HD GUI

[Richard Penrose]

Hi,

Please could we have a High Definition GUI for Cakewalk Bandlab please! I find the currently GUI slightly blurred and the graphics are also quite pixelated compared to other DAW’s I use ( Cubase, Studio One ). 
 

 

[Starship Krupa]

Please share what video display system you are using so that we can get a better idea. I use a pair of 23" monitors with an nVidia cared and the GUI looks fine.

Are you on 4K? What GPU?

[Richard Penrose]

Hi. I’m using the built in graphics card on an Asia Z390a motherboard. My monitors are quite old and not 4k but Cakewalk looks slightly blurred compared to Cubase 11 and Studio One on the same screen!? I guess it feels quite dated?

Edited March 4, 2022 by Richard Penrose

[Will.]

Yep. Nothing blurry here. Crispy clean and sleek. On the same level as other DAWs. 

[reginaldStjohn]

4K 47 inch monitor here. Have not noticed it being any less crisp then Studio One or others that I use. Some have complained that some menu's text look more blurry but I have not noticed that.

[Lost Phases]

7 hours ago, reginaldStjohn said:

4K 47 inch monitor here. Have not noticed it being any less crisp then Studio One or others that I use. Some have complained that some menu's text look more blurry but I have not noticed that.

I think it's more about the Windows scaling than Cakewalk's here. I used to have my Window's interface scaling as the default 150% on my 1920×1080 resolution laptop screen and Cakewalk looked a bit blurry then tbh. After I reduced the interface scaling to 100% in Windows settings and started using Cakewalk (which by the way looked much more spacious now as compared to before) it's UI started looking a lot more crisp. Maybe @Richard Penrose is facing the same issue here, he might need to reduce the interface scaling in Windows settings.

 

Edited March 5, 2022 by In A Week

[Will.]

On 3/5/2022 at 1:52 AM, reginaldStjohn said:

Some have complained that some menu's text look more blurry but I have not noticed that.

This could be related to Windows cumulative updates not installed on the system. 

[OutrageProductions]

On 3/3/2022 at 11:54 PM, Richard Penrose said:

Hi. I’m using the built in graphics card on an Asia Z390a motherboard. 

I normally run 4 monitors from a pair of nVidia dedicated PCIe cards, but had to use the on board z390a chipset video for some troubleshooting and found that it would max out on my HD monitors at only 720 lines, hence was a bit fuzzy. 

Nothing like having dedicated GPU 's...

 

[Promidi]

Have you enabled EnableWin10DPIAwareness=1 in Cakewalk.ini ?

This can be edited in Preferences | File | Initialisation File

Edited March 12, 2022 by Promidi

[msmcleod]

10 hours ago, Promidi said:

Have you enabled EnableWin10DPIAwareness=1 in Cakewalk.ini ?

This can be edited in Preferences | File | Initialisation File

FWIW That setting is highly experimental, and not recommended.

[Mark Morgon-Shaw]

2 hours ago, msmcleod said:

FWIW That setting is highly experimental, and not recommended.

Will it ever become non - experimental ?

[GreenLight]

I just tried experimental EnableWin10DPIAwareness=1 option (introduced back in 2021.04) when using 125% scaling in Windows, but I couldn't see any improvement in clarity. Does anyone else see a difference?

Would be awesome if the DPI awareness got some love, at some point in the future! ?