Jim Wiseman
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That is exactly the point where I got out of the Avid sales business. When Avid workstations dropped from 50k to even 100k to a lot fewer sales, period. At least in a rather small market like Hawaii, but which supports a lot of production because of its uniqueness. FCP Legacy was the cause, and I decided it was time to get out of sales (exclusive Avid in Hawaii) and back into production. If Avid can figure out a way to make money on the high end of the market (really just 2%?) they will survive. If not, get prepared for a takeover and paying a lot more for Avid systems in the future. Really don’t know how they pull that one off other than a big company willing to come in and take losses for a while. I certainly see the need for large shared projects editing with relatively big budgets, so I hope it works out. If Avid doesn’t do it, someone will. If their management is as poor as it seems, it may say Avid on the box, a division of…
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1, Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Pro X 10.2.1, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1.6, Premiere Pro CS 5.5 and 6.0, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Blackmagic Ultrastudio 4K, Blackmagic Teranex, Avid MC, 2013 Mac Pro Hexacore, 1TB SSD, 64GB RAM, 2-D500, Helios 2 w 2-960GB SSDs: 2012 Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz, 24Gb RAM, GTX-680, 960GB SSD: Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 16GB RAM 250GB SSD, Multiple OWC Thunderbay 4 TB2 and eSATA QX2 RAID 5 HD systems -
Great to see someone really knowledgeable and also a good communicator working out the logistics of using FCPX in a larger educational setting, particularly a public school. Universities and pro shops could use this experience. If it leads to more FCPX editors, all the better. It offers a much more economical model with a chance of later career success than any of the other vendors have come up with. Congratulations.
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1, Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Pro X 10.2.1, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1.6, Premiere Pro CS 5.5 and 6.0, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Blackmagic Ultrastudio 4K, Blackmagic Teranex, Avid MC, 2013 Mac Pro Hexacore, 1TB SSD, 64GB RAM, 2-D500, Helios 2 w 2-960GB SSDs: 2012 Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz, 24Gb RAM, GTX-680, 960GB SSD: Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 16GB RAM 250GB SSD, Multiple OWC Thunderbay 4 TB2 and eSATA QX2 RAID 5 HD systems -
Andrew, True, my major projects now involve using the Teranex to bump up SD analog Betacam and 3/4 and DV/DVCPro to 1920×1080 HD. Also do the color correction with the Ultrastudio 4K. Those units are for the 2013 nMP as they interface via Thunderbolt 2. Have the AJA LHi in the 2012 Tower. Like the flexibility there of using different versions of OSX. Could do the grading on a computer monitor, but I want it to be right for broadcast/cable, etc. if the need arises later. Hard to shake a broadcast background even if most of it will be seen on the web.
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1, Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Pro X 10.2.1, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1.6, Premiere Pro CS 5.5 and 6.0, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Blackmagic Ultrastudio 4K, Blackmagic Teranex, Avid MC, 2013 Mac Pro Hexacore, 1TB SSD, 64GB RAM, 2-D500, Helios 2 w 2-960GB SSDs: 2012 Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz, 24Gb RAM, GTX-680, 960GB SSD: Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 16GB RAM 250GB SSD, Multiple OWC Thunderbay 4 TB2 and eSATA QX2 RAID 5 HD systems -
The best stuff at NAB happens in the hotel suites.
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1, Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Pro X 10.2.1, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1.6, Premiere Pro CS 5.5 and 6.0, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Blackmagic Ultrastudio 4K, Blackmagic Teranex, Avid MC, 2013 Mac Pro Hexacore, 1TB SSD, 64GB RAM, 2-D500, Helios 2 w 2-960GB SSDs: 2012 Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz, 24Gb RAM, GTX-680, 960GB SSD: Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 16GB RAM 250GB SSD, Multiple OWC Thunderbay 4 TB2 and eSATA QX2 RAID 5 HD systems -
Free, as in not requiring monthly rental to open your own projects. That is near the top of my list. And not exactly free. I have $3K plus in Blackmagic hardware to take advantage of “free”. Rather pay for hardware, a hard asset, than rent software with minor improvements that goes “poof” if you quit paying the monthly credit card bills and also, unlike hardware or a perpetual software license, cannot be resold to recoup some of one’s investment when it makes economic or lifestyle change sense.
All of this only is valid if Resolve 12 actually fulfills its promises. If it really doesn’t function well as an editor with the added bonus of color grading, I will be using FCPX instead. If it does, probably a combination of the two plus Motion. My mo-graph needs are minor. And CS6 Premiere still works on all my systems if I get desperate.
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1, Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Pro X 10.2.1, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1.6, Premiere Pro CS 5.5 and 6.0, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Blackmagic Ultrastudio 4K, Blackmagic Teranex, Avid MC, 2013 Mac Pro Hexacore, 1TB SSD, 64GB RAM, 2-D500, Helios 2 w 2-960GB SSDs: 2012 Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz, 24Gb RAM, GTX-680, 960GB SSD: Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 16GB RAM 250GB SSD, Multiple OWC Thunderbay 4 TB2 and eSATA QX2 RAID 5 HD systems -
I stopped going to NAB when the web reporting and reviews got better, and my knees got worse. Went for many years before that, though. Was a great place to sell Avids, and to meet with production clients.
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1, Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Pro X 10.2.1, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1.6, Premiere Pro CS 5.5 and 6.0, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Blackmagic Ultrastudio 4K, Blackmagic Teranex, Avid MC, 2013 Mac Pro Hexacore, 1TB SSD, 64GB RAM, 2-D500, Helios 2 w 2-960GB SSDs: 2012 Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz, 24Gb RAM, GTX-680, 960GB SSD: Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 16GB RAM 250GB SSD, Multiple OWC Thunderbay 4 TB2 and eSATA QX2 RAID 5 HD systems -
Don’t know about others, but when I arrive at a stable system with the software I am using at the time, I clone it to not one but at least two drives, and shelve them. Have since 10.6.8 and FCP7. Now up to Yosemite and associated software. It is then a very simple matter to replace the internal drive if necessary and apply the clone or reestablish the SSD boot. As I have said before, I have 4 systems on my 2012 Mac Pro Tower with double and triple backups on HD’s. No trips to the Genius store needed. There isn’t one here anyway. But a good Apple authorized service provider that does free on site for my two Pros under Applecare is twenty minutes from here. Needed a power supply a couple of times over the last 10 years for the towers. No motherboards yet. BTW, I was an Apple authorized VAR for 10 years with Avid and Media 100. I certainly don’t deprecate the value of a good VAR.
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1, Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Pro X 10.2.1, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1.6, Premiere Pro CS 5.5 and 6.0, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Blackmagic Ultrastudio 4K, Blackmagic Teranex, Avid MC, 2013 Mac Pro Hexacore, 1TB SSD, 64GB RAM, 2-D500, Helios 2 w 2-960GB SSDs: 2012 Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz, 24Gb RAM, GTX-680, 960GB SSD: Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 16GB RAM 250GB SSD, Multiple OWC Thunderbay 4 TB2 and eSATA QX2 RAID 5 HD systems -
Lance, exactly for reasons like this I got a 2012 Mac Pro tower while they were still available. Anxious to see Resolve 12 as well. Will use the 2013 nMP for FCPX. The tower is also convenient for multiple boot drives, given Apples proclivity for changing OSX every year and orphaning or deprecating certain software I find important. I can boot everything from 10.6.8 on up including El Capitan if I see a need for it when it is released.
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1, Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Pro X 10.2.1, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1.6, Premiere Pro CS 5.5 and 6.0, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Blackmagic Ultrastudio 4K, Blackmagic Teranex, Avid MC, 2013 Mac Pro Hexacore, 1TB SSD, 64GB RAM, 2-D500, Helios 2 w 2-960GB SSDs: 2012 Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz, 24Gb RAM, GTX-680, 960GB SSD: Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 16GB RAM 250GB SSD, Multiple OWC Thunderbay 4 TB2 and eSATA QX2 RAID 5 HD systems -
I’m certainly not in Hollywood or San Francisco any longer, but I get on site service for my Mac Pros here on little Kauai in Hawaii, at least under Applecare, cost covered. Sold and supported Avids and Media 100’s on Macs and another system on Windows. No comparison that the Windows systems, both the computers, IBM and Intergraph, and Windows system software caused me many more headaches than Mac hardware and OS. YMMV.
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1, Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Pro X 10.2.1, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1.6, Premiere Pro CS 5.5 and 6.0, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Blackmagic Ultrastudio 4K, Blackmagic Teranex, Avid MC, 2013 Mac Pro Hexacore, 1TB SSD, 64GB RAM, 2-D500, Helios 2 w 2-960GB SSDs: 2012 Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz, 24Gb RAM, GTX-680, 960GB SSD: Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 16GB RAM 250GB SSD, Multiple OWC Thunderbay 4 TB2 and eSATA QX2 RAID 5 HD systems -
I’m getting 450 to above 500MB/sec read and writes with 4 Toshiba 5TB drives in a Thunderbay 4 with SoftRaid. All from OWC. This is on the outer 30% or so of the drive bands. Reads are slightly faster than writes, of course. These are quick drives to begin with, but I doubt if hardware controllers would be much faster for the RAID 5. That is plenty fast for me doing 1080p HD. As I recall it ticks all the boxes but one, 1080 60P if my recollection is correct, on the Blackmagic disk test. Like any setup they will get slower as the drives fill, but still plenty fast for 1080p HD.
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1, Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Pro X 10.2.1, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1.6, Premiere Pro CS 5.5 and 6.0, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Blackmagic Ultrastudio 4K, Blackmagic Teranex, Avid MC, 2013 Mac Pro Hexacore, 1TB SSD, 64GB RAM, 2-D500, Helios 2 w 2-960GB SSDs: 2012 Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz, 24Gb RAM, GTX-680, 960GB SSD: Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 16GB RAM 250GB SSD