This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Re: MC 6 plug in compatibility?

'MC v5.0.x cannot use ANY 3rd party hardware; it can only use Avid

hardware (or none at all). '

Actually, MC v5 can use the Matrox MXO2 mini as I/O interface.
See original release(5.0) readme file: http://tinyurl.com/43dts3f , page11

cheers,
Bogdan Grigoresco
Sr.Engineer, ACSR DS/Unity
www.finale.tv

--- On Sat, 11/5/11, Dennis Degan <DennyD1@verizon.net> wrote:

From: Dennis Degan <DennyD1@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Re: MC 6 plug in compatibility?
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, November 5, 2011, 5:26 AM

Previously, David wrote:

> So yeah the MC 5 to MC 5.5 peep right now gets a little better deal

but chances are that person will need to invest in some hardware too

in order to be compatible with 6.0 so it will most likely cost them

more.

Also, it was written by Greg Huson:

> A mac or PC that operates in 64 bit.

On Nov 4, 2011, at 5:48 PM, blafarm wrote:

> Why would a 64bit machine be any more of an expense for a MC5 owner

-- than a MC5.5 owner? If you are still running in a 32bit environment

-- your hardware costs will be exactly the same.

> Using this rationale to attempt to offset the pricing frustration

of MC5.5 owners makes no sense at all.

> It's simply illogical.

I say:

MC v5.0.x cannot use ANY 3rd party hardware; it can only use Avid

hardware (or none at all). Partly, what I think David referred to was

the desire to add 3rd party hardware to a 6.0 system by some users.

However, that assumption is not a foregone conclusion. A 6.0 system

could still operate as software only.

He also is referring to the most rigid MC v6.0 limitation: The need

to run Lion and 64-bit. If the platform can't run 64-bit & Lion, MC

6.0 is a no go. But this STILL assumes that the user doesn't have a

computer capable of running 64-bit Lion. Many can run it; even

computers from a few years ago (I think mine can and it's 5 years old,

but I haven't tried installing Lion yet). So IF you don't have a 64-

bit & Lion-capable computer, you'll have to spend more to make use of

MC 6.0. That's a lot of ifs.

Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank

NBC Today Show, New York

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