A problem I keep getting using a second monitor, sorry for the length
Due to ill health I am forced to mainly use my Macbook while sitting in my armchair, using various music software and a Arturia Keylab Essential 49 mk3 (and sometimes also my Maschine mk3)
I have a 4TB external thunderbolt 4 drive
Just got a Streamdeck XL which is awsome
This works 100% fine
Then I have my main studio, well desk at other end of room, for those days when my health is good enough for me to play my really nice gear.
On my desk I have a “CalDigit TS4 Thunderbolt 4 Docking Station”.
Connected to this I have :
“Focusrite Scarlett 2i2” 3rd gen audio interface (powered studio monitors connected to that)
Dell U3818DW curved widescreen monitor
Native Instruments S88 mk3. Keyboard
Arturia S61 mk2 Keyboard
Native Instruments Maschine mk3
I also have a Magic Mouse, trackpad and keyboard (tend not to use the mouse)
All I have to do is plug in one cable from the CalDigit to my MacBook and everything springs into life and seems like all is fine.
In the MacBook “Settings/Desktop and Dock” I have “Displays have separate spaces” set
I can happily launch say Cubase on my large monitor and all seems fine.
However, when I’m inputting from one of my keyboards (which means I’m sending midi data), I could be playing the keyboard, I could be turning a knob on the keyboard (and can see the knob on the particular instrument also move on the screen) etc;
Every few minutes the screen goes blank and I have to click around with the mouse to get it to come back on again, this is very very annoying as you can imagine.
I’ve tried it with the laptop lid open and with it closed (don’t need the laptop screen when using large monitor)
In the MacBook settings, under the Lock Screen settings I have
“Start Screen Saver when inactive”
“Turn Display off on battery when inactive”
“Turn display off on power adapter when inactive”
All set to “Never”
Doesn’t matter whether I’m using Cubase or a stand alone instrument from say Arturia or Native Instruments, it still does this.
I can’t work out whether its a setting/cable my end (which is the most likely in my opinion) or say a faulty CalDigit docking station or faulty Dell monitor.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated
Thanks