[Phil Hoppes]

Given the recent debacle of FCPX and the fact that you can no longer purchase FCP7 I think the point is quite moot. FCPX is a joke of spectacular proportions. Go check out the FCPX forum or better yet, read Walt Biscardi’s article here on the COW. https://magazine.creativecow.net/article/final-cut-pro-x-whats-missing-for-some-pros

Stick with PP and don’t look back. I will now be following this forum as the wheels have just exploded off the video editing train I use to work with.

[Phil Hoppes]

Just saw that. It is back now.

5 stars = 133
4 stars = 47
3 stars = 45
2 stars = 51
1 star = 238

Falling like Enron stock…………………

[Phil Hoppes]

Just downloaded it and editing an HD project I’m starting shot on a 7D. Some things seem very cool, others, like data management as discussed here are simply bizarre. I was under the impression, that you ALWAYS wanted your source data on a separate HD both for performance as well as sharing the project like mentioned above. I was expecting to be able to set up my capture drive, data, etc. but FCPX will have none of that. It stuffs it all on my laptop HD. (I’m using an MBP at the moment). Now, I have to admit that, once injested, transcoded, etc I’m not really seeing performance issues but I’ve not done a whole lot yet. Still, I need to put this project on my external drive as there is not enough space on my system HD. I do the proverbial RTFM and they talk a lot about what to do IF you move your project, but I’ve yet to fine the description in the manual of HOW you move your project. WTF???????

Anybody else find exactly how you do that?

[Phil Hoppes]

Well yes and no. You can put a Mac Graphics card in a PC. You cannot do the reverse. Apple has specific graphic card bios entries on the graphic cards that prevent you from dropping in any graphic card which is how they restrict the hardware that runs on a Mac. I knew that the current Mac 30″ display requires a dual link DVI to drive a 2560×1600 display so you do need 2 video cards to run an additional monitor if one of them is a Mac 30″. I was not aware that there are 30″ 2560×1600 monitors that were DVI that did not require dual link.

[Phil Hoppes]

Along these lines, is there some reason the Mac version of the 4800 is DVI port while the windows version is displayport? This is a major PITA from my perspective. With DP you can drive a 2540×1600 display with one port so a dual monitor system is just one card. With DVI you have to go dual-link so now if you want a second monitor you need another card. Plus, I have to believe that the 27″ monitor, should it be more than rumor and it arrives with the next gen MacPros will be DP only so now if you want the next gen MacPro you will be saddled with a last generation card that won’t drive the newer monitors.

Also if I understand Bruce Goren’s post, then my MacBookPro will be hosed as it uses a GeForce 9600M GT card. That’s nice……..

[Phil Hoppes]

Try looking at this tutorial.

https://library.creativecow.net/articles/kramer_andrew/reflections.php

This is a little closer to what you are looking for.

[Phil Hoppes]

Steve,

Thanks for the recommendation. I will look up the Sony’s. Yea, I was enamored with the low price ( about $70 each) and did not understand how Lav mic’s worked in general. I made a similar post on dvinfo.net and a gentleman there explained the hows and whys Lav mics work. Their phantom power is 5V not 48V so I need the power adapter regardless. Most power adapters will either run off a battery (1.5V) or take the 48V in and transform to 5v out for the Lav. Makes sense now that I understand what is going on.

Phil

[Phil Hoppes]

Well, for starters the mics I am returning are terminated, I would assume in the current connector but not having a schematic and given Murphy’s law, what every I pick, the opposite will be true and once clipped they can’t be returned. Having someone else do the work is going to be a lot more expensive than simply getting the right part in the first place. I’m more than capable of putting connectors on, that is not the point. What I want is to simply order the correct mic’s in the first place.

What I would like to know if someone has a Lavalier mike that they like that has a standard XLR connector and does not require a power adapter assuming the user will hook it to a mixer that will supply the phantom power.

Thanks for the inputs. I will look at the Merkertek website. They look like they have a broad range of products.