Changed most of the old CRTs to LCD... it was getting too hot to work in there ;)

http://inlinethumb33.webshots.com/1184/2614882740059104696S500x500Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2614882740059104696zSjvPl)

Here is one of my editing desk, and of doing some testing today with the Anycast and DV Rack.

Where did you get that desk?!?!

Very Very clean set up Wade, love it.

Small setup:

Dell Dimension 5100
Pentium 4
3ghz
2Gigs Ram
400 gigs internal drives
2 Rocstor External Drives
1 Seagate External Drive
JVC MiniDV Deck
Vegas 6

Ikea Poang Chair
Sofa for the occasional siesta.
Big mess for the occasional cleaning.

A CK 5000 with 1.4TB, 2gigs ram and an Athlon 64x2 3800
21" widescreen LG
19" rebranded
28" Samsung CRT 1080i HDTV
M-Audio BX8a studio monitors
Canon XH A1
JVC MiniDv deck (hate it)

On the wish list:
A second computer to render and burn
Mic for voiceovers
Eruodesk Mixer

It is distressing to see so many dead links, but then I guess that is the nature of both the internet and humanity. We move on.

There are a ton of free image hosting websites out there now that images can be uploaded to and should remain available for a long time.

ok, well, i have a homemade desk of a 30x80 door which i sanded and stained myself, electrical conduit for the legs, needed just a huge surface to spread stuff out, read for school, write, etc macbook pro, frankenstein pc running os x, xp, linux, synergy (BEST APP EVER - lets me share mouse and keyboard from pc across to laptop, like a 3rd screen) wacom intos 3, onkyo 5.1 in the room, IKEA Klippan divides the room, homemade 93" screen for projector, xbox 360, all of it links together, can browse web from couch with wireless keyboard etc, can edit and watch playback on big screen, etc, art scattered about the place, didnt want to capture all that, but it adds a nice feel, track lighting to the left of the desk to light up photos above the bar

We've been kicking around the idea of renting out our Studio and Guest House for the Superbowl, so I took some pics. Since they included my studio, I thought I'd post one here.

I'm running Final Cut Pro on a Quad with 2Tb of storage. The Cinema display handles desktop duties while a Sony broadcast monitor checks video. The Sony High-Def LCD is for client playback and I can display the timeline or desktop via VGA into the LCD when needed.

The studio is housed in a converted a hay barn behind our property. The studio is about 1500 sq ft with a separate control room (the photo here) and an insert stage with a 22X30 foot shooting area (part of which you can see through the soundproof window.)

If anyone wants to see more, there's more studio coverage at
http://gallery.mac.com/davisbill/100003

Enjoy.

You planning on putting NBC out of business!

You planning on putting NBC out of business!

Snort.

Nope - I just wanted to contribute less to the commercial real estate industry and more to my own bottom line. For six years I worked out of commercial space and had the office rent receipts to prove it. Then I realized that I could take that same money and put it into a home studio and build equity rather than sharing my profit with a landlord. Plus a home studio makes my whole life easier. Simple as that.

Here is mine. I just moved into a new apartment here in RVA and set this up a month ago. Got my camera package finally completed last week too.

Bill, can I come live with you? Hahaha!

Really nice setups guys'!
~Gabriel

I am just trying to figure out why, and when, and even how you could ever need 6 monitors. That Blows my mind. I have one 24" and it is great, I could probably use one more smaller screen, maybe a 20" or so, but 6 different screens. How could you even make your computer compatible with that many, is there a special card you have to buy? I just can't see how there is a usage for that many. Please explain.


Countysky
Satellite Internet Service (http://www.skywayusa.com/)

Here is mine. I just moved into a new apartment here in RVA and set this up a month ago. Got my camera package finally completed last week too.

Hey Bennis, do you like that chair? I've been looking around.

I LOVE it. There have been many a 8 hour day spent in that chair and I never get uncomfortable. As it turns out, I didn't pay the $500 or so that it goes for, I managed to snag one for free, but now that I have used it, I wouldn't think twice about spending that much on this chair.

I am just trying to figure out why, and when, and even how you could ever need 6 monitors. That Blows my mind. I have one 24" and it is great, I could probably use one more smaller screen, maybe a 20" or so, but 6 different screens. How could you even make your computer compatible with that many, is there a special card you have to buy? I just can't see how there is a usage for that many. Please explain.


Countysky
Satellite Internet Service (http://www.skywayusa.com/)

Jerry,

Th need for dedicated screens in a real video studio situation just seem to expand and expand.

For example, in my studio it starts off with the computer editing screen. The central focus for all work. Next is a dedicated VIDEO monitor - that's where you'll judge the video output. It's a 4x3 standard NTSC monitor for creating regular TV pictures. Next is a BIG 16x9 LCD monitor. It's for monitoring widescreen TV content in both SD and HD resolutions and for allowing my clients to see programming without looking over my shoulder or squinting from the client couch.

That's 3 right there. Now if you're in a studio situation and you want to shoot multiple cameras, you really need to have dedicated monitors for each camera if you're going to be able to switch between them live. So if you're running 3 cameras, you need 3 display screens to show them - and suddenly your up to 6 screens. What about a studio "program" monitor so everyone can monitor what's going "to tape" - now we're up to 7. And it makes life easier if the camera operators have their own monitors at the camera positions - add 3 more and we're up to 10.

Plus in my studio there's a dedicated monitor in the dub rack, two field monitors in travel cases, plus an LCD monitor I use with my jib arm.

That's 14 monitor screens in the building, and probably a few more hiding around somewhere.

Like I said, it's EASY to grow monitors in any studio situation!

Just re-arranged this room to give it more of a editing room-esque look. The desks were on opposite sides of the room for a while but my dad and I made my trip across the room to the other workstation a lot shorter yesterday.

I LOVE it. There have been many a 8 hour day spent in that chair and I never get uncomfortable. As it turns out, I didn't pay the $500 or so that it goes for, I managed to snag one for free, but now that I have used it, I wouldn't think twice about spending that much on this chair.

Who makes it?

Hey folks, heres a few pics of my studio that i just recently completed building, i keep it blacked out for the projector so the camera struggled a bit in the low light. It has an Apple G5 quadcore running FCP studio 5, soundproofed ADR booth plugged into a 16 track phonic helix board then into the mac via firewire.

http://www.box.net/shared/static/ybto1dqltj.jpg
http://www.box.net/shared/static/a7f7obasu4.jpg
http://www.box.net/shared/static/6jh3hz20v3.jpg

cheers
Andy.

http://lousyhero.com/blaze/station.jpg

Haha... Most of that stuff was free... 18 without a job...

Edit on the 24", Preview on the 17"

Who makes it?

Herman Miller

Herman Miller

Thanks, I'm beginning to believe that picking out an office chair is as hard as picking out a camera.

My old Camera Setup

http://www.kewlaid.com/baynewerkz/photo/Junk/DSC_6106.JPG
The marketing shot...: http://www.kewlaid.com/baynewerkz/photo/Junk/DSC_6094.JPG

Editing setup:
24" iMac
FCS2
Shake
22" Samsung WS
IcyDock FW400 (2 500GB sleds)
Contour Shuttle Pro

http://www.kewlaid.com/baynewerkz/photo/Junk/IMG_3307.JPG

New Camera Setup:

http://www.kewlaid.com/baynewerkz/photo/Junk/DSC_7305.JPG

My old Camera Setup

http://www.kewlaid.com/baynewerkz/photo/Junk/DSC_6106.JPG
The marketing shot...: http://www.kewlaid.com/baynewerkz/photo/Junk/DSC_6094.JPG

Editing setup:
24" iMac
FCS2
Shake
22" Samsung WS
IcyDock FW400 (2 500GB sleds)
Contour Shuttle Pro

http://www.kewlaid.com/baynewerkz/photo/Junk/IMG_3307.JPG

New Camera Setup:

http://www.kewlaid.com/baynewerkz/photo/Junk/DSC_7305.JPG

I'm trying to get some ideas together to make a good editing suite but my knowledge on the subject is pretty limited. All I've ever worked on is one cmptr w/ the nle system, nothing extra. In your setup, I know what the mac is and what it's primary use it but what about the other computer and screens; what do u use that for?

So the iMac is the main unit right, and the screen right next to it is used in conjunction with the iMac for expanding windows into that screen so I can have more stuf up at the same time. That screen usually has my Final Cut browser window and the effects pane, and I also run the video scopes in that as well, while im editing. The other screen to the very left is attached to my PC system, which i have After effects and Final Draft. Usually while im designing stuff on the mac i have it open with itunes and play music. I also have a couple games on it as well to take some of the stress out.

PC:
22" Samsung WS
Athlon 6800+
4gb PC2 800
1 320gb SATA
1 500gb SATA
BFG Nvidia 8600 GTX 512mb
Silverstone 750W power supply
Lite-On DVD burner
Final Draft
Photoshop CS2
Macromedia Suite MX

Mac:
iMac 24" 2.8ghz
22" Samsung WS
4gb RAM
320gb internal
(2) 500gb external
Contour Shuttle Pro
FCS2
Shake
Dreamweaver CS3
Flash CS3
Illlustrator CS3
Photoshop CS3

Ok, thanks. Looking forward to setting up a suite of my own one day. This info is very helpful.

Jessica or anybody else...

San Francisco filmmaker Eric Escobar is running a series on his blog about setting up a FCP finishing suite.

http://prepshootpost.blogspot.com/

My setup...not much...

http://www.pyroreview.com/bryan/dj1003-1.jpg

http://www.pyroreview.com/bryan/dj1003-2.jpg

And for when the clients get bored:

http://www.pyroreview.com/bryan/dj1003-3.jpg

It's the real thing, but it's "street legal".

I also have a shelf to the left that contains most of the Digital Juice library.

Here's our work space the right side is the HD setup Quad core 1.5TB HDD
and since this picture was taken Ive added a Samsung 23" HDTV to supplement the Sammy 22" WS monitor, the left station is the SD Editing station, On the other side of the room is a X2 4400 HTPC system which acts as a spare HD editing system in case we get real busy and is connected to our sammy 42" HDTV used for viewing finished projects. All 3 Systems Are hardwire Lan Networked together and can share video & audio Data, The HTPC
Has over 1600 Albums converted to high bit rate MP3 Files for music listening & sharing between the 3 stations, everything intigrates very Nicely actually. The HTPC has been upgraded to BD R/W and a HD PVR has been added as well. The next upgrade is to add another BD R/W to the HD workstation for full independence on that system.
http://www.image-upload.net/files/5950/digital%20home/2007_0902AG.JPG
http://www.image-upload.net/files/5950/digital%20home/2006_0121AD.JPG

Small setup:

Dell Dimension 5100
Pentium 4
3ghz
2Gigs Ram
400 gigs internal drives
2 Rocstor External Drives
1 Seagate External Drive
JVC MiniDV Deck
Vegas 6

Ikea Poang Chair
Sofa for the occasional siesta.
Big mess for the occasional cleaning.

update:

-got rid of the poang chair, replaced it with a task chair.

-added a second monitor to the dell setup

-the new unit on the left:

HP xw6400 Workstation
2 Dual Xeon Processors @ 2ghz
2 gigs Ram
XP Pro
80 gigs internal HD
nvidia Quadro NVS285

My setup...not much...

http://www.pyroreview.com/bryan/dj1003-1.jpg

http://www.pyroreview.com/bryan/dj1003-2.jpg

And for when the clients get bored:

http://www.pyroreview.com/bryan/dj1003-3.jpg

It's the real thing, but it's "street legal".

I also have a shelf to the left that contains most of the Digital Juice library.

Who is the maker of your desk? I've been looking for one like that for a while.

Got it from Musicians Friend
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Studio-RTA-Producer-Station?sku=546553

My pro tools and final cut studio 2 set-up:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/GaryNattrass/DSC_0191.jpg

Some of you folks have much better design skills than we do here. Ours has just sort of grown via the "it sorta fits here" school of design. It looks a lot better when the overheads are off, so we make sure the lights are low when clients are around....

Okay, now that I have your attention.

I've just returned from a 6 day session in Central Otago, where the plan was to shoot as much video as humanly possible on the Autumnal changes that the area experiences.

The colours are just drop dead geogeous if the light behaves, but as the weather is decidedly fickle, it's a big ask in the time frame available (the colours can come and the leaves drop in less that a week in the right conditions).

It was whilst driving some of the 1,800 km I covered during the 6 days that it occured to me:

"How many people would believe the amount of gear one person could haul round the whole of Central?"

It then occured to me that this might be of interest to some at DVinfo, so here goes.

1. Delivery System:

Chosen for the job, cavernous and comfortable. Too low and long for off roading but working on an alternative.

2. Day Pack:

Contents:

Large bottle of water, ditto sunblock, ditto insect repellant. Laser Range Finder, Spare batteries for everything, 3 - 4 tapes, 2 - 3 SD cards, cleaning gear, filters.

3. Bag Lady:

Really must sort this. Manuals, bulk tapes, spare glasses, tools, tie downs, magnifying glass (?), cables, chargers, gaffer tape etc.

4.Blue Box:

Headphones, Zoom H4 digital recorder, XLR cables - 1, 2, 3, 5 & 10 metres.

More in next post................


CS

PS. Another whoops. The camera is a Canon XH A1, in case anyone was wondering.

The list continues.

5. Orange Box:

Senn ME 64 & ME66 mics (ME67 usually on camera), EW100 G2 wireless transmitters (2), receiver (1) [one always on camera], lav mic, camera connect cables for everyting, spare batteries, 2 mics for those "I don't care if they get trashed" moments.

6. Grey Box:

Rycote Softies for ME64 & 66, Windjammers with dead cats for all three mics, pistol grips (2), spare/ optional mic mounts (6), spare parts for all systems (rubber bands etc).

7. Big Box:

Microphone stands - small and large, Rode boom pole. Mounting/ support rods for B. Hague suction mount system (not usually carried on routine shoots).
[Foam is to offer occupants of car a better chance should this stuff break out of box]

8. Tripod:

The trusty Vinten FiberTec's themselves.


And still more..........................

CS

Finally, the last few items.

One many pocketed photogs jacket, got more storage space than, well, any number of things. Jolly usefull when you've got your hands full.

The mandatory peaked cap, essential to keep the sun off LCD's, photochromatic glasses and eyes themselves.

Manfrotto Monopod for the Nikon D80 DSLR.

Not shown is set of hiking boots that lives in the back seat foot well for those "Off Road" moments.

And lastly, a map of Southern NZ in general and the area travelled in detail.

The story in the next exciting episode..................


CS

Well, the plan was to get up there and do an initial recky to establish what was ready to shoot, where.

This involved a marathon journey from Wanaka via the Tarras road, down the East side of Lake Dunstan to Cromwell. From there to Arrow Town via the Gibbston Valley, on to Lake Hayes then back over the Crown Range Road, along the Cadronna valley back to Wanaka.

Horrors! Nothing was "cooked"! This could take days!

The following day I went further afield to Hawea (nope!) then back and out to Tarras and quite some way towards Mount Cook (nothing!).

The next day it rained.

The following day was wall to wall cloud.

The next day I checked out Arrowtown again (zipping over the Crown Range road to save time).

Perfect! Cooked to perfection.

But, the weather report wasn't promissing for following days and it was taking an age to get every minute of video.

Something had to give.

With all that wonderfull video gear on board and available, some of the most beautifull scenery on the planet to capture, I , sob, abandoned it and went over to stills to get what I could get, whilst it was still gettable.

How's that for a bummer?

However...........I do have to say, the stills are absolutely, gob smackingly beautifull.

I'm going back in a couple of days to see if I can get the part's that weren't "cooked" the first time around, but that pesky weather is not looking good and the window is minute - still no video.

The one thing I have learnt is that there is no such thing as "good, quick video". There's no such thing as "good, quick stills" either, but they're a damn site faster to get than video.


Cheers,


CS

Duh!

Ok, 'cos I'm a nice fella (really) try these. A random sampling.

I'll take out the vignette with Photoshop at some stage, was using the Polariser with the UV still on and couldn't see it till that evenings review.

More in following post.................


CS

Needs no explanation really.


Enjoy.


CS

My setup...not much...

http://www.pyroreview.com/bryan/dj1003-1.jpg

http://www.pyroreview.com/bryan/dj1003-2.jpg

And for when the clients get bored:

http://www.pyroreview.com/bryan/dj1003-3.jpg

It's the real thing, but it's "street legal".

I also have a shelf to the left that contains most of the Digital Juice library.


Bryan-

Where did you get that desk? It's just what I'm looking for.

Thanks man!

EDIT..

I'm an idiot. I need to read....I see you replied to someone else. Musician's Friend.

Some new pics of the setup right now.

http://baynewerkz.com/photos/Setup-1.JPG

http://baynewerkz.com/photos/Setup-2.JPG

And my buddy logging hundreds of hours of MiniDV/DVCAM/Beta/VHS footage.

My setup...not much...

http://www.pyroreview.com/bryan/dj1003-1.jpg

It's the real thing, but it's "street legal".
library.

damn, i really like that desk. It's like an 18 wheeler of desks. where can I get one of those?

Just thought i would give an update to my system(s)

24" iMac 2.8ghz
4gb ram
1.5tb Fantom FW800 drive
(1) Icydock FW800
(1) Icydock USB2.0
(2) Seagate 750gb drives with IcyDock sleds
(1) Seagate 500gb drive with IcyDock sled
FCS2
Adobe master suite
Microsuck Office POS
Random video transcoding software

15" MacBook Pro
2gb ram
160gb drive
Same software

*Just purchased, will be here in a week*
MacPro tower
8 core 3.2ghz
2gb of ram (Buying 12gb through Newegg.com)
1tb main drive (buying 3 more through Newegg.com)
30" Apple Cinema Display
4gb Dual channel Fiber card
NVIDIA Quadro FX5600 1.5gb Video

*Future Upgrade*
12tb X Raid w/fiber
Sound Isolation Rack

So, how much of a photo geek is this, i actually did CC and level adjustment on this pic.......jeez....

So this is the setup above, without the MBP in the shot....the MacPro is in if you couldn't tell...14gb ram and 4tb internal.

And a 12 bottle wine cellar....forgot to put that. And that is an essential item....

damn, i really like that desk. It's like an 18 wheeler of desks. where can I get one of those?

Musicians Friend:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Studio-RTA-Producer-Station?sku=546553

Although I wouldn't suggest it if you plan on rack-mounting stuff. The welds aren't made for heavy items.

interesting thread: just avoided work for about an hour!
here is my 'Africa' setup (had to leave much gear in Canada!!!).
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/492/zsdrstudiowebyg1.jpg
not pictured but essential gear:
XH-A1
FCPS2
Neumann TLM49
Canon digital rebel (Canon 70-300 with IS RULES)
Ibanez SG400 bass guitar
Ibanez Roadstar electric guitar (circa 1987)
Gibson Epiphone acoustic
Takamine EG500 acoustic

When i visit Canada this summer i will add:
Macbook pro
Firestore
Libec 38
Merlin
Mbox pro?
DFH drum program
Sans Amp or Amplitube

I seem to be working for my gear addiction...

Hey Brian, fellow 'pegger here.

Is that a Digi003 Rack I see? How well does it play with the iMac? I'm looking at turning my iMac into a ProTools station (and retiring my B&W G3 450 w. Digi001) and moving FCPS2 to a Mac Pro.

Hey Shaun,
looking forward to visiting Winnipeg this summer and eating a big fat Georges Burger with Nucci's Gelati for desert!
It is the Digi 002, and after a few initial problems that were solved with instructions from Digidesign support, i am very happy with it. I think i had some problems after installing FCPS 2, also solved by Digi support..
i moved from a G4/ 001 setup, and am really happy i did so. much more options with 002 and the ignition pack is great, especially Maxim, T-racks EQ, Bombfactory 1176, Amplitube and BFD. If i could do it again, though, i would have gone for the 'factory', as those extra plug-ins would be great to have...
if i wasn't on another continent, i would also love to have the Black Lion 002 mods... the pres are functional on 002, but the mods would give you 4 outstanding pres... Not sure which PT version is the max for 001, but with 7.3 you get the ability to give each track its own color. It sounds trivial, but this simple feature has made the mixer WAY easier to use and organize if you have a lot of tracks, and it is very quick to find the RED bass or the Blue lead guitar(s!)...
Shaun, i actually asked you a few questions on another post, but i'll paste them here:
Shaun Roemich: i notice you are from Winnipeg, my hometown! i am now living in Burundi and have no access to technology. I am visiting Winnipeg in a few months and need GEAR!!! I have been in contact with Advance Electronics, but they are a little slack and don't have all that i need. Is there another pro video store in Winnipeg that you know of? i specifically need a Firestore and a Libec LS38 Tripod, and my experience with B&H is that you have to pay $$$ import tax etc. so money saved is negligible...
Thanks!

Brian: email me at shaun@gearheadvisual.com

After having the fun of seeing everyone elses setup I had to share my own. Currently living in a apartment so space is limited. Come first of the year that won't be a problem and looking at building a new desk for the equipment.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3001/2762067770_8075589262.jpg?v=0

Pictured we have my Mac Pro quad core,
30' monitor,
mbox mini,
M-audio speaker,
Macbook Pro,
and
Self built Win XP laptop,