True, 4x3 monitors are not great for working on tall scores, and a portrait deal works better. But there are other ways of getting at that. In my studio, I use one 1600x1200 display positioned just above another at the same resolution, both with pretty much the same screen dimensions. There is about an inch-and-a-half between the bottom edge of the top screen and the top edge of the bottom screen, which is not an issue at all. What I get is a single desktop that is 3200 pixels tall by 2400 wide. Of course, I can view most tall scores at 100% in scroll view. Even with the displays set to the next resolution down, I can do most of a tall score at 100%, or the whole score at 84%.
(In case you are trying to picture how this works, I have a CRT on top sitting on the monitor shelf of my workstation furniture, and an Apple LCD sitting at desk level. The top of the LCD come just in front of the bottom of the CRT, and the screens line up beautifully).
Screen rotation isn't the be-all solution, as there are other ways of skinning the same cat.
Tim
On Tuesday, August 19, 2003, at 07:28 PM, Robert Patterson Finale wrote:
Many have answered this question quite well. It seems (in my defensive state before discovering ATI Radeon 9800 Pro VERSAVISION mumbo jumbo) I may have misinterpreted ignorance as skepticism in at least some cases, so sorry if so. Email is extremely bad at nuance.
To help illustrate screen rotation, I've put up a couple of photos of my setup. Reducing it to a 3x5 72 dpi photo saps a great deal of its impact. You probably won't think these photos are at all x-rated. But for the interested...
http://robertgpatterson.com/techtipsfaq.html#anchor#MPRT.5
One additional benefit of the monitor arms is that I can float the monitors in front of me without blocking access to the midi keyboard. I will admit that when the big 24" is in portrait mode, being able to see what I'm playing on the midi keyboard requires contortions. I could move the keyboard forward, but then I would have no writing area in front of me.
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