This IS the Avid L2: [Avid-L2] Re: MC7 looks great!

Thursday, May 2, 2013

[Avid-L2] Re: MC7 looks great!

Well then what will I use to hold the door open? ;-) Sorry couldn't resist. I look forward to improved response with the panel.

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, David Colantuoni <david.colantuoni@...> wrote:
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> We've sold a lot of these Artist Color devices and customers are very happy with them. However, we are making changes to the Media Composer player engine and working to improve functionality. We are architecting the improvements and you will see these in future releases.
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> From: blafarm <blafarm@...<mailto:blafarm@...>>
> Reply-To: "Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>" <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>>
> Date: Thursday, May 2, 2013 12:31 PM
> To: "Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>" <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>>
> Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: MC7 looks great!
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> > [The Artist Color]... is unusable with the Symphony color corrector no matter how hard I try I just can't live with the sluggish granular response of the panel in Avid."
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> Avid has intentionally misled loyal editors and facility owners with false marketing information indicating seamless integration of the Avid Artist Color with MC/Symphony.
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> I can understand releasing a product and learning from users that it did not work with the company's own flagship editing tools (inept as that would be).
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> However, I cannot understand, nor will I tolerate, a company that sticks their head-in-the-sand, ignores fundamental problems -- and continues to market the control surface with the same misleading marketing information ... suckering even more customers into a purchase that is unusable with MC/Symphony.
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> DO NOT BUY THE AVID ARTIST COLOR -- for use with MC/Symphony
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> You will be throwing your money away.
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> It is unfortunate, but maybe sales of the product need to dramatically drop before Avid gets the message. Frankly, it is beyond me why they haven't figured it out already.
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> "We're Avid -- And We're Not Listening"
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>, "johnrobmoore" <bigfish@> wrote:
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> > In suggesting The Artist Color over the Tangent Wave I pointed out that in a Symphony/Resolve room that someday the panel would work for both and that's a plus. It was awkward but I had to point out that currently it is unusable with the Symphony color corrector no matter how hard I try I just can't live with the sluggish granular response of the panel in Avid. It sure would have been a no brainer without the disclaimer. Hope Avid is listening and scoring the vote on resources.
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> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@> wrote:
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> > > From the people I know who are beta testing it, MC 7 is another big leap forward for Avid. (Even if color correction has still been left ignored... :-( )
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> > > We are hoping to have Avid showing all their new improvements at an Editors' Lounge in LA in a few weeks. Stand by for details.
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