[PD] making puredata headphone-safe

Hans-Christoph Steiner hans at at.or.at
Mon Aug 29 17:54:48 CEST 2011


Two good rules:

- if there is any doubt, use speakers set on low volume

- keep your figure on the mute button when messing around with unknowns

I've perfected the "rip the headphones out" reflex, I can get the  
headphones out of my ears in well under a second without even thinking  
about it :-D

.hc

On Aug 23, 2011, at 3:29 PM, Stephen Lavelle wrote:

> I've managed to hurt my ears twice over the past two days when using  
> PD w/ headphones.  Even at lowest system volumes, it seems that  
> Terrible Things can happen.  Are there any precautions that I can  
> take to make it feel less like I'm taking my life into my hands when  
> I have to use headphones?
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