Hi , just a amateur user here , I just purchased an additional monitor , I found it so great I bought another the next day as the old monitor was a different size and nowhere near as clear!
Few questions  
I have a docking view in (2) with the console , PRV and Score , I use D to remove , restore this , with the track view dragged across the two monitors  . Is it possible to have to console views , one with busses and one with tracks?
or is it possible to undock the bus element of the track view?
Technical question : my PC has DVi outputs to the monitors so I am just using a convertor (1 to HDMI the other to VGA) is there a significant change if I purchase a new graphics card with 2 HDMi outs or is this a waste of money?
Just love how the two monitors work , could never go back !
Regards
Ric ,

Hey. Yeah it's hard to imagine how I worked before... I undock the console and leave it permanently on the right monitor, and I also use that for soft synths / FX windows, and OS browser windows and various other things. For some reason I don't like to have the PRV over there so it stays in the dock, which stays at the bottom of the main view on the left monitor here, expanding as needed with a shift-D.

eric.birchall
Hi , just a amateur user here , I just purchased an additional monitor , I found it so great I bought another the next day as the old monitor was a different size and nowhere near as clear!
Few questions  
I have a docking view in (2) with the console , PRV and Score , I use D to remove , restore this , with the track view dragged across the two monitors  . Is it possible to have to console views , one with busses and one with tracks?
or is it possible to undock the bus element of the track view?
Technical question : my PC has DVi outputs to the monitors so I am just using a convertor (1 to HDMI the other to VGA) is there a significant change if I purchase a new graphics card with 2 HDMi outs or is this a waste of money?
Just love how the two monitors work , could never go back !
Regards
Ric ,

1 - you cannot "split" the CV up into different views.
2 - an additional graphics card would probably be a waste of money. Sonar isn't really a graphics intensive program so if what you've got already works, leave it as it is.

Main screen left, floating MD right ...

I do main right, floating left, but be mindful of setting this up in Windows or it will seem like there is a "wall" between the two monitors. Windows defaults to second monitor to right of the main.

subtlearts
Hey. Yeah it's hard to imagine how I worked before... I undock the console and leave it permanently on the right monitor, and I also use that for soft synths / FX windows, and OS browser windows and various other things. For some reason I don't like to have the PRV over there so it stays in the dock, which stays at the bottom of the main view on the left monitor here, expanding as needed with a shift-D.

I do the same as subtlearts,
 
I extend Sonar itself across both monitors without any projects open.  i then open the Normal Template and modify it to have the the Track view on the left monitor only so that the control bar is across the top of both screen and the tracks view  is inly in the Left monitor.  I then un-dock the Multi dock and move it to the right monitor and then dock the console view there.  i now have access to Browser, Console synths Media, plugs and other things.   I also dock my plug-ins in the windows while it is open so I can edit them if needed.   I save it as a temple bu adding some tracks and buses and the plugins I use the most for instruments.
 
 
 

Left monitor is main Sonar view with PRV in multidock, along with tempo view and staff when needed. PRV has a frozen tab in mulitidock with most important tracks so I can see them together. Console is undocked and stretched across both monitors. VSTi's are in right monitor along with the marker view (undocked, floating and sized smaller). Right monitor also holds One Note which I use constantly for notes during a session.
 
Looking at a 3rd monitor now for just non-Sonar stuff.

Track view on the left, plugins/PRV/instrument rack on the right.
 
Sometimes, it's day-job work stuff on the left, this forum on the right.
 
The difference between analog and digital video isn't huge. If your setup's working fine for you now I wouldn't waste money on another video adapter. 

mettelus
I do main right, floating left, but be mindful of setting this up in Windows or it will seem like there is a "wall" between the two monitors. Windows defaults to second monitor to right of the main.

You know you can change this quite simply by right clicking anywhere on your desktop and choosing Screen Resolution.
 
From there you can drag the virtual monitors where you want - up/down/left/right

Bristol_Jonesey

mettelus
I do main right, floating left, but be mindful of setting this up in Windows or it will seem like there is a "wall" between the two monitors. Windows defaults to second monitor to right of the main.

You know you can change this quite simply by right clicking anywhere on your desktop and choosing Screen Resolution.
 
From there you can drag the virtual monitors where you want - up/down/left/right

I also used this to try a larger font size , it worked ok , but not sure yet if I like it
ric