Symphony 6
What’s included
Symphony (software only)
- Symphony software—Edit and finish HD, SD, and stereoscopic 3D material
- Avid DVD—Author DVD and Blu-ray discs
- Avid FX—Create and animate titles, effects, transitions, and more
- Boris Continuum Complete—Create stunning visual effects
- Sorenson Squeeze—Optimize and deliver content
- EDL Manager—Export timecode metadata
- FilmScribe—Export film metadata
- Log Exchange—Convert shot logs into ALE files
- MediaLog—Manage logging and metadata
- User guides and other documentation
Symphony Artist Package (hardware/software bundle)
- Everything in Symphony software (above)
- Nitris DX
- One or two (optional) DNxHD and/or AVC-Intra chips (two chips maximum)
- Artist Color control surface
- PCIe Host Interface Board—Connects the interface to your computer
Symphony System (hardware/software/computer bundle)
- Everything in Symphony software (above)
- Nitris DX
- One or two (optional) DNxHD and/or AVC-Intra chips (two chips maximum)
- Artist Color control surface
- PCIe Host Interface Board—Connects the interface to your computer
- Your choice of Mac or Windows computer:
- Apple Mac Pro—Dual Quad Core Intel Xeon 2.66 GHz processors, Mac OS X Lion, 640 GB SATA 3Gb/s 7200 rpm system drive, 6 GB system memory, NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, 512 MB PCIe graphics adapter
- HP Z800 Workstation (second generation)—Dual 6 Core Xeon 2.66 GHz processors, Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-bit), 320 GB SATA 3Gb/s 7200 rpm system drive, 6 GB system memory, NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800, 1 GB PCIe graphics adapter
Supported project formats
Supported project formats
NTSC
- 23.976p
- 24p
- 30i
PAL
- 24p
- 25i
- 25p
HD—720
- 720p/23.976
- 720p/25
- 720p/29.97
- 720p/50
- 720p/59.94
HD—1080
- 1080p/23.976
- 1080p/24
- 1080p/25
- 1080p/29.97
- 1080i/59.94
- 1080i/50
Native codec support
Native codec support
AVCHD
- All frame rates supported by the Media Composer family
Avid HNxHD 444
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All DNxHD 444 Formats
Avid DNxHD
- All DNxHD formats (review the DNxHD Technology white paper for details)
Avid compressed SD resolutions
- AVR (playback only)
- 15:1s, 4:1s, 2:1s
- 20:1, 10:1, 3:1, 2:1
- 35:1p, 28:1p, 14:1p, 3:1p, 2:1p
- 4:1m, 10:1m, 3:1m(p), 8:1m(p)
Avid proxy formats
- Interplay MPEG-2 proxy, MPEG-4 proxy, 720p H.264 proxy (transcode service only)
Canon XF
- 50 Mb/s, 4:2:2
DV
- DV25 / DVCAM (25 Mb/s): 4:1:1 NTSC, 4:1:1 PAL, 4:2:0 PAL, 24p
- DV50 (50 Mb/s)
HDV
- JVC HDV (19Mb/s)—720p
- Sony HDV (25Mb/s) 1080@24p/25/50i/59.94i
- Canon HDV 1080 at 24p/50i / 59.94i
- Native project formats: 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 720p/23.976 (with support for 24p material), 720p/25, 720p/29.97, 720p/50, 720/59.94
- Capture over IEEE-1394, edit, playback, export to file without timecode (export not for 24p material)
Ikegami GFCAM
- GFCAM 50 Mb/s
- GFCAM 100 Mb/s
Microsoft VC-1
- VC-1 (edit/playback on Intel Macs only)
Panasonic DVCPRO (SD)
- DVCPRO—25 Mb/s
- DVCPRO50—50 Mb/s
Panasonic DVCPRO HD
- DVCPRO HD—100 Mb/s
- AVC-Intra (no encode from baseband over HD-SDI)
- Native project formats: 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 720p/59.94, 720p/50, 720p/25, 720p/23.976
QuickTime
- ProRes encode (Mac only) and decode
- Most QuickTime-compatible movies (playback performance dependent on codec, frame size, and hardware configuration)
- Full metadata support
RED
- R3D (frame sizes scaled to HD)
- RED EPIC
- RLX support
- Full metadata support
Sony HDCAM SR Lite
- 220 Mb/s
Sony XDCAM (SD)
- DV—25 Mb/s
- IMX30—30 Mb/s
- IMX40—40 Mb/s
- IMX50—50 Mb/s
- Full ancillary data support through AMA
Sony XDCAM EX
- MPEG—25 Mb/s CBR
- MPEG—35 Mb/s VBR
- Full ancillary data support through AMA
Sony XDCAM HD
- MPEG—18 Mb/s VBR
- MPEG—25 Mb/s VBR
- MPEG—25 Mb/s CBR
- MPEG—35 Mb/s VBR
- MPEG—50 Mb/s CBR
- MPEG-4 Proxies
- Full ancillary data support through AMA
File-based support
File-based support
With AMA (Avid Media Access), you get the fastest tapeless workflows from shoot to edit, with a wide variety of file-based formats.
AVCHD
- Full native direct access to AVCHD media and metadata
- Native editing of all listed formats (See “Native codec support”)
Canon XF
- Full native direct access to Canon XF media and metadata
- Native editing of all listed formats (see “Native codec support”)
Ikegami GFCAM
- Full native direct access to GFCAM material and metadata
- Native GFCAM editing of all listed formats (see “Native codec support”)
- Direct edit of GFCAM media from GFPAK cards or disk drive
MXF
- Full native direct access to MXF media and metadata
- Native editing of all formats
Panasonic P2
- Full native direct access to P2 media and metadata
- Native DVCPRO HD and AVC-Intra editing of all listed HD formats (see “Native codec support”)
- Direct edit of P2 media from cards or disk drive
- Support for P2 Store
- Write-back of finished program to P2 media (Windows only)
QuickTime
- Full native direct access to QuickTime media and metadata (including Canon 5D and 7D media)
- Full native ProRes encode (Mac only) and decode support
- Native editing of all listed formats (see “Native codec support”)
- Direct edit of QuickTime movie files
RED
- Full native direct access to RED (.R3D) media and metadata (frame size scaled to HD)
- Full native direct access to RED EPIC (5K/4.5K/3K2K RAW, 1080p RGB, and 720p RGB) material
- Native editing of all listed formats (see “Native codec support”)
- Direct edit of RED (.R3D) files from a RED-FLASH card or RED-DRIVE
Sony HDCAM SR Lite
- Full native direct access to HDCAM SR Lite media and metadata
- Native editing of all listed HD data rates (see “Native codec support")
Sony XDCAM / XDCAM EX / XDCAM HD
- Full native direct access to XDCAM media and metadata
- Native editing of all listed SD and HD data rates (see “Native codec support”)
- Full ancillary data support
- Import via File Access Mode (FAM) over IEEE-1394
- Ingest via FTP client over Ethernet
- Ingest, Playout and Write-back of finished program to XDCAM media
Uncompressed SD and HD video
Uncompressed SD and HD video
SD
- 1:1 interlaced 8-bit
- 1:1 interlaced 10-bit
- 1:1 progressive 8-bit
- 1:1 progressive 10-bit
HD
- 1:1 8-bit
- 1:1 10-bit
- YUV 4:2:2
- RGB 4:4:4 (via dual link HDSDI)
Supported audio and video plug-in formats
Supported audio and video plug-in formats
Audio
- RTAS* (Real-Time AudioSuite)
- AudioSuite*
