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FCP X – steady as she goes.
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No, TOTALLY!
Hey! While we’re at it let’s get REAL BUTTONS back on our damn cel phones too!
This new fangled “sheat of glass” as a control surface SUCKS.
Tacitily RETRO FTW!
No reason to change perfection!
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Creator of XinTwo – https://www.xintwo.com
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[Bill Davis] “This new fangled “sheet of glass” as a control surface SUCKS.”
So true:
https://www.fastcodesign.com/3063238/why-wont-apple-fix-the-iphones-one-huge-design-flaw
Simon Ubsdell
tokyo productions
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[Bill Davis] “Hey! While we’re at it let’s get REAL BUTTONS back on our damn cel phones too!”
That’s what I’ve got! ☺
– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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[Bill Davis] “Hey! While we’re at it let’s get REAL BUTTONS back on our damn cel phones too!”
Sometimes buttons are better for some people, even if they’re not better for you. That’s why options are always nice.
Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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[Herb Sevush] “Sometimes buttons are better for some people, even if they’re not better for you. That’s why options are always nice.”
I know – it’s HORRIBLE how they outlawed buttons and put in those laws about how no cel phone company can offer buttons anymore.
We should be free to move on and use new technology or stick with older stuff as we like.
And it’s lovely that nobody around here gets “individually” pushed at as foolish or painted as intolerant for advocating either option.
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Creator of XinTwo – https://www.xintwo.com
The shortest path to FCP X mastery. -
Just like phones with buttons, every edit system that came with tactile controls are now gone…
Quantel EditBox / Henry
Panasonic PostBox
Sony Xpri
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And Quantel is still around and with a console. Plus, you have BMD with 3 options for Resolve surfaces.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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[Bill Davis] “This new fangled “sheat of glass” as a control surface SUCKS.”
Touch surfaces are actually pretty poor replacements for hardware like game controllers, mixing consoles, keyboards, etc., (which is why software keyboards rely so heavily on autocorrect, predictive text, etc., to be usable). We’ve traded away quality for convenience and lower cost, which is the way things tend to go. We base our purchases on our budget and our needs. We buy what’s good enough for our situation and very few of us are in the position (and/or the mindset) to buy the absolute best of something w/o regard for price or practical application.
For example, off the rack QWERTY keyboards are not the best to use for text entry, video games, NLEs, etc., yet off the rack QWERTY keyboards are the most widely used HIDs for text entry, video games and NLEs because they are convenient and they are ‘free’ (in that they came with the computer). It’s not about old vs new. It’s about what’s good enough. I mean, CDs got clobbered by MP3, not SACD or DVD-A. Even with my rudimentary, basement drummer skills if someone said, ‘Hey instead playing the drum part on your kit, would you mind doing it with this QWERTY keyboard instead?’ Unless there are extenuating circumstances (like my drum kit is engulfed in flames) the answer is ‘no’.
One of my main take aways from reading the “Innovator’s Dilemma” years ago is that existing tech is rarely eclipsed by better tech, it’s eroded away from the bottom by newer, inferior tech that’s less expensive but ‘good enough’ for some segment of the population. As the newer tech improves more people adopt it because the performance gap narrows while the price gap typically remains broad.
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[Bill Davis] “No reason to change perfection!”
I love your consistency Bill. Always the champion of the Apple new. Even when it sometimes takes a step backwards, you see the positive. But sometimes you have to take on board that people like me who have championed the development of a digital world since 1984 and have spent years working with developers on improving software and hardware might have a preference for what actually works at the coal face after 33 years of trying and testing.
What pleases me the most when young editors watch me grade and mix is they drool over hardware controllers and how they work with software like Fairlight. The ah ha moment when they see what you can do with ten fingers on a mixer and how you can go for hours without calling the physio.
I don’t expect you to understand there can be a better way that is not new. You can’t see it through your bias but I can and do accept when things improve and when they take a step backwards from all software and hardware vendors. Just don’t expect respect for your views when you have such a limited single vendor view of the word.
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