Matrox drivers coming soon

[Don Walker]

David,
Are you a Matrox user? I have been an AJA fan, despite the higher cost, because of their great product support. Now because my LHe is not supported, and I believe that FCPX will become my NLE of choice, I am looking at buying a new I/o device. The Matrox devices intrigues me, because of the ability to have the Compress HD option integrated into the i/o as opposed buying it as a separated PCIe card.
Are there any significant reasons not to go with Matrox as opposed to AJA?

don walker
texarkana, texas

John 3:16

[David Roth weiss]

[Don Walker] “David,
Are you a Matrox user?”

Yes sir! And AJA too…

[Don Walker] “The Matrox devices intrigues me, because of the ability to have the Compress HD option integrated into the i/o as opposed buying it as a separated PCIe card.
Are there any significant reasons not to go with Matrox as opposed to AJA?”

What I like about the Matrox MXO2 line is the portability and ease of connection of their devices, and the MAX h.264 encoding feature, which is found no other I/O devices. AJA’s PCIe Cards are more limiting at times, in the sense that their firmware is not as easily flashed and updated as it is with the Matrox devices. So, as you’ve seen, some PCIe cards can become obsolete faster than the MXO2 devices, which were built to be easily updated.

There are certain times when new Matrox drivers have been delivered a bit later than those from AJA, but that has not been a deal-breaker for me or for most users. Plus, I try to stay in touch with the Matrox product development manager, and that sometimes means that we on this forum get access to new drivers before they are released to the public.

David Roth Weiss
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Los Angeles
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[Steve Connor]

I might actually look at an MX02 when the drivers come out.

I’ve kept away from Matrox after being badly burned years ago when PPro came out and my shops Matrox Digisuite cards weren’t ever going to be supported by it, ( Sounds familiar!)

But I’ve heard lots of good things about them nowadays

Steve Connor
“FCPX Agitator”
Adrenalin Television

[David Roth weiss]

Steve,

I think you’ll like the small footprint of the MXO2 devices, and their wonderful adaptability, which allows for connection via a single cable to every kind of Mac available; PCIe bridge (MacPro), Express card (older MBPs), and now T-bolt (iMac, and newer MBPs).

The elegant design of the MXO2 line, with outputs on the back and inputs on the front means you can have a very attractive and handy little patch bay right on your desktop, that will keep you off your knees at those awkward times when clients are watching you connect any outboard devices you might have to hookup to you system. The AJA breakout boxes are similar functionally, but not nearly as elegant by design.

I find the HDMI inputs and outputs of the MXO2 line are really handy too, providing an inexpensive one cable monitoring solution, with audio if needed.

BTW, effective immediately, I begin a new career phase as I move over to ProMax Systems, where I’ll be joining the post-production sales team in the ProMax Burbank offices.

David Roth Weiss
ProMax Systems
Burbank
DRW@ProMax.com
https://www.ProMax.com

David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

[Steve Connor]

Thanks David, good luck in the new job!

Steve Connor
“FCPX Agitator”
Adrenalin Television

[David Roth weiss]

[Steve Connor] “Thanks David, good luck in the new job!”

Thanks! I appreciate that Steve.

[Bill Davis]

[David Roth Weiss] “BTW, effective immediately, I begin a new career phase as I move over to ProMax Systems, where I’ll be joining the post-production sales team in the ProMax Burbank offices.

David Roth Weiss”

Congratulations, David.

Your company founder, Charles McConathy was a huge force in adapting hard drives into Mac workflows in the early days. I was privileged to sit with him at quite a few NABs back in the day learning a modest amount about the ins and outs of storage technology out of his immense wealth of deep, deep knowledge.

I bought my first few DV based systems from him, bypassing more local vendors because he always knew “what worked best” for a given configuration.

He is greatly missed by all of us who got to know him.

Glad to see you continuing that proud ProMax tradition.

“Before speaking out ask yourself whether your words are true, whether they are respectful and whether they are needed in our civil discussions.”-Justice O’Connor

[Michael Gissing]

Don, If you are interested, I have decided to sell my Kona3 card. I am switching to da Vinci and they need a Decklink card so I am prepared to sell at a reasonable price as the Decklink and NVIDIA cards that I need are not as expensive as the Kona3 was.

I love this card but it has to go to make way for da Vinci. email me privately if any one is interested

[David Roth weiss]

[Bill Davis] “Glad to see you continuing that proud ProMax tradition.”

Thank you Bill. Those are kind words and I appreciate your going out of way to express them.

David Roth Weiss
ProMax Systems
Burbank
DRW@ProMax.com
https://www.ProMax.com

David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

[Jim Giberti]

This is great to hear David.
I was literally just looking at the MX02 mini for my home studio where I’m doing more and more work.
I was thinking it could be a nice solution when fcpx got it’s monitoring worked out.
I wonder if the monitor calibration feature has anything going on.

On the ProMax note, congratulations on the move.
Talk about bringing back memories. Charles was my long distance mentor when we were setting up the first Mac based NLE in our region. PP 1.0 on a Quadra 840 AV all specced and done through ProMax.
His was a name that was used regularly around my shop…I haven’t heard it in too long.

Talk about circles being unbroken.
I feel like we’re distant cousins or something.