Sonar on HD monitor working ok for you?

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2018/04/12 10:12:32 (permalink)

Sonar on HD monitor working ok for you?

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I am now a happy(ish) Studio One user (5 years) and prior to this a 20 years Cakewalker (since V2). I would like to give the new Sonar a spin to see what's new and changed, especially the MIDI side which I always felt was better in Sonar. 
 
I am running it on  a HP laptop with 2 video "cards". I can force Studio One to use the Nvidia card by defining it in the Nvidia app. With Sonar however, if I do the same, the Sonar splash screen shows as using the Nvidia card, but once the screen is dismissed, the program then goes to use the onboard Intel graphics.
 
On my machine this make the GUI look a bit fuzzy and a bit naff. Shame because IMO the GUI looks very enticing.
 
Anyone else see this on an HD monitor or is there are workaround please?
 
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    Brian Walton
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    Re: Sonar on HD monitor working ok for you? 2018/04/12 14:23:11 (permalink)
    I use a Desktop with a dedicated Nvidia card (do multi-cam Video worth with other software, and professional level photo editing).
     
    Run Sonar on 2 HD Monitors without issue.  GUI looks great.  
     
    Haven't started using the Bandlab version yet though, still on the last Platinum build.  
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    Re: Sonar on HD monitor working ok for you? 2018/04/12 14:40:09 (permalink)
    If you drag Sonar to the other monitor it should open again to that monitor.  At least it does for me. 

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    Re: Sonar on HD monitor working ok for you? 2018/04/12 15:20:42 (permalink)
    That's down to the video driver, not any particular application. It's important to run any flatscreen display at its native resolution, as that's the only setting where partial pixels aren't in play and you get maximum sharpness.
     
    I am running an HD monitor at 2560x1080. That is its native resolution, high but it works because it's a fairly large display (34"). I am also running two secondary monitors at 1920x1080 each (their native res). SONAR looks great on all three, as does every other DAW I've run (which is most of them, including Studio One).
     
    However, my setup is different from yours in that I am not achieving this by using dual video adaptors, but rather a single adapter that can handle all three screens. That could be significant, I don't know.


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