Hmmmm..... Decisions, decisions..... at DVinfo.net

Steve Renouf · January 7th, 2009, 04:30 PM

VASST?.. Excalibur?.. VASST?.. Excalibur?.. My head is spinning....

Anyone used/using both and can give a meaningful comparison?

Obviously, VASST is more expensive. Is it worth that extra expense? What does it do that Excalibur doesn't? VASST seems to have a lot of additional bolt-on goodies - again at more expense.

Hmmm...... Decisions, decisions.....

Jeff Harper · January 7th, 2009, 08:01 PM

I use Ultimate S. That is what I know. I love it.

On the other hand, you can download trials of both. Excalibur works with Vegas 8.1, Ultimate S does not, unless they have updated it.

Harold Brown · January 7th, 2009, 10:12 PM

I started with Tsunami and upgraded to Excalibur. I use it all the time and I like it. Similar to Jeff I haven't used Ultimate S.

Don Bloom · January 8th, 2009, 06:28 AM

I too started with Edwards Tsunami and Neon whic over the years morphed into Excalibur. It's the one I've been using since it came out. While I know that Ultimate S is also a quality product I don't know enough about it to judge. All I know is Excalibur works great for me and the other plugins I have from VASST work great as well.
They both have free DL trial versions try 'em, see which one you like best.
Don

Steve Renouf · January 8th, 2009, 06:59 PM

Thanks guys. Difficult when it's a split decision. ;-)

Guess I'll just have to do the trials as suggested and take it from there. It'll probably be a couple of weeks - I'll wait 'til I have all the footage from this French project and try them both out on that and see which of them works best for me.

The plan is to set it up as a 3 camera shoot (albeit each on a seperate night!) It's going to be an interesting one on so many levels.

January 7th, 2009, 04:30 PM	#1
Steve Renouf Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Jersey, GB Posts: 182	Hmmmm..... Decisions, decisions..... VASST?.. Excalibur?.. VASST?.. Excalibur?.. My head is spinning.... Anyone used/using both and can give a meaningful comparison? Obviously, VASST is more expensive. Is it worth that extra expense? What does it do that Excalibur doesn't? VASST seems to have a lot of additional bolt-on goodies - again at more expense. Hmmm...... Decisions, decisions.....

January 7th, 2009, 10:12 PM	#3
Harold Brown Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North East Ohio Posts: 84	I started with Tsunami and upgraded to Excalibur. I use it all the time and I like it. Similar to Jeff I haven't used Ultimate S. __________________ Harold BhagaVideo.com

January 7th, 2009, 08:01 PM	#2
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	I use Ultimate S. That is what I know. I love it. On the other hand, you can download trials of both. Excalibur works with Vegas 8.1, Ultimate S does not, unless they have updated it.

January 8th, 2009, 06:28 AM	#4
Don Bloom Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,609	I too started with Edwards Tsunami and Neon whic over the years morphed into Excalibur. It's the one I've been using since it came out. While I know that Ultimate S is also a quality product I don't know enough about it to judge. All I know is Excalibur works great for me and the other plugins I have from VASST work great as well. They both have free DL trial versions try 'em, see which one you like best. Don

January 8th, 2009, 06:59 PM	#5
Steve Renouf Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Jersey, GB Posts: 182	Thanks guys. Difficult when it's a split decision. ;-) Guess I'll just have to do the trials as suggested and take it from there. It'll probably be a couple of weeks - I'll wait 'til I have all the footage from this French project and try them both out on that and see which of them works best for me. The plan is to set it up as a 3 camera shoot (albeit each on a seperate night!) It's going to be an interesting one on so many levels.