[Eric Santiago]

For us/me it depends on the workflow.

We always do first light in RCX but some days the deadline is so tight that the original R3Ds are sent to post work or wherever.

So no chances at doing any base work.

As long as you like and the client approves IMHO.

[Eric Santiago]

We have to licenses here…shhh dont tell my boss its free 🙂

[Eric Santiago]

Whatever happened to the days when we used to say…it just works 😉

All kidding aside, we run all three NLEs here and its been good with one exception.
The Sapphire on Avid MC and OS 10.9.3 is not playing nice.
Have to render to play anything back in real time, even the simplest of things.

[Eric Santiago]

I just spent 8 hours in Avid.
Please tell me why my head hurts working with their audio tools.
Sure they have some proven options (RTAS for me) but dealing with the audio layout has always been annoying (Im talking 8 years here)and found myself running to Premiere and FCP legacy to feel sane again.
But now that Im working more and more in FCPX, Avid makes me feel so dumb at times 😛
I think everyone is right that its a choice and not everyone feels the way I/you do.
My main Avid editor will not let go and will die if Avid fizzles out.
He vows to never learn another NLE (even though its the only one he knows) again.

[Eric Santiago]

Ooops Tony beat me to it 🙂

[Eric Santiago]

[Joshua Pearson] “However, when i want to do something really simple to the audio of a video clip WITHOUT detaching it, like cut a piece of room tone in over an off-camera cough or interviewer voice, it is not obvious how to do such a simple thing…”

Have you tried copying a portion and pasting as Connected?
Ive done this both ways where I pasted as Connected in Project and within the clip itself using “Open in Timeline” option.

[Eric Santiago]

I just had the (dis)pleasure of fixing a short in FCPX exported from FCP7 using 7 to X.
The editor was eyeballing the video to the external audio in FCP7.
I know.. “cringe” but it happens, thats what Im for…the FIXER 😛
Anyways, I found FCPX to be a joy to work with as far as audio.
I had to redo my workflow to fit the editors mistake and I didnt mind,the challenge was worth it.
Using the Open in Timeline helped a lot.
Now of course I should have just synced the the EX3s to the recorded audio right?
Well that didnt quite work out due to the deadline I was given.
First off finding the clip (no labels to match audio) take and then finding the audio was hell.
Were talking 250 plus clips (Cam A/B) and 125 (some missing) audio.
Off the 10 attempts I made at sync, only 3 matched.
I didnt have the brain-space to deal with this at the time.
Okay I went to much into my hell over the week-end.
Anyways, I love FCPX audio tools.
For what I do, it really did save my ass.
I will make notes of my audio adventure and post my own topic soon.

[Eric Santiago]

Have you tried just importing the files again?
Ive had that happen with a moved Event and it seemed to have linked.
10.1.1 also has a different way of opening closed Events.
Not sure if thats your problem.
Ive been moving projects like crazy of late with or without Event Manager X.
Now with the latest update, dont really need EMX anymore.

[Eric Santiago]

Go for the D700, you will def need it.

[Eric Santiago]

I think I have the same set-up as you Mac Pro and ATTO R380.
Did you transcode the MXFs?
Are you having issues firing up FCPX with the mounted drive off ATTO card?
The drive issue was fixed by removing anything that looks like a media folder e.g. Canon, GoPro SD root folder.
I transcode everything except for R3Ds.
For some reason my workflow suffers with Canon, GoPro, MXFs, etc..
But never with R3Ds but then I have a ROCKET card so maybe that helps.
And how did you come up with the R380 being the issue?
Did you remove it and just work off the FW bus?