the thumbtack icon on the main ME window.....

with the pin its on the right hand side of mix emergency box(where the toogle buttons are for media bank,presets ect...)

I personally deal with that by sizing SL to the top 70-75% of the screen, and have all the ME stuff below. On a 17-inch screen, that work out pretty well, probably not so practical on something much smaller.

It's for that reason I really wish Scratch Live was like most other Mac OS apps and remembered where it's window was placed the previous time (rather than going full-screen every single time).

why don't you just pin ME on SSL like most people do, Mark?
with a 17 inch you have more than enough space especially if you split the view screens.

serato.com

this is the thread were people showed how they use the split screen option and place their windows

I did it that way originally, but really don't like having some areas of the SL screen covered up with the ME stuff. And I tried the split screens thing when they put that in 1.7, but just like it better all together.

I see a few people in that other thread with their search area covered with the ME stuff. That would drive me nuts...I use the search thing at least a few times in a typical night.

Ah, gotcha.

the areas next to the virtual decks in the vertical waveform is perfect for split screen but the 3rd output view is difficult to place perfectly.

I think after revisiting the setups some people have I am going to try a split (over the far right waveform) with the output over my cover art area.

I turn on the sample bank and put the 3rd output under the wave forms that as allows a bit more space to put some of the other m.e boxes (sample bank/effects