Chris Harlan
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[Eric Fiegehen] “If their intention was to kill off professional market interest in OSX, it would have been far more apparent to everyone by now.
“Far more apparent? Kill off? I’m not really sure its a matter of intention as much as it is a matter of forgetting to put the food and water in the dishes in the next room, until one day the barking stops.
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[Dennis Radeke] “Thanks for pointing out the link which I didn’t look at originally. Loved the quote and now I kind of dig the reference. 😉
Dennis – Adobe guy”
I’m thinking the honey badger could be to Premiere what Tux is to Linux.
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[Bobby Cullipher] “As for USB 3 vs esata… I’m lost. I’ve been reading these guys who post bench tests and they all say esata is the way to go. I have a couple external usb3 SSDs”
I really wouldn’t sweat over it. I’m guessing the XPS is at best SATA2 and not SATA3. If you have SSDs they’ll do better for you than the RAID I pointed you at.
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[Richard Herd] “[Chris Harlan] “the actor’s inflection implies ”
You mean “intonation” not inflection. ;)(I’m a recovering linguist.)”
No. I mean “inflection,” at least as the term is used in Theatre Arts as opposed, I suppose, to the field linguistics. Many field have overlapping jargon with, often, contrary meanings.
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[Bobby Cullipher] “In my readings, USB3 is not the way to go for video editing… esata was most recommended. But again, I am in no way a tech guy… this is just what I have read. My current setup is via esata, but I’m only using one drive. I could not get the computer to see both drives at the same time. It’s obviously something I am doing wrong… just haven’t had time to research it… too busy churning.
“There’s nothing wrong with USB3 for video editing. In fact Blackmagic makes a variety of i/o cards for it. USB3 is faster than eSATA, but eSATA is fine as well. I’m not sure what you mean by “seeing both drives at the same time.” Are you trying to create a RAID? Are you using a RAID? Is it set to RAID 0?
Here–check out the stats on this G-RAID.
https://www.g-technology.com/products/g-raid.cfm
This two-platter RAID is the kind of thing you are looking for. It will plug into your eSATA port and be seen as a single drive by your system. You can find similar products from companies like Glyph, LaCie, Western Digital and Mac Universe.
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[David Eaks] “”Chris Harlan- I pretty sure it was something that was set off by downloading the trial version.”
Nope, I got it and hadn’t downloaded the trial (sorry Shane).
“Then its just totally random. Or a trap.
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Hey Bobby!
A couple of quick observations.
First, about Del. The XPS line isn’t the equivalent of the Macbook Pro. That would be the Precision line. Also, XPS line doesn’t seem to support multiple internal drives, so unless you hot-rodded it somehow, I’m guessing that you do not have an internal RAID. The system itself, should not be giving you poor performance, just not optimal. I’m guessing that simply attaching a USB 3 RAID for source material and scratch disks would make a major change.
As to a new MacBook Pro–I usually wait well into a release cycle to buy one. That way the kinks get worked out by other, more willing folks. This is near the end of this cycle, however, and major changes are rumored. On the other hand, the current Macbook Pros are a powerful generation of computers. These are the questions you need to ask yourself: Do you need to buy one right now? Will you lose work if you don’t? If its just an itch, I would definitely wait. The current rumors are that a 15″ will be announced or available in early June, and that a 17″ will be available later in the year or never. These rumors also claim that there will be a major body redesign to unite the Pro and Air lines. Is any of that true? Who knows? But I would wait unless work calls; in which case, who cares? The current version is a good computer.
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[Steve Connor] “Just noticed that the CS6 suite is now available and the Creative Cloud will launch this Friday
“That’s cool. I think the “upgrade to 5.5, and 6 for free”ers, like myself, have to wait a week or so for some sort of email invite.
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[Shane Ross] “I didn’t get one either. “
I pretty sure it was something that was set off by downloading the trial version.
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[Aindreas Gallagher] “I jest but – where do you go for that stuff? pro tools? logic? or even soundtrack pro? (which would be magic, because… I actually have that)
“I’m not sure what you want, but I’ll just blather. Actually, my favorite editor for years was Sound Forge, and if I end up back in the PC world I’ll be looking forward to using that again. The first couple of years I was using FCP, I also owned a SpeedRazor with Digisuite, and I loved all of the Sonic Foundry products, though I don’t think I’ve used anything but Acid loops since Sony bought them. I also used Sonar a lot, and Cool Edit a bit, which will be coming back to me in CS6 as Audition.
For the last Seven or Eight years I’ve been pretty much Mac Only. Sound Track Pro can do everything I listed, but I also do work in Logic and Digital Performer.
[Aindreas Gallagher] “alter or bend the pitch, or stretch a syllable, or add a tiny bit of verb,”
The reason I use these things is that I have to stick a lot of dialog together that was never meant to be together in order to get a thought that may have been several paragraphs long into a short declarative sentence. Sometimes the parts of the idea come from entirely different parts of the episode. Most of this can be done simply by micro editing. But, often enough, the intonation sounds forced and/or ill-matched. That’s when a bit of stretching or pitch-shift on the end of a dominant consonant can make quite the difference. These are usually at moments when the actor’s inflection implies a coming continuation of thought but you want a full stop or vice-versa. Slight elongation of a hard consonant and a slight shift down can give you a full stop where there is none. A slight shift up can single “more to come.” A slight amount of verb can fuzz the joint and make it less visible. It’s imperfect, and doesn’t always work, but is worth a try before abandoning. Other things that I play with at this level are surgery on highly sibilant dialog–dropping words or phrases in between power ‘s’s can use a little cover–and fixing dialog overlap with a similar closing syllable or hard consonant. You can’t always save a great line after its been stepped on, but its good to try. For me, its really all about trying to make bits of dialog that were not meant to go together sound as natural as possible, as well as adding the occasional bit of dramatic augmentation.