The Imix Turbo Cube?

[Blackout]

Well I was all set to go and start up a little production company with an
Amiga toaster/flyer system as the heart when I saw a demo tape for the
Imix Turbo Cube and I have to see it looked pretty awesome. It is the
only other non linear system I have seen that has matched the quality of
the Flyer and it looked like it could do a LOT more things editing wise
and effects wise than the flyer could do.

I'm sure the thing is very expensive though, which may put it out of
reach. Is anyone out there using it professionally? I would be
interested in hearing from you.

At least they did a very smart thing with their demo tape, they put
spots and commercials that were actually produced with the thing on the
tape, after their little spritzed up promo for the system.

Blackout Productions

Blac...@igc.net

[Tford1010]

Hi,
The marketing folks for ImMIX are at IBC this week. The Cube lists for
$42.5 the turbo Cube up around $50. Try contacting Hsho...@aol.com for
more information.

Ty Ford
Ty Ford
Tfor...@aol.com

[Mark Wolfson]

> : I'm sure the thing is very expensive though, which may put it out of

> : reach. Is anyone out there using it professionally? I would be

I'm a television producer at KRON in San Francisco and we have to Turbo
Cubes. Without getting into too much detail, let me say that I think it's
an incredible system.

The quality is excellent as is ease of use. Spot production has been
rendered much easier on the Cube. We are getting more done in less time
than using the traditional CMS non-linear system.

When we looked to buy either the AVID or the IMIX systems, we chose the
IMIX due to it's superior interface (in our opinion of course).

mjw

[Sgcollins]

mwol...@linex.com (Mark Wolfson) wrote,

>>When we looked to buy either the AVID or the IMIX systems, we chose the
IMIX due to it's superior interface (in our opinion of course).<<

see there you have it, perfect example of the different perspectives
people have. the editors at my place when they looked at Immix thought
the *pictures* were superior but they resoundingly agreed that the
interface *sucked* compared to Avid. I guess it's just a matter of what
works for you. Aren't Immix's cheaper than [Avid] Media Composers
anyway?

love
sgcollins

[Michael Tutton]

We have been using the Cube for a year for Corporate and Commercials.
Everyone involved in our commercials have been very pleased with the
results. So, in answer to your question, yes, we are using it
professionally, and would reccomend it.

[Paul McKenna]

Had an Immix TurboCube in my shop for about a week and a half. The
thing was very simple to use. Too simple. It didn't do much. If you
don't have much to do, it's better than the AVID. The initial quality
is better, but in order to layer DVE moves, rendering was necessary.
Then the image quality suffered terribly. Plus, that was extremely
time consuming....on the order of one minute per second.

The DVE was a very, very basic 3d DVE. X, Y, Z stuff. One warp
effect: a page turn. The DVE is nearly impossible to program. In
fact, it's probably the worst design of any DVE interface I've ever
seen in my 15+ years in TV.

Also, you can't ripple edits if you delete a section. You must drag
all the remaining clips to fill in the gaps.

On the plus side, the system has great audio capabilities. Video and
audio clips are easy to keep together, and the system has excellent
chroma and luminance keyers. The Immix also has excellent
colorization capabilities.

If you just need to do a few simple edits, A/B dissolves, etc, the
Immix will do the job easily. If you need to do anything even
slightly more complicated, it doesn't cut it.

Hope that helps!

[Avi Hoffer]

Hi Ty,
Helen told me about you. How is she doing? How does she like Herzeliya?
Let her know I was asking about her.

Avi Hoffer
Red Herring Pictures
310-581-8828

Avi
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[New Context Video Prods]

In article <43lmo4$g...@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com>,

Paul McKenna <pmck...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>Had an Immix TurboCube in my shop for about a week and a half. The

.....

>Also, you can't ripple edits if you delete a section. You must drag
>all the remaining clips to fill in the gaps.

All this requires is to do a "group" selection, common on most Mac-based
applications, in which you drag out a rectangle around all the clips you
want to select, and then cut them and do a "Paste Special" to bump them
up against the new "out-point."

I tend to feel that the Cube is not very intuitive. Also, there are a
number of features that are not documented (some just not
well-documented), which make it appear somewhat less powerful than it
is. However, I -do- view this as a relatively major impediment!

Scott Barber
New Context Video Productions