My present editor is giving me fits again. I think it's time to put it down. It hosed me last night and I have three projects pending for customers.
About 80% of my work is with pro-sound, voiceover and post-audio sweetening. And the remaining 20% is with broadcast content and instructional DVDs
Right now I run a CardD Deluxe for audio (balanced) and a Matrox for video. I'm leaning toward the M-Audio Delta 1010, or at the least the Delta 66 because of the multitrack I do. I heard Decklink is good, as well as Stratis, but I'm open for suggestions. I also need a DVD burner in the machine, mostly for using Nero to make backups of projects (Data DVDs).
That leaves OS and the general system. This is the part where I'm as clueless as a 15 year old blond in calculus class. Any suggestions for what I should be spec'ing out? Thoughts for RAID, yea/ney? WinXP or Vista? Brands of drives? Mem, processor, etc?
I'm also leaning toward Dell or something that has a warranty of some kind so if things do go bump in the night, someone else has to deal with it. I don't really want to.
Thoughts? Anything I should definitely stay away from in running Vegas, SF, Batch, Acid, DVDA, and Nero? Any help in recommendations for hardware or retailers with complete systems would be welcomed.
Fred
About 80% of my work is with pro-sound, voiceover and post-audio sweetening. And the remaining 20% is with broadcast content and instructional DVDs
Right now I run a CardD Deluxe for audio (balanced) and a Matrox for video. I'm leaning toward the M-Audio Delta 1010, or at the least the Delta 66 because of the multitrack I do. I heard Decklink is good, as well as Stratis, but I'm open for suggestions. I also need a DVD burner in the machine, mostly for using Nero to make backups of projects (Data DVDs).
That leaves OS and the general system. This is the part where I'm as clueless as a 15 year old blond in calculus class. Any suggestions for what I should be spec'ing out? Thoughts for RAID, yea/ney? WinXP or Vista? Brands of drives? Mem, processor, etc?
I'm also leaning toward Dell or something that has a warranty of some kind so if things do go bump in the night, someone else has to deal with it. I don't really want to.
Thoughts? Anything I should definitely stay away from in running Vegas, SF, Batch, Acid, DVDA, and Nero? Any help in recommendations for hardware or retailers with complete systems would be welcomed.
Fred