[QuadList] CMX 600 demo on-line

[Ted Langdell]

It was introduced in 1971.

See more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMX_600

CMX "passed away" in early 1998 when the company's third owner— 
character generator maker Chyron Corp—announced it wouldn't continue  
development.

Ted


On Aug 10, 2010, at 7:47 AM, george keller wrote:

> Hey Ted,
>
> Any idea what year the 600 came out??  That was the subject of our 8  
> week strike at CBS in '72, as I remember it.  But I didn't wee one  
> there, just the 300
>
> Tnx,
>
> George Keller
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Langdell <ted at quadvideotapegroup.com>
> To: Quad List <QuadList at quadvideotapegroup.com>
> Sent: Tue, Aug 10, 2010 4:47 am
> Subject: [QuadList] CMX 600 demo on-line
>
> The CMX 600 non-linear editor popped up many times in a section of  
> QuadList member John Buck's book about video editing that I was  
> previewing this weekend.
>
> And then it popped up again in conjunction with a conversation I had  
> Monday afternoon with editor/editing software designer Lon McQuillin  
> (http://www.mcqpro.com/)
>
> While chatting, Lon described using the CMX 600 at OnePass in San  
> Francisco... when he and One Pass co-owner Tom Werner managed to  
> digitize, edit, and complete a dozen :30 spots in an 18-hour marathon.
>
> If I correctly understood what he meant by "complete" as to include  
> making Quad masters from the EDL, that's quite an accomplishment.   
> Even just getting the EDL complete is quite something.
>
> While googling for Dave Bargen to answer a question Lon had, this  
> CMX 600 demo unexpectedly popped up:
> http://www.raggedhook.com/cmx-600-demo-first-nonlinear-editing-system
>
> You'll see some Ampex Quads at work in conjunction with digitizing  
> the footage for the demo tape.
>
> Enjoy.
>
> Ted
>
> Ted Langdell
> Secretary
>
> =
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Ted Langdell
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