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Ergonomics -- Where to spend money

Discussion in 'Current Gear' started by Rohann van Rensburg, Dec 12, 2023.

  1. #1 Rohann van Rensburg, Dec 12, 2023
    The "Studio Chair" thread got me thinking:
    For those that have done countless hours in chairs at a studio desk, where do you find money spent to be worth it? @Mike Verta mentioned the Aeron chair being worth the investment, I assume because it's highly customizable and doesn't lose structural integrity over time. What about keyboards, mouse, etc? The only time I've spent 10-12h a day in a chair was writing papers in university and I had significant problems with my forearm extensors as a result of the crap keyboards, along with predictable knee and back pain from extensive periods sitting.
     
  2. #2 Duncan Formosa, Dec 13, 2023
    For me, one of the best purchases I've made is the stream deck. I've become a lot faster in working since I got it. The main advantage is having all your keyboard shortcuts for different software easily mapped and labelled to 1 button press, so I'm not having to memories keyboard shortcuts or hit ctrl+shift whatever.

    You can also set up multi actions so one button can set off a whole list of commands. I've found this very useful when I'm working as an assistant editor, since before I got the stream deck, I was doing a lot of repetitive mouse movements which really hurt my wrist.
     
  3. #3 Rohann van Rensburg, Dec 14, 2023
    Oh interesting. Do you have some examples of shortcuts and multi actions? Does the streamdeck automatically swap between programs if you were to alt-tab between them?
     
  4. #4 Duncan Formosa, Dec 14, 2023
     
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  5. #5 Frank Wales, Dec 14, 2023
    Yes. It would be much less usable if it didn't.

    In case you're not sure that you want to spend the money on a Streamdeck, Elgato also have apps for mobile that give you Streamdeck functionality on your device, which you could use to see if the actual hardware could work for you.
     
  6. #6 Rohann van Rensburg, Dec 26, 2023
    Awesome! Thanks for the video. I didn't realize it was that thorough. @Frank Wales I've used a Streamdeck before but purely for live stuff (light switching, slide presentations, video, etc), not in a desktop setting. Didn't realize it had this much functionality, will definitely consider.

    Any other ergonomics tips? Keyboards, mice, chair options (if anything other than the Aeron), desk/piano setup, etc?
     
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