What is the best way to arrange my computer gear?
If you’re spending a lot of time in your studio, it’s important to organise your equipment to minimise the chances of eyestrain and backache. Many studies have been made in office environments, and there is now basic advice available for those setting up computer systems that also applies to the more general environment of the small studio. Your chair and work surface should be adjusted so that your keyboards (musical or computer), mice, trackballs, and mixer surfaces are all at or slightly below elbow height. Monitor screens should be placed at or slightly below eye level it increases eyestrain if you are looking upwards. If most of your time is spent working with a MIDI + Audio sequencer then your monitor screen should ideally be placed centrally between your monitor speakers, with the computer keyboard and mouse several feet in front of them, so that you’re in the monitoring ‘sweet spot’. A desktop computer can normally be placed beneath the monitor screen, if you wish, although mos
