I have recently purchased a Dell XPS 13 with a 3200x1800 screen that is only 13" across. Now that I have installed Sonar X1 I find that all the buttons are too small to see, nevermind use. I have searched online for a solution to this but cannot find anything. I presume it is quite a new problem as screens of this size and high resolution have not been around for too long. I notice that Photoshop has a workaround to it but I can't find anything similar for Sonar. Does anyone have any idea how I can make the buttons bigger without change the overall screen resolution of the laptop? Thanks in advance for your help! Angus.

Can't make things bigger without changing the resolution. Sonar's windows don't scale in any way at her than through Windows which is fixed by your screen resolution. Sorry to be the bearer of good news.

You can use the magnifying glass feature of windows check check natron panel under Ease of access or accessibility options.

You can make text bigger but that won't help as a Sonar windows are bit maps.

Unfortunately Sonar is made for Window's Display setting 'Smaller', even though 'Normal' is the Windows 8 recommended size. This results in jump fader and knobs when using a mouse on most cakewalk specific controls.
 
I have a full HD laptop at 15"6, but that seems nothing compared to yours. I'm not even sure changing to 'Normal' would help you.
 
I think all you can do is change the display setting down so it acts like a lower resolution screen.
 
 

Like Kamikazi, I use a 1920x1080 15.6' touchscreen laptop. Seldom use the Touch. Yes things can be a bit small so yours would be significantly worse.
 
A couple of thoughts ...
1. What about the in-built Windows Magnifier? http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows-8/use-magnifier-see-items
2. With ScreenCasting capabilities of Win8.1 it may be simple/cordless to cast to a bigger screen(?)

I have the Dell XPS 15 with the high res display, and actually Sonar displays fine at 3200 dpi. It could be the difference in screen size, though. I do have one program however, System Mechanic Pro, that does not auto scale, and it's so small I can barely see anything.

My advice is unless you absolutely have to be mobile all the time or don't have the space, pick up a cheap 1920x1080 HD screen. Even a "small" 22" is perfectly usable with Sonar plus you get the advantages of having two screens.

I have the 15 delI and i lowered the resolution ....it still crispt ...so this the way a go ...since i dont need extra resolution that will stress the gpu and usefull only for video and photo pro job ...

One option you may want to consider is looking into a "virtual desktop." What this allows is for the desktop to physically be larger than the screen area, allowing you to move around the desktop by sliding it. This used to be embedded into Windows long ago, and "think" it has been removed, but there are developers who still support this functionality. I do not use this myself, so not sure if any of the hotkeys would interfere with SONAR inputs (or possible graphical downsides).
 
Back in the days of limited pixel width/height, this feature was rather nice.
 
Has anyone used a virtual desktop program that can speak to this more directly?

Thanks very much to everyone who replied to this. That is a great response!
 
I will work my way through all the options to see which one seems best and post back the results. For the moment I think I may have to forego the mobility and use my desktop monitor to get round the problem but I will investigate all the other options to see if there is some way I can still use Sonar while on the move.
 
Thanks again to everyone. Your help and advice is much appreciated. Angus.

FWIW @Angus ... whilst I don't particularly have a 'need' on my 1920x1080 15.6" ... I had a play with a Windows Magnifier (Docked Mode 200%- but you might like Full Screen) ... it worked very well  (because the focus is always on your mouse pointer (customizable) - likely the part you wish to see the detail).
 
WinKey + '+' to activate.
 
... Or ... Leave it in Magnified Full Screen mode and use CTRL+ALT+SPACE to for quick refocus
 
CTRL+ALT+D to toggle to Docked
CTRL+ALT+F to toggle Full Screen
 
Familiarization with the Keyboard Shortcuts could actually make this a very effective tool.
(It even has some touchscreen zoom features).