Discuss music production with Ableton Live.
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rompling
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by rompling » Fri Jun 11, 2010 11:22 pm
Just been to my mates noticed his home studio has a 2 screen setup - wasn`t on so couldn`t tell is that a good workflow improvement?
Looked at my video card have 2 ouputs excluding the one the monitor is in one I is an s video output the other is def not a vga slot its wider and has more pins - whats that any ideas because I can get a cheap £30 second hand 17 inch monitor from cash converters but they are all vga inputs

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fishmonkey
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by fishmonkey » Sat Jun 12, 2010 3:29 am
the other output is probably DVI, does it have flat pins? if so you can get a DVI to VGA adaptor.
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rompling
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by rompling » Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:14 am
fishmonkey wrote:the other output is probably DVI, does it have flat pins? if so you can get a DVI to VGA adaptor.

Yes it does thanks thats it !
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Pitch Black
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by Pitch Black » Sat Jun 12, 2010 6:41 am
Little known fact (well I just discovered it...

) is that DVI video is electrically compatible with HDMI, so with a simple adaptor plug, or lead, you can send from a DVI output to a HD Flatscreen etc - digi all the way baby...

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jerry123
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by jerry123 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 4:28 am
Live is mainly a 1 monitor program but a 2nd helps with plug ins or Reason.
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by ReasonliveUSER » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:35 pm
rompling wrote:fishmonkey wrote:the other output is probably DVI, does it have flat pins? if so you can get a DVI to VGA adaptor.

Yes it does thanks thats it !
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by leedsquietman » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:41 pm
until Live supports session view on one monitor and arrangement on a second (without requiring a M4L workaround), it's dual monitor capabilities are limited and is one reason why I often mix in Cubase.