• VEGAS Pro

  looking to migrat to Vegas from Final Cut Pro

  Posted by Andy Nitchman on February 27, 2006 at 12:35 am

  I recently acquired a copy of Sony Vegas 6… I’ve been editing on Final Cut Pro but I’ve never been able to afford my own system… what I want to know is what will I need to build an editing system around Vegas?
  My current system (Pentium 2.4Ghz 1.25 gigs of RAM) meets the minimum system requirements for SD… so what I want to know is what would I need to optimize my existing system? Or should I just build a new one?

  Rob Mack replied 20 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Gary Kleiner

  February 27, 2006 at 1:31 am

  I’ll be interested to know about your experience as you discover the joys of editing with Vegas (also what you miss about FCP).

  Your system should be fine assuming the OS is Windows XP or 2000, though faster is always better (I doubt that will ever change).

  Gary Kleiner

  

  Learn Vegas and DVD Architect

  http://www.VegasTrainingAndTools.com
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  Andy Nitchman

  February 27, 2006 at 2:40 am

  I can tell you right now what I miss about FCP… the dual core G5 that I run it on… = )

  Seriously though, I haven’t used Vegas enough yet… but I will definitely let you know…

  I can’t make up my mind… whether I should
  1. stick with what I know(FCP) and save up for a MAC… or
  2. build up my existing PC
  3. build a new Vegas system

  2+3 should be cheaper…
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  Rob Mack

  February 27, 2006 at 5:30 am

  Sticking with what you know is always easiest but you’re in a spot right now where you might consider waiting for the Intel Macs. That could take a year but the thing is that you’ll be in an upgrade dead end if you stick with the lowly dual G5.

  The Intel system you have now will work for Vegas for a while yet. If you wanted to upgrade then the main thing to throw at it is CPU power. Dual core Athlon64s are the prefered CPU for Vegas these days. Dual Opterons with dual cores are the ideal solution.

  There’s really nothing else you need yet. There’s no special hardware for Vegas, no special graphics cards either. Fast CPU, Gig of ram or better, and storage space. The 10,000 RPM Raptor drives are supposed to be pretty good and give 2-disk arrays a run for their money.

  I say “yet” because we all kind of hope that another rev of Vegas will be released at NAB. While I don’t really expect any special hardware support for V7 I’m also not privy to any information. Who knows? Maybe there’s good reason to hold onto your upgrade money until then.

  Or then again maybe there’s good reason to hold onto your cash until the Intel rev of FCP.

  Rob Mack

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