Re: [Avid-L2] Video Satellite? Black Magic Hyperdeck?

Hey Stuart - I'm curious about HDX. Are you actually using it? I was advised (of handedly, not necessarily authoritatively) it requires different plug-ins that aren't exactly common yet.

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On Mar 12, 2012, at 9:59 AM, Stuart Lawn wrote:

> Even with a PC you can still only have 3 Pro Tools Accel cards in a Z800. If I were you I'd stick with Mac and trade up to the HDX card range. One HDX card is the equivalent processing power of 5 Accel cards. Then you can put a Blackmagic card in the machine and play HD Quicktimes from the timeline.
>
> Video Satellite is fantastic if you have
> a) An all Avid workflow
> b) Shared storage
> c) Deep pockets
>
> Cheers
>
> Stuart
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Terence Curren
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> Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: Video Satellite? Black Magic Hyperdeck?
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> We bought the expansion boxes a few years back. But I only did it because the mixers wouldn't go PC. It is much more economical to buy a PC with a lot of slots than to buy a Mac AND an expansion chassis.
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Greg Huson <Greg@...> wrote:
> >
> > Is that what you did? Not a bad idea, Actually. I wonder if I'd have to cross-grade all those damn plug-ins...
> >
> > Hmmmm
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> > On Mar 11, 2012, at 10:12 PM, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Greg Huson <Greg@> wrote:
> > >
> > > <<I'm trying to find a better solution for picture with protools, without adding an expansion chassis. >>
> > >
> > > PC.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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