Any other dual monitor geeks here?

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:39 pm

lol, first of all there's two people in the band Pitch Black, secondly I am pretty sure P has at least 2 or three licenses in his name!

Bagle · Post by **Bagle** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:50 pm

just checking, god knows i have never used 2 lives at once

shapshankly · Post by **shapshankly** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:23 am

Machinate wrote:
shapshankly wrote:I've been working with dual 19" screens for the past two years and I'm now about to leave that particular studio and start up my own.

I've been thinking of getting one massive screen (like the Dell 27" fella) rather than two because the bevel annoys me.

What do people think about that sort of solution?
Usually it's a lot more expensive, the resolution is lower (the dell in question is only 1920 x 1200 - same as most 24 inch models, yet you can have two of those for the same price.

Also, the reason for me bringing up the "stand" issue is that displays take up soo much space on a table - that 27" certainly is no exception.

Reg. the bevel, well I don't really span processes across screens, I am more likely to, for instance, run the vvvv patching area on one screen and then have the GL render on the second - that way the bevel doesn't matter. Or Live's session view on one display and the plugins on the second.

Also, worth noting that some displays have huge bevels where others have very small ones.

yep, I'm lucky in my current studio that I've got the desk space for two monitors, and heaven knows that I (and everyone else that comes in to record) am impressed by them. It's actually sped up working within cubase a lot, though not so much in live because you can't undock things, slightly frustratingly. Part of this might also be the extensive screensets I've programmed up in cubase so that I can flick between mixers and the like really quickly.

If only I could try out working with one large display, though I suppose on the face of things I'm going to end up getting two again!

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:27 am

right now I am wavering (?) between getting the ergotron with two arms on one clamp, or getting two separate clamps+arms.

Both on one would be tidier, quite possibly easier to position in-line with each other.
Downside: Less flexible - I like the idea of being able to place them, say, a meter or two apart, and then being able to reach out quite far in both directions, if that makes sense....