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This will be Studio 4.

I have turned my old flying office into a computer music work area. I've used the advice of going with two video monitors. It's very easy to do and makes pre-production editing and mixdown fast and easy. Final mastering production is still done on the hardware in the other studio.

Total investment ? About the best $500 I've spent on gear in a long time.

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Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

Pilot parking only... LOL

Nice setup Geno. I'll probably go in that direction myself in some time. However, being a parttimer and having lost my side job will make that take much more time.

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Dude..... You have the kewlest toys...


DROOOOL...

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Geno , what did you use to get the two monitor set up? another video card? pray tell.

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A table?

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Don't judge the coffee by its cup.
The proof of the cheese is in the eating

Oh! Thanks for that RTA, used the G's built in tone generator and tuned the house EQ tonight, MUCH better. Excellent tool, just not sure how flattening the pink noise helps? Yes, this really should be in the original thread.

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Because I ddn't know what kinda of video card slot I needed , I settled for a USB external VGA video card for the second monitor. It came with software to run both monitors out of Windows Control Panel. It's pretty handy to run Sonar and the excellant software help section on the other screen. I also often put the RTA on one and Sonar on the other as well. The picture shows the Sonar track screen on the right and the console view on the other. Also handy is putting up several soft synths at once with plenty of real estate to "grab" knobs.

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THE MUSIC IS DOWN IN HERE
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Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

price of the usb external video card? where'd you buy it?

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it's funny, the older you get, the older you wanna be

Fry's Electronics. About 70 clams.

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THE MUSIC IS DOWN IN HERE
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Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

i use a product called maxivista for dual monitors.
turns my laptop into a 2nd screen.
best $30 i ever spent.

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Can I be like you when I grow up, MSG?

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"I'm not trying to play guitar, I'm trying to make music." - Michael Hedges.

You wanna be the bearded lady??

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Don't judge the coffee by its cup.
The proof of the cheese is in the eating

No food comment from Rob ?

Hi Cinda , yes you may. I've saved a small fortune in razor blades the last few months.

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THE MUSIC IS DOWN IN HERE
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Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.