[Pieter Viljoen]

I definitely did not know that. I knew about the Open CL but wasn’t sure how it would work.

If Premiere will allow me to switch between source and record in my timeline I’d like it even more. But thanks for educating me about the CUDA acceleration.

[Pieter Viljoen]

I did some tests and it seemed fine but I was just wondering if down the line there might be some workflow considerations.

Thanks for your input, it’s helpful.

[Pieter Viljoen]

I have the least amount of experience cutting Premiere but with my limited knowledge of the program I already see one big plus and another minus of using it for documentaries.

The plus is that it can deal well with mixed sources and the logging process can be quick. The downside is that it doesn’t have the incredibly robust media management of Avid, and most documentaries I’ve seen come with countless hours of dailies and I think Avid, for now, is the most reliable and battle tested piece of software that you can have, as long as you don’t mind being a little more disciplined with your prep. But like Oliver says, CS6 would give you easy integration with AE and Photoshop and all the other pieces of great software. The plus side to CS6 is that you don’t have to commit to it.

The Mac Pros that are coming out will use AMD cards and I don’t know how that will work with Premiere’s mercury playback engine that relies exclusively on Nvidia CUDA technology. I’m sure apple consulted with all major developers and they’re aware of this going forward.

I outfitted a 2013 iMac that has every available upgrade and I think it would do well, but I don’t know if you guys plan on working in 4k. I’m not sure that the mobile GPU in the iMac, even with all its CUDA cores, will be able to handle it. A fully outfitted iMac is going to probably be above 3 grand, if you get an SSD which these days is becoming more standard, and I don’t think you could get a second one for the cache like many people like to do with CS6.

If the budget is there, I’d probably wait for the Mac Pros because of the expandability, but I’ve heard of several people being quite successful just with the new iMacs.

[Pieter Viljoen]

Yeah that’s what I wanted to know. This is a quick turn around for something and I wouldn’t devote the time nor the resources to that, but thanks for the education. It is good to know because as an assistant all you ever do is prep tracks for audio mix so I never do it myself.

Thanks so much

[Pieter Viljoen]

I see what you used, sorry for the redundant question.

[Pieter Viljoen]

Hey Peter,

I was not expecting you to actually fix the excerpt, thank you it sounds great. Can you share how you did it, and how I might do it with the tools available to me (Avid MC 6.5, CS6) or any general tips?

Thank you for showing me what is possible, but I’m guessing you used your own set up and are an advanced sound designer. I was just expecting some tips but I appreciate the effort.

[Pieter Viljoen]

sure, is my contact info listed here? Are there private messages on creative cow?

[Pieter Viljoen]

Hi Peter,

https://vimeo.com/69120454

password is creativecow

Thanks so much for your help. I just included audio that gives you a good sampling of the issue, and Vimeo is the final delivery format so it’s as compressed as it’s going to be.

[Pieter Viljoen]

Hi Peter, can I just send you a vimeo link or something?

[Pieter Viljoen]

Thank you Robert, I will try this tomorrow.