Show your Sonar X1 studio with 1, 2 or multiple screen setup thread

No photo to share, but what I like about one large monitor (2580 x 1600) is the extra vertical resolution that you don't get by going to two smaller screens. I used to use 2 17" monitors, and while that gave me plenty of horizontal resolution, I always ran out of vertical resolution. Lets face it, tracks are stacked on top of each other and the CV really needs lots height to use.

So the question to ask yourself is, what frustrates you about your current set-up and what specifically do you need to fix it.

This is a 40 inch and a 22 inch, but I went back to my to my 32 for the bigger screen. Mine is only 720p. I will be getting a 32-40 1080p eventually, but having 2 screens, even if it is just 2 22 inch, does wonders for workflow - 

You hcan use one for TV one for CV, or one for TV and one for plugins and Pro Channel (thats what I do), plus I can browse on my right screen while Sonar is on the left.

Hands down, dual screens is the only way to go over one screen, one 32 and either a second 32 or maybe a 22 is so nice.



Lance

AND it's easier to use on multiple screens, too.

Using at least 4 screens:

1) 1920x1200 laptopA screen
2) 3200x1200 matrox dualhead2go, driving two monitors á 1600x1200
3) 1920x1200 laptopB screen, driven via GB-LAN/Maxivista
with views/dock spreaded across, depending on what I'm working on, switched via screensets
4) more and more an additional ipad3 2048x1536 as additional screen via iDisplay on an adhoc-network (for letting sequences to VSTis play, while relaxing in my chair playing with the VSTi controls on my iPad *g*

giving me at least 7040x1200 plus 2048x1536 and I really really miss vertical screen real estate!

(I guess I will soon go with a Dell U3011 2560x1600, using the two 1600x1200 in portrait mode left and right to it, along with the two laptops 1920x1200 and the iPad screen...)

Having problems posting pictures, this forum sofware doesn't seem to let me have the image link icon!!!! in my message window bar!!
It shows up for a millosecond and then disapears?????
Have tried mutiple times, will give up now too frustrating!!!
  
 
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc243/sycle1/NEW1/STUDIOPIC.jpg
 http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc243/sycle1/STUDIO2.jpg
Don't know how anyone could do recording with just one screen.
Cheers

chuckebaby


my god karl,that is an awesome set up.the blue lights really set the mood.
looks like an alien ship from the 21oo century.

LOL... yes that's my "unwind & play" room. I spend so much time in it I figure it's best to have it comfortable and mood setting. Those LEDs are fairly cheap, come in lots of colours and available from ebay BTW for anyone else thinking about getting some.

Some who know me might say I am an alien.....

shameful, you can't see an overall view of each track level & pan,but check the waste space (our left to right)between the inspector border and the numbers, also between monitor button to tracks modes, same happens to me all the time, or similar, I hate it

Here are some pictures:
http://www.audio-mastering-mixing.com/The_Studio.html  
 
 

 

Those screens and studio setups look stellar. For me, it's either going to be a 27" screen or two 19" widescreens. I like the idea of Sonar being centered in the screen but on the same token, having the additional monitor - I can have VSTs or the mixer displayed. So I'm really having a hard time trying to decide. That's why I would like to know if using one very large monitor vs. two is more beneficial or is it just user preference? californiamusic, how many tracks do you think can be displayed on a 19" screen?

>  how many tracks do you think can be displayed on a 19" screen?

If the resolution is the same, it's the same amount of track for any monitor size, be it 19" or 27" (it just looks bigger).

The mouse does not take any longer to move between screens, compared to one big screen. Imagine the big screen is split in half, and placed far away.. the mouse just cross over immediately.

You can also configure the monitor to be stacked top/bottom or left/right, and the mouse will move according to how you configure. Or in my case of 3 monitors, the bottom monitor can be placed evenly between to top 2, or when I placed it immediately below the left monitor (as in my pic), it can be configured that way to.