I remember seeing one of these in about '94. I'd cut a couple of short
films on Steenbeck so initially I thought, "Cool" since it had a
Steenbeck-style shuttle controller. After 5 minutes I was right back
to the mouse.
They were heavy... and made great door stops.
B
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On Apr 16, 2010, at 9:44 AM, Rick wrote:
> I found one at my last staff job when we moved and started unpacking
> boxes that hadn't been opened in close to 10 years. I'm sure it's
> still floating around there somewhere.
>
> Rick Emery
> www.rickemery.com
>
> ________________________________
> From: Job ter Burg (L2) <Job_L2@terburg.com>
> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Fri, April 16, 2010 12:28:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Re: MC 5 - new features - Mouse Shuttle ??
>
> "Christopher Pitbladdo" (16-04-2010 09:40) :
>
> > Control surfaces? I had no idea. Anyone got any
> > Images?
>
> Can't really find any pictures (these surfaces date from the mid-
> nineties) .
> There has been a Steenbeck controller, which was pretty much the same
> controller as was used on Steenbeck flatbed editing tables, and
> there was
> the MUI, a different controller, with a larger shuttle and
> programmable
> keys. I used to own the latter, bought one on Ebay. Worked with ADB
> Macs
> only, so when I bought my Meridien system, the MUI quickly needed to
> retire.
> The greatest thing about using one was that, when you pressed your
> thumb
> slightly to the shuttle, it would run the footage at around 150%, a
> great
> speed that would allow you to still hear what interviewees were
> saying.
>
> My very first encounter with an NLE was Lightworks, and I always
> missed that
> type of control on Avids (as much I loved other things about that).
>
> --
> Job ter Burg
> film editor - NL
>
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>
>
>
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