I guess I could completely rearrange my desk/equipment each time I switched between composing and engineering. There’s got to be a better set up than this. Once I start editing and mixing, that’s when I quickly remember in my wrists, shoulders and neck that the tray is 4–5 inches higher than it should be. UNTIL….that is, until it’s time to work on only audio for a few hours or more. I’ve used it this way for several years now so I don’t even notice I’m doing it anymore. When I compose it slides back and forth hundreds of times. When I don’t need them, I simply slide it back into the desk. So, I still need my computer keyboard and mouse as ergonomically close and accessible as possible, so I’ve built a tray that slides the computer keyboard and mouse directly above the piano keyboard. It gets close to what I need, but I’m on the hunt for a more perfect solution. I built a sliding tray to try to do that. I really need the computer keyboard as close to the same location and height as possible. Piano keyboard is front and center for composing. The stand is nice and keeps my legs free and clear. But, since they can’t occupy the exact same space, the MIDI keyboard - being larger - wins the location battle and sits directly in front of me - with keys at standard piano keybed height.
In a perfect (albeit impossible) configuration, my MIDI keyboard controller and computer keyboard would be in the same place in front of me. I primarily use a computer keyboard and mouse and mixing control surface of one sort or another. Sound recording/editing/mixing/mastering - Which for the sake of this post I’ll lump into one category.
The less clicking around to see hidden windows or plug-ins etc the better.
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