I have been under the impression that pens were used either with separate pads (e.g. WACOM) or with a purpose-designed pad computer like Microsoft Surface.  I have a Surface 3 and pen, and use it for some apps, but this is not a comfortable environment for using SONAR for me.  I want lots of glass when I am using a DAW.  I have two very large monitors, plus a smaller monitor where I stash things I want in view but don't refer to very much.
 
I saw this quote in the eZine https://app.box.com/v/tech-plus-music

"Wacom pens work with earlier computers, various touchscreens, and so on"

I have done a bunch of searches looking for examples of people using pens with touch screens on a regular PC, not a pad computer. I haven't found anything.  Can anybody shed any light on this?  Is it possible to use a pen with SONAR on a regular desktop that has multiple monitors?

Yes a pen will work. 

John
Yes a pen will work. 

I don't suppose you would want to be a little more informative?  What kind of pen?  Can one pen work if your system has two big multi-touch monitors?

Any simple stylus capable of working on a touch screen or tablet should work, though you'd obviously not be able to do multi-touch with one.

Wacom's pens work with their graphics tablets which range from basic inexpensive ones to the cintiq range which are a kind of monitor themselves. They don't just work like a plain stylus, but take account of pressure applied to them, some sense if they are tilted and used like shading with a pencil. Wacom tablets have been around for many years. Their main use is in photographic editing and art work, but they can be useful in any application if you need something that has much greater accuracy than a finger.

tlw
Any simple stylus capable of working on a touch screen or tablet should work, though you'd obviously not be able to do multi-touch with one.

I have a Wacom tablet and pen, and a Surface 3 with the second generation Microsoft pen.  I tried both pens on my Dell Multi-touch screen and neither did anything.  I didn't do any software installation.  I just physically touched the pen to the screen and there was no effect.  The screen does work with the finger, of course.

I have this problem too. I have a hanns g 23 inch touch srceen monitor and normal tablet pen which works for normal tasks but not for adding notes or writing automation.
I wish they had made it work for all pens and normal touch there can't be that much difference between normal touch and a stylus.

I too have a multi touch tablet and I found this to work  with All capacitive touch screens devices. The Smalleye -island works with my tablet.
 
 
 
I also have a Lenovo X220 laptop/tablet that uses a Watcom stylus and win 10 drivers for it under Windows 10. 
 
You need to know what kind if touch screen you have and then you can find a stylus for it.
 

John
You need to know what kind if touch screen you have and then you can find a stylus for it.

It is a Dell P2714T with 10-point multi-touch and "Projected capacitive system"
http://euro.dell.com/uk/en/corp/Peripherals/dell-p2714t/pd.aspx?refid=dell-p2714t&s=corp
 
How does one match a stylus to the monitor?

cparmerlee

John
You need to know what kind if touch screen you have and then you can find a stylus for it.

It is a Dell P2714T with 10-point multi-touch and "Projected capacitive system"
http://euro.dell.com/uk/en/corp/Peripherals/dell-p2714t/pd.aspx?refid=dell-p2714t&s=corp
 
How does one match a stylus to the monitor?

The one I posted above should work.

Hi john I can't see a button on that stylus for selecting notes or other mouse features?