mLOGICs mLINK R thunderbolt expansion chassis for Red Rocket

[Glen Powell]

Saw all sorts of Thunderbolt enclosures and peripherals at N.A.B. - just wish these things were shipping now. It'll be really nice to roll up on set with a Macbook pro, a thunderbolt box with a REDrocket inside; a nice tight small package for away jobs in hotel rooms & locations away from the studio. Add in Smoke 2013 when it's released later this year and no-one will be able to complain about workflow ever again… (maybe?)

 

[Mike Halper]

Has anyone who signed up for a reservation for the mLogic mLink-R heard anything from mLogic? I haven't even received an email confirmation from them after signing up.

 

[Matt Ryan]

Has anyone who signed up for a reservation for the mLogic mLink-R heard anything from mLogic? I haven't even received an email confirmation from them after signing up.

same

 

[Rocco Schult]

can anybody explain, whats the difference between the mLink-R and the normal mLink ?
Black and not ?

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

The mLink R is black. It also has a couple rear pass-thru holes for mounting the SDI connectors to the chassis at the rear. The regular mLink only has the single slot opening at the rear.

 

[Lee Kelly]

The MLink box seems like a great little machine for semi portable red rocket use. What I want to know is, can someone walk us through the whole process from downloading a card to transcoding?

You plug in your card reader via fw800? Or do you buy a lacie esata-thunderbolt hub to use your esata port on the card reader?
Once its downloaded to your drive(s) how do you connect your Mlink box to your source files for viewing and transcoding? If theyve been dumped onto a fw800 drive youre still relying on the speed of that drive to read/write, right? Or am i completely missing something?

 

[C.H.Haskell]

Any update on this hardware, could use one yesterday! THanks TOnaci for sharing.

 

[Matt Ryan]

Anyone hear anything yet? I preordered right after Tonaci posted this and havent heard a word.

 

[Doug Beatty]

Wondering the same. All's quiet here while Sonnet gets their TB enclosure to market.

 

[Tonaci Tran]

Hey guys!! I have been beta testing this and it is nearing its release. Here is a pic of the latest production version:

I will chime back in with some tentative delivery dates. So far the mlink R has been performing perfectly and is a dream to use anywhere I travel.

 

[Robino_J]

Is the box close to release?

 

[Robino_J]

Oh well, I ordered a sonnet. If I hear great things about the mlink I'll put the sonnet on eBay. I need a solution now.

Edit fyi: the sonnet is currently $748 @ b&h

 

[Paul Ellington]

Oh well, I ordered a sonnet. If I hear great things about the mlink I'll put the sonnet on eBay. I need a solution now.

Edit fyi: the sonnet is currently $748 @ b&h

My Sonnett is working great, easy install and fast speeds.

 

[Tehben Dean]

Yeah, any news on the release date? They haven't responded to any of my inquiries and i'm still holding off on the sonnet hoping this will release soon...

 

[Bob Gundu]

Anyone else concerned with the lack of cooling in this enclosure?

 

[Tehben Dean]

Still not a peep from these guys. Sonnet is available and Magma ships in a few days. For some reason I still want 2 mLinks instead though... blast it. All I ask for is a timeframe or some news at least????

 

[Nils Ruinet]

I finally went with the Sonnet, it works great so far with the 2011 TB 17" Macbook Pro, it's just probably bigger than the mLogic, but you get 2 PCIe ports...

 

[Bob Gundu]

Does the Rockets SDI port/panel take up the second slot?

I finally went with the Sonnet, it works great so far with the 2011 TB 17" Macbook Pro, it's just probably bigger than the mLogic, but you get 2 PCIe ports...

 

[Anderson Boyd]

Does the Rockets SDI port/panel take up the second slot?

+1 on that question. Trying to figure logistics before buying 2 Rockets and complementary enclosures.

 

[Tehben Dean]

The sonnet has only 2 slots BUT the RR sdi is only a cable so theoretically you could cut a hole in the enclosure or just leave the top off and run the cable out the top or side so as not to wast the extra slot...