Hi everyone, I seem to have searched and come up with nothing on using VCV Rack with dual monitors. I was just curious whether it was possible. My eyes aren’t what they used to be and thought having twice the screen space would make it much better. Is there a way to do this? Thanks.
Hi the.bradys,
It’s the job of the Operating System to support and configure multiple displays. If You configure the displays as ‘extension’ on top, bottom, left or right of the main display, You can just move the app windows to the display You wish.
This doesn’t function, if the specific app window (i.e. VCV Rack) is maximized. This will only place it on one display. The little trick is: Don’t expand the app window, just size it with dragging the app window border (top, bottom, left, right) over the limit of one display to the second one.
I did it exactly this way on my Windows Workstation, and then on Linux, too. It works.
Hope this helps. Remo
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MacBooks will support up to two external monitors in “extended desktop” mode for three times the real estate. For mine I’ve used two USB Type C to HDMI adapters with no problem. Or … you can just use one really big TV/monitor up close, either in extended desktop or “mirror” mode.
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On Windows - and who knows, OSX? Linux? I don’t run those any more - you can drag the Rack window to cover the screen.
In general I use one screen for Rack and the other for any VST device windows. I have drug the Rack window to cross the screen, and you can see more of your patch at once, but at least on Windows, that feels pretty clumsy.
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Thanks for your replies, i so appreciate it… Ive been messing around with it and found that if i reduce the VCV window from full screen I can then drag the edge into the second monitor, taking up both. Twice the rack size!
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