Hi all.
I'm selling some control surfaces and getting ready to invest in a 27" touchscreen monitor to use for console view and plugins.  I will have it positioned "as a console"- low and almost flat.  Above it, I will run a slightly smaller monitor for the track view.  
For transport, even though I have the MCU Pro, I use my keyboard 90% of the time anyway.
 
I am inspired by the new MS Surface Studio desktop computer, but I'm not ready to drop $3k.
 
Does anyone use a touchscreen as their primary control surface?
Can anyone suggest a solid, multi-touch monitor that works well with Splat?
Does anyone want to talk me out of this scheme?
What specs should i be looking for????????

My HP Pavillion 15t has a touch screen and works well with SONAR.  A much as I love it, I wouldn't suggest you try to use it as your primary control surface. Even though it is multitouch--and that function works will for single action multi-touch--it seems to break when adding multiple functions.  For instance, even when I start with everything I want to use visible, if I control one function (let's say slider) then touch a second (different) part of the app (let's say a menu item) it won't recognize the separate panes simultaneously.
 
Yes, it's great for sliders (I can control as many as my 10 fingers can handle) but don't try to adjust a VST filter resonance while controlling sliders or anything in another pane. Having never used a traditional control surface, I don't know if this is a limitation that's common to both, but I naively approached multi-touch as "what I see, I can control) and that's not quite what I got.
 
Hope this helps.

There is one spec you need and not much talk about it yet.
Its  4K resolution minimum otherwise it`s all too big.
Peace

great info- thanks!!

I have a 27" and I use it in conjunction with mouse\keyboard support.  I FIND that there are somethings a mouse and keyboard are just faster at like entering track names,  or fine detail moves.   I don't know about 4k or 'its too big' - the size of the widgits on my screen is perfect for my finger \ hand size. To each his or her own certainly.  
 
I have mine at a higher angle than low and flat - between 45 and 90 degrees.  I change its position if I am recording an acoustic instrument myself and multi mic'ing.   Its really sweet to have my back to the 'mix area',  move the screen off to my left on a little portable desk, and use my left hand to 'push' the record button with.  Frees my hand from keyboard or mouse clicks and positions my freting hand at neck height only inches away.  
 
If you do end up using a higher angle on the display, depending on the size of your work area, you may want to consider monitor stands if you do not have them.  At 27 inches, my monitor pair on desk has a speaker separation of about 32 inches.  I like to make sure the speaker projection is not reflected by the back of the monitor.   When the monitors were at the back of my small desk, and using the triangle equilateral distance standard, the listening sweet spot was a full and uncomfortable extended arm length from the mouse/keyboard.
 
As a side note,  I use another monitor like this for live sound and its great to mix, eq and to manage all the VST's we use live.   Good luck on finding the right monitor!

I'm using the Raven MTi but still trying to make it work properly. Touch is fun.

I find that no one option does it all. I have touch, moving faders, keyboard, and mouse and use them all. My setup is (going from "me" to "away from me"):
 

• Logitech K380 keyboard (small) in my lap, or in front of the moving faders if playing an instrument while sitting down
• Two Artist Series Mix units side by side for 16 channels of control
• Planar Touch Screen behind the Mix units, angled at maybe 30 degrees
• Conventional monitor above the touch screen for putting things like soft synths

 
But here was my breakthrough which seems stupid, but try it - what a difference: I put the Control Bar at the bottom of the touch screen so it's right above the moving faders. That way the QWERTY keyboard, mouse, the 8 primary faders, and control bar are all within an 18" x 18" square. The other eight faders are off to the right at somewhat of an angle.
 
I've tried multiple setups over the past few months, but I think this one is a keeper.

maltastudio
There is one spec you need and not much talk about it yet.
Its  4K resolution minimum otherwise it`s all too big.
Peace

But for touch, too high a resolution can make things pretty small and difficult. My Touchscreen is the same as Rycoskyl's, and at 1920*1080 it makes everything way too small to make touch practical (I've actually disabled it, but I may grab a stylus in the future to give that a try). The same resolution on a larger screen would change that for me.  I can see 1920*1080 working well for touch on a 27" screen myself.