#Which Editing System????
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I am involved in a brand new high school television station and we are looking
to purchase some digital editing equipment in the $12,000 to $18,000 range.
Right now we have notinhg but a pair of donated Sony 8mm Camcorders. My big
question is which editing system should I get?????
Power Mac 8100 AV/110, 16/2GB, 15" Apple Monitor, Video Vision Studio
Pro(w/4GB Array Drive)
or
Amiga Video Toaster/Flyer
or
SOMETHING ELSE
Currently we produce 20-30 minute news/variety program, which is played on
Community Access Cable TV. We edit it at post-production studio, but that is
way to costly and we need to incorporate the equipment into the school. Any
help at all would be greatly apreciated.
-Justin Forer
President, RETV
Justin,
I have six years worth of free-lancing under my belt, but I am a high
school senior at Deerfield Beach High School in Deerfield Beach, FL. I help run
(which involves making most of the equiptment reccomendations to the teacher
for use with the school board and putting togther our systems <for now.) the
Broadcast Communications Magnet at my school. We are federaly funded and have
one hell of a facility to move into on the third.
Due to school I have become some what of an expert in "School Level
Equiptment". We are currently looking at a system called theFast Syetem. I am
pushing for the Media 100, which is MAC based.
By the way did you mean digital or non-lineal?
Seth Tours (305) 481-5623 School <7:30-9:30 best time>
Either choice would be good.. but it depends on whether you want to use
that equipment for anything else. The Amiga will be the best all-around
video workhorse while the MAC will open up more avenues into other
mainstream (non-video) applications. My personal choice would be the
Amiga. I use one and run MAC applications on the Amiga with an emulator.
-Jonathan
// Amiga online via Autopilot. MAC Quadra 900 and
\X/ 486 emulation. E-Mail: jonathanb@delrina.com
Justin,
I would throw at least one more system into your search and that is the
FAST Video Machine with the Digital/Player Recorder option. The Video
Machine can run on the MAC or Windows operating environments, and is a
stable, powerful, hybrid video editing system.
With that said, the Video Toaster/Flyer has some outstanding
specifications regarding the quality of the video itself (using the VTASC
compression algorithm) and deserves a real good look. The status of Amiga
Technology in general is questionable right now, however. Commodore
Business Machines, the makers of the Amiga, are currently in Bankruptcy
proceedings. There seem to be a number of parties interested in
continuing the Amiga Technology, however, at this time there is no
official resolution to these proceedings.
-John
Lots of references to Fast Movie Machine Pro. Do you have a phone
or address so I can contact them and find a local reseller?
Thanks
Justin,
if you are looking for Mac based nonlinear online system you should ask Data
Translation about their Media 100. This system is in your desired price range
and its easy to use.
Data Translation 508-460-1600
Manfred
Manfred,
I take it that you are associated with Data Translation. Would you mind
posting some sort of tech/fact/information sheet about your company and
your products.
You might post a copy in the message forums and also upload a copy to the
"News and Reviews" library.
We welcome any other vendors "lurking" out there to do the same.
Thank you, Manfred.
-John
John –
I am expecting a Media 100 vers. 2.0 on a PowerPC for a Videography Hands-On
review any day now. It will probably appear in the Feb. or March issue. Feel
free to E-Mail in a month to see how it is going.
Bob
Bob,
Great news… I'll look forward to reading it!
-John
Justin,
take a look into the Montage MP3 Pro, non linear editing systems. You can
choose from vhs quality editing or broadcast quality 60 field systems. plus the
price, starting at $995.00 is well within your price range!
You can call us at NY 2127694100, CA 8189558801, or FL 4076290808
good luck on your search.
Sirs,
Could you please consider uploading a message describing your product
offerings, company iteself, and any other pertinent information to our
"news and reviews" library. Also feel free to post the information once
here in the forums.
I am sure that many users will be interested in what your products have to
offer. Any other vendors listening in, please do the same. Thank you.
-John
P.S. BTW, would you consider signing your name to the messages so that we
know to whom we speak? Thank you.
After reading some of the other repolies i wanted to let you know about a
higher priced but significantly more refined mac based system from Avid called
the Media Suite Pro. I believe that basic systems are available in the 15,000
to 20,000 range. What nice about this system is that it has been refined to
provide 60 field/sec full frame video with real time transitions and a very
easy to use, intuitive user interface for video and sound.
No, I'm not associate with Avid in any way but I've been an independent video
producer for 8 years and have edited both film and video off-line and on line
from simple cuts only SVHS and 3/4" to Betcam SP A/B rolls to D2. I'm
currently researching systems at a higher level from Avid called Media Composer
which we will use for broadcast quality productions at Ohio State University
Athletics.
If I can answer any questions about any aspect of video please don't hesitate
to email me. I'm interested inlearning more about developing CD-ROM multimedia
programs.
Hi Ahmet!
Is this Media Composer going to feed the scoreboard or is it for other
applications?
-John
Ahmet –
I agree that it is a nice system, but it is out of the price range specified at
the start of this thread (school systems loose planned budgets frequently but
almost never get more). Also, until MSP offers off-line resolutions, it has
significantly less utility for such an environment.
Bob
Hi – I'm a neophyte, but I've been reading about Immix with their add-on cube
for the Mac. How does that compare?
Caren Eliezer
Hi, I think most of us, except a lucky few who can either afford this stuff or
already work for a company that's invested are neophytes. I've heard of the
Immix Cube, too. Don't know much about it though. I can recommend a trade
journal, "Video Systems" which is put out by the I.T.V.A. They follow new
developments closely though many of the articles are submitted by manufacturers
so you have to read between the lines about limitations and performance. Also,
there have been a couple of really good articles in Mac World.
My exposure has been limited to the Avid Media Suite Pro, and then only
as an observer, not hands on. I think a friend of mine here in Columbus, OH,
just invested in the Cube. I'll pick his brain and get back to you.
I would like to offer another solution to you. TAO Media Systems manufactures
an edit controller called Editizer. It is an A/B controller capable of
controlling HI-8(Ctrl-L), Panasonic AG-1970, RS-422 (High end professional),
and RS-232 VCRs. Also it can integrate a non-linear system from Fast Forward
Video into your editing system. For more information on the Bandit from Fast
Forward Video, contact them at 800-755-8463.
If you would like a demo disk on TAO's Editizer, contact me at e-mail address
73532,2041 or call 800-TAO-EDIT. I will be glad to send you a demo disk and
literature.
Paul McVicker
TAO Media Systems
Hi Paul!
Would you consider uploading specifications and/or information on the
Editizer to our News and Reviews library? Thank you!
-John