music, during and after.. You'll know that feeling inside your head like you've been catapulted out into outer space and brought back to earth, in a temporary state of death..I mean deaf.. Pretty much the same as coming out from a loud night club or stadium without ear protection...

If you thought it stopped at your ears... well...no as the colour of the DAW can affect your own bio clock and sleep pattern. Blue light will keep you awake whilst orange light (not neon glow orange) will naturally do the opposite..So if you're using a DAW in a dark or dimly lit room, then consider using orange hues. Obviously this would be ineffective if flashing the web up..but you get the idea....

The bio clock of our bodies exists in many places, not just our brain but also places such as our heart. Pretty much every living thing on this planet has a body clock including that of a humble fly.. It's all related to the cycle of the cells and how they regenerate.

For those who are blind, some people will be able still to recognise when it's dark and light for other people who are blind, they may not have any sense of time either due to severed nerves from an injury and find life even more difficult because light plays such an important part of our bio clock.

Beyond our ears and eyes.. there are other aspects in where using DAWs.. can have adverse effects on one's body...

[Mushy Mushy]

Did you just copy an article referring to hobbies and simply did find/replace from hobby to DAW?

[THE INTRANCER]

Did you just copy an article referring to hobbies and simply did find/replace from hobby to DAW?

Nope, these are my own words...from my own head..

[Mushy Mushy]

Did you just copy an article referring to hobbies and simply did find/replace from hobby to DAW?

Nope, these are my own words...from my own head..

Struggling to find the point of the post TBH. Is there a question? Or you’re a psychological guru we should all follow?

[THE INTRANCER]

Did you just copy an article referring to hobbies and simply did find/replace from hobby to DAW?

Nope, these are my own words...from my own head..

Struggling to find the point of the post TBH. Is there a question? Or you’re a psychological guru we should all follow?

I'll leave that one up to you...

[kvotchin]

To leave one’s DAW open is to invite trouble, no doubt.

[Mushy Mushy]

To leave one’s DAW open is to invite trouble, no doubt.

Trouble or pleasantries, it’s up to the recipient to decide which.

[kvotchin]

Getting a handle on it sufficient like so’s to jamb fruitfully is the key.

[Kongru]

Interesting.

Taking care of your eyes is good advice, I have glasses that block eye straining blue light but you can also download a program that reduces blue light (it makes your screen more orange).

I also recommend the Firefox addon "Dark Reader" for forcing every website to adopt dark mode (even KvR).

You can't go blind from looking at your DAW every day (unless you're using Reaper) but your eyes can get strained if you spend hours in front of the computer. Also look into supporting your wrists and back.

[whyterabbyt]

Whilst there are many psychological benefits in using DAW's, there is the old adage of 'too much of a good thing, has a flip side.

What psychological benefits are there in "using DAW's?" (sic)

It's rarely ever talked about

Is it actually a real thing? Y'know, really.

and with DAWs and the manuals long diminished into virtual reality of a computer screen, the likelihood is that users and particularly young people never read them.

Makes no sense. DAWs were always on a computer screen.

And your 'and with' makes an link between using something too much and not reading a manual. How does that relate again?

Have they and do they even mention the cautions one should take whilst using DAWs...

Who is 'they?' Last subject was 'young people', so young people should be mentioning the cautions?
What are these cautions?

I can't remember, but I'm pretty sure I read Propellerheads manual back to front when I got it back in 2001...The good old days of reading paper.... One of the obvious one's is the sound level and the duration in which you listen to your music, during and after..

So you're not even sure if this is real. But it had paper. And didnt have anything to do with DAWs, but was actually about monitoring levels.
Okay.

You'll know that feeling inside your head like you've been catapulted out into outer space and brought back to earth, in a temporary state of death..I mean deaf..

Nope. But I paid extra for the good drugs.

If you thought it stopped at your ears... well...

Deafness doesnt stop at your ears?

Blue light will keep you awake whilst orange light (not neon glow orange) will naturally do the opposite..

Its a shame that science think orange light wakes you up, then.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn ... adian-eye/

I guess its just as well its not all computer applications, just specifically DAWs.

So if you're using a DAW in a dark or dimly lit room, then consider using orange hues.

So that you fall asleep while using your DAW?

Obviously this would be ineffective if flashing the web up..but you get the idea....

Dont flash the web, please.

The bio clock of our bodies exists in many places, not just our brain but also places such as our heart.

It sounds more like a set of bio watches, then. Too many scattered bits to be one single bio clock.

Pretty much every living thing on this planet has a body clock including that of a humble fly.. It's all related the cycle of the cells and how they regenerate.

Nope.

For those who are blind, some people will be able still to recognise when it's dark and light for other people who are blind they may not have any due to severed nerves from an injury.

They wont have any what?

Also, just checking; are these blind people young or not? Presumably the older ones have read manuals thus know that the orange light puts them to sleep?

Those that fall into the latter category judging how much sleep they need because light plays such an important part of our bio clock.

Uhuh. You're claiming some sort of thing about the sleep patterns of people with severed eye nerves and it's erm, a thing because light, bioclock?
Do elucidate...

Beyond our ears and eyes.. there are other aspects in where using DAWs.. can have adverse effects on one's body...

Yes, you've made such a meaningful case for ears and eyes, its only fair you just gloss over the 'other aspects'. I presume its along the line of having problems with one's nose when my DAW gets dusty for example, or that licking it tastes horrible, so I can see why there's no need to provide solid information.

[mcbpete]

I once got a paper cut from my school's copy of the Cubase Score manual - does that count ?

[whyterabbyt]

I once got a paper cut from my school's copy of the Cubase Score manual - does that count ?

was it orange or blue?

[mcbpete]

The binder was blue....

[whyterabbyt]

Well, that's why its a caution. A young people without severed eye nerves should know that.

[lwj]

Beyond our ears and eyes.. there are other aspects in where using DAWs.. can have adverse effects on one's body...

That's why the rule is:
4 hours in the gym for every 30 minutes on the DAW.