[Charlie Austin]

[Michael Gissing] “So basically I had picture and 8 Umatics decks with PCM encoder/decoders all sync locked. I was using video editing software to edit the audio as a video signal (the PCM encoder converted stereo audio to a video signal).
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OK Michael, you win. 🙂 lol

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[Charlie Austin]

[David Mathis] “glad to see low cost solutions such as this.”

It’s free, but only records 60 seconds until “unlocked” for 4.99. Though if you have an Apogee or Sennheiser mic it unlocks for free (until the next version update) when you plug it in. I did that, but I’m gonna buy it, it’s worth the $$ IMO…

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[Charlie Austin]

[David Mathis] “Should be called iRecord and iMic, respectively. Amazing what the iPhone can do for you.”

It’s pretty iAwesome. Gave it a try today, recorded a couple takes, added Roles and Markers, exported to Dropbox, imported into FCP X, and it was all nicely marked up for me.

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[Charlie Austin]

[David Lawrence] “It looks very cool. From what I gather it’s designed for creating spatialized audio.”

That’s what i gathered, kind of hyper-realistic surround? I DL’d it too but haven’t messed with it. Interested to hear what you can do with it.

[David Lawrence] “I don’t think its UI will be replacing ProTools anytime soon. 😉
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Probably not, though PT has had a head start… 😉

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[Charlie Austin]

[Jeremy Garchow] ” I edit in other NLE’s too, mostly Pr (and sometimes 7) and X is simply more creative software for me and my needs, plus it helps me do the boring shit (like exporting stems) a lot easier and more efficiently from the exact same (*clears throat) Project without having to make another (*clears throat, again) timeline. I also have a lot of the audio I work with finished in ProTools by a professional, so track bussing isn’t very important for me as my audio is always roughed in and mixed later by the hands of the capable.”

Same situation here, and same experience. Also, to Steve’s comment, I don’t think Apple have really dug into the Project/timeline yet, and think they most certainly will. Not coincidentally, that’s the part of the app that lots of unanswered “prayers” (Roles/Audio etc.) are associated with. fwiw…

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[Charlie Austin]

[David Powell] “I use it everyday. I didn’t say that users were amateurs.”

Understood, sorry for the knee jerk sarcasm. 🙂

[David Powell] “The IU is less customizable. That’s a fact. It takes away power from the experienced user and learning curve from new users imo.”

Agree about the UI, and I hope it regains some customization, at the least the ability to save window layouts…

[David Powell] “I’ve worked on trailers before in X (not on your level) and didn’t need the features I mentioned much. And for corporate vids I don’t need them either. But for other cuts, being confined to one bin at a time and one timeline really stinks, as does the lack of trim features which would not fly in the way of the design should they be implemented.”

Bah, I’m just a hack. 🙂 I have a lot of respect for folks who cut long form… not sure I have the attention span required. 🙂 And I do see your point. I guess I just feel like it’s more of an evolution happening (slowly) than a “let’s take away things we feel people don’t need” decision. I could be wrong, wouldn’t be the first time…

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[Charlie Austin]

[David Powell] “Thats the problem with the simplification of the UI. It merely made if far more restrictive so as to make it easier for amateur and/or non-power users.”

Really? I find Pr and FCP old more restrictive than X. I must be an amateur. lol

[David Powell] “nd these “feature sets” are not there if you dig deeper as other “believers” tend to often spout.”

You’re correct that not every feature set every editor could want is in X, For instance, as I don’t cut docs, features, or events, none of the the things you mention are that important to me. By the same token, there are likely things I use or would like to have that are of no use to you. And if we both want X to contain everything we could possibly want, I don’t think either of us will ever be happy. There’s a bunch of stuff that could be better, and some stuff that really should be there that isn’t though. Hence, my prayers. 😉

I’d prefer Apple add and improve things that are of use to everybody. I’m perfectly capable of operating complex software containing every possible feature under the sun, I’ve been doing it for a long time. But I really like it now when my NLE helps me do things quickly and easily. Being able to make changes and hit play so quickly you wouldn’t even think I’d had time to do anything is something that helps me. X lets me do that more than other NLE’s, and I can deliver the same quality product as anything else.

I sometimes need to do things differently in X than Pr or 7 or whatever, or come up with workarounds, and I need workarounds in other NLE’s to do things I can do in X. No big deal. Again… to me, for the stuff I need to cut. Everybody elses mileage will definitely vary. 🙂

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[Charlie Austin]

[Mitch Ives] “I do feel compelled to tell you that you should give up on round-tripping to Motion. Everyone has asked for that… if we were going to get that, we’d had it by now…”

Honestly, that’s not a huge wish of mine, but I could have used it recently so I added it. 🙂 I like the way you can “round trip” with generators, effects etc. It’d be nice to have the same function with timeline clips, but not a deal breaker by any means. For me anyway. “Create Project From File…” in Motion works great, but often the “file” I want to mess with is a 2 second bit of a 30 minute source. I can, however, save it as a generator with lots of controls available for when I change my mind. I’ve done that exactly once, but it was kinda cool. 🙂 And fcpxml is getting quite detailed, so who knows what could be possible?

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[Charlie Austin]

[David Powell] ” Its a pain not being able to line up bins next to each other. I should also say, that the match frame is problematic due to the nature of keywording since it opens up at event level which gives me no reference to the clips that were near it (which is often the purpose)”

Agree on the revel in browser not showing the collection, and share your “not sure if it could” thought as well. As to lining up “bins”, can’t you get that result with Event naming and/or Keyword Collections? Or am I misunderstanding?

[David Powell] “Extend edit (in Avid Parlance not FCP) or for PP users “trim to playhead”.”

SHIFT X or Option [ or } does that now. Or do you mean something else?

[David Powell] “And lastly multiple open projects so I can pancake edit.”

Don’t get me wrong, but isn’t that kind of workflow/style specific? Would be a nice option.

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[Charlie Austin]

[Oliver Peters] “It would be nice to have a collapse function like in Media Composer. You select a range of clips on the timeline (in X’s case, connected clips) and collapse them into a single container on the primary storyline, to which you can add transitions. This is different than compound clips, since it is only in that timeline.”

Interesting idea, though Compounds do, kind of, allow you to do that. I’d say having CC’s that expand in place would be cool and offer similar functionality., maybe with clips shown smaller, as they are when you expand components in a secondary, but still be editable?

[Oliver Peters] “Titles that you create should be storable in an event. This way you can simply edit it to another timeline from the browser/event when needed.”

Would be nice to have an option to save ’em somehow. Honestly though, the fact that PP does that by default drives me nuts. I use Titles for slates etc as well. After 6 months of dozens of spots with dozens of versions, it’s just a mess.

[Oliver Peters] “Replace needs to function both like Avid and like PPro.”

Yeah, that’s what i mean by “match frame replace” above. Really need that.

[Oliver Peters] “The effects applied on the timeline clips stay and the replace function simply replaces the clip..”

I like that, copy replace paste attributes works for me in X but it would be a nice option

[Oliver Peters] “Remove attributes.”

Yep, I’ll add that to the prayers. lol

[Oliver Peters] “Re-edit new media but leave the attributes (effects) in place.”

Yeah, that would encompass the replace thing too I’d guess..

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