good basic system?

ushere wrote on 7/4/2004, 4:24 PM

what would be a 'good' setup for vegas 4?

i don't want to bleed to death on the cutting edge (lost too much hair to go through that sort of thing again!), and i really don't mind going out and having a cup of tea during a complicated render.

would like good audio i/o for dat, cassette, etc., and would i be any better off using either a adv 100, or similar internal firewire card for monitiring rather than the little sony dv handycam i'm using at the moment?

thanks in advance,

leslie

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Spot|DSE wrote on 7/4/2004, 4:32 PM

Most any computer designed for vid is great, as long as it's got a brand name motherboard rather than an SIS or MTI, or other low end MOBO, you likely will be happy. A P4 3.06 proc is inexpensive these days, and plenty fast for most functions, especially if you don't mind dealing with rendering.
For an I/O, there are lots of options, if you want great sound, look at audio cards from Echo or M-Audio. For a converter, it's hard to beat any of the Canopus ADVC series. Their ADVC 1394 can act as a converter and Firewire I/O for a great price.