Studio furniture?

A pillow on the hard wooden kitchen chair or a couple of pillows depending on the thickness. Why? Because it does not tilt and does not move like the expensive chair I bought, and to use a typewriter chair instead of the more plush office chair did not seem correct either. Not for me.

mattplaysguitar


Stop trolling. Seriously.

Why are you so agressive? Seriously... People have studios? They sit at them for hours? At least I do? Go harass someone else please? Why is it "some people" can only feel better about themselves when they are belittling others? And they're usually pretty tough when they hide behind their keyboards ;-)  I guess there are many books written on the subject...  I'm sorry you have anger issues.

  
 I need something in there, maybe a simple cushin would do. I know some folks have very nice adjustible chairs? But I record in it, so it would need to be silent for tracking acoustic guitars. I know most people just sit and mix/master/engineer and actual acoustic recording is probably a very small percentage. So maybe a nice swival comfy chair would be good for 95% of studio time. I can't help but think it would make a huge difference.

If you can, go for one of these.
http://www.hermanmiller.com/products/seating.html 
The Aeron is my next purchase.


Mike

One problem with an office chair - that a plain wooden kitchen chair solves - is that it rolls, tilts and swivels, making it difficult to consistently listen in the same location. Moving your chair just an inch changes your spectral perception.

"bitflipper"
Moving your chair just an inch changes your spectral perception.

I certainly would not want to tie myself down to avoid moving around if 1 inch was all it took. If that was the case, I would definitely look at how to increase the size of the sweet spot so that I can move my weight from the left cheek to the right cheek once in a while..., at least. 

For me, almost everything is armless (I play guitar ), but I do have a small selection that suits most needs.

I like bar stools for the height, and foot rests. I have 2 wooden (fixed) stools, and 2 soft/padded stools.
I also have an adjustable drum stool that is incredibly comfortable. I usually use this for Pedal Steel and Dobro.

For mixing, I have a padded office chair with arms, but is height adjustable. I have to respectfully disagree with bitflipper on this one. I like to have the wheels and height adjustment so I can hear things from many different perspectives without getting up. Maybe I'm just lazy!

I've got a Herman Miller Aeron and a Herman Miller Equa - both are excellent chairs.  The nice thing about the Aeron is that the arms swivel and adjust in height.  You can put them down very low so they're almost totally out of the way.  You can also lock in the position anywhere you want to prevent rocking. 

The big thing now in offices is adjustable height workstations.  Staying in one position for hours at a time is not very good for the body - the back, blood circulation, etc.  I haven't seen this in any music studios yet, but some of these adjustable height workstations could easily handle some close monitors so that you could maintain speaker to ear position.  Someday I'm going to install one of these in my house so that if I'm recording guitar, I can stand up instead of sitting in a chair.

As far as arms go, I diligently searched high and low for an "office chair" with removable arms.
So, the right arm is gone and the left remains. It's all good for guitaring..

Staying in one position for hours at a time is not very good for the body...

True.  Here's a before & after example:

Just picked up a vibrating massaging chair cushion. 3 zones, thigh, lower back, uppper back, all or none or one or two or three, and heat if needed. Works great and got it at a drug store in the local area, not expensive either.

The chair cushion massager will also work in my vehicle while driving down the highway.

I use two different chairs in the studio One at the desk is a adjustable padded office chair with arms super comfy for long hours. For playing I  use padded bar stools no arms. increased height is nice for playing. I work from the studio so the office chair my butt is in for 9 hours a day got to stay comfy
Tim