Hours a day: what's your limit?

[Jon Nolan]

just curious about y'alls experience with this kinda thing, and what loose or firm policies you've developed around it.
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[chris harris]

I'm genuinely productive and doing my best work for between 8 and 10 hours a day.

My day rate is based on a firm 10 hour max.

I only go over for my own projects or projects of friends. And, I almost always regret it.
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[Nick Sevilla]

8 to10hours, no exceptions.
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[Brett Siler]

8 to 10. Any more than that things just asking to get screwed up.
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[vvv]

6-8, unless I'm drinking.



So, usually 8-12, max.
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[joelpatterson]

The day rate is noon - midnight. Since I am consistently the only one who's well rested, I exploit those last two hours to moderate some of the goofier production decisions that happened earlier, in the "gleeful frenzy" hours.
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[MoreSpaceEcho]

mastering...8 tops, and 6 is more like it.

tracking...8 to 10.

editing/mixing...i can pretty easily put in 15 hour days. i love getting sucked into that stuff.

i find tracking sessions make me way more mentally tired than either mastering or mixing sessions do...
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[drumsound]

I usually max out at 10 hours, but prefer 6-8.
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[drumsound]

I usually max out at 10 hours, but prefer 6-8.
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[Ryan Silva]

8-10 hours is most common for me.

However I LOVE! The feeling of just not wanting too stop.
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[kslight]

Well I just did a 14 hour stretch of tracking ONLY because it's my friend's band and they were still productive. The MCI autolocatpr got frustrating after awhile with the buttons double clicking on the number pad, and the board got pretty warm, but just trying to get much recorded for them since I live 5 hours away.

[A.David.MacKinnon]

It depends on the situation.
If I'm tracking I can and will work long hours. 12 to 14 hour days are not uncommon. As long as the performer is still productive I'll soldier through.
If I'm mixing I like to work in short bursts. 3-4 hours and then a few hours off. Once it starts to feel like I'm treading water it's time to pack it in.
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[jhharvest]

I don't think I can mix much more than six hours per day excluding breaks.

For recording / general studio work I can do long days. It's pretty much expected in TV, especially when shooting on location. Start eight in the morning, come back at midnight and take the expensive gear in.

[TapeOpLarry]

10 am to 8 pm has been my usual schedule lately. Leaves time for late dinners and a relationship. I did a session of 2 weeks of 12 hour days once. That was the last time I did that. Never again. Those last two hours were almost always useless.

One thing I tell people is "I need time to deal with Tape Op" which was something I never used to say. Now I'm honest and up front about it... No one complains about a productive 10 hour day though.
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[TapeOpLarry]

10 am to 8 pm has been my usual schedule lately. Leaves time for late dinners and a relationship. I did a session of 2 weeks of 12 hour days once. That was the last time I did that. Never again. Those last two hours were almost always useless.

One thing I tell people is "I need time to deal with Tape Op" which was something I never used to say. Now I'm honest and up front about it... No one complains about a productive 10 hour day though.
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[nick_a]

yeah, 10 hours seems to be about the limit of what's good and productive.

[alcoyot]

I'm not a pro. I'd imagine that tracking endurance over many hours would be very dependent on the proficiency of the musicians.
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