Andy Mees
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Hi Zane
So just a 4 bay original Drobo, possibly 1st generation (which were notoriously slow)? Not a DroboPro or DroboElite? If so, then you might be happily surprised by what these later and better models can handle:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/typicalpcuser/4204611054/sizes/l/in/set-72157623045990118/
Worth a look for anyone considering their options on less expandable Mac’s.Best
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Hey Zane
Which Drobo model do you have, and which generation?
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Another storage option you might consider would be iSCSI … the DroboPro or DroboElite are boxes you can check out on that front:
https://www.drobo.com/resources/iscsi.php -
if you’re all feeling the Top Gear love and fancy your chances of joining their team then now may be a good time to brush off the old resume … oh bugger, looks like closing date for applications was yesterday
https://jobs.bbc.co.uk/fe/tpl_bbc01.asp?newms=jj&id=31538
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Hey Michael
>I wasn’t aware that FCP allowed proper jogging via USB devices.
Hmm, well I’m not aware of any specific control surfaces supported by FCP that connect via USB. The Euphonix devices connect via ethernet I believe, Tascam via firewire, the Mackie MCU … not sure.
> … smooth audio jogging …
Good point. As far as I know the audio jogging via these devices is handled no differently than the usual FCP transport controls (ie not subframe) … am guessing this is what you must have meant by +/- frame intervals/
> … and doesn’t overshoot?
Correct, no overshoot.
Disclaimer. I don’t use one of these devices, I happily use the keyboard in FCP for all transport control.
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Karim
You need to download XDCAM Transfer 2.11.0
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That doesn’t really seem very fair Michael, since version 5 there has been built-in support in FCP for transport control via protocols such as Mackie Control Protocol. It is Contour / Bella / JL Coper etc who have not implemented the use of these protocols with their keystroke sending controllers. Yes, the clunkiness is due to the keystroke sending nature of the devices, but no it is not FCP’s problem per se.
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The Euphonix MC Transport has a had both good and bad reviews: https://www.euphonix.com/ARTIST/products/mc_transport/
Tascam’s FireOne might be worth a look if you can find one: https://www.tascam.com/products/fireone.html
also JL Cooper’s MCS3USB although it’s just a keystroke sender its well weighted: https://www.jlcooper.com/pages/mcs3usb.html -
Its not normal behavior Carl, I’d suggest it might be a good idea to do some basic system maintenance.
Trash your FCP prefs, boot into Safe Mode and use Disk Utility to Repair Permissions, then reboot as normal and relaunch FCP. See if it still displays the same behavior. -
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