Hey everyone,
I'm wondering if some of you could please help me out with a few things I need clarification on, any and all help is extremely valuable to me. Thank you in advance!
I'm fortunate enough to have a little space in my apartment to build a little home studio, now the "studio" will evolve into more something more "high tech" as time goes by and enough money will be available and so what I have at my disposal at the moment for the studio are the following:
1x 17" Mac PowerBook G4 - 1.67 GHz w/ 2GB DDR2 SDRAM
1x Final Cut Studio Pro 5
1x Old HDV Camera - PAL - That I use as a VTR Deck
1x Adobe Master Collection (Licensed to the company I work for, there is no way I could actually buy this)
1x Spyder 3 Elite Calibrator
1x TV Monitor
1x Wireless Keyboard and Mouse
Now I have some insurance money coming in because my old PC was damaged in a flood and I want to buy some gear for the home studio, my questions are as follow:
1) What LCD screen do you editors out there think are good for editing, I will be editing DV, HD, and film footage from 16, S16 and S8mm stocks - Transfered to tapes. I would like for the screens to be a wide screen. I will be getting two screens.
2) Until I can afford sound monitors of good quality I have some old HI FI speakers that I would like to connect to the Mac, I only have the speakers and the wires from them have to be connected to the Mac somehow. If possible, how do I achieve this? Will I need a converter or can I connect the speaker wires to a plug and this way connect it to the Mac?
3) I'm thinking about making a little ADR and DUB room, what mic's do you guy's think would work best for this and what do I need to record the sound on to my Mac? What I mean is do I need to buy a mixer and if so what kind would be the best option. I was thinking it would be a good idea to buy I mic I could use for ADR in the studio and also in the field.
4) Obviously I need to work with external HD's and here is the dumbest question ever probably, is there a way I can store my post production software on an external HD and this way save the space on my 80GB Mac and so when I need to work in post I just connect my software HD to the Mac and have another external HD for my footage and editing?
Thank you so much for answering these questions, I really appreciate it!
I'm wondering if some of you could please help me out with a few things I need clarification on, any and all help is extremely valuable to me. Thank you in advance!
I'm fortunate enough to have a little space in my apartment to build a little home studio, now the "studio" will evolve into more something more "high tech" as time goes by and enough money will be available and so what I have at my disposal at the moment for the studio are the following:
1x 17" Mac PowerBook G4 - 1.67 GHz w/ 2GB DDR2 SDRAM
1x Final Cut Studio Pro 5
1x Old HDV Camera - PAL - That I use as a VTR Deck
1x Adobe Master Collection (Licensed to the company I work for, there is no way I could actually buy this)
1x Spyder 3 Elite Calibrator
1x TV Monitor
1x Wireless Keyboard and Mouse
Now I have some insurance money coming in because my old PC was damaged in a flood and I want to buy some gear for the home studio, my questions are as follow:
1) What LCD screen do you editors out there think are good for editing, I will be editing DV, HD, and film footage from 16, S16 and S8mm stocks - Transfered to tapes. I would like for the screens to be a wide screen. I will be getting two screens.
2) Until I can afford sound monitors of good quality I have some old HI FI speakers that I would like to connect to the Mac, I only have the speakers and the wires from them have to be connected to the Mac somehow. If possible, how do I achieve this? Will I need a converter or can I connect the speaker wires to a plug and this way connect it to the Mac?
3) I'm thinking about making a little ADR and DUB room, what mic's do you guy's think would work best for this and what do I need to record the sound on to my Mac? What I mean is do I need to buy a mixer and if so what kind would be the best option. I was thinking it would be a good idea to buy I mic I could use for ADR in the studio and also in the field.
4) Obviously I need to work with external HD's and here is the dumbest question ever probably, is there a way I can store my post production software on an external HD and this way save the space on my 80GB Mac and so when I need to work in post I just connect my software HD to the Mac and have another external HD for my footage and editing?
Thank you so much for answering these questions, I really appreciate it!
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