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AJA Kona 3 and Avid MC6
I downloaded the Avid Media Composer 6 Trial. Seems to work pretty good. I did notice that AJA hasn’t updated their driver page to include the Kona 3 driver. I was thinking they were going to release all their drivers the day that MC6 came out. Any word out there when the drivers will be available?
Greg Jones
D7,Inc.
Orlando,FL.
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The new driver is 9.1, thought Im not sure about Avid support.
Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Mac Pro 3,1
8 core
10.6.8
Nvidia Quadro 4000
24 gigs ram
Maxx Digital / Areca 8tb. raid
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Version 10 will be the one, not out yet.
Robert Brown
Editor/VFX/Colorist – FCP, Smoke, Quantel Pablo, After Effects, 3DS MAX, Premiere Prohttps://vimeo.com/user3987510/videos
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I would suspect soon. Kona 3 is what we’ve been testing MC6 with as I’ve reported previously in my articles here on the Cow. It’s a thing of beauty because we can actually run FCP 7, Premiere CS 5.5.2 and Avid MC 6 on the same Mac Pro. It’s a great time to be a video editor, that’s for sure. Pick the right tool for the right job, no more converting something to anything else just to fit whatever tool you happen to own.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author, Chef.
HD Post and Production
Biscardi Creative Media“This American Land” – our new PBS Series.
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I’m in agreement Walter. I started out on a ‘Video Toaster’, switched to ‘Video Cube’, switched to Media 100, switched to Avid, switched to Final Cut Pro, etc. I think editing is a state of mind. The tools are there just to help you help bring your vision to life. I’m actually pretty excited about what all the manufacturers are doing. I think switching it up helps keep us editors on our toes and not stay too stagnant. I’ll probably end up with Final Cut Pro 7, Final Cut Pro X, Premiere Pro, Avid, After Effects, etc. on my box. I think its smart to stay well versed in all the software.
Greg Jones
D7,Inc.
Orlando,FL.
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Orlando,Fl.
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[Greg Jones] ” I’ll probably end up with Final Cut Pro 7, Final Cut Pro X, Premiere Pro, Avid, After Effects, etc. on my box. I think its smart to stay well versed in all the software.”
According to Evan Schectman the next major release of FCP X will make it have all the features he’ll need to switch his company over to FCP X so NAB should be rather interesting next year. Since Apple has already let him make that statement, I’m assuming they will at least show up at the SuperMeet. If they take over again though, I’ll probably avoid the event.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author, Chef.
HD Post and Production
Biscardi Creative Media“This American Land” – our new PBS Series.
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It is an interesting time! I’m now using Premiere 5.0.4 for Nikon D7000 support, 5.5.2 for XDCam and others, Final Cut for some of it’s features and hardware support (IoHD) and am putting it all together with Media 100 Suite 2.1 for it’s unmatched stability in long form, in ProRes HQ from all the rest. Media 100 Suite is still available for $595 for a few more days with a free trial period. Don’t underestimate it. All these work on the same MacPro with the same AJA LHi. The IoHD on a new 17″ MacBook Pro with FCP for lossless up and down converts between systems. Will get the Avid when drivers are available and I finish a two year project. Where one falls down, I move to the other. The glue is ProRes HQ, still the best finishing codec in my humble opinion.
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1, Premiere Pro 5.0 and 5.5, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Avid MC, Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz 24Gb RAM 120GB SSD, Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 8Gb SSD, G5 Quadcore PCIe
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