Multiple monitors??

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I love the pics in this forum of all these great home studios! Thank you all for sharing. I do have a question as to why some people have 2 computer monitors sitting next to each other. Why do that? Do they show the same thing all the time? Hope it isnt too silly of a question :)

Stacy
 
Hi Silly,
I have two computer moniters in my setup. I use one the "extend" my desktop so that I can open up two programs at once and still have them both at full size. I can run a audio editing program AND a tracking program at the same time and still see what's going on without maximizing/minimizing windows all the time. You CAN duplicate what's on one screen on the other, but I find that pretty useless.
Hope this helps.

~Thane
 
Hi Thane!
Thanks for the explanation
I agree seeing the same thing on 2 screens would be...er...silly
What is an example of a "tracking" program? I am assuming you mean cubase or cakewalk when you say audio editing software right?
I am a newbie and asking lots of questions but trying hard to pay attention LOL

Stacy
 
Hi again,

I use SoundForge for editing, and Acid for tracking and recording.
When I edit and save a track or sample in SoundForge it automatically updates in Acid.......very convenient!
 
SillySillyStacy said:
I love the pics in this forum of all these great home studios! Thank you all for sharing. I do have a question as to why some people have 2 computer monitors sitting next to each other. Why do that? Do they show the same thing all the time? Hope it isnt too silly of a question :)
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For me, I tend to keep my tracks on one monitor and my virtual mixer and controls on the other one so that I can quickly move between them and have pretty much everything visible at once. A larger monitor would do the same thing, of course, but two smaller monitors costs a lot less, and flat panel monitors of sufficient size/resolution have only been available for... maybe a year or so.
 
I asked the same question about two years back and got great help from this forum. After working with multiple monitors I cannot go back to single one, Now I am planning for four monitors :) (for video editing purpose though)
 
So I guess there is sopme sort of monitor splitter that might work like cable TV in theory? Agood place to research this might be.....?
What should I look at price-wise so I dont get taken to the cleaners.
Why do they say taken to the cleaners when we refer to NOT getting good deals? The people that work in my cleaners always wonder why I am standing in there when I say I was taken to the cleaners.
They just look at me like I am silly LOL
Ok it is early, bare with me .....
Hope you all have a GREAT day

Stacy
 
SillySillyStacy said:
So I guess there is sopme sort of monitor splitter that might work like cable TV in theory? Agood place to research this might be.....?
What should I look at price-wise so I dont get taken to the cleaners.
Why do they say taken to the cleaners when we refer to NOT getting good deals? The people that work in my cleaners always wonder why I am standing in there when I say I was taken to the cleaners.
They just look at me like I am silly LOL
Ok it is early, bare with me .....
Hope you all have a GREAT day

Stacy
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You need a video card with 2 outputs.

These questions are better asked in the Computer Recording and Soundcards forum.
 
SillySillyStacy said:
I do have a question as to why some people have 2 computer monitors sitting next to each other. Why do that? Do they show the same thing all the time?
Stacy
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I have four monitors, attached to one AGP quad-head video card. As far as the computer is concerned, it has one 6400x1280 desktop. Like so:

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Having four monitors side by side makes for easy video and audio editing. For word processing, email and surfing the net obviously it's a gross waste of technology, but having timelines across all four monitors makes it much easier to "nail" a specific spot without zooming in and out endlessly.
 
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