In debuting Final Cut Studio 2 at the National Association of Broadcasters ( NAB ) show on Sunday , Apple also introduced the IoHD , a new hardware - found sound recording and video IO box that tie to the Mac using a unmarried FireWire 800 connection . AJA Video Systems , developers of the Io product dividing line , haveposted extra detailson their connection site .
Co - developed with Apple , the Io HD is designed to do work with Final Cut Pro 6 . It provides TV and audio capture , editing and production capabilities and include exceptional Final Cut Pro presets . It also plump for RGB , so it can be used for direct video ouytput using After personal effects , Combustion and Motion . Look for it to debut in July for $ 3,495 .
the Io HD rests horizontally but uses a pillowcase intent that ’s somewhat reminiscent of Apple ’s Mac Pro , although it ’s considerably smaller . fit with a carrying handle on one side , it spports beveled edges and a give vent aluminum human body . The backplane of the Io HD is filled with input and yield jacks , while the front of the gadget has an light-emitting diode presentation , level meters and indicator Light Within .
The Io HD works with Apple ’s newly introduced ProRes 422 codec in hardware . Apple claims that ProRes 422 provides High Definition ( HD ) timber at Standard Definition ( SD ) file size of it , working with full raster 10 - fleck 4:2:2 content . So far , Io HD is the only equipment to corroborate ProRes 422 and ProRes 422 ( HQ ) in hardware .
The Io HD features two SD - SDI and HD - SDI stimulant and end product , component part Mount Rushmore State and HD I / O , HDMI , 16 - channel embedded SDI 24 - bit audio I / O , AES / EBU 8 - channel demented audio I / O , XLR and RCA analogue audio , genlock with loopthrough , RS-422 machine command and LTC timecode I / O.
