[Herb Sevush]

I wonder if the opening shot of Touch of Evil would trigger the “boring” meter ?

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin\’ attached to nothin\’
\”Deciding the spine is the process of editing\” F. Bieberkopf

[Herb Sevush]

[Brett Sherman] “Compression is really just altering the gain dependent on the level coming in.”

I thought compression altered the gain but only beyond a threshold point, whereas riding level alters the gain throughout the signal. Which is why compression can raise the noise floor when the peaks are brought back up but level riding maintains the distance between peaks and noise floor.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin\’ attached to nothin\’
\”Deciding the spine is the process of editing\” F. Bieberkopf

[Herb Sevush]

[Oliver Peters] ” Accusonus just released their ERA-4 audio repair bundle”

How would you compare it to Izotope RX7 (other than being cheaper.) ?

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin\’ attached to nothin\’
\”Deciding the spine is the process of editing\” F. Bieberkopf

[Herb Sevush]

[Bill Davis] “Pretty sure “follow the money” was Deep Throat to Bob Woodward in the garage during Watergate.”

Pretty sure you’re right, although my attribution was funnier.

[Bill Davis] “Don’t I remember you as one of the loudest voices bitching about how FCP X wasn’t good enough for “professional use” year after year?”

Nope. It wasn’t good enough for professional use for the first year. After that it was a matter of taste, but year after year I did complain whenever you tried to make the case that it was the best and fastest NLE ever, but since you’ve backed off on that front these last few years I now only get to rile you up when you start talking about Zeus.

[Bill Davis] “I guess what you were ACTUALLY saying is that Apple didn’t care to deliver something ideal for the exact type of editor YOU needed them to care about. Which, I suppose has proved true. “

Indeed.

[Bill Davis] “You will survive. And be confident you will still have LOTS of things to complain about going forward!”

I’ve never been disappointed with the world’s ability to disappoint me.

(I think I said that. )

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin\’ attached to nothin\’
\”Deciding the spine is the process of editing\” F. Bieberkopf

[Herb Sevush]

This is a truly wonderful rant coming from someone who has always, until now, celebrated the liberating effects of the no-cost video world of today – FCPX being part of that world, buy once at $295 and never pay for an upgrade again – the iPhone as a democratizing tool for video makers the world over – man the barricades.

And now, screw ’em if they can’t pony up the big bucks, “why you should have seen the Atlantic Ocean in the old days, that was an ocean, not like this pantywaist puddle we have now…”

Who exactly is the dinosaur at this point Bill.

[Bill Davis] “Hell, one PVW level Betacam cost what the ENTIRE fully spec’d out MacPro system just announced is being sold for today. “

Which is why I bought the much cheaper UVW line …” what noise, I don’t see any noise.”

[Bill Davis] “So it ain’t the money, kids. It’s the attitude. “

No, it’s the money. It’s always the money. The greatest words of wisdom I ever heard was “follow the money.” I think one of the Marx Brothers said that, not sure if it was Karl or Groucho.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin\’ attached to nothin\’
\”Deciding the spine is the process of editing\” F. Bieberkopf

[Herb Sevush]

[Bill Davis] ” Heck, we’re not still worshiping Zeus (in most cases!????) so people do eventually tire of stories that tend to have little basis in reality.”

Thank you for this one Bill. Speaking not as a supporter of Hellenic mythology, but merely as someone who has enjoyed your jousting with metaphors over the years, I will enjoy this for the days ahead.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin\’ attached to nothin\’
\”Deciding the spine is the process of editing\” F. Bieberkopf

[Herb Sevush]

[Oliver Peters] “Possibly to preserve your own sanity ☺”

There’s nothing possible about that, it’s definitely the reason. That’s why I spent 1K on my chair, and it’s why hammock breaks are part of my working day. I’ve spent too long working in situations we’re I’m fighting my own gear as I’m fighting the clock, it leads to sleeping on facility couches and rising bleary eyed to unproductive outcomes. I’ve often said that an editor’s best, most creative tool is time spent away from a project, to that I will add a positive working environment.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin\’ attached to nothin\’
\”Deciding the spine is the process of editing\” F. Bieberkopf

[Herb Sevush]

[Oliver Peters] “LOL. More power to you! I think that’s all valid, however, you can’t really extrapolate to a larger market in that way. So even though you personally wouldn’t be able to justify the new Mac Pro, that doesn’t mean that others can’t.”

True that.

I’m not denigrating the new MacPro, I’m just pissed that once again Apple does not have me in mind, and while I am singular I am not unique, as contradictory as the might sound. I’ve learned long ago that every time I think I’ve come up with something original there are at least 10 people who have got there before me. It’s a big country out there and even a tiny niche like mine has a lot of occupants.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin\’ attached to nothin\’
\”Deciding the spine is the process of editing\” F. Bieberkopf

[Herb Sevush]

[Oliver Peters] “I get that in your case, you may be charging a package price including complete creative services. “

Yes, that’s part of it, if I’m not producing my own work the I do mostly flat bids for directing and editing and I don’t break out anything – no hourly or daily rates; it’s all in. But when I was still freelancing more widely many of the companies I worked for had their own crappy laptop editing systems for me to work on, but I could convince them to let me work from home if it didn’t cost them any more. It is definitely worth my sanity to pay for my own gear to improve my editing experience, which includes an occasional afternoon nap on my hammock which is one of the more productive uses of my time.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin\’ attached to nothin\’
\”Deciding the spine is the process of editing\” F. Bieberkopf

[Herb Sevush]

[Steve Connor] “Have I missed something over the last few years?, are we not charging out our edit systems any more? Why? is it competition driving the price down so people can’t charge?”

It’s been that way in NY for years and years, actually since FCP Legacy made it’s in-roads. Most editors at home work on laptops like Bill, how much can they charge for a laptop? If I want to edit with big screens, external broadcast monitors and high end GPU’s that’s considered my choice and no one is going to pay me more for it. Hell, many facilities now are nothing more than desks with laptops, an iMac is considered an exgravagence.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin\’ attached to nothin\’
\”Deciding the spine is the process of editing\” F. Bieberkopf