Building the ultimate Edit Suite….

[Shane Ross]

This question comes up about once a month. Search the forums…

Shane

Littlefrog Post
http://www.lfhd.net

[Andy Edwards]

First off, what computer will you be putting all of this in? New MacPro tower? Older G5 Quad….?

What format will you be editing in? HD, DVCPRO HD, HDV, SD, DVCAM, DV?

Editing card: AJA KONA 3

Hard drives:
For true HD and not just DVCPROHD, you’ll be purchasing something in the Fiber card range: Huge Systems, Medea, G-Speed (not sure it is shipping).

For regular 8-10bit and DVCPROHD, a 5-10 drive SATA raid would suffice.

Plug-Ins:
For After Effects…depending on what computer you get, get the Nucleo Plug-in. ( https://www.gridironsoftware.com/ ) makes your rendering a whole lot quicker if you have a ram packed machine.

Just a little smattering of stuff. Search back in the archives as this comes up every few weeks and there are a ton of great posts on the subject.

Andy

[Frank Nolan]

[Buddy] “Obviously this is such a vague question, but if you can chime in on one product that you absolutely can’t edit without,”

A nice comfy chair:-)
And a Kensington 4 button track ball.

[Nick Price]

Tektronix waveform monitor, 8 channel mixing desk, dvd recorder, legaliser, PPM meters, some wires….

nick

[John Calhoun]

Intuos3 9×12 tablet, Mackie HR824 audio monitors, Huge Systems 1.25TB MediaVault U320-R, Dell 2407WFP 24-inch flat panel.

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[David Bogie]

Air conditioning.
BAttery backup on critical systems.
A really good buddy who understands Macintosh down to the kernel.
A long list of clients waiting to give you money.
Good lighting in the suite.
Good chair.
Good coffee.
Good training.
Good sales staff.
Vacation.

The question comes up every week around here and you’re probably posting this same question in other FCP forums. Search for dozens of similar threads.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”