This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] System setup recommendation

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Re: [Avid-L2] System setup recommendation

I would not be that scared of BM nowadays.
Last week i did a big job with an vision truck and a sattelite truck, fibre from my feed was over BM stuff, and both trucks were loaded with BM stuff (router, vision mixer etc)
For the money, you can buy the stuff double for safety.
And if you want cheap, this is as cheap as it gets.

Bouke

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From: superhorschd
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:09 PM
Subject: [Avid-L2] System setup recommendation

Hi all,

an friend of mine asked me for advice, but my experience on 3rd party I/Os and Thunderbolt stuff is limited, therefore this posting:

For a longform doc film a "not too expensive" Mac offline editing system is needed. They probably buy a new iMac with Media Composer 6.5 and want to connect via Thunderbolt:
- a media drive (for DNxHD 36 / XDCAM EX Media Files)
- a 3rd party Interface to connect a large screen to it
- a second Display

As I've heard about problems with 3rd party I/Os I'd like to hear what works best with MC 6.5 or what problems exist. They're thinking about a box from Blackmagic but I really like AJA stuff in general (an personally never would buy something that has to do with black magic!).

I wonder how many Thunderbolt devices play nicely together..
As the drives they want to buy have both Thunderbolt and USB 3 they can use to USB if needed. Well, our students edit on USB 3.0 drives quite often and it works very well for them..

Any experiences, advices or ideas greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance,
Ben
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Benjamin Schreiber
ACSR Elite

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