Hi Folks,

I’m starting up a new series and I want to upgrade/update my OS and Avid
without alienating my last few projects. Also, my magic mouse and
keyboard lack functions on my current system , Sonoma, (no swipe and no
touchID)

Currently, I’m on a Mac Studio 2022 M1 Max 32 gb ram: Sonoma 14.7.4

I’d like to go as high as I can go to the most…

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Hey Devrim! Thanks for this. I’m going to get the 1st AE to do a back-up of all media. Great advise! Trevor

Mads to the rescue once again! Thanks Mads. I appreciate your time and knowledge. I’m on a Avid on a Mac Studio with a M1 Max chip and 32 gig of ram. I’ve decided to go with the T9. It’s inexpensive fast and portable. One project, one drive kind of thing. Have a good one! 🙂

Hi Folks,

I’m about to start a feature and I’m going to need a good external drive for the media. I’ve been using Samsung T7 Portable SSD – (MU-PC2T0R/AM – USB 3.2 (Gen2, 10Gbps) External SSD – 2TB) and have had no problems with this drive. But it’s 4 years old now.

Is there something better now that has a good quality/price balance or should I…

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Hi folks,

I’m in between jobs right now and I’d get the latest upgrade for my Avid and Mac OS but I don’t want any incompatibility issues (with the Avid and OS as well as my Mac) and I don’t want to alienate my old projects. My computer is a Mac Studio 2022 M1 Max 32 GB memory. My operating system is Monterey 12.5.1. And my Avid is MC Ultimate…

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Ok Mads. Once more, a really great answer. I’m going to speak to the Assistant Editor on the show and see what kind of storage they needed last season. Then if it’s not too much of a bother for you I’ll pick your brain again.

Thanks so much! 🙂

That helps a lot Mads! Really great breakdown that makes it clear for me. Thanks! 🙂

😆 Good analogy Glen!

Hi Folks,

I’m starting on a series next month and I’ll be using my Mac Studio for the first time. Does anyone have any suggestions or advise in terms of getting an economically priced and good quality external drive for the footage? I figure one TB is good but maybe I should get two to be on the safe side.

Any advise is appreciated!

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It’s all good now. I didn’t have enough space on my Mac HD to it kept crashing. Duh. Thanks for your help!

Trevor

Hi Folks,
I’m trying to bring in an Mp4 into the Avid. I option drag it in and it plays perfectly fine but it crashes if I try to edit with it. I try to transcode it and the transcode button is greyed out. I try to consolodate it and the system crashes. Basically, I can’t start editing it and I’m on a timeline.

Any thoughts would be…

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Hi Folks,

Does anyone know how to change a new Avid to have the classic interface?

Thanks!

Trevor Ambrose

imdb.me/TrevorAmbrose

Hi Folks,

I’m purchasing an MC Ultimate and as I’m checking out it offers me a
number of add-ons. One of them is a Media Composer for 29.99/month.
Why is it offering me another MC when I’m already purchasing on?

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks,

Trevor Ambrose

imdb.me/TrevorAmbrose

I hear you Eric. I’ve been working on my 2010 cheese grater with a dongle for years and I’m now entering the current world of Mac Studio and subscriptions. It’s nice and quiet. 🙂

Have a good one and thanks again for your help!

Hi Eric,

Thanks! This chart it very helpful. The one thing I’m confused about is this:

Since a new Avid is good on 3 OS’s (Big Sur, Monterey and Ventura), why wouldn’t everyone just choose the lastest (Big Sur). Is one OS more stable than another? Is one OS bumpy? Basically, why would you want one over another?

Trevor

Hi Folks!

After a few years of Jump/Remote working, I now have to subscribe to my own Media Composer.

I’ll be starting a series in a few months and I want to make sure I get the correct Avid/Mac configuration.

I have a Mac Studio M1 with 32 gigs of ram. I cut with 3 monitors: one for bins, one for Composer and one in Full-Screen mode. (I don’t use…

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Thanks dude. You’re awesome! 🙂 Okay. I’m certainly not doing that type of multi-cam-ing!

Wow. That’s a really illuminating spreadsheet. When you say multi-cam workflow, what do you mean? I’m used to working on TV and Film with all shots multi cam-ed with A and B cams, sometimes with C cams too. Or are you talking about an even more robust usage of multi-cam. The thing is, I’m about to start a show and I had to get the M1 max…

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Hi folks,

Quick question. Is the Mac Studio base model fully compatible with Avid. Will it run smoothly for normal scripted offline editing?

The base model has an M1 max chip with 32 gig of unified memory (Ram). It has a 10 core CPU and a 24 core GPU.

Will this Mac age well in terms of future Avid software?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Hi Folks,

I’m going to be buying some new 30″-ish monitors. Anyone have any suggestions for good quality and reasonable price?

Thanks,

Trevor Ambrose editor – Schitt’s Creek

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0024430/

Sorry! I’m a goof. One last question and I mean it. Apparently the base model Studio M1 Max has 32 GB of unified memory not 64. Do you think I would need to upgrade to 64?

What awesome advice! Thanks man. Hope to buy you a beer some day! 🙂

Hey Eric, Thanks for your reply! I’m going to ask you the same thing I just asked Chris:

I’m still thinking of the Dell UltraSharp. (I want new and modern)
For 30″ they are 1400 (CAD) each which is a lot. Do you know of any other
monitors that are just as good for less?

Hey Chris. That is extremely helpful. One last question (I promise) I’m still thinking of the Dell UltraSharp. (I want new and modern) For 30′ they are 1400 each which is a lot. Do you know of any other monitors that are just as good for less?

Hey Chris!

Thanks so much for your excellent and very clear reply! I’m thinking about getting the M1 Max with 64 GB of unified memory. Do you think that’s good enough?

Also, I thinking about getting 30″ Dell UltraSharp monitors. They’re kind of expensive. Do you have any other less expensive but just as good recommends?

Thanks again!

Trevor…

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Hi Folks,

I need to buy a new Avid/Mac setup for a remote feature I have coming up. Up until now I have been using a cheese grater and a dongle. Ideally, I like working with 3 30″ monitors. Monitor 1 is for scriptsync and project. Monitor 2 is for bins and composer. Monitor 3 is always dedicated to fullscreen. Will a Mac Studio M1 max be…

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Hi Folks,

I want to update my OS but I don’t want to alienate my Avid.

My current OS is: 10.9.5

My current Avid is: 7.0.4.3

If I update my OS to the most current version, will I still be able to use my Avid?

Any help would be appreciated!

Trevor Ambrose

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0024430/

My Mac is:

Hey! A fellow Canadian!

Thanks Matt. This is really helpful. Changing global volumes while keeping there db relationship is so helpful.

Have a good weekend!🙂

Hi Folks,

Is there a way to adjust volume on several segments at once (while still keeping their db relationships. i.e. segment A is at +3db , segment B is at -1db and segment C is at 0db THEN I want to raise them up all by +3db. So they end up at: A +6db, B +2db and C +3db.

I know I can do this on FCP using “Control [” but I’m not sure if…

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Hi Folks,

Usually, I work in a 2 screen set up. Meaning I work with 2 monitors – one monitor has my bins, project, timeline and composer – the other monitor is for FULLSCREEN video. The FULLSCREEN needs to be set to “moncon off” in the console otherwise the image is milky.

Because of the pandemic I am working at home using JUMPDESKTOP. When I…

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All my projects are from 7.0.4.3 and back and I don’t want to out-OS them. Or is this wrong thinking on my part. Can those projects handle any advanced OS?

Hi Folks!

A simple question.

I have a MC version 7.0.4.3 that I don’t want to update.

My Mac OS is 10.9.5

What is the highest OS that I can go to before alienating my MC version?

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Trevor Ambrose

Editor – Schitt’s Creek

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0024430/