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AVID UNITY but cheaper?
I just switched from FCP and I am starting a project where we will have two avid MC 5.5 systems running simultaneously. Ideally, Id’ like an assistant to be able to access and work off the same project file at the same time while I edit. I understand that is what Avid Unity is for but the price is too steep for our purposes. Is there a similar system that would accommodate our needs in the 2-5k range?
Thanks,
Krisztian
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6 Replies
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there is nothing you can do for Final Cut Pro for 2 – 5k for shared storage. The cheapest shared storage for AVID is EditShare, and it costs a lot more than 2 – 5k. 2 – 5k is how much a decent single drive array costs.
Bob Zelin
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Krisztian,
Listen to Bob – pretty much most of us rely on him about the intricacies for these type of hardware questions.
Best,
Jeff G
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Thanks for the reply. I may have to look into edit share.
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I agree with you, however, that there is a HUGE market for 2 systems sharing a project. I told Gary Greenfield and Kirk Arnold at an Avid event that we needed a simple two-system (aka Editor and Assistant) shared workflow. Surely their engineers could figure out how to make one of the machines a server and the other a client over an ethernet cable or something?
They seemed to like the idea, and they even mentioned it to a few of their engineers who were on hand, but that’s been a couple years ago now and I haven’t heard a word about it since.
I would gladly pay 2K to 5K for such a system, as it’s incredibly common for me to need a single assistant on a small feature, etc.
Chris Conlee
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Oh, I think a 3-4 person SAN would be perfect. You, an assistant, and someone else as you need….
But I think the people you want to give that feedback to is Avid or Editshare. 😀
Best,
Jeff G
Apple Master Trainer | Avid Cert. Instructor DS/MC | Adobe Cert. Instructor
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It doesn’t currently get much more “Avid” than Gary and Kirk, the CEO and COO of the company. They were specifically asking what Avid could do to compete with FCP. That was my number one recommendation; a TRUE shared environment for at least 2 users for less than $5K. It’s something Apple didn’t and still doesn’t have.
Chris
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