4K monitor question

[Midiboy]

Hey all,

This is probably a really dumb question, but here goes...

Due to one of my 27" 1080p monitors dying within 9 months of purchase, the company I got it from is replacing it. They no longer carry the model and have offered me a free upgrade to a 27" 4k HDR monitor instead. I use 4 monitors in my studio setup. (1 for the main console / tracks, 1 for the mixing board / plug ins, 1 for the MIDI piano roll that sits above my Komplete Kontrol, and a 4th in my vocal booth for lyrics [not from Studio One]).

My question is, I'd like to use the 4K on either the console or the mixing board on Studio One. I know some people have had issues with the hi res in studio one. Is it going to cause me any weird issues to have one at 1080p and one at 4K? And which part of Studio One will display better to have the 4K on?

 

[Vocalpoint]

"Is it going to cause me any weird issues to have one at 1080p and one at 4K?"

The only thing that might make you crazy is that 98% of all third party plugins and apps out (depending on your stash) are not 4K compliant.

Even with Studio One - still have not read any definitive data anywhere that Studio One is in fact - 4K compliant either. Have read about plenty of users "getting it working" but that is not the same as it being designed for (and fully supported under) 4K

So you may encounter some crazy microscopic display action one minute (OR giant GUIs the next) IF you leave the new monitor in 4k resolution.

And I have found Windows to be spotty at best - to handle this for you. The OS expects a "set" resolution and in my experience - if you set it to one res and then set your various monitors to some other resolutions - that's where things get strange.

Ideally - If it were me - I would set everything (from the OS to the actual resolutions of the two monitors) to standard HD (1920x1080p) and carry on.

Mixing and matching different resolutions (especially when the OS setting is different) always seems to be a recipe for frustration.

VP

 

[Midiboy]

I don't think Windows will be an issue at all. I work in radiology and we use $36,000 12K monitors along side $100 24" 1080p monitors with absolutely no OS issues at all. My only concern is...how well does Studio One handle 4k. However, I was wrong on the 4k...it's only a 2k monitor they upgraded me to. (2560 x 1440). Still a high DP monitor, but unfortunately, 1080p won't work on that monitor without either stretching the image or creating black bars on the side. (2k is about 17:9 aspect.) But 2k is much easier to see small text on than 4k, so I think I'll be fine.

 

[Vocalpoint]

However, I was wrong on the 4k...it's only a 2k monitor they upgraded me to. (2560 x 1440). Still a high DP monitor, but unfortunately, 1080p won't work on that monitor without either stretching the image or creating black bars on the side.

Interesting. Have never met a monitor that cannot do Standard HD - whether new or old.

What type is this so I do not run into this in the future?

VP

 

[Jens]

I don't think different native resolutions are a problem, it's the scaling (with its various OS and app/plug-in options) that causes most of the headache. Multi monitor setups might cause issues but since you already run this configuration without problems you should be fine. (Just keep all other settings like refresh rate or HDR identical to be on the safe side.)

A minor problem might be VSTs that open off screen on the lower resolution display since it remembers its previous position on the higher resolution display but positions can be reset (forced to be visible) within S1.

 

[BobF]

I've been running Win + Studio One with a 4K primary display forever. Never a problem.
The catch? I don't scale - I leave it at 100% all the way.

No problem with the secondary either - a 2.5K pen display

 

[Midiboy]

I'm not sure I could do 4k on a 27 inch monitor. The text is small enough on a 2k 27". (And I don't scale either)