Re: home recording/macbook/fan noise/external monitors

[Charles Zwicky <cazwicky@earthlink.net>]

Title: Re: home recording/macbook/fan noise/external monitors

John,

 Which Mac?  Any modern mac has a dual monitor capability, you need to go into the "Displays" control panel and select "Arrange Displays"  de select 'mirror monitors"

> "so the built-in jack for the
> external monitor is not sufficient for you?"
>
> The problem is that if you use two
> external monitors apart from the screen on the macbook, the images on
> those two external monitors are mirrors of themselves.  This
> would be desirable for a classroom presentation, business meeting
> etc., but what I am looking for is the ability to have the two
> external monitors be a split screen which I can use to have, say, a
> video image up while I'm recording with Logic for a video project or
> film.  Doing that and being able to record quiet
> acoustic stuff is why I'm looking for two external monitors and having
> the computer in another room instead of just using the macbook screen
> and one external monitor.
>
> I've ordered a splitter box from Matrox
> which supposedly should work according to their tech people.
>  I'll let you know.  If it doesn't, I might look at one of
> the new iMacs......
>
> Thanks for all the posts,
>
> John

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