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Time to buy a new edit suite
Hi there
I am trying to decide which direction to go. I have an Avid Express Deluxe, which has served me well for five and a half years but now wish to upgrade. I am torn between Adrenaline HD and FCP HDv5. I have not been able to find out very much about the Adrenaline product. What makes it worth twice the asking price of FCP? What are the main differences compared with my current system apart from the obvious HD capability?
I realise that there will be a list of scores of differences but I would really appreciate it if someone could provide as much info as possible.
Kind regards from a cameraman in alien territory and worried.
Regards
Ian McCann
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2 Replies
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As an Xpress and Adrenaline owner – I would advise you to hang on to your Xpress unless you have a compelling reason to upgrade.
Adrenaline so far has had major bugs – which gets better with each release and then also goes backwards because new bugs are created. In short, it’s not a perfect beast. As for FCP, I can’t say except that the cost of investment should be lower. FCP is a relatively lower risk and cost so take it for a test run.
I had the same thoughts as you in terms of replacing an aging suite – I’m running Xpress Elite 6.0 – it’s not as fast in rendering compared to Adrenaline but who cares, it’s a workhorse. We still can’t render sequences longer than 7 mins in Adrenaline without it choking. In theory it’s a beautiful machine, but the bugs are lurking there. Meredian may be at the end of its life span but it’s still more stable.
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[ian mccann] ” What makes it worth twice the asking price of FCP?”
The fact that you already know the interface. Outside of that… not a thing. FCP offers better quality and the stability is about the same as that of Adrenaline.
The two shouldn’t be compaired. If your a multi-Avid house with Unity, I could see having Adrenaline tucked away in a corner somewhere but if you’r wanting to do pretty HD projects, it’s DVE alone leaves it out.
As for the differences between it and you current sytem, animatte is the biggest one but you have animated masks in AE.
I’d milk the Xpress longer, unless it croaked… and I doubt it did. Avid use to make workhorses. That’s why so many of us still lean on em.
Their only product that is a significant upgrade to what you have is Nitris… uh that’s the DS Nitris not the other thing. You’ll wanna wait until it’s price comes down to reality though. It’s worth 70 grand. Until that’s what it costs, I either keep milkin’ my old symphony or move onward.Dunno how much HDV you do but Vegas keeps growing and may be worth looking into for you. Not as a replacement but as an addition. It’s very affordable, has true 5.1 surround, offers native HDV support and is probably the bast value on the market in the consumer and even prosumer world.
On that note, you may wanna look into Xpress Pro with Mojo. Again, not as a replacement but as an addition.Don’t get in a hurry. Shop slowly.
Good luck with whatever you decide on.
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