Michael Sanders
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Top end Graders have been saying this for years. A good DP will know what he can do in post and what can be done better in camera.
Michael Sanders
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Er that’s what I call stating the bleeding obvious!
Have you been in a new HD TV studio recently?
Last time I was in a state of the art TV Studio (about 3 weeks ago) the vision mixer was from GVG, The router was from Probel. In the studio and OB’s I’ve been in Sound desks are by Neve/Calrec/Studer
Cap Gens by Chryon or old Astons etc. Talkback – well Drake’s gone but there are others there.
It’s all pretty much the same as the companies whose kit I worked with 25 yrs ago when I started in news.
Yes they have changed their product lines because we’ve gone from 625 composite PAL to HD and file based workflows.
What those companies understand is that what broadcasters still need are a) reliability you can only get from dedicated hardware and b) aftercare where by engineers come out at stupid times of the day to replace stuff or will be on the phone at stupid times of the day.
Sadly a lot of the new companies who desperately want some of that business still don’t understand those two very important criteria.
Michael Sanders
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Which is a real poo as (in case you don’t know or forgot), the Mac Pro isn’t technically available in the EU at the moment…
Michael Sanders
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Silly question..
You have got your project and event (and media) on an external drive haven’t you?
Michael Sanders
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How about this…
0.8 is the last version before 1.1 which will be previewed at NAB but will be a paid for upgrade.
Michael Sanders
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Mmmm, with NAB round the corner one can only speculate what’s coming in the next few days.
Michael Sanders
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John,
How do you find the Bose? I’m using Fostex 6310’s routed through a Behringer mixer so I can easily listen to either the edit or admin machines. I like the idea of the Bose for the same reasons as you but decent audio quality is a must.
Michael Sanders
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Jonathan,
https://www.digitalproductionpartnership.co.uk
Not sure if RTE are part of the forum but I think AS11 is an international standard.
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Maybe it means Apple are actually serious about software for creative professionals after all. But everyone’s discounted that.
Michael Sanders
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[John Godwin] “So far the benefit to my clients is that I can do more in the same amount of time. So I have more time to polish and add fit and finish and finesse and stay within their expectations. The drawback there *could* be mine … If the client said “Well, just finish faster and lower the bill”. So far everyone has been happy with both the invoice that meets their expectations and the product that exceeds those expectations, for more or less the same amount.
“Exactly what I was saying to someone else. With the new hardware and FCP X I can easily do all the little tweaks (EQ, colour correction etc) that I wanted to do and could occasionally if I had the lead time. But now its just part of the process.
Michael Sanders
London Based DP/Editor