Most studio control rooms are now recording into DAWs. Some have converted from analogue to DAW, while newer ones began with a DAW. In either case a decision has to be made about where to place the computer monitor(s). Here are some solutions that actual studio have implemented. All these control rooms operate as tracking rooms!
A wall of screens - no sight-lines to the studio. Crazy.
You would have to try hard to actually see through to the studio. Very bad.
You might be able to see if you crane your neck. Bad.
Over on the side - that allows for good visuals from the studio. Good (ideal if there is an Assistant Engineer).
Overhead (but not so high as to give you a stiff neck). Best (especially for a single operator).
Here are two more ways of doing it. They both look like reasonable solutions until the acoustics are considered.
A side-on control room makes monitor placement easy but there will be some nasty ERs off that window.
This looks like the perfect placing for dual screens, but they sit right between the mid-field tweeters and the listening position.
