Update Soon?

[Shawn Birmingham]

Apple has stated that the job is not finished. They are still working on it.

[Chris Harlan]

[Shawn Birmingham] “Apple has stated that the job is not finished. They are still working on it.”

Well, that’s worth, uh…

…something, maybe. Or, well, not.

[Herb Sevush]

“I think I did read once about the Great Train Robbery was a 6 cam multicam simulcasted to theaters around the country. Supposedly, the switcher was the size of the locomotive.”

What movie are you referring to here, surely not the original Edwin S Porter film, nor the ’79 Sean Connery of the same name?

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions

[Robert Brown]

Yeah if they’re still working on it then why kill FCP 7? Or do they think they will create a new “paradigm” for audio mixing too since those virtual and physical mixing boards just weren’t getting it done? I’m really curious as to what they are thinking in regards to audio.

[T. Payton]

Regarding the audio mixer, the components for it are actually present in the FCP X package now. I am guessing these were actually implemented but somehow were removed for the 1.0 release. Check out these file names for graphics (you can see them yourself, just right click on the FCP X app, and then choose “Show Package Contents” and then look in the resources folder.)

Amazing that they left this that in there. Of course it is equally amazing they released the software without the audio mixing function.

AudioMixer__Meter_Gradient_GreenYellow.psd
AudioMixer_MeterLabels.psd
AudioMixer_MeterWell.psd
SoundtrackPro_MixerChannelStrip_Meter_Gradient_GreenYellow_HUD.psd
SoundtrackPro_MixerChannelStrip_Meter_Gradient_GreenYellow.psd
SoundtrackPro_MixerChannelStrip_Meter_Gradient_Red_HUD.psd
SoundtrackPro_MixerChannelStrip_Meter_Gradient_Red.psd
SoundtrackPro_MixerChannelStrip_Meter_LabelsAndTickMarks_HUD.psd
SoundtrackPro_MixerChannelStrip_Meter_LabelsAndTickMarks.psd
SoundtrackPro_MixerChannelStrip_Meter_Well.psd
SoundtrackPro_TrackHeader_Meter_Gradient_GreenYellow.psd
SoundtrackPro_TrackHeader_Meter_Gradient_Red.psd
SoundtrackPro_TrackHeader_Meter_Well.psd
SoundtrackPro_W_MeterLCD_HUD.psd
PAA_dBIndicators_Mixer.psd
PAA_FaderBtn_Mixer.psd
MasterMeter_BackgroundGradient.psd

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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque

[David A fenton]

[Timothy Payton] “Regarding the audio mixer, the components for it are actually present in the FCP X package now. I am guessing these were actually implemented but somehow were removed for the 1.0 release. Check out these file names for graphics (you can see them yourself, just right click on the FCP X app, and then choose “Show Package Contents” and then look in the resources folder.)”

Smoking gun :). It was probably pulled at the last minute due to bugs, I bet we’ll see it implemented this year.

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David A Fenton
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[T. Payton]

Sad to say, but if it didn’t make it in FCP X 1.0 it must have been a really really buggy feature (because FCP X 1.0 is littered with bugs.)

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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque