How much better is a dual monitor display?

alichis · Post by **alichis** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:57 pm

Is it worth another 200 quid and how does Live work with it?

subterFUSE · Post by **subterFUSE** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 1:33 pm

I don't think Live supports dual displays yet.

Anubis · Post by **Anubis** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 1:56 pm

subterFUSE wrote:I don't think Live supports dual displays yet.

It's still worth it because you can pul your VSTi's and other stuff onto the second display.

radiance · Post by **radiance** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:22 pm

It's still worth it because you can pul your VSTi's and other stuff onto the second display.

Are you sure? Can you really?
Just asking, I'm about to buy a second LCD monitor so I want to be sure.

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:51 pm

if you ever use vsts with more-than-tiny guis then it's totally worth it.

majais · Post by **majais** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:57 pm

I'm using two 20" LCD (same brand) and I can work much better!
If you have the money it is absolutely worth it!

brainray · Post by **brainray** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:26 pm

2 monitors is always better, I work with it since 8 years and don't want to miss it any more (with Logic in tha past). Once you are used to the doubled space, anything else doesn't make sense any more).

You _can_ strech Live's arrangement or session over 2 monitors. Moving and editing clips won't work in that mode, you'll have to restart Live after having tried that (at least on PC, havn't tried it on Mac).

I'm currently trying a setup with an old 21" CRT for session and arrange view (1600*1200) and a 17" TFT for plug-in windows(1280*1024) - quite neat so far.

Lets hope Live 6 will have real support for 2 monitors, 2 cpu's and _real_ solo in place!

Best

Ray