Fabrizio D'agnano
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Thank you Bob. I had the notifications turned on 🙂 However, if I use the “open in the timeline” command, I only get to see one channel, not the dual mono, and I have no way to change it. Expanding the audio components allows me to see the two individual mono tracks and use the range select/adjust level routine.
FabrizioFabrizio D’Agnano
Rome, Italy
early 2008 MacPro, BM Intensity Pro, early 2008 iMac, 2011 MacBook Pro, FCP7, FCPX, OSX 10.8.3 -
I think it’s not only the cables but the external devices one will have to add. I now have five HD’s inside my MP. The system drive will be inside the new MP, but I’ll need a couple of external arrays (two more than the ones I already have) to have a raid 0 fast array, possibly TB for editing, and a raid 1 array for export, graphics and other media, like the ones I have now (archive, backup and the such besides). Or just one larger RAID5 TB set, that would however end up to cost about the same or more. I now have a Blackmagic intensity Pro inside my MP, I’ll need an external TB Intensity box. I have a few external e-sata arrays and enclosures, I’ll need a new TB to e-sata adapter box. I have an optical drive inside my MP, I’ll need an external one. My desktop will end up to be more crowded than it’s now, cables apart, and there’ll be a few adapters to buy, hoping they work flawlessly and they don’t cause problems like I would expect from an internal Apple solution. I’ll go for the new MP about one year after its release, I almost can’t wait to get it at work, however if it came with a few internal drive bays and a couple of PCIe slots at least, even if it were not so small and stylish (I have enough room in my studio for old MP sized machine, and I guess the volume of MP plus external items plus cables will be larger), I would have liked it much better. Besides, all this adapters and arrays will be a further expense of several hundred dollars (Euro here, but it’s the same).
Fabrizio D’Agnano
Rome, Italy
early 2008 MacPro, BM Intensity Pro, early 2008 iMac, 2011 MacBook Pro, FCP7, FCPX, OSX 10.8.3 -
I don’t think it’s possible as it were in FCP7, but there can be some workaround. I’d do something like this: in your timeline, select all of the clips. Now go to the inspector and change the “camera name” field into “used for project X”. Now duplicate the project and referenced events, after consolidating, onto an external drive or whatever. Then delete all the media that is not marked as used in the “camera name” field within FCPX together with all of the transcoded media from the Finder. This if you want to keep the media in the original event for further use on different projects. I’ve not found anything better so far, I do hope there will be a “save project and used media only” in the next version. I’d like to know if anybody have found a better way to archive finished projects using the smaller possible disk space. I mainly work with AVCHD source media, so after deleting the transcoded files even keeping non used clips does not require a large storage space as if were when I had to archive ProRes files in FCP7, but still it think it could be accomplished way better.
Fabrizio D’Agnano
Rome, Italy
early 2008 MacPro, BM Intensity Pro, early 2008 iMac, 2011 MacBook Pro, FCP7, FCPX, OSX 10.8.3 -
Thank you David.
Fabrizio D’Agnano
Rome, Italy
early 2008 MacPro, BM Intensity Pro, early 2008 iMac, 2011 MacBook Pro, FCP7, FCPX, OSX 10.8.3 -
[David Eaks] “Mac Pro upgrades-
Internal sata iii hardware raid-
MAXPower RAID mini-SAS 6G-1e1i (which slot?) Link-
https://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/MXPRMS6G1E1I/“I was just about to order the card, when I had a doubt: how do I connect the sata cable to the internal drives? don’t they plug direct onto the motherboard? I am sure I’m missing something easy, but…
Fabrizio D’Agnano
Rome, Italy
early 2008 MacPro, BM Intensity Pro, early 2008 iMac, 2011 MacBook Pro, FCP7, FCPX, OSX 10.8.3 -
[David Eaks] “The question I have about all these potential upgrades is, will there be a noticeable improvement in performance in FCPX/Motion/Compressor and if so, what part the workflow is the improvement seen?”
I can’t tell about the graphic card for render or export speed, which is not a problem in my case, but the reason I am thinking about the upgrade is mainly about media management and safety, and a bit about speed. My couple of 2TB internal drives in sw RAID0 offer enough speed for what I need. I then have a system drive and an export drive. However, I need an external 4TB RAID set to mirror the Events internal RAID every day I add footage, just in case one of the drive fails. An internal RAID5 of great capacity (4 x 3Tb, resulting in 9 usable Tb) would save me that time, would allow me to keep more events alive (I work on 26′ documentaries that often require months of shooting and editing before being completed and delivered, and many of them can overlap), and to reverse the external 4TB RAID0 drive into a 2TB RAID1 one for fcparch archive. Since I want to use the 5 drives option the MP gives me, I was thinking about going for the fastest system drive. Maybe with about the same money of the sas card, that looks like a great option, I could buy an external esata RAID box that I could migrate to the future MacPro. That would be the only doubt. Of course, while I want my current machine to be up and running for another year at its best pace, I’d rather spend money on something that could be still used in the future than something going to be buried together with the old horse.Fabrizio D’Agnano
Rome, Italy
early 2008 MacPro, BM Intensity Pro, early 2008 iMac, 2011 MacBook Pro, FCP7, FCPX, OSX 10.8.3 -
Just one doubt: the SAS to eSATA cable means you want to plug external drives? Or should it be sata for internal drives? In my case the problem is I already have the graphic card, a Sonnet Tempo e-sata card, and an intensity Pro card, so all that’s left is a 4x slot, while the RAID card requires an 8x. A HW RAID5 option would be much better than a SW 0+1, I guess
Fabrizio D’Agnano
Rome, Italy
early 2008 MacPro, BM Intensity Pro, early 2008 iMac, 2011 MacBook Pro, FCP7, FCPX, OSX 10.8.3 -
[Nicholas Zimmerman] “I recently added USB3 which has been quite nice. Went with the CalDigit card, and use it to connect to a Drobo 5D.”
Interesting! I didn’t know there was a card for USB3 for older machines. I only have a 4x slot free, as I have a Sonnet esata and an Intensity pro cards. I’ll check if it’s enough.
Fabrizio D’Agnano
Rome, Italy
early 2008 MacPro, BM Intensity Pro, early 2008 iMac, 2011 MacBook Pro, FCP7, FCPX, OSX 10.8.3 -
[Bernard Newnham] “2008 is a long time ago in computer years though.”
Yes, obviously true. But the TV channel I produce for still broadcasts SD and requires a PAL IMX file, just like four or five years ago. Most likely they won’t change for the next year or two, so the old machine still meets the specs I need, and proved to be reliable and rock solid. If the new MP had internal storage and PciE slots, I would have bought one just the same as soon as available, but since it will not have those, I’ll prolong my dear machine life of one more year.
Fabrizio D’Agnano
Rome, Italy
early 2008 MacPro, BM Intensity Pro, early 2008 iMac, 2011 MacBook Pro, FCP7, FCPX, OSX 10.8.3 -
thank you Nicholas.
My current graphic card is a Radeon HD4870. My idea is to go on with my MP for another year and then go for the new MP. If I buy 4Tb drives for use as internal RAID, it will not be wasted money because I will slap them into a Thunderbolt external Raid next year. And maybe I’ll use the 2,5″ SSD for my MBP. I am a content creator rather than a “pure” editor, so for me exporting or render time is just a fraction of the whole creative process. I would not spend much money on a graphic card that would anyway EOL’d together with my old and dear machine next year unless it gives me a tangible improvement. How better would a 5870 be compared to mine?Fabrizio D’Agnano
Rome, Italy
early 2008 MacPro, BM Intensity Pro, early 2008 iMac, 2011 MacBook Pro, FCP7, FCPX, OSX 10.8.3