Chris Harlan
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[Paul Neumann] “Waterloo Sunset is playing now…
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And you are in paradise?
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[Craig Seeman] “t’s good they’ve finally responded.”
You are so funny, man. They didn’t “finally” respond. They responded almost immediately.
[Craig Seeman] “I can’t help but think they’re doing this because they’re in a potential legal hot spot (before the law firms reared their teeth) and financial as well. That they postponed the call so close to the call date. That the CEO was changed just a couple of weeks before. “
You “can’t help but think” that because you hate the company so much. Its a passion with you. What you are saying may well be true, but it may not. We’ll have to wait and see.
[Craig Seeman] “That the accounting review might have more than minor impact on the earnings report. All the above means that they are reacting to serious problems rather than proactively trying create a new business model. “
Clearly they are having problems. That’s obvious. Putting off reporting shows that something is amiss. How deadly serious it is, or what it means to people using the software is something that none of us can determine at this point.
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[Craig Seeman] “I do think the “indefinite” postponement is a concern. It sounds live a very deep internal investigation.
“No question. Though considering they went through a major management reshuffle a few weeks ago, it could also mean that the Hernandez and Billings are trying to clean things up properly. I’m guessing that anytime a company puts off its earnings report, sharks hit the water “representing” shareholders. Here’s Avid’s response:
“We recognize there are questions about the delay of our Q4 and full year 2012 earnings announcement. We want to assure our customers, employees, business partners, and investors that this delay is due to a technical accounting evaluation, as stated in our press release. We continue to invest in product innovation and execute on our growth strategy, and have significant cash and liquidity, and no debt. We are well-positioned to support our customers’ ongoing success.
“In situations where companies have announced a delay in reporting earnings results, it is not unusual to see activity like this from certain law firms. However, according to our policy, we don’t comment on this type of activity.”
– See more at: https://www.sonicscoop.com/2013/02/28/avid-under-investigation-by-us-law-firms-on-behalf-of-avid-shareholders/#sthash.oGdu1Hug.dpuf
I know that you want to stuff them and mount them in your living room, but I’m willing to wait.
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[Craig Seeman] “That so many want to learn, “
And, on the other hand, those demos may be full of people who want to take a good hard look before they finally write it off. Who knows.
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[Dan Lebental] ” I will be doing a Pilot next month and I’ll let you know how we set up exactly.”
I’d love to hear about that. Will you be implementing AFF for it?
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Dan, its a cool looking device, especially for the price, and I’ll definitely be giving it a try when you add AFF. It may not work for my little niche–because of the time to transcode–but I certainly appreciate what you’ve achieved. The tutorials, btw, were quite useful.
Since you’re here, I have a couple of quick questions if you’ve a mind to answer:
1) You mention it being used on the set. How does that work, transcode-wise? Is it a separate feed coming off the camera and capturing h.264 in real time while embedding TC? So that you are not transcoding but matching time code to a similar file? You could probably load that up pretty quick, I would guess.
2) The 8 frame poster makes a lot of sense if you are working @24fps. Is there or will there be a way to adjust to a 10 frame poster for those of us who spend much of our time at 29.97?
TIA, and congratulations with this. AND, break a leg.
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I’ve really enjoyed using the iPad as a audio control surface for both mixing and plug-in control.
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I always get momentarily excited by these gizmos, but almost as often, forty minutes later I’m thinking “why?” I mean, for me. The logistics just don’t make sense. For me, the best solution for an ultra-portable “sellects” station would still be the Macbook Air. The trackpad is as responsive as a touchscreen, and my fingers don’t get in the way of what I’m looking at. I have real, tactile buttons to push. I can use my NLE of choice, and I can plug in a small bus-powered SSD drive with full res copies of my source ProRes or DNx files. No transcoding. It just doesn’t make much practical sense to me. I DO like the idea of the iPad as a control surface, and have enjoyed my few ventures down that path.
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Its interesting, and seems well thought out. I could see doing sellects on it, especially when they get the AFF version going. I’ll undoubtedly give it a try, but frankly the constant transcoding will probably put me off. Here’s Shane’s take:
https://lfhd.net/2013/01/26/touch-edit-a-first-look/
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ALL CAPS OUCH