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  Upgrading my FCP system

  Posted by Luiggi Berrios on November 16, 2007 at 12:13 pm

  Hi, I just need some advice since I have been editing for the past 4 years without any problems on a Dual 1.25/G4 using a Promax DA Max as a converter to input analog stuff from either Beta SP or DVD to the machine. Most of the stuff that I do is just simple editing and from time to time a do a proyect in After Effects and Motion. I considering buying a brand new Imac 24″ with the latest 2.8 processor and FCS 2. Is this machine will do the work for me considering what I do, can I edit a P2 footage proyect on it? Please give me an advice…

  Agnes Marsala replied 18 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Shane Ross

  November 16, 2007 at 4:14 pm

  Depends…what do you need to deliver? If ONLY DVDs, this system should work. But if you need to output to any sort of tape, you’ll need a capture card, and those only work in Towers. Even the I/O HD would require the firewire bus all to itself, and since the ONLY drives you can use on an iMac are firewire…this wouldn’t work.

  Shane

  
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  Agnes Marsala

  January 16, 2008 at 3:13 pm

  Shane,
  Why won’t the ProMax work for output? I’m using one too and I’m going to be upgrading my system soon. The ProMax has both in and out analog signals. I was hoping to keep it and spend more on the Mac.
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  Agnes Marsala

  January 16, 2008 at 3:13 pm

  Shane,
  Why won’t the ProMax work for output? I’m using one too and I’m going to be upgrading my system soon. The ProMax has both in and out analog signals. I was hoping to keep it and spend more on the Mac.

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