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is there a single person on this forum making a living with FCP X ?
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Yes would indicate there are users of X in the pro arena I’d presume. Less vocal than the non users LOL…
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[Craig Seeman] ” but you might consider how many musicians are using Keyboard synths instead of Pianos. Some new technology fills a niche and sometimes it can overtake older technology even though it doesn’t really replace it.”
I know. I’m using a keyboard synth instead of a piano right now actually. But all of the DAWs that I can think of still allow me to record the “good ol fashioned” real thing. Logic or Pro Tools doesn’t force me to think certain way. Why does Apple?
I would say the best possible way to capture a piano performance would be to record the real thing as opposed to recording and editing MIDI data. In this example, the old way is better than the new way.
The point I’m making is that old does not always equal bad or worse. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn’t. Many times the old way is the best way to do it. Forcing users to abandon the old way is not the way to go.
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I’m just starting on a promotional video that will be shot entirely on a GH2 so the file based ingest suits FCPX well. I have several other projects coming down the pipe that I’m considering it for as well.
These are strictly non-broadcast videos that will be shown at live fundraising and corporate events and/or go straight to the web. Rarely do I produce things for broadcast or DVD any more. My Primera duplicator has been very lonely as of late.
The bugs are there, and the lack of “real” video monitoring is a bother, but I’m hoping that changes soon. For the kinds of videos I do, (documentary style, more emphasis on storytelling than on graphics) the combination of a more mature FCPX and Motion could well suit my company fine. I pretty much do everything from concept to completion.
But, that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been trying out the free trials of MC and PPro to keep myself in the loop for those times that I do need to collaborate!
Forrest
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[Brian Langeman] “I know. I’m using a keyboard synth instead of a piano right now actually. But all of the DAWs that I can think of still allow me to record the “good ol fashioned” real thing. Logic or Pro Tools doesn’t force me to think certain way. Why does Apple?”
Maybe Apple is the Buchla or Serge synths of the NLEs or the Chapman Stick of guitar like instruments.
Actually all instruments cause you to think a certain way . . . it’s just that one doesn’t realize that until one is confronted with thinking different. I happen to like Stockhausen for example. I also liked Philip Glass when he was still a cab driver playing in “the Village” while certain “professionals” thought he was the lowest of the low.Apple is pushing the envelope. I don’t know if they’ll succeed but I do like they way their programmers (Ubilos et al) are thinking. We’ll see if it matures.
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That’s all a bit of a stretch.
Using your analogy, why don’t you edit the way you did 15, 20, 25 years ago? This is technology which has seen MAJOR advancements in the past 20 years.
Guitars…….not really that many advancements.
Which has changed more:
1. 2″ A/B roll system, cuts only -VS- Your favorite, loaded NLE
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2. An original 1959 Les Paul -VS- a 1959 Les Paul Reissue
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[Craig Seeman] “Apple is pushing the envelope. I don’t know if they’ll succeed but I do like they way their programmers (Ubilos et al) are thinking. We’ll see if it matures.”
I see what they did with FCP as the equivalent of “upgrading” to Logic Pro X and taking away audio tracks and the ability to record instruments. They would say MIDI is the way of the future. If you need to record an instrument, just wait for a third party to develop that feature. Oh and by the way, you can’t buy a previous version of Logic either.
[Craig Seeman] “Actually all instruments cause you to think a certain way . . . it’s just that one doesn’t realize that until one is confronted with thinking different.”
The instrument analogy is more to show that old is not bad. The NLE DAW comparison is much more apt to companies forcing us to work a certain way.
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I’ve been working on a few small non-broadcast projects as a way of learning the program but couldn’t see myself using it for a broadcast project until there is a bug-fix update. Too many crashes especially with larger projects so far. And mostly having (surprisingly) less control on color correction than FCP 7 isn’t helping either.
Has anyone done a broadcast edit (that aired) in FCP X yet?
tony
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I happen to like Stockhausen for example
Ok, that explains everything…
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Yep.
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Given that it’s only been out for a couple weeks, I think it’s bit premature to make judgments based on it’s ability to generate income. You’ll either have to make the decision that it CAN make you money or it CAN’T make you money based on your application and go for it.
Chris
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