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[Lance Herring]

I put this post on the other forum quite a while ago and have received no replies. kinda disappointing. if anything, can someone at least suggest a great dealer or someone knowledgeable about this stuff to refer me to? thanks in advance

I originally had plans to build a Vegas system that would handle and edit dvcpro50 material. But in thinking it over, and budgetary restraints, I think we’ll stick with DVCAM and continue editing dv25 material. Soooo… I’d like to totally rebuild (or just flat out build new) a system that will run Vegas 6 along with Xpress Pro (software only). Also, a compliment of graphics/authoring/audio software will run on this machine. To build a system from ground up, what dual processor motherboards should I look for? Keep in mind I’d like to run Xpress pro on this same machine, and I know it’s less forgiving than Vegas when it comes to configurations.

I’d like to run dual 19″ lcd monitors connected via DVI. What video card should i look for? It probably has to be something nVidia cuz thats what xpress pro likes.

Do I need a raid configuration, or will large SATA drives be good enough? I’d like a seperate system drive, audio/projects/scratch disk, and dedicated drive(s) for video.

Having rs-422 control of a deck would be nice (either betaSP or svhs deck). Is a decklink card needed for that? For the price of those decklink cards, it’d be nice to have one anyway that can do SDI or component i/o for Vegas.

The system should be able to edit HDV material from a Z1 camera. what are people using as HD video monitors? lcd?

Also, I wanted to be able to do 5.1 dolby sound mixing and output. what kind of soundcard and speaker system would I need to do this?

…so we have mobo/processors, video card, rs-422 control, raid or single drives, and 5.1 mixing suggestions needed. If I knew a knowledgeable dealer for Vegas, I’d just call that person. But suggestions I can get here would be great! thanks again

[Charley King]

[lance herring] “is this working?”

No.

Charlie

[Ron Lindeboom]

[lance herring] “…can someone at least suggest a great dealer or someone knowledgeable about this stuff to refer me to?”

Hi Lance,

One of the best dealers I know which is quite knowledgeable about setting up a Vegas system is https://www.promax.com

Another good dealer is https://www.videoguys.com

Either of these dealers can help you get a system that will work out of the box and be trouble-free for the most part.

Best regards,

Ron Lindeboom

[Kevin Mccarthy]

Try http://www.fullcompass.com They just built me a Windows 64 bit MONSTER machine with Vegas & DVDA installed. They have a great warranty and the price was right. I’ve done business with them for 15 years and never had a problem.

[Lance Herring]

ya i’ve dealt with videoguys. they seem to have some good system testing results published on their website. i would like to build my own custom system. does anyone have mobo/proc/ram suggestions? what about the 422 control or 5.1 surround monitor system? and the big question… what do i need in order to do HDV editing? last i heard.. vegas 6 can’t do it that well and has to use 3rd party conversion programs to create proxies, then have the original m2t files dropped back in for final render. sounds like a pain to me. supposedtly the newest versions of avid xpress pro can edit HDV natively.

but yes i’ll talk to someone at videoguys as well. does anyone on here build their own systems anymore? i wouldnt mind going through a dealer for a turnkey, but i have very specific requests. thanks for suggestions!

[Seth Bloombaum]

check out the videoguys web site – they’ve posted a couple DIY builds, including a dual proc (with MOBO reccs!) system just a couple weeks ago.

Most pros (seems like you are looking pro, not prosumer…) are going with a minimum of M-audio FW410 for 5.1, and many using M-A delta 1010 or Echo products. Seems like these are the two companies that really keep up with drivers and their products play nice with others. Surround monitors are another issue – how much cash do you have for this part? Solutions I’m aware of range from a $400 prosumer then make a quick jump into the low thousands for pro gear.

HDV, 422 covered many times on this forum and others, try some searching.