I've been audio engineer and sound designer at a p-
production house in New Orleans for 10 years. I've been
one of those renegades who bucked the ProTools bandwagon
all along because the interface was JUST TOO SLOW. Not
enough time in my day for all those keystrokes and menu
pull-downs. I've used Micro TecnologiesUnlimited
workstations since 1992 and even though there was no
support for real time effects, I could consistently beat
Pro Tools for getting any audio for video job done just
because of the outstanding interface.
Now Vegas comes along and in my eyes has the potential to
be the real deal. I used it on a fairly complex session 3
hrs after registering it and didn't make a fool out of
myself. After another week of use I have some suggestions,
and would like feedback from other video post users.
My first reaction was to throw it out because it's one
frame late on sync on the record side locked to MTC. Never
had that problem before. The rest of the prog is good
enough to be patient, optimistic and press for a fix.
Next, please look at the MTU interface for two of it's
excellent features and see is something similar could be
implemeted: Amp zones and skip zones. Dig this: select a
region, click a button, type -20,1,1,(enter) and you have
an exact -20db attenuation with 1 frame fades on each side.
How long does it take a good artist to draw this with
volume envelopes? Also, allow the setting to be saved as
default. Next time you just select and hit enter!
The fade handles on the ASR curves should be easier to
grab, too. Don't like trying more than once.
I'm looking for a prog that is as quick, accurate and
repeatable as riding an automated fader. If you can
implement these few changes, you'll be closer than anyone
else has come.
Overall, great job.
production house in New Orleans for 10 years. I've been
one of those renegades who bucked the ProTools bandwagon
all along because the interface was JUST TOO SLOW. Not
enough time in my day for all those keystrokes and menu
pull-downs. I've used Micro TecnologiesUnlimited
workstations since 1992 and even though there was no
support for real time effects, I could consistently beat
Pro Tools for getting any audio for video job done just
because of the outstanding interface.
Now Vegas comes along and in my eyes has the potential to
be the real deal. I used it on a fairly complex session 3
hrs after registering it and didn't make a fool out of
myself. After another week of use I have some suggestions,
and would like feedback from other video post users.
My first reaction was to throw it out because it's one
frame late on sync on the record side locked to MTC. Never
had that problem before. The rest of the prog is good
enough to be patient, optimistic and press for a fix.
Next, please look at the MTU interface for two of it's
excellent features and see is something similar could be
implemeted: Amp zones and skip zones. Dig this: select a
region, click a button, type -20,1,1,(enter) and you have
an exact -20db attenuation with 1 frame fades on each side.
How long does it take a good artist to draw this with
volume envelopes? Also, allow the setting to be saved as
default. Next time you just select and hit enter!
The fade handles on the ASR curves should be easier to
grab, too. Don't like trying more than once.
I'm looking for a prog that is as quick, accurate and
repeatable as riding an automated fader. If you can
implement these few changes, you'll be closer than anyone
else has come.
Overall, great job.