Consolidate Windows, or no?

[mikebeckmotu]

CW on the built-in iMac (17") monitor and separate windows on the 2nd (19" widescreen) monitor. I can pretty much leave the layout alone and see what I need to see, which I like far more than having to switch around.

[monkey man]

I noticed from your sig that you own DP4, 5 and 6, plus a refrigerator, Mike. Does this mean that you use the fridge to keep the versions you're not currently using on ice? Makes sense to me, you clever bugger.

EDIT: Of course, this means that your Guinness as well as sequencers are barely an arm's length away at all times. Ingenious.

[mhschmieder]

I admire people who have a good enough visual memory to NOT use CW . If I do window-switching instead, I lose my visual frame history and train of thought. It's related to why I prefer using all ten fingers for quick cross-referencing in printed books, vs. one-page-at-a-time (or more commonly 3/4 of a page at a time) PDF browsing . Us mathematicians are pattern-matching machines. Linear thought is more challenging for us .

[monkey man]

... and more power to you for that fact, Mark, especially in this, the age of linear thinking and indeed assumptions, when in fact the "natural" world's patterns are distinctly non-linear.

[mikebeckmotu]

I noticed from your sig that you own DP4, 5 and 6, plus a refrigerator, Mike. Does this mean that you use the fridge to keep the versions you're not currently using on ice? Makes sense to me, you clever bugger.

EDIT: Of course, this means that your Guinness as well as sequencers are barely an arm's length away at all times. Ingenious.

Your 2nd guess is much more accurate!
It's my consolidated window of expended efforts, which keeps me on topic. In reality, it's more like monkey feng shui.

[monkey man]

Ah... the imagery, Mike. LOL I pictured the Monkster in an Hawaiian shirt, straw hat and sunnies, sipping a banana daiquiri and reaching into the freeze box for some ice. The fact that it'd preserve in pristine condition my alternate versions/older copies of DP would be a bonus should I be abandoned on a tropical island somewhere in the Pacific, something that I've unfortunately had the honour of experiencing once or twice. As Yoda might say, "Add one to my mobile rig, I will." LOL

Regarding the Pacific-dumpings I've received (don't forget all those girlfriends LOL), I'd like to be clear - I'm not bitter. After all, had I not been dumped in such a way, I'd likely not have developed the theory of devolution and Jungleville would've been all the weaker for it. That said, it'd be appreciated if Cher-ly Khaan Kharne and the figurative sloven(ly)ment would drop a few mil into my account once in a while instead of pumping tons of bananas into museums in my name and indeed naming every university and extention thereof Monkey something or other. Geez. C'mon slovenment and Cher-ly Khaan Kharne, show me the money already! LOL

[billf]

Frodo,

I'm one of those who uses some stuff in consolidated and other items "popped out" floating about. I wish Logic had more of these options actually.

[FMiguelez]

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I practically never use CW. I just don't like them. The only one I use once in a while is the SE + Mixer strip as part of a Window set.
I have 2 23'' displays, so, for me, it's just easier to use WS and key commands for the other smaller windows.

Having said that, I admit I have not really tried to incorporate them into my workflow. I see no need, but perhaps I shall try to do a project using them, just to see for sure if they improve or help my way of working. They might come in handier in my MacBook Pro, which I rarely use for DP.

[Phil O]

Hi, Mr. Frodo. Sorry if someone already mentioned this, but I arrived at the thread late and haven't the time right now to read the whole thing, but...

I seem to recall another thread where DP 6.01 bugs were reported and the solution was to turn off CW. So if my memory serves me, there are a couple of CW specific bugs. Keep an eye out for those critters. Personally, I've never used CW - just never had the need. But I have been known to listen to C&W from time to time.

Phil