Waves 8 / 9 dual monitor - what a mess!

[sunburst79]

So does anyone know if this is a PT only problem? Does it occur in Reaper, Logic Cubase etc?

Hi Tom

[mesaone]

Originally Posted by TOM@METRO

I've tried eyefinity and it won't work here.

Do you mean Eyefinity won't work, or that the Waves plug-ins won't work?

[Raoul23]

Originally Posted by TOM@METRO

I've tried eyefinity and it won't work here. We have two sets of dual monitors that are cloned, Two over the console and two (cloned) at the MIDI station. and a third monitor for floating windows to the left of the main recording console. (5 in all)

Waves is the only developer that will not run perfectly on our system.

Glad you told us this Tom was then about to buy one of them cards!!!


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[mesaone]

So I guess it's not multiple cards that cause the waves conflict, it's 3 or more monitors?

To clear this up, Tom, are you using Eyefinity with a single card? If you're using multiple cards, it may not be that Waves and Eyefinity are incompatible - it may just be that Waves (as stated) does not support multiple discrete video cards.

Because, depending on the situation, a single card feeding 3 monitors might work.

[Bill Denton]

Originally Posted by mesaone

So I guess it's not multiple cards that cause the waves conflict, it's 3 or more monitors?

To clear this up, Tom, are you using Eyefinity with a single card? If you're using multiple cards, it may not be that Waves and Eyefinity are incompatible - it may just be that Waves (as stated) does not support multiple discrete video cards.

Because, depending on the situation, a single card feeding 3 monitors might work.

So I guess it's not multiple cards that cause the waves conflict, it's 3 or more monitors?

I'm afraid it's the opposite...from everything I've read it's the multiple graphics cards that is the problem.

Several people have reported Waves having acknowledged a problem with multiple graphics cards.

Supposedly, multiple monitors are okay if there is only one graphics card in the system...

[mesaone]

Originally Posted by Bill Denton

Supposedly, multiple monitors are okay if there is only one graphics card in the system...

See, that's what I thought. That's why I recommended a single card with Eyefinity, so you can have more than 2 monitors and not encounter the Waves bug.

But them Tom says no, Eyefinity doesn't work, he's driving 5 monitors (incl 2 clones). What I'm trying to figure out is if he is using multiple video cards. I think he might have interpreted my comments to mean I thought Eyefinity was a way to get waves working with multiple video cards. I was saying that Eyefinity is an alternative to a multi-GPU system, since it allows 3+ monitors with a single card.

Because if he is using more than one video card (which is not supported) then how can we know that Eyefinity (support status unknown) is the problem?... And that means that a single Eyefinity card, as I had recommended to Raoul, could work. I would hate to find out that my recommendation given in good faith was so far off the mark.

Just to be clear about the AMD terminology, Crossfire is linking multiple cards. Eyefinity is using 3 or more monitors, and can be done with a single card or with multiple.

[sunburst79]

While I think it would be nice to see Waves fix this in Toms case he might be able to clone the two displays using a couple of those MATROX TripleHead2Go units to mirror the displays. But he shouldn't have to.

[Raoul23]

Originally Posted by sunburst79

While I think it would be nice to see Waves fix this in Toms case he might be able to clone the two displays using a couple of those MATROX TripleHead2Go units to mirror the displays. But he shouldn't have to.

Waves should fix it, if every other plugin I have works ok why can't Waves make it work!!!!!


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[sunburst79]

Originally Posted by Raoul23

Waves should fix it, if every other plugin I have works ok why can't Waves make it work!!!!!


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I absolutely agree. But if the situation was ruining my accustomed workflow and I wanted and needed more monitors and Waves plugs hat's the only viable solution I can see in the meantime.

[sw rec]

Supposedly, multiple monitors are okay if there is only one graphics card in the system...
Nope. I'm running 3 monitors off of a single MATROX 9140 card, and WAVES will NOT run on this system. AS I said earlier, I'm not disabling my 3-monitor setup for one lousy plugin.