Al Daqing
April 15th, 2005, 01:52 AM
Hello there,
I just purchased a camcorder and pretty much a novice very interested in getting into editing... I currently have a year 2000 Dell Windows ME desktop (256mb of Ram, 80 Gig of hardrive) used for my recording studio (Protools, mixer, keyboard, microphones and MPC sampler).
I've been thinking about whether or not I should use this same music recording computer for my Video Editing. I was thinking about throwing in Adobe Premiere or Premiere Pro on there and adding an extra 1 Gig of Ram, another 80 Gig of Hardrive and a IEEE 1394 firewire outlet in order to use this computer for video editing... The only problem is I cannot upgrade to Windows XP because my Protools edition can only use Windows ME. I know XP is more useful.
So my second option is to make it simple and just buy another desktop already with at least 1 Gig of Ram and around 80 Gig of harddrive and with an IEEE 1394 firewire outlet and set it up only for video editing...
So would you guys/girls rather mix up the recording computer with the video editing computer or seperate the two??? Or any other suggestions??? I'm not sure if there are extra benefits in having Protools and other recording tools on the same computer I would use for video editing...
I plan on shooting documentaries and instructional videos.. maybe help out with a few weddings and what not..
Also, while I'm already typing in this post, can anyone tell me why video editors usually use two monitors and not one???
very much thanks for your suggestions and help!
AL
I just purchased a camcorder and pretty much a novice very interested in getting into editing... I currently have a year 2000 Dell Windows ME desktop (256mb of Ram, 80 Gig of hardrive) used for my recording studio (Protools, mixer, keyboard, microphones and MPC sampler).
I've been thinking about whether or not I should use this same music recording computer for my Video Editing. I was thinking about throwing in Adobe Premiere or Premiere Pro on there and adding an extra 1 Gig of Ram, another 80 Gig of Hardrive and a IEEE 1394 firewire outlet in order to use this computer for video editing... The only problem is I cannot upgrade to Windows XP because my Protools edition can only use Windows ME. I know XP is more useful.
So my second option is to make it simple and just buy another desktop already with at least 1 Gig of Ram and around 80 Gig of harddrive and with an IEEE 1394 firewire outlet and set it up only for video editing...
So would you guys/girls rather mix up the recording computer with the video editing computer or seperate the two??? Or any other suggestions??? I'm not sure if there are extra benefits in having Protools and other recording tools on the same computer I would use for video editing...
I plan on shooting documentaries and instructional videos.. maybe help out with a few weddings and what not..
Also, while I'm already typing in this post, can anyone tell me why video editors usually use two monitors and not one???
very much thanks for your suggestions and help!
AL