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Goodbye mixer and gigantic edit speakers?
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Volume knob right there on the Flanders. Or in legacy, right on the software mixer.
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I have a small 6 channel Behringer. Need it to send audio out to an extra set of client speakers. I have my room set up so I face the client. So, I have desk speakers and then there are a separate set on the sides of the plasma.
I also needed it recently for, gasp, an HDCAM layoff. While it’s nice to simplify, I like to have the ability to do some legacy work now and then.
That said, I still have a VHS to DVD recorder that I’ll never use or even sell!
Michael Garber
5th Wall – a post production company
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Similar setup. But BluRay player runs to the component in on the flanders, while the blu ray audio goes to the analog in on the flanders. BMD device (including audio) goes to the sdi in on flanders. The output of the flanders goes to the roland powered speakers. So what you see on the screen is always heard, but controlled by volume knob on the flanders monitor. iMac just runs directly to the 2nd input on the speakers and volume there is controlled by iMac.
I haven’t done any betasp loading, but I will be soon and hopefully the audio will pass through the BM Ultrastudio Express via analog and out via sdi along with the video.
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You’re not alone (even though I’m not using an iMac) – I also dropped my Alesis MkIi’s and my Behringer Xenyx and now use the built in mixer and a Bose Companion 5 setup. My main boxes are a Mac Pro 4,1 (FCP X, Motion 5, Sound Forge) and a custom Windows 7 PC (CS6, Vegas Pro, Acid Pro). Much less clutter which makes my sessions seem “lighter”. My monitors aren’t as crowded and I have a place on the desk for my sandwich and chips :). The headphone jack in the C5 volume control is very well placed for those fine ambient edits.
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
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[Michael Garber] “I have my room set up so I face the client. So, I have desk speakers and then there are a separate set on the sides of the plasma.”
In the same interest as my earlier link, here’s another from the same category:
https://digitalfilms.wordpress.com/2012/12/22/edit-suite-floor-plans/
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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Thanks guys. I suppose the benefit is just having a pluggable analogue option for monitoring audio from additional devices. We may keep one mixer for a suite used for digitizing, or perhaps just putting it in the server/tape room on a server system would suffice. Unless the Magic Feather gang can convince me of a reason to keep them, they will probably be removed from of the suites. Another FCPX disrupted industry!
John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.
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I actually used your article when I was re-doing my suite recently. So, thanks!
I am much happier facing the client. Much more collaborative for me.
Michael Garber
5th Wall – a post production company
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[Michael Garber] “I actually used your article when I was re-doing my suite recently. So, thanks!
I am much happier facing the client. Much more collaborative for me”That’s cool. Glad it helped. Of course, now you can’t hide any grimaces when the client throws you a curve ball 😉
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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John,
How do you find the Bose? I’m using Fostex 6310’s routed through a Behringer mixer so I can easily listen to either the edit or admin machines. I like the idea of the Bose for the same reasons as you but decent audio quality is a must.
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Not John, but I love the C5’s. The tonal balance is very good (comparing to my Alesis MkII’s). The sub brings out the low end without turning my desk into a bouncing platform and the tightness of the speakers makes everything crystal clear – even at high volume levels.
If you’re an Amazon fan, check them out in your environment directly. If they don’t work for you, you can send ’em back.
Tim
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Tim Jones
CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
BRU … because it’s the RESTORE that matters!
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