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Need Guidance for FCP SD to AVID HD
Hey,
The company I work for is considering moving to HD content. We’re currently using FCP 7 for SD and when I was asked for my opinion, I said, due to FCP X debacle, I wouldn’t invest any further in FCP.
I would greatly appreciate hearing some advice on what hardware & software would be recommended to support 7 editing bays using Avid systems. Almost certainly, we’ll want a Unity. One Online bay. One audio sweetening.
Thanks in advance for any replies…
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I would suggest Matrox MXO2 Minis or AJA I/O Express with Media Composer in the offline suites. An Avid Nitris with Symphony in the online suite, and if its just basic audio sweetening maybe a Pro Tools 9 system with just a basic mixer/i/o (like the M-Audio ProjectMix) and a pair of genelecs.
In the offline and audio suites you could even consider iMacs now that the Matrox can connect via thunderbolt.
Andrew McKee
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Avid Certified Instructor – MC5.5
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We are also starting to look at Strawberry as an alternative to Unity.
Will quite possibly work with your existing shared storage system.Glenn
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