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Mind your ears, they are sensitive organs that are crucial to any musician.

Don't set the volume too high and put a limiter on the master channel just in case. This goes especially for those who are using headphones for extended periods of time.

Give your ears a rest now and then.

It often disturbs me how loud some people's headphones are, even when they are in a quiet environment. A friend of mine has hearing loss and tinnitus. No fun.

Most of you already know all this, but I'll write this here because it cannot be stressed enough.

caLRo wrote:

Mind your ears, they are sensitive organs that are crucial to any musician.

Don't set the volume too high and put a limiter on the master channel just in case. This goes especially for those who are using headphones for extended periods of time.

Give your ears a rest now and then.

It often disturbs me how loud some people's headphones are, even when they are in a quiet environment. A friend of mine has hearing loss and tinnitus. No fun.

Most of you already know all this, but I'll write this here because it cannot be stressed enough.

I rarely use headphones, but I still only turn up my master volume to no more than 20% on the sound system that my computer is plugged into. Usually I keep it at 10 to 15% and my wife says it's loud. She works in a quite environment. She would be more sensitive to sounds.
I still turn everything off, and listen to the sound of silence, and my own thoughts now, and then.
Sometimes a few deep breaths and silence, is what's needed to continue the creative processes.

Using a limiter in the song environment for the sake of your ears isn't the best idea. It will affect how your music sounds. Use limiters for the song, and adjust your volume to a safe level manually. Limiters tend to hide mixing errors especially when you are throwing a ton of sound into them. Brickwalling comes to mind.

I was referring to the usage of a (brickwall) limiter during the sound designing process. Sometimes when you're experimenting with programming synths and aren't sure of what you're doing, a limiter on that particular instrument or the master channel can save your ear and gear from being "destroyed". Some synths can be very loud. But you're right about limiters not being the best idea for getting the mix right.

Yeah, I have really low volume on the computer. In Windows with headphones rarely more than 10, mostly at 5.

(Windows 8.1 + some crappy headphones) 2~10 at home, 30~50 in a car T^T

I've taken to walking around outside with earplugs. I think playing around with music production has made me more sensitive than before. Whereas I wouldn't think twice about someone's squeaky brakes or cracked muffler before, now it freakin drives me insane.

stanleypepper81 wrote:I found this video, listen to it if interested https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxcbppCX6Rk

Interesting video. Yes, to the human ear, higher frequencies are perceived to be louder than the lower frequencies. A handy fact to know when mixing tracks.