Thanks Apple!

[Bill Davis]

[Michael Gissing] “None of us need reminding of your position on X but you specifically made the statement “And honestly, comparing ANY NLE with dedicated sound production tools is a bit like comparing a pocket knife to a full Chefs knife set”. Care to comment on what I was responding to? If you quote me and then give another testimonial rather than answering my post, it isn’t a debate.”

Clearly I articulated my position poorly.

It’s this.

While Resolve has GREAT color (and now sound tools) built in, the fact that it does NOT have the two editorial tools that have MOST impacted my editorial efficiency, makes it a non-starter for me.

Those being its keyword driven database and the magnetic timeline.

X’s color tools might not be quite as robust as those in Resolve, but after the 10.4 update brought it curves and the hue vs panes, it’s no longer that far back for most situations.

And as to sound, the Logic plugins have always been a decent start, but I understand that those with traditional expectations like virtualized mixers, patch bays and bussing will find it’s current state wanting in many areas. But I’ve been able to get my work done handily for 7 years now without major issues – and I hold out hope that SOMETHING may be coming to fulfill the promise of Roles – as they relate to new possibilities of manipulating sound inside X.

Time will tell.

Basically, my Chefs knife analogy was a way of saying that while Resolves Fairlight pane might be awesome – I doubt it’s turning many top level folk away from ProTools – at least not yet. In that sense, all the general purpose NLEs are just that. General purpose.

I’m probably weird in that I’ve now done a couple of hundred of my professional voiceovers directly inside X, using its Logic plug-ins and the VO tool – and nobody I’m delivering to has said a peep about the resulting AIFFs or Broadcast WAVs.

That still doesn’t mean I think it’s as good as a dedicated audio tool.

Just that it’s way more than good enough to do the work I need to do in it.

That’s all.

Creator of XinTwo – https://www.xintwo.com
The shortest path to FCP X mastery.

[Oliver Peters]

[Bill Davis] “And as to sound, the Logic plugins have always been a decent start, but I understand that those with traditional expectations like virtualized mixers, patch bays and bussing will find it’s current state wanting in many areas.”

I would recommend that FCPX users needing more in sound should add Logic Pro X to the toolkit. FCPXML transfers material and role information/organization quite well. Yes, it’s a roundtrip.

– Oliver

Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com