I know it has been said and said again, but having a 2nd monitor really makes all the difference to the workflow!
Finally added it and worked through several projects last night, rearranging screensets, etc.
It was almost like getting a whole new DAW!
 
Ok, back to "work" :-)
 
Jon

Absolutely agree!  ENJOY!!!

But now its hip to have 3 monitors. 1 for the track view, 1 for the console view and 1 for FX
2 monitors are so 2010

I've been thinking of adding a second monitor, too.  Kinda sick of hearing everything in mono.
 
 
 
 

AAAAAAAAAAAAAArrrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhh!
 
Oh well, at least I was satisfied for 24 hours

Yeah won't be long before you start fantasizing about having 3. I've used 2 for years, even before I started messing with audio, and your workflow quickly expands into them. For Sonar, I have the main screen/track view on one screen and the multidock (browser, PRV, console, plugins etc) on the other. However, I could really use a third screen for the desktop for when you're messing with files and folders, or reading an online tutorial or a PDF manual or watching a video tutorial. It kind of sucks when you have Sonar on both screens and you're trying to read some instructions and every time you click on Sonar to try something out, the manual disappears. 

I had 3 for a while, then went back to two, and am quite happy with that.
 
There were no problems having the third one, but it took up enough real estate and a friend of mine had me build a computer, but he only had a 15" CRT display, so I gave him a 32" HDTV flat-screen.
 
But, two work well for me, and with screen sets, I am quite content.
 
Bob Bone
 

Jon Bryson
I know it has been said and said again, but having a 2nd monitor really makes all the difference to the workflow!
Finally added it and worked through several projects last night, rearranging screensets, etc.
It was almost like getting a whole new DAW!
 
Ok, back to "work" :-)
 
Jon

I had no choice but to go the 2 monitor route because I use SONAR on a laptop. Yes, 17"/HD is an OK screensize for a protable comp, but isn't nearly enough real estate for using a DAW to any level of great effect. So I hooked up a 25"/HD monitor and use them simultaneously - and it is WONDERFUL!
 
Just don't be like me and not take advantage of the X-Ray Windows functionality in SONAR (until I'd read about it in a book (DOH!)). Even with a lot of screen space, being able to make some of the plugins "nearly invisible" when you aren't working with them is also a VERY HANDY thing.

I hate having 2 monitors. I did it for a while but it was annoying. The only way I would do it again is if I could have a mouse for each monitor and each mouse would have to stay on it's own monitor. If not, who cares?

Guitarpima
I hate having 2 monitors. I did it for a while but it was annoying. The only way I would do it again is if I could have a mouse for each monitor and each mouse would have to stay on it's own monitor. If not, who cares?

I completely understand your argument there - it is certainly a PITA when SONAR loses focus because of something you're doing on the other screen, then you try to record or playback with a keyboard hotkey and nothing happens...but I have trained myself to think of that and have simply worked making sure SONAR is the window in focus a part of my 'routine', along with the practice of moving the mouse across screens. After a while it becomes 2nd nature - or it has for me. But it took a while. A couple of weeks of daily use really.