good monitors

[Tom Maloney]

Are you asking about monitors for the MAC ? Or NTSC monitors. Why do you say you need 2 ? Need more information to answer better

Tom

[Shane Ross]

I have two Dell 2405 monitors…24″. Better and far cheaper than the Apple 23″ monitors. Now the 2407s are what they are selling…the new version.

http://www.barefeats.com/lcd

Two monitors are a necessity for editing, for me at least. Bins on one side, timeline and viewer/canvas on the other.

Shane

FCP Preferences set to UNCONTROLLED ADVICE
Littlefrog Post
http://www.lfhd.net

[George Anderson]

Hi Tom and Shane, thanks for responding. I was interested in Mac monitors. But, they are really expensive. I’m just getting started, so I will purchase a NTSC monitor later. I need to get a grip on the basic tools first. So, as I understand with the Mac setup, I don’t necessarily need to buy Mac monitors. I want to have two monitors for the basic set up of bins on one side and canvas/view on the other.

[Debe]

You still will need some sort of external audio and video monitoring. FCP is designed to work in concert with external audio and video monitors. You will not see full quality on the Canvas when you are editing. Full quality is going out the FW port or through the I/O card, should you be so equipped.

In a pinch, a TV will do.

Check the manual for proper set up of FCP as a system.

debe

[George Anderson]

Ok, thanks.

[Marco Solorio]

[debe] “You still will need some sort of external audio and video monitoring. FCP is designed to work in concert with external audio and video monitors. You will not see full quality on the Canvas when you are editing. Full quality is going out the FW port or through the I/O card, should you be so equipped.”

I just want to interject by saying that since the original poster of this thread mentioned they just want the basics for now to learn the FCP tools, I’d say that buying a pair of LCDs and and NTSC monitor isn’t required. In fact, I’ve edited video on airplanes on nothing more than a Powerbook and headphones and when I got to my destination, the cut was ready for delivery. Now don’t get me wrong, I’d much rather edit in my comfy edit suite with LCD/CRT/Plasma screens galore, but in no way is FCP an incapable editor without output devices if all you need to do is learn on it for now.

Now, when you want to start learning about color space limitations, motion artifacts and anything else related to properly using output devices for broadcast level mastering, then I’d definitely say start segueing into the idea of buying proper display devices. Plus, what if at that point you’re not interested in it anymore? Then at least you didn’t buy into all the gear hype and can “let go” with a cleaner conscious. Alternatively, if you do decide to stick with it at that point, you’ll be much better poised to know exactly what it is you want to buy than had you bought it in the beginning.

Just my 2 cents.

Marco Solorio  |  OneRiver Media

[Debe]

I completely agree with you, Marco.

That’s why I suggested using a regular ol’ TV.

;p

debe

[George Anderson]

Thank you guys very much. I can tell already that this is a good forum and that there are people out there willing to help. My interest in something is always tenacious. I did an audio to film project many years ago when I first moved to California. I did it just to entertain myself. But i did it with my CD player, a tascam 4 track, a vhs player, a beta player and my tv. A one hour project took me about a year to do manually like this (in my spare time of course). It came out cool, but it sounds like crap. I can’t wait to do it again. I enjoyed the whole engineering of it and looked into it and sort of fell into audio engineering instead. Sorta got diverterd, now I’m trying to get back to where I started. Thanks. Without a doubt, I will have many more questions.