[Donato M. rondinelli]

Thanks for the responses. Out of the 3, 55mm worked the best.
Creative Cow saved my butt again! (Actually it was the DP’s rear!)
-dMR

[Donato M. rondinelli]

Have you seen this:
https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=98&postid=859041

[Donato M. rondinelli]

Thank you!
-dMR

[Donato M. rondinelli]

Thanks!
-dMR

[Donato M. rondinelli]

I got one of these for my SAN.
https://www.xrackpro.com/xrackpro2a.htm

It cuts out the high frequency noise, the mids & lows are still there. Maybe if you had something with a baffle & chamber, like a car sub woofer box, where the output of the box has to go around something before it leaves the box. That would help on the noise.

Yes, it cuts down on the cooling. It’s 10 degrees warmer inside. But, I have 24 sata drives spinning in there. A G5 shouldn’t produce as much heat. This box is kind of big though, 24x26x36. Rack rails are 12 spaces and probably best suited for rack mounted equipment. Decks & other gear can be mounted inside.

HTH,

-dMR

[Donato M. rondinelli]

As far as CD audio, yes Avid is easier, but it shouldn’t be a deal breaker. In FCP you’ll need to do few extra steps. Avid makes it simple because they convert everything to Avid’s codec. FCP does not convert files, it links to them, so you need to prep the CD file. Because of this process I actually like FCP better because I can relink to file in a way Avid cannot, it’s much more open that way.

Mastering to tape… In the 3 years that I had my Symphony & Adrenaline (BTW-I’m selling them if your interested) I had no problem mastering to tape. Once you watch the timeline you could walk away & make master tapes all day long & they all would be the same. In the last 6 months with FCP I had a project that I mastered to 2 tapes (one after another). I watched them both. I made the third master & left the room. I never caught the mistake. Fortunately someone did catch it before it aired & fixed it at the last minute. This was totally my fault & I know I should watch everything as it goes to tape…at least I do now. Could have been a fluke. Might never happen again.

BUT, all that aside I really am selling my Adrenaline & Symphony. FCP does everything that I need it to & where it comes short I’ve been able to make up for it with plug-ins. The 60% savings on a broadcast system far outweighs any minor issues that I have with it. If your only looking for a basic system what about the possibility of upgrading your FCP down the road. Try that with an Avid.

Final note: If you really love Avid, stick with it. Don’t by a FCP based on what were telling you. If you do you’ll find something wrong with it & switch to something else. But I think if you stand back & take a healthy look at both, you’ll see which is the winner.

HTH,
-dMR

[Donato M. rondinelli]

I’ve heard the capture now feature can cause this problem. Are you logging the clip & then capturing it?
-dMR

[Donato M. rondinelli]

Using AE or Combustion is excellent. I like to do everything in the timeline & I don’t have time to mess with it. If you want the perfect key inside fcp & you have an extra $1,500 in you pocket, go with Ultimatte. I pull a perfect key everytime with no more than 3 mouse clicks. Because it figures everything out for you, expect a long render. I do them all over night.
-dMR

[Donato M. rondinelli]

I second Lynda.com. Larry Jordan walks you through the training & makes it simple to understand, as well as brings some light humor into it. For $25/month you get that plus everything else related to Apple, graphics, web, video, & yes, even Microsoft. I frequently pop back over to Lynda to jog my memory about something. They break the training into 10 minute segments so it’s easy to look something up & play a video of just the one topic. When you done with the training, cancel the subscription. Simple as that.

I did spring for the yearly membership because I wanted the media files for the tutorials. The media is helpful but not necessary. If you know how to edit, skip the media files & go for the monthly membership. If you training newbies than you may want the files.

-dMR

[Donato M. rondinelli]

Yep. That’s what I did. They explain in the directions how to authorize through another computer.

Don’t know how your using it but if you use it with Squeeze, make sure you install the right version of filp4mac. Squeeze has bugs with the latest version.

-dMR