[Herb Sevush]

[Bill Hall] ” I’d like to change the name of this forum to “Wild and irresponsible speculation”.”

How about “irresponsible and wildly entertaining speculation”?

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

[Herb Sevush]

[Walter Soyka] “For anyone attending NAB and interested in seeing Smoke at the SuperMeet, there are only about a hundred tickets left. Get ’em before they’re gone.”

As someone who owned Discreet products in the past (edit* & combustion) I would like to state for the record that in my opinion Discreet / Audtodesk is the most dishonorable, disingenuous, disagreeable and disloyal company I have ever dealt with. The way you can know whether they’re lying or not is if you can hear them talking. They are the Goldman Sachs of the video industry; they will not hesitate to screw their own customers to make a buck, and they’ll laugh about it later. I am not saying their products are worthless, I’m saying their management is. If you are going to do business with them, I suggest you wear a rubber.

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

[Herb Sevush]

[Chris Harlan] “my impression at the time was they purposely hobbled and then killed it because it offered to much competition to their precious IRIX line, specifically to Smoke. “

It was a combination of the two, inability to market a low cost editor along with fear of the low cost editor eating into sales of it’s more profitable siblings. Along with gross stupidity off course – starting with the albatross of it’s new name – *edit. I can’t begin to tell you how many Abott and Costello “who’s on first” routines that name caused it’s users.

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

[Herb Sevush]

[Craig Seeman] “Apple buys Autodesk?”

So they can Johnny Cash it like they did all their other pro app purchases?

“I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die” / Folsom Prison Blues

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

[Herb Sevush]

[Thomas Frank] ” I don’t see any evidence”

It was long presumed that the only reason the MacPro line has not been refreshed in over 18 months was the delay in releasing the new Xeons. The Xeons were released over a month ago, many other competitors have announced new releases (see HP Z820) and Apple is sphinx like. At the time of the Intel release many were guessing that new MacPros would be out by mid April. The clock is ticking.

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

[Herb Sevush]

[Thomas Frank] “Where did you get that Info that Apple is discontinuing the Mac Pro? Like to see the valid source.”

No valid source, just assumptions based on evidence. I would love to be proven wrong.

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

[Herb Sevush]

[Richard Tarantino] “Do you have any suggestions what we should look into or explore?”

The problem is we have too many suggestions, and they’re not in agreement. As Steve Connor suggested, set the forum back about 6 months and start reading. I’d recommend the threads where you see the blood leaking onto the screen for starters.

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

[Herb Sevush]

[Chris Harlan] “That’s funny.”

Not so funny from my point of view. If those pr*cks at Autodesk wanted an affordable editor/finishing platform they had the basis for one 8 years ago – edit* + combustion. They threw it away then because they didn’t know how to market to the masses, I doubt they’re any smarter about that market now. I also like the irony of them unveiling a new “Smoke” for Mac just as Apple discontinues the MacPro line.

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

[Herb Sevush]

[Christopher Travis] “could anyone point me in the direction of some good websites or manufacturers who could kit me out with a decent PP/MC setups”

The other thing I should mention is the Videoguys DIY (do it yourself) build lists. Complete lists for high value / low cost systems. Even if you don’t want to roll your own, the list is a great way to learn what you need to look for in a goold NLE box.

https://www.videoguys.com/Guide/Default.aspx

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

[Herb Sevush]

Thanks Frank, that was very helpful.

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