[John Davidson]

Hey Eric,

Did you see the FCPX On Air series I made back in December? I walk you through exactly how we do what you’re asking about using Sparse Disk images. We’re about a year into this workflow and it’s been pretty great. One thing I’d throw out there is that there are pretty substantial rumors to a hefty FCPX Update coming in or around the time of the new Mac Pro. If the sparse disk workflow doesn’t interest you, I would still hold out for 2-3 more months just to see what comes out from Apple before I jumped into such a massive subscription plan with Adobe.

Here’s the series:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFL2mNWwki8fpFzlmFDDBVaAVBqrFxG6c
“https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFL2mNWwki8fpFzlmFDDBVaAVBqrFxG6c”

I’ve researched working in an XSan system, but instead have chosen to stick with our Sparse Disk image format because it’s stupid easy to understand and you can always tell what project you have mounted just by looking at a finder window. Since the vid was made we chose to upgrade to a Netgear 10GbE switch with Thunderlinks for the iMacs and an ATTO 10GbE card for one of the mac pros. We also got a 60TB ProAvio RAID. Very happy with these purchases. The speeds are impressive on multiple systems. We are only feeding 10GbE to 3 systems and regular GbE to 3 more.

I’m happy to answer any questions you have.

John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.

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[John Davidson]

Now if you can figure out how to do this in Logic Pro X, you’ll be my hero for life!

John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.

[John Davidson]

Thanks for this Craig. This just saved our butt today on an emergency spot that airs tonight. Whew!

John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.

[John Davidson]

“Option R” was one of those ‘aha’ shortcuts for me. I love doing it now. I “option R” everything.

John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.

[John Davidson]

We use it all the time for things like the Promise pegasus, Blackmagic mini-monitor, GbE, 10GbE with ATTO Thunderlink, and connecting monitors. Tethering is pretty sweet.

Thunderbolt2 should be pretty interesting too.

John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.

[John Davidson]

(Blush). Aw shucks. Thanks again. I’ve thought about using my nephews wedding vid as an example of multicam and syncing. Like Bill says, time is our enemy. We just upgraded our office (moving day today) so I have no idea when I can make more. Content legalities are the biggest issue.

John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.

[John Davidson]

[Aindreas Gallagher] “I dunno – I just put my reply above into the search box and it returned 137 results of nearly identical rants I’ve had over the last two years. bit worrying really.”

Plagiarizing yourself? Congratulations! That means you could work for the New York Times!

John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.

[John Davidson]

[Mark Raudonis] “Let’s address that, shall we? Faster? Better organized? I’m all ears. Let’s hear some stories.”

People call our sparse disk image setup a hack but it’s a hack that’s been pretty solid since we started working between multiple systems in August of last year. Now that we’re 10Gbe it’s even better.

John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.

[John Davidson]

Cue the choir music!

John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.

[John Davidson]

Have you found an app that works for Sony cameras, Jim? I would give my left spectacle for a good one to view and/or control the FS700 via iPad.

John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.