Vegas

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Summary: Vegas Pro - the mixer/editor windows users needed
Review: Vegas Pro is everything the manufacturer says it is and more. Key for me was that it is a non-destructive editor, meaning if you want to cut, you can do so instantly, then only render when you're ready to output. If you're cutting narrative especially, this alone is worth the price. It also scrubs, great for cutting. It is also a fully featured mixer for windows. If protools has not worked for you because it's mac, or because it uses it's own unique conventions, you'll like Vegas' adherence to windows conventions. It behaves like it ought to, it's easy to use (if you understand the concepts of audio engineering such as signal paths, bus structures, etc.) and is totally a professional tool of great utility and value. I use it with a digidesign audiomedia III, but any high quality sound card will do. I'm running it on NT4.0/SP5 with no problems.