DV NLE setups

Computer systems for digital video nonlinear editing

on a low to moderate budget

Medium-cost Basement corner editing suite

(Less than $10,000 in 2001)

Dual-processor dual-monitor Pentium 4 with Adobe Premiere 6.0 and SmartSound Quicktracks,

internal RAID, digital audio card, TV monitor, 2 VCRs, audio cassette, DAT, and headphones

(camcorder between tape decks and computer keyboard)

Low-cost Bedroom corner editing suite

(Less than $5000 in 2004 – less than $3000 without DVD duplicator and only one firewire drive)

iMac G4 with Final Cut Express and SmartSound SonicFire Pro,

2 external A/V hard drives, external DVD-burner/duplicator/printer, TV monitor, camcorder

(NOTE: It is advisable to point an external fan at any external hard drives used for video editing)