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Michael Lindsay
October 23, 2005 at 10:40 am in reply to: monitoring hardware

I looked at the ‘big Knob’ and decided to spend slightly more on the Presonus Central station. (the perfect NLE monitoring tool). It is very flexible and much more transparent than most mixers (the ones attached to NLEs anyway).

Check out the spec cause it does more than the Big Knob as well.

Michael
Michael Lindsay
August 13, 2005 at 5:37 pm in reply to: 1:1 dv res. what’s best, over firewire or component?

I tested once the difference between the sony decode of a Dvcam source (DSR 1500)and a Avid software decode. I remember thinking if there was a difference and if pushed I’d go with the Sony Decode (Which I have done ever since). The difference for me was the use of SDI rather than Component.

I’d recomend a quick test.

regards

Michael Lindsay
Michael Lindsay
July 27, 2005 at 7:21 pm in reply to: OT DigiBeta Q

Thanks

I’m just trying to way up buying a deck that I used to use (It sat in a rack and played mainly clean Digi tapes). To get the Sony recomended 3000 hour service in the UK costs about the equivalant of $8500 (US). So your advice helps me make up my mind on the price I offer.

regards

Michael
Michael Lindsay
July 27, 2005 at 10:26 am in reply to: OT DigiBeta Q

Hi Charlie

Thanks for your answer. Sorry to ask you to expand but when you say ‘well past’ are we thinking another 1000 hours? I’m just about to gamble slightly on a new ‘old deck’.

thanks

Michael Lindsay

PS Anyone have any good experiences with the new DVWM2000?
Michael Lindsay
June 21, 2005 at 12:43 pm in reply to: Online edit – worth the extra time?

Thanks Dennis

I have to use thirdparty stuff all the time and I like the latest DFT 55mm stuff alot. What I’d like is some more usefull stuff built right into avid’s own CC. Pinnacle Liquid’s $499 product offers secondaries and other tools missing from Adrenaline. I’m not bashing Adrenaline. It is a great alround tool that need a little extending (with what is quite basic stuff).

regards

Michael Lindsay
Michael Lindsay
June 18, 2005 at 3:31 pm in reply to: Online edit – worth the extra time?

The Adrenaline option should be taken if the you are Keying your greenscreen in the Avid. SpectraMatte seems good enough to not bother with treacle slow Ultimatte AdvantEdge.

regards

Michael Lindsay

PS As for Adrenalines CC being good? I wish people would demand the CC improvements that were promised NAB 04 for version 2. I’m not suggesting secondaries are what I need all the time but it would be a start. Worse still is not being able to adjust HSL separately for High, Mid and Shadows. The client wants to reduce saturation in the shadows because there is a dark blue object that needs to be more muted????

You can keep source side correction a Symphony only feature (as well as Limiting) but please give us a couple of secondaries, luminance separation on HSL and a way of defining were the High, Mid and Shadows fall for hue offsets. Is this a lot to ask for?
Michael Lindsay
June 5, 2005 at 11:15 am in reply to: MORE CRT MONITOR QUESTIONS

I would recomend paying the money and getting a BVMD monitor. They can be setup properly and if you make money out of moving pictures it is important to remove doubt. I bought a BVMD 20 and only regret I couln’t justify the 24″ BVMD. A BVMD 24 say great things to your clients.

If you ever get a chance to look at the serial no on a BVMD 24 or 30 it is interesting to note how low the serial numbers are. It makes you realise why they are so expensive.

regards

Michael Lindsay
Michael Lindsay
April 15, 2005 at 1:14 am in reply to: Speed change a clip that was imported with an alpha channel

You probably know this but ‘subsys monpane debug’in the console would stop ‘Precomputes can’t be loaded..’ message. Can be usefull.
regards

Michael Lindsay