NEW AVID MEDIA COMPOSER for new project?

[Bob Zelin]

Ross –
Shane told you in the previous post – YOU NEED MORE RAM ? Get it – minimum of 16 gig of RAM !!!

you are all excited about the computer to run Media Composer on. There are two things to remember –
you don’t want to edit with native XAVC – you need to transcode this. Do you know how to do this ?
Do you know what AMA is ?
And you must address your storage. Have you looked at the prices of thunderbolt 2 or thunderbolt 3 RAID arrays that are at least 64 Terabytes ?

Bob Zelin

Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
bobzelin@icloud.com

[Ross Spears]

Thanks for the help! Here is a computer I am thinking of getting for the next journey. Will it work with MC 8.8? With the proper storage, will it do a longterm job?

iMac 5K Retina 27″ Quad-i7
4.2GHz |Thunderbolt 3
32GB Ram | 2.0T Fusion | 8GB 580 Vid *Brand New w/Kb,Ms,AplCare+ to 2020

Thanks for your ideas!!!

Ross

Never Give Up

[Ross Spears]

Hi Bob,

Thanks for your suggestions! Yes, I know how to transcode. Yes, I know what AMA is. and Yes, I have looked into and can afford to buy the enormous hard drives that you and Shane suggest.

But what I am wondering is if the RAM in the computer can be upgraded. If I buy a computer with 8 gigs, can I upgrade to 64 gigs?

Thanks,

Ross Spears

Never Give Up

[Shane Ross]

[Ross Spears] ” If I buy a computer with 8 gigs, can I upgrade to 64 gigs? “

You can, but that’s more than you need if you ONLY run Avid. You can get 16 and you’ll be fine. Beyond that you won’t see any speed benefit at all. Avid doesn’t leverage RAM…this just means you have have more than one app open at a time.

OR…if you use Adobe products, RAM does come into play

Shane
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