At IBC 2017, Avid was happy to announce the Avid Artist | DNxIV. David Colantuoni goes into detail on the new Avid family member.
Following on from the launch of the 2RU, rackmountable Avid Artist | DNxIQ at NAB earlier in the year, the Avid Artist |
DNxIV offers much of the same connectivity, but in a smaller, more portable form factor.
Both Avid Artist I/O interfaces offer high-speed Thunderbolt 3 connectivity, providing up to 40 Gb/s of bandwidth to deliver the smoothest performance and operation. Both interfaces offer a wide range of analog and digital I/O to plug into today’s diverse media productions, including SDI, HDMI, XLR, RS-422 and timecode. While you can purchase Avid Media Composer to work with either interface, you can also use another creative application, as both Apple Final Cut X and Adobe Premiere Pro are supported.
So apart from being different sizes, what’s the difference between DNxIQ and DNxIV, and which applications are they best suited to?
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Avid Artist | DNxIQ |
Avid Artist | DNxIV |
| I/O |
3G, 6G, 12G SDI |
3G, 6G, 12G SDI |
|
SDI monitor output |
| HDMI 2.0a |
HDMI 2.0b |
| LTC In/Out |
LTC In/Out |
| Device Control (RS-422) |
Device Control (RS-422) |
| Audio Punch-In |
Audio Punch-In |
| Composite / Component Connectors |
Audio Break-out Cable with 8 I/O |
| AES/EBU, XLR Audio |
Reference Input/Internal Clock |
| Optical Fiber SDI (video & audio) |
|
| Form Factor |
Rack-mountable |
Desktop |
| Host Connectivity |
Thunderbolt 3 |
Thunderbolt 3 |
| PCIe Gen 3 |
| Format Support |
SD, HD, UHD, 2K/4K DCI |
HD, UHD, 2K/4K DCI |
| DNxHR Encoding |
Hardware encode |
Host CPU encode |
| Miscellaneous |
Support for Davinci Resolve |
|
| Universal Mastering |
|
| LCD Panel on Front |
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