Hi Konrad:

Horses for courses. There were others at the same facility where I watched the Sony in constant use 
who preferred Sonic too.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Konrad Strauss" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] U-matic audio mastering


> on 1/30/08 8:01 PM, Tom Fine at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
>> The Sonic Solutions/Apple computer system was finicky and could take more time
>> even in the hands of skilled user due to slow processing and hard drive write
>> times... The 1630 was reliable about making insert-edits too, given Sony's
>> decades of video-editing experience. I watched note- and phrase-edits done
>> quickly and correctly on a 1630 system.
>
> Rose colored glasses Tom.
>
> I used both the DAE1100/1630/Umatic editing system and Sonic back in the
> early 90s. There was no comparison, despite it's finickyness, Sonic was a
> much faster and more exact editing system. Once I used it I never went back
> to the 1100. We still had to deliver masters on 1630 though, until 1992 or
> 1993 when the Sony 900e CD writer came along.
>
> -- 
> Konrad Strauss
> Recording * Editing * Mastering * Production
> http://php.indiana.edu/~kstrauss
>