Tech Corner

ISIS 5000 Installation Experience

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Dr_Panic

I have just completed an ISIS 5000 installation at a major college in out-state Minnesota. I went in with great expectations and a thorough knowledge of the reliability and performance of the Unity/ISIS product line. I was completely delighted by my experience installing and performance-testing … Continue reading →

What is the difference between Avid Symphony and Media Composer?

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Z Systems Inc.

Now that Avid has updated and repriced their product offerings, Avid Symphony is becoming a very viable option for those who want more robust finishing features than Media Composer offers. This post will attempt to talk about the differences. I’m borrowing a lot of content … Continue reading →

How To Setup an Avid / Euphonix Artist Series Control Panel for Media Composer Macintosh

Posted on December 2, 2011 by John Zdechlik

Now that this wonderful panel actually works with Avid, I dusted off our demo unit and got it hooked up today. If you haven’t seen it yet, here is a quick video. There are a couple ‘gotchas,’ and the manual seems a little out of … Continue reading →

Avid Media Composer 6

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Dr_Panic

I just got done doing my first integrations of Media Composer 6 on both Mac and PC. On the Mac side, the only tricky part was the Lion clean install. (Apparently, Apple doesn’t think that you’d ever need to do such a thing.) Once I … Continue reading →

Flicker Free Mod Coming for PVM series OLED Monitors

Posted on December 1, 2011 by John Zdechlik

We recently heard from Sony about the ‘flicker fix’ that Sony Japan has in the works for the 17″ and 25″ PVM OLED monitors when in 24 p mode. Here is the preliminary information: “Flicker Free” function – will be programmed to one of the … Continue reading →

Dr. Panic’s CatDV Training in SanFran

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Dr_Panic

Hi everyone! I just got back from San Francisco, where the English company Squarebox treated me to some in-depth training on CatDV, which is their asset management framework. While it’s designed for the special needs of the video production professional, it also can be used … Continue reading →