I would like to see your editing system.

firehawk said:
I think jagraphics edits in lightspeed ;)
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Yes it's the Video version of Adobe Lightroom.....


Seriously I use a mid 2010 Mac Pro (with 6Tb of striped raid HDD +1Tb OSX HDD and 1Tb scratch HDD and 32Gb memory) ,with an 18TB Netgear NAS and a couple of 22 inch screens with FCPX
most of my work is fairly simple corporate videos.

I was temped to post a picture of the multi (9?) screen system used in swordfish but there was no decent image of it on a quite search so I settled for the classic Star Trek.
 
I don't use anymore internal HDs for video files and their processing - only arrays connected via thunderbolt. Currently 32T and 24T both configured as RAID5. Part of one array is used for "hot" backup. Otherwise it's pretty much old typical stuff.
 
silyn said:
I don't use anymore internal HDs for video files and their processing - only arrays connected via thunderbolt. Currently 32T and 24T both configured as RAID5. Part of one array is used for "hot" backup. Otherwise it's pretty much old typical stuff.
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To be honest if I had a new MAC Pro (trash can type) I would use all external as well. Fortunately all my videos are fairly short and simple. So using 2* 3TB striped RAID inside the MAC is OK If it gets to be much more I will think again. The only problem with the new MAC PRO's is that OSX is not as reliable as it was ( and M$ Windows is getting more reliable) so the next jump might be to a PC. The problem there is I use FCPX....
 
jagraphics said:
To be honest if I had a new MAC Pro (trash can type) I would use all external as well. Fortunately all my videos are fairly short and simple. So using 2* 3TB striped RAID inside the MAC is OK If it gets to be much more I will think again. The only problem with the new MAC PRO's is that OSX is not as reliable as it was ( and M$ Windows is getting more reliable) so the next jump might be to a PC. The problem there is I use FCPX....
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I actually have two Mac Pros - one of them is a "trash can." The reason I bought it at the time was the storage space even if I don't have lengthy video/footage. But a big part of what I do is compositing and VFX and that fills the space quickly. I also found the "time machine" extremely useful as a part of the versioning system. On the older Mac I have 8T of internal HDs which I basically stopped using. Just keep the old stuff which I may need quickly (which usually doesn't happen :). My main editing SW is FCPX, compositing - Adobe AE. I also want to mention that I don't experience any problems with OS X. FCPX is a real charm. But surprisingly AE is also holding rather nicely. For example, it's not unusual for me to leave the system running for 20-30 hours to render a clip of 5-15 seconds. If it crashed frequently (and it does crash but on very rare occasions) that'd be a nightmare. All SW is regularly upgraded (mostly in between projects). But since I started using stand along arrays I really learned to appreciate the beauty of the concept. Convenience and reliability, and it's fast.
 
I am not as advanced as most here, but making my way up.

Oddly enough, I made the switch to Mac last year after 20 years with Windows. I heard on the radio this morning that many people are moving from Mac to Windows. This is the story of my life.

Windows XP was wonderful for me and I used it up until last year. It was the most stable version. I have Windows 7 on a laptop and don't like it (and don't use it since I got the Macbook Pro). My daughter has Windows 8 on a laptop and hates it (she is a millenial so it should be something she likes) and I won't go near it.

We had bought our other daughter a Macbook when she started college years ago and after 5 years it still worked like the day it was new. No maintenance like with a Windows system ever. That convinced me.

That being said:

I have a late-2011 27" iMac (3.4ghz i7) with 16GB of RAM that I will be upgrading to 32 sometime this year. It has an SSD that I need to replace with a larger one. It is only for the OS and apps. There is a 1T HDD for rendering to. I have a 1TB external G-Drive Thunderbolt HDD for my original footage.

This is connected to a Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 interface and JBL R305's. By next year I will have a 5.1 speaker set-up for a feature I will be doing next year.

I used Sony Vegas for years and started learning FCPX just within the past 8 months, but have not been able to be at it as often as I would like. Thank god for YouTube!

I just had a new desk delivered this past weekend, no pics of the station yet. Sorry.



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Mine is pretty simple but effective - FCPX, MacPro 8 core D700, 44TB G-Tech storage, Dell 2.5K monitor & Panasonic broadcast monitor (fed by AJA T-Tap), Dynaudio monitors fed by MOTU Track 16, Presonus fader port for riding music levels in Pro Tools, and messy desk because clients never come over!
 
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Building out incrementally from a repurposed desktop I built a few years ago. Really enjoying the BenQ SW2700PT so far, thinking about getting another to replace the cheap Acer to the left.
 
Nice Crafty. I have the Mackie 6-inch versions of those. How big are yours? Nice speakers.

But sir, you need a new desk. :D
 
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