mgw38 wrote: Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:17 pmI should have mentioned that I do not consider Reaper to be a real DAW. Lol.
I have licences for both (and a couple of others) but personally I've not yet found a compelling enough reason to switch (from Reaper). Horses for courses.But seriously, I actually have a Reaper license and do use it quite a bit. Just not for regular music production.
Sounds like my workflow: use other tools creatively and then bring whatever I create with them into Studio One. Although much of what I create does originate in Studio One.sQeetz wrote: Sat Oct 17, 2020 10:04 am It's just fun to play with for a time and then take what you've done with it somewhere else.
Can you remember anything in particular? I've not encountered anything like that.
Well, we trialled 4k monitors at work against similarly priced 2.5k monitors, two sets of dual 27"s, and we unanimously decided to get the lower res screens because they had better contrast. Both looked similarly sharp. If I was working on a 40" screen then, yeah, 4k would make sense but if you can't run it at 100%, then it's the wrong res.You put a 4k monitor and a 1080p side by side (each one, let's say 27 inch) each one on their native resolution being fed an appropriate signal and tell me that the 4K does not look sharper, than I must say that you need f**king glasses.
Like I said, I have uninstalled it. Just remember there being too much options. Too much stuff I didn't care about/need.
Well, then you must have set up something wrong, because every time I use a regular, non 4k screen the difference is clear as day.Well, we trialled 4k monitors at work against similarly priced 2.5k monitors, two sets of dual 27"s, and we unanimously decided to get the lower res screens because they had better contrast. Both looked similarly sharp. If I was working on a 40" screen then, yeah, 4k would make sense but if you can't run it at 100%, then it's the wrong res.
Where? The options dialog is very spartanic, and, I haven't really come across many places where there are nested menus either... maybe you mean the editing tools.
Probably. Bottom line is that I didn't like working with it, so I didn't really put an effort.chk071 wrote: Sun Oct 18, 2020 10:50 amWhere? The options dialog is very spartanic, and, I haven't really come across many places where there are nested menus either... maybe you mean the editing tools.
I rather think that you didn't give it enough time to get accustomed to it.
sQeetz wrote: Sun Oct 18, 2020 10:46 amLike I said, I have uninstalled it. Just remember there being too much options. Too much stuff I didn't care about/need.That will be true of every host but what I really like about S1 is that it's so easy to ignore all the stuff you don't need. My GUI is down to just the top/bottom toolbars, the arrange window and the mixer. It's all I need to work, yet the rest is just a click or two away.Well, we trialled 4k monitors at work against similarly priced 2.5k monitors, two sets of dual 27"s, and we unanimously decided to get the lower res screens because they had better contrast. Both looked similarly sharp. If I was working on a 40" screen then, yeah, 4k would make sense but if you can't run it at 100%, then it's the wrong res.I didn't set it up at all, we have an engineering department for that.Well, then you must have set up something wrong, because every time I use a regular, non 4k screen the difference is clear as day.So why waste your money? The thing is you are probably testing your 4k screen against cheaper HD screens, so of course it will look better.Of course, if you buy similarly priced screens, the 2K one is going to be of better quality (better contrast).
Exactly. You're proving my point. Comparing better 2K monitors against cheaper 4K monitors will lead to the conclusion that the 2K ones have better contrast/color accuracy, etc...BONES wrote: Sun Oct 18, 2020 11:16 amSo why waste your money? The thing is you are probably testing your 4k screen against cheaper HD screens, so of course it will look better.
Sorry, you're just trying to justify a poor choice. You want to say that you get better sharpness but, as I said earlier, our unanimous decision, within a department of 20-odd graphics professionals, was that there was no discernably better sharpness or detail in the 4k screen. Maybe there would have been if we'd run it at 4k but everything was unusably small at native res so we were forced to run at 150% scaling to get a working interface. OTOH, the 2.5k screens were just about perfect at native res. To be honest, I was surprised that everyone agreed with my assessment but even the most diehard pro-Retina zombies picked the 2.5k screens.sQeetz wrote: Sun Oct 18, 2020 11:27 amExactly. You're proving my point. Comparing better 2K monitors against cheaper 4K monitors will lead to the conclusion that the 2K ones have better contrast/color accuracy, etc...
I'm not wasting money, btw. I'm getting more sharpness for the money. How much that is worth for anyone in particular is not your decision to make
In order to properly compare both resolutions you'd have to have two identically sized screens set the 4K screen at default resolution (3840x2160) and 200% scaling and the 2K screen to 100% (@ default 1920x1080). Of course the picture will not be satisfactory if you don't set the screen to its default resolution and scaling. And it's also clear why the 2.5K one looked better right out of the box, because the OS was already set to 100%. So the perfect match of screen size, resolution and scaling.BONES wrote: Sun Oct 18, 2020 11:25 pmSorry, you're just trying to justify a poor choice. You want to say that you get better sharpness but, as I said earlier, our unanimous decision, within a department of 20-odd graphics professionals, was that there was no discernably better sharpness or detail in the 4k screen. Maybe there would have been if we'd run it at 4k but everything was unusably small at native res so we were forced to run at 150% scaling to get a working interface. OTOH, the 2.5k screens were just about perfect at native res. To be honest, I was surprised that everyone agreed with my assessment but even the most diehard pro-Retina zombies picked the 2.5k screens.
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