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Macbook Pro setup
Well…new year, new system. (Old Dog, new tricks) I just bought a new 17″ Macbook Pro w/ 4 gig RAM and the FCP Studio…and tomorrow I begin migrating from my comfortable and solid G4 with Media 100 on OS9. (Told you I was an old dog).
I’m used to working with the built in capture device provided by my Media 100…with dual LCD monitors, and with audio out to speakers also thru my Media 100 breakout box.
Any suggestions on how to set up my system to use the dual monitors when I’m at the office–and maybe how to use the Mackie mixer & speakers for monitoring audio? We shoot DVCPro and mini-DV and use a UVW1800 Beta SP deck quite a bit for mastering TV commercials and shows. I know I’ll need a capture device and for right now, firewire and composite & component in/out is fine.
I’d love to hear how some of you configure your Macbook Pro for editing in the office. Thanks!
bill sammons
Bill Sammons
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You’ll need a way to monitor video externally, and the best out there would be an Io HD from AJA.com. It would also allow you to capture uncompressed HD to ProRes.
You can setup a second computer display just by connecting it to your laptop…
Then for scratch disks, the best out there for a laptop would be those dual eSATA setups sold by Caldigit, or G-Technology.You’ll connect these via a cardbus adapter which slides into the express card slot on your laptop.
As far as it goes, this is by far the best setup for a macbook pro out there as of today.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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Or, if you’re not going to HD anytime soon, don’t spend $3,000+ on an IOHD
when an SD IO or IOLA may be all you need. They’re FW IO, and the IOLA does
analog composite, S-video, and Component IO. We use one for our Beta-SP
stuff. Under $1,000 for the IOLA. If you’re moving to HD in the next year or so,
the extra $2,000+ for the IOHD might be a good investment.
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Also keep in mind that the IoHD will not becoming obsolete any time soon… no card bus change will affect it’s future… it’s a FW device.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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