Hello,
is there a way to effectively use Garageband 10 on two screens? What I have been actually trying to do for the past hours is splitting the GB-window so I can put some extra windows (which contains for example the instrument library, the smart controls or effects) on an extra monitor.
I hope anybody can help me out with this problem :-)
Thank you
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
Well, actually I am already working with two monitors showing different things.
Maybe a picture of the issue helps with the explanation. :-)
The picture shows the Macbook (on the left) and my external screen (on the right). What I want to do is maybe pick one of those bars (red-outlined) and grab them onto the left screen so there is more space for me to edit my tracks on the right while changing effects on the left screen simultaneously. Is that possible?
Sorry for writing mistakes, I'm german. :-)
I guessed by your name that you are probably German. We are in the same boat 😁
Now I see what you want to do. You cannot split the GarageBand main window into sub panels. You can only arrange the two monitors side by side (in the "Display" System Preferences), have the left monitor show space one, the right monitor space 2, keep GarageBand in Space two, and then shift the main GarageBand window to the left, so the library with the patches will appear in space 1, the track area in space 2. Basically you can make the GarageBand main window stretch across both displays. But you cannot detach the smart controls panel to a different space.
GarageBand is a co-called "single window interface". Apple is using that in concept in most of their apps.
Advantage
The advantage is that you stay in one window and show/hide additional windows in so-called window panes on an as-needed basis (automatically resizing the available space inside the Main Window). This keeps the screen from cluttering and you don't have to move and resize window. It also has to advantage to use and stay in the Full Screen mode as long as possible.
Disadvantage
This concept works best on a single monitor. The problem is that you can't brake-off individual panes as standalone windows to drag to a second monitor. Logic has more of a hybrid system that allows you to work in a single window but also open some windows (not all) as a standalone windows. GarageBand doesn't allow that. However there are still some windows that are not part of the Main Window (Musical Keyboard, Plugin Windows, etc) that you can drag to your second monitor. Better than nothing.
Hope that helps
Edgar Rothermich
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Bohnenpflanzer wrote:
I was wondering if there is a way to contact apple's garageband support in order to integrate such thing in future updates? Do you know some contacts or something?
It is right there in the GarageBand Menu:
I don't have a secondary monitor at home to try this, but have you enabled in System Preferences > Mission Control the following option:
"Displays have separate Spaces"? Otherwise all displays will show the same content.
Sorry, a misunderstanding. The option needs to be enabled. You want to see different things on both monitors.
And Mission control is responsible, what will appear in which space. Are you using Full Screen Mode? Then try again without Full screen mode, but make the main GarageBand window as large as possible.
How are your Display settings? Have you selected to see both displays side-by-side. Mirroing should be off.
"We are all sitting in one boat" - Günther Öttinger
Thank you. This issue could be interesting for more people. I was wondering if there is a way to contact apple's garageband support in order to integrate such thing in future updates? Do you know some contacts or something?
First of thanks for your answer.
I have tried disabling the option but it didn't help. Not sure but I don't think that this has something to do with Mission Control anyway, does it?
Now the german trio is complete 😁
Garageband 10 with two screens
