Custom DIT station

[JFirestone]

In Yellow

 

[Nick Burridge]

Here's our mobile DIT/data wrangling box we put together (based around an SKB 4U Studio Flyer).

17" Macbook Pro
1500W UPS
RED station
Sonnet Qio
Sonnet F3
runs a whole mess of software - R3D Data Manager, Lightroom 4, Alexicc, many more. No grading tools on there as yet.

Still to come
another Sonnet F3 (doubles RAID1 capacity from 3TB to 6TB)
couple of LaCie TB->eSATA hubs (to shift some bandwidth off the E34 slot)
custom rain cover/sunhood (with red/green pouches for mags in/out)

 

[Michael Schatz]

If you are in LA for Cinegear, come check us out at the Student Filmmakers Booth. We are introducing the Storm Dragon MK II. With a whole lot of new improvements. These are intended to be very affordable, and while we sell them as PCs, if someone chooses to put an alternative OS, they are compatible lol.

Jon Firestone
Dragon-Fire-Systems.com

I won't be there but I've seen your gear and I am honestly in love with it. Just finished buying my Scarlet rig but once my next few paychecks come in I will be contacting you guys to buy a StormDragon.

 

[Nicos Ambatzis]

Any idea for a DIT station containing :
MacBook Pro 17''
MaxxDigital with a RedRocket + AJA mini convertor
Tangent Wave
WesternDigital Book 2T
RED Station
HP DreamColor 24'' monitor
and all relevant parts and pieces?????
Thanks.

 

[Bradley Stuckel]

For sale if interested

 

[Richard Harrison]

Where are you located and what size Peli case is it all in?

 

[Brian Merlen]

I am hoping to get a custom kit made, mac mini quad core, with color grade monitor, raid, mag reader, possible thunderbolt pci external slot all built in one case. a lot of the solutions look great and have most of what i want, but i am on a budget and could use some advice. thanks!

 

[Gabriel Scindian]

This is an all in one solution directed towards managing red mx and epic data on set. The system has two built in 3.5" sata hot swappable drive bays for fast transfer and a secondary backup. Additional backups can be introduced through the input output panel which supports 2 sata, 2 firewire 800 and 2 usb 3.0 connections. The design is very mobile and only requires a single power connection to support the entire syste m. The internal hardware consists of a solid state drive solution for the operating system and software, with a secondary backup in case the primary internal drive becomes corrupt. The processing hardware within the system is packed with the most up to date designs, and furthermore can be updated easily as needed to keep up with technology and new solutions for maintaining the most up to date workflows. (Multiple GPUs, Red Rocket, Loads of RAM, Input Output Cards, etc)

In regards to software... the system is licensed with various industry standard applications for accurately confirming data transfer and duplication... as well as creating and/or applying luts for on set colour reference.

This machine is built to handle any job from acquisition through to the entire post workflow!

Any ideas for improvement on the next build would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

That is amazing!

 

[Ryland Jones]

I'm rockin an SKB case as well. works great for changing the rack units from project to project. Do wish it was a bit more "pelican" quality, if you know what I mean.

 

[Andrew clemson]

Ill try to post mine here if I can get it somewhere near aesthetically finished between gigs.....

 

[Gavin Keen]

anyone here consider building a mobile station off of the new Imac? i see a lot of macbook pro stations but is there anything stopping people from going off the imac?

 

[Ryland Jones]

anyone here consider building a mobile station off of the new Imac? i see a lot of macbook pro stations but is there anything stopping people from going off the imac?

You definitely could, it would just have to be done out of a larger pelican case or rolling cart. Just starts to be a little less portable. But definitely nothing stopping you.