Avid DNxcel

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mjvolzer

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Ok, I looking for anyone with experience with this product. We have a new job that will be shot entirely in HD. We have five editing systems (2 Adobe mostly used for motion graphics, 2 Avid Adrenalines, and a Final Cut System). The Final Cut is the only system that can handle HD, but the project lead/editor doesn't know Final Cut and would like to cut on Avid. We could buy the DNxcel boards for our two avids (we have plenty in the capitol budget), but to me it kinda seems like a bandaid that could cost $17,000. The plan was to do a full up-grade to HD after NAB next year. See how the 4K, 2K, Raw, and HD stuff shakes out, whose codec holds up the best, whose media holds up the best. We'd buy new cameras decks and systems after that. Is it worth picking up these boards. It seems like we might end up replacing them in six months?
 
mjvolzer said:
Is it worth picking up these boards. It seems like we might end up replacing them in six months?
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Why would you be replacing them in 6 months? DNxHD looks great. Seriously, if you have the money in the budget buy the Dnexcel boards - the shelf life is well past 6 months.
 
We are going to upgrade completely to HD

We are going to upgrade completely to HD

in six months which could mean lots of changes with the avid and everything else. All of these decisions are still to be made that's why I'm looking for input about the DnxHD boards to see if they will be able to handle things once we are going full HD. It says on Avid.com that the board doesn't handle uncompressed HD output. That's not the most important thing, but anyway I was just trying to get feedback on the boards so I can decide whether or no we want to buy one.
 
Could you just purchase Xpress Pro to bridge the gap and allow your editor to work in Avid now until you decide what to do?
 
Could you go with an Avid 2.7 software and Mac Pro dual 3.0 ghz system? However, milksac's idea is best, since you already have the Adrenalines.
 
The DNxel board is the way to go. It totally kicks ass. I couldn't live without it. Its a no brainer if you are doing projects that pay money.

Specs:

Media Composer Adrenaline and Avid DNxcel

Video IO

  • SMPTE 259M SDI serial digital I/O
  • Component YPbPr, S-Video, and composite I/O
  • DV I/O with real-time analog-to-DV and DV-to-analog conversion
  • Uncompressed PAL and NTSC ITU-R-601 formats
  • Sync reference input
  • Serial deck control (via the CPU) and 1394 deck control
  • Longitudinal Time Code (LTC) output
  • Optional Avid DNxcel™ Board
    • Capture and output via HD SDI 292 I/O, DVI and component HD out with HD tri-level sync
    • Support for 1080i at 59.94, 50 fps; 1080p at 25, 24, 23.976 fps; 720p at 59.94, 23.976 and 50 fps.
    • Avid DNxHD encoding (10-bit and 8-bit 4:2:2) maintains full resolution (no sub-sampling), raster mode, frame rate, and aspect ratio
Audio IO

  • 48 kHz, 44.1 kHz, and 32 kHz (hardware supports up to 96 kHz)
  • 16 or 24-bit resolution
  • 8 channels ADAT audio I/O or stereo Toslink optical S/PDIF
  • 4 channels AES/EBU digital audio I/O
  • 4 channels RCA analog audio inputs
  • 4 channels XLR analog audio inputs
  • Separate stereo monitor output
  • Real-time audio sample rate conversion
  • 4 channel Audio Punch-in with low latency monitoring
  • Real-time audio mix to picture
  • Built-in audio pass-through mixer for extra monitoring control
  • Support for Digidesign AudioSuite plug-ins
  • Real-time multiband EQ
  • SmartSound Sonicfire Pro* for easy, customized music soundtrack creation
  • HD (requires DNxcel board for) and SD embedded audio over SDI
 
Hey y'all been working with Avid and the DNxcel board definitely sounds great and we're going to get a couple of them.
 
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