Is it easy to get round a hardware dongle?

[pk]

You can work with OMF files with FCP... There are some limitations but it does work...

 

[gorski]

You can always pass it on to me... Music studio at home... Mmmmm...

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

You can work with OMF files with FCP... There are some limitations but it does work...

Yeah, but it seems I only have Final Cut Express which doesn't do OMFs.

Bah.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

You can always pass it on to me... Music studio at home... Mmmmm...

How would it help with that?

 

[gorski]

Can't it? I have an exAudigy soundcard and... well... can't it?

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Can't it? I have an exAudigy soundcard and... well... can't it?

If you have some software to load onto it, but I would not expect much to work on it's system anymore.

 

[gorski]

I do know some great musicians, I used to work with, people with shitload of HDDs of all kinda stuff, old and new, so yeah... It could be put to some good use, methinx...

 

[Crispy]

You'd do better using whatever computer you have now. This is a 10 year old mac and next to worthless.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

You'd do better using whatever computer you have now. This is a 10 year old mac and next to worthless.

Unless you have the dongle, then you can run a top notch full blown AVID.

 

[gorski]

You'd do better using whatever computer you have now. This is a 10 year old mac and next to worthless.

Home sudio to record elementary MIDI and some wave...?

 

[Crispy]

Home sudio to record elementary MIDI and some wave...?

yes. you'd need some extra hardware anyway, so you may as well get it for a modern computer that can eg. support an internal HD larger than 128GB at faster than 33MHz bus.

 

[newbie]

Unless you have the dongle, then you can run a top notch full blown AVID.

not really. If you can find the dongle you'll be able to run a 10 or more year old version of Media Composer (7.x at a guess) with an equally aged OMF implementation. Compatibility with modern systems will be very patchy.

btw Automatic Duck might help a bit, depending on versions etc.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

not really. If you can find the dongle you'll be able to run a 10 or more year old version of Media Composer (7.x at a guess) with an equally aged OMF implementation. Compatibility with modern systems will be very patchy.

btw Automatic Duck might help a bit, depending on versions etc.

No it won't, it works fine. It did OMF1 and OMF2 and there are no other types of OMF. The only fucked up omf files I've had have come from the more modern kit like soundtrack pro and final cut pro. It's still an avid system that runs without any problems, I can print to tape with it and export EDLs and audio OMFs and so does everything I would need. I remember is was a hell of a lot faster and reliable than the PC avids we had in the office. We did end up putting a rather high spec PC AVID in it's place but it wasn't that much better for basic editing and crashed or froze every now and then. The Mac never went wrong.

It's also got after effects on it.

What's an automatic duck?

 

[pk]

autoduck is an OMF translator to sort EDLs from one system and conform them for another, FCP to Avid etc... Not bad but can confuse things!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

autoduck is an OMF translator to sort EDLs from one system and conform them for another, FCP to Avid etc... Not bad but can confuse things!

The problem I am getting in Soundtrack pro is that all the audio clips are dumped right at the top of the time line on top of each other as well as across the time line (Like and edl , as they should be). This makes a whole load of mess to sort out at the beginning of the sequence. It's a real pain. I just wanted a video editing programme that I could adapt the EDL in to ease the problem without making all sorts of crazy demands to the editors (doesn't sound very professional).
I have managed to get though one job but . . . well I don't really want to go through so much hassle on a bigger job.


I thought an OMF2 should be an OMF2, why all the messing about?

 

[pk]

I've never had do do EDL stuff from FCP, only Avid... So I don't know.

There must be a practical workflow for you out there somewhere... Try the Creative Cow website.

 

[newbie]

so, am I understanding correctly, you're exporting OMF from Soundtrack pro for import into an Avid and you want to ensure compatibility before handing it over?

If so, are you ensuring all audio cuts in Soundtrack pro take place on video frame boundaries, cos I don't think Avid will import correctly if they don't.

e2a I was about to suggest Creative Cow

 

[fjydj]

There is a terrific Media Composer crack doing the rounds for OS X at the moment... not that I know about any of that stuff, all my softs are legal!

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4593979/Avid_Media_Composer_3.05_Mac_cracked.dmg

...

cheers, thanks for the link.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

There is a terrific Media Composer crack doing the rounds for OS X at the moment... not that I know about any of that stuff, all my softs are legal!

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4593979/Avid_Media_Composer_3.05_Mac_cracked.dmg

I think if it was a licenced copy then you're well within your rights to make a back up.

Though personally I'd dump Avid and go for FCP... and editing on that G3 would be like pulling teeth...

Sadly I don't understand what the hell all those instructions for getting round the dongle mean.

Also someone on the list below says it doesn't work on a mac mini (which is what I have).