Monitor 4k For Cubase

Cubase
1

Hi guys. Which monitor 4k you recommend for Cubase? Thanks

2

I actually donā€™t recommend a 4k monitor, unless its larger than 43 inches.

3

Thanks Steve Which monitor you would recommend?

4

Personally, I hit the sweet spot for my purposes with two cheap monitors. I think itā€™s difficult to by a bad display these days, since gaming requires such high specs, even cheapos work for daws.

My two displays are a 32 inch 2560x1440 Acer (ET322QU) and a 22 inch 1920x1080 Acer SB220Q. I arrange them like this:
image
(I use the vertical space for sheet music)

1 Like
5

Ah ok. I have a 27 inch Acer Predator monitor XB 3 2560 x 1440. Thanks Steve

6

Yeah, youā€™re good to go. If you need more space buy another! Or save your money

7

Thanks Steve for your advise. I appreciate it. :slightly_smiling_face:

8

I had a 2-monitor setup quite similar as above, but changed 8 months ago for a single 4k, and I greatly prefer this setup!
I got the LG Ergo flexible arm and canā€™t say enough good things about it.
The comfort of always having the monitor at the right position is gold to me.
As a bonus: the included USB-C cable plugs directly into my iPad Pro (no dongles) or into my laptop, and it doubles as a charger.
Gadgets aside, the picture quality is perfect for the job.

1 Like
9

That is a nice high-end monitor. I actually checked it out recently- but since I already have my 32" on an articulating arm, I bought a second chepie.

10

How are you handling the embarrassingly bad HiDPi plugin debacle that continues to plague us, the ā€˜earlyā€™ adopters of the ā€˜virginalā€™ tech that known as a 4K monitor?! (spoiler: iā€™m getting kinda def up with this now lolā€¦)
Do you simply turn off HiDPi and run in a lower cloudier blurrier mess? ā€¦

11

A 4k monitor (3840x2160) has 4x the pixel count of regular full-HD (1920x1080), but if you run it 1:1 without any scaling, the text is crazy-small and unreadable unless you sit close to a 40-inch+ screen.

So I had to apply some scaling, but found a recipe without any blurring (canā€™t stand it!) and that still gives more info than using 2x full-HD screens.

Iā€™m not at home right now and donā€™t have access to the details here.
So, instead of relying on my unreliable memoryā€¦ Iā€™ll get back with details in a few days.
I know the image is 100% crisp, not blurry at all and I have a ton of info on screen.

And BTW, I also have a 4k 15-inch on my laptop and love itā€¦ after figuring the right settingsā€¦

12

thereā€™s a menu on every plugin to allow to resize so regardless of the plugin itself being hidpi or not Cubase will resize it.

I have no issues with ANY plugins and I donā€™t have great eyesight either.

Iā€™m on a 32 inch 4k monitor.

M

13

Yeah, that resize option really doesnā€™t work on all plugins though iā€™m afraid. Iā€™m a big user of Native Instruments and Waves and they both fall very short on support unfortunatelyā€¦ 4K 32" user here too.

14

I use several plugins from both without issues.
Anything specific?
Iā€™ll gladly share my recipe when I get back home.

15

I run a 32ā€ 4k monitor and find at full scale itā€™s ok. I donā€™t like scaling as it seems pointless having a 4k monitor.

16

you must have fresh, young eyes.

17

No I have glasses for computer screens which work remarkably well :slight_smile:

1 Like
18

right on!

1 Like
19

Hello @Y-D
Could you also share your recipe with me?
Iā€™m having a really hard time getting rid of blurry waveforms.

Thanks

20

I ā€˜ve got a Samsung 50ā€™ā€™ QLED screen, around 1.8m away, resolution is 4096x2160, scaling set to 200%, image is super sharp, everything readable and crisp. Hope that helps