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Thomas Wagner · January 29th, 2005, 09:39 AM

I read a lot of posts in this forum of people using Final Cut. I am really astonished about that. In the last years there was a big change in the broadcast industry in germany. A few years ago 90 % of all editors used mac´s for editing their stuff. So I do. About two years ago nearly all moved to Intel based Personal Computers mostly using Avid Systems. Can you tell me please what you are using?

Thanks a lot

Thomas from dammed cold Germany

Nico van Tonder · January 29th, 2005, 10:19 AM

I'm using Windows XP with Adobe Premiere Pro.

Richard Alvarez · January 29th, 2005, 10:59 AM

Windows XP, Avid XpressPro.

Avid was originally designed for use on Macs. And many older legacy versions still run on them. Avid currently ships with versions for both Mac and PC.

Robin Davies-Rollinson · January 29th, 2005, 12:18 PM

Windows XP, Avid Xpress DV 3.5
Might consider upgrading to Xpress Pro later, but need to get Sony FX1 first...

Robin

Filip Kovcin · January 29th, 2005, 12:50 PM

i am using very often two systems -

win xp avid xpress pro 4.3
and
mac g4 FCP

looking for automatic duck to make OMF composition (video) readable on my mac.

filip

Richard Alvarez · January 29th, 2005, 03:59 PM

FiliP,
You could load your copy of Avid onto the Mac, and use it there, just plug the dongle in.... just a thought. Otherwise, Automatic Duck will get you into FCP.

Christopher Go · January 29th, 2005, 06:40 PM

Running Avid Xpress Pro on a dual-processor Athlon PC and Windows XP Pro. Avid released the HD version recently and I have been planning on installing that when my monitor suddenly broke! I believe it is power related - just simply refuses to turn on now.

I've been researching a replacement monitor in the meanwhile, probably go with an LCD this time around.

Rick Bravo · January 30th, 2005, 09:12 PM

Our dinosaur is an AVID Media Composer 4000, still running on a wood-burning Power Mac with removable 9 gig hardrives. But it still works fine!

Our FNGs in the Unit are the AVID Media Composer Adrenaline and AVID Xpress Pro...both running on Windows XP.

http://www.rbravo.com/vsu_equipment.htm

Scroll down to EDITING.

RB

Richard Alvarez · January 31st, 2005, 09:39 AM

I'm guessing that we "avid heads" are the minority on this board. Just from cursory observation, I'd guess there's at least a vocal majority of Vegas users, followed by Premier, FCP, and about the same number of Avid users as there are "others" IE Liquid, Canopus, Media 100 etc.

Carlos E. Martinez · February 1st, 2005, 01:21 PM

<<<-- Originally posted by Christopher Go : Running Avid Xpress Pro on a dual-processor Athlon PC and Windows XP Pro. Avid released the HD version recently and I have been planning on installing that when my monitor suddenly broke! I believe it is power related - just simply refuses to turn on now.
-->>>

A friend of mine was telling me that apparently Avid is relying more and more on the Mojo for the new capabilities and less and less on the computer it's linked to. Do you feel that too?

Which Xpress version are you running?

Not now, but probably by the end of the year I would like to start working in HDV. So I better assemble my new PC looking at that.

Carlos

Richard Alvarez · February 1st, 2005, 01:26 PM

I don't know that that's an accurate assesment of the programs abilities. The better your computer, the better the program alone runs. The benefit of Mojo of course, is that it allows more realtime capabilities and some importing features that you can't get on your computer. The mojo, and the other "digital nonlinear accelerators' (DNA) that avid sells, have whats called "progamable field gate arrays" in them. This will allow them to be reprogrammed to make maximum use out of faster and faster computers. So its really a symbiotic relationship between Mojo and your cpu.

John Hampster · February 2nd, 2005, 09:47 AM

I use Avid Xpress DV 3.5 for personal at home work and FCP HD 4.5 on a G5 at work. I found FCP to be more flexible / user friendly. Also, I hate Media 100 with a passion.

Grinner Hester · February 2nd, 2005, 03:44 PM

I'm still on symphony v3.1 on NT.
Avid just hasn't offerend many reasons to move beyond this.
I almost broke down and bopught a Nitris last week but just can't justify it's inflated price.
I was juuust about to hop on an 844/X when Media100 got word from above that they will stop getting funding. Bummer.
Xpri still looks good.
I'm gonna demo the new Adrenaline HD on Feb 17th. THe DNxHD technology shows promise. If I can seemlessly work in HDV and SDI on the same timeline with this, I may actually write another check to Avid. If I see any of the old school aliasing I'm so use to seeing with Avid products, I'll have to split early.

Richard Alvarez · February 2nd, 2005, 04:11 PM

Grinner,

Have you done much work on the Media Composer with Adrenaline? Sweet machine.

Grinner Hester · February 2nd, 2005, 08:40 PM

not much
I couldt downgrade to adrenaline when it was released. Biggest egg on avid's face that O have seen int the last 15 years.
I hope the HD version is worthy.
I hoped that about v1 too, though.
It's no media composer. I see it as XDV with some added bells n whistles.

January 29th, 2005, 09:39 AM	#1
Thomas Wagner Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 48	Avid Users here? I read a lot of posts in this forum of people using Final Cut. I am really astonished about that. In the last years there was a big change in the broadcast industry in germany. A few years ago 90 % of all editors used mac´s for editing their stuff. So I do. About two years ago nearly all moved to Intel based Personal Computers mostly using Avid Systems. Can you tell me please what you are using? Thanks a lot Thomas from dammed cold Germany

January 29th, 2005, 10:19 AM	#2
Nico van Tonder Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Pretoria, South Africa Posts: 33	I'm using Windows XP with Adobe Premiere Pro. __________________ Nico

January 30th, 2005, 09:12 PM	#8
Rick Bravo Major Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 574	Our dinosaur is an AVID Media Composer 4000, still running on a wood-burning Power Mac with removable 9 gig hardrives. But it still works fine! Our FNGs in the Unit are the AVID Media Composer Adrenaline and AVID Xpress Pro...both running on Windows XP. http://www.rbravo.com/vsu_equipment.htm Scroll down to EDITING. RB __________________ "The future ain't what it used to be." Yogi Berra. www.rbravo.com

February 2nd, 2005, 09:47 AM	#12
John Hampster New Boot Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: TO, On Posts: 18	I use Avid Xpress DV 3.5 for personal at home work and FCP HD 4.5 on a G5 at work. I found FCP to be more flexible / user friendly. Also, I hate Media 100 with a passion. __________________ Cathode Rays Daze

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January 29th, 2005, 10:59 AM	#3
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	Windows XP, Avid XpressPro. Avid was originally designed for use on Macs. And many older legacy versions still run on them. Avid currently ships with versions for both Mac and PC.

January 29th, 2005, 12:18 PM	#4
Robin Davies-Rollinson Trustee Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Gwaelod-y-garth, Cardiff, CYMRU/WALES Posts: 1,215	Windows XP, Avid Xpress DV 3.5 Might consider upgrading to Xpress Pro later, but need to get Sony FX1 first... Robin

January 29th, 2005, 12:50 PM	#5
Filip Kovcin Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: warsaw, poland Posts: 440	i am using very often two systems - win xp avid xpress pro 4.3 and mac g4 FCP looking for automatic duck to make OMF composition (video) readable on my mac. filip

January 29th, 2005, 03:59 PM	#6
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	FiliP, You could load your copy of Avid onto the Mac, and use it there, just plug the dongle in.... just a thought. Otherwise, Automatic Duck will get you into FCP.

January 29th, 2005, 06:40 PM	#7
Christopher Go Major Player Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 429	Running Avid Xpress Pro on a dual-processor Athlon PC and Windows XP Pro. Avid released the HD version recently and I have been planning on installing that when my monitor suddenly broke! I believe it is power related - just simply refuses to turn on now. I've been researching a replacement monitor in the meanwhile, probably go with an LCD this time around.

January 31st, 2005, 09:39 AM	#9
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	I'm guessing that we "avid heads" are the minority on this board. Just from cursory observation, I'd guess there's at least a vocal majority of Vegas users, followed by Premier, FCP, and about the same number of Avid users as there are "others" IE Liquid, Canopus, Media 100 etc.

February 1st, 2005, 01:21 PM	#10
Carlos E. Martinez Trustee Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Posts: 1,138	<<<-- Originally posted by Christopher Go : Running Avid Xpress Pro on a dual-processor Athlon PC and Windows XP Pro. Avid released the HD version recently and I have been planning on installing that when my monitor suddenly broke! I believe it is power related - just simply refuses to turn on now. -->>> A friend of mine was telling me that apparently Avid is relying more and more on the Mojo for the new capabilities and less and less on the computer it's linked to. Do you feel that too? Which Xpress version are you running? Not now, but probably by the end of the year I would like to start working in HDV. So I better assemble my new PC looking at that. Carlos

February 1st, 2005, 01:26 PM	#11
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	I don't know that that's an accurate assesment of the programs abilities. The better your computer, the better the program alone runs. The benefit of Mojo of course, is that it allows more realtime capabilities and some importing features that you can't get on your computer. The mojo, and the other "digital nonlinear accelerators' (DNA) that avid sells, have whats called "progamable field gate arrays" in them. This will allow them to be reprogrammed to make maximum use out of faster and faster computers. So its really a symbiotic relationship between Mojo and your cpu.

February 2nd, 2005, 03:44 PM	#13
Grinner Hester Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: services world-wide Posts: 118	I'm still on symphony v3.1 on NT. Avid just hasn't offerend many reasons to move beyond this. I almost broke down and bopught a Nitris last week but just can't justify it's inflated price. I was juuust about to hop on an 844/X when Media100 got word from above that they will stop getting funding. Bummer. Xpri still looks good. I'm gonna demo the new Adrenaline HD on Feb 17th. THe DNxHD technology shows promise. If I can seemlessly work in HDV and SDI on the same timeline with this, I may actually write another check to Avid. If I see any of the old school aliasing I'm so use to seeing with Avid products, I'll have to split early.

February 2nd, 2005, 04:11 PM	#14
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	Grinner, Have you done much work on the Media Composer with Adrenaline? Sweet machine.

February 2nd, 2005, 08:40 PM	#15
Grinner Hester Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: services world-wide Posts: 118	not much I couldt downgrade to adrenaline when it was released. Biggest egg on avid's face that O have seen int the last 15 years. I hope the HD version is worthy. I hoped that about v1 too, though. It's no media composer. I see it as XDV with some added bells n whistles.