Hey all, are you able to use dual monitors with Sonar 8 as you can with X1? In X1, I can move my PRV to monitor 1, and have my console view on monitor 2.  The detachable docks allow me to do this.  Is this option available in Sonar 8.0, or am I missing something?  If I take my console window and try to drag across to my other monitor, nothing happens.

Thanks,

You need to extend the sonar desktop across both monitors.  in versions before x1 i believe everything has to live inside the sonar desktop

kjs00333


Hey all, are you able to use dual monitors with Sonar 8 as you can with X1? In X1, I can move my PRV to monitor 1, and have my console view on monitor 2.  The detachable docks allow me to do this.  Is this option available in Sonar 8.0, or am I missing something?  If I take my console window and try to drag across to my other monitor, nothing happens.

Thanks,

I'm using Sonar 8.5, two monitors, but I don't have to extend the Sonar work space on to the second monitor.  Any view which has been made floatable can be moved over there.  I usually have the Console View on my second monitor, but I've also had the Staff View over there and the PRV - and synth GUI's.  Turn off tabbed view then in the upper left hand corner of a view, click where you can make it floatable - then you can drag it to the 2nd screen.

rbowser

You can stretch all the Sonar versions across 2 monitors; I am presuming that you have your dual monitor setup configure as an "extended window" and not 2 individuals monitor.
 
HOWEVER....you have to "manually" stretch Sonar's window across the 2 montors. I don't know why but click on the top right square box only streches the application to your master monitor. X1 is working the same way and this is something I will report to cakewalk when I a minute to do it.
 
No just like 7.0, 8.5 all (or almost) all the windows can be set to "float" and thus can live outside of Sonar. You just have to enable "floating"
 
Mario
 
 

I am not exactly sure what you are saying but yes, all versions of Sonar TV I have owned prior to XI would float accross two monitors if stretched. I rarely did that though except for when I needed to align the tempo to audio. For most work  I would keep TV on screen 1 and console, PRV and whatnot on screen two. But I cannot find the enable float widget in Xi's track view. It does'nt seem to be where you would normally find that widget.

Well, I use 8.5 all the time and float whatever views I want on the 2nd monitor.  But as I said, you don't have to stretch Sonar's view to do that.  You just have to have your monitors set up to be stretched always, for all programs - that's the only way to use 2 monitors to any advantage.  But in Sonar, no more stretching is needed - you just ask for things to be floated that you want to display on monitor 2.

Randy B.

Dual monitors is the only way to go with X1. I love the UI but it's huge. I move the multi-dock to the right screen and keep everything else on the left. This works great for tracking, mixing, matrixing or what ever. 

twoifbysea


Dual monitors is the only way to go with X1. I love the UI but it's huge. I move the multi-dock to the right screen and keep everything else on the left. This works great for tracking, mixing, matrixing or what ever. 

Yes, I know what you mean.  All the elements in X1's GUI are so unusually large, they really require a 2 monitor system.  Those big, blocky chunks of graphics don't adapt to lower resolutions or single screens, unfortunate for users without those kind of resources.

rbowser

I use 2x 24# monitors

Hi Guys,
This my first time here on this forum and I want to ask you about using a second screen
I have stretch out  and set up my screen as one big screen
I have the tracking module on the left side and my console view on the right side
Now....here is the problem
If I open up, in prochannel, my zoom window from the Quadcurve in the console view, it opens to the left side instead of the right side of the channelstrip. Now every time I open the zoom window it passes the middle off my duble screen, so there is always a black stripe ( from the 2 edges from both monitor ) in my EQ window
Is there a way too avoid this
Thanks in advance
 
Greetings from Holland