[Neil Goodman] "but for most situations it seems pointless to me. After doing all the training, i realized i like the old way, i like tracks and knowing exactly where my clips will land and being able to organize as such. I like having complete control,"
EXACTLY! I set up my tracks by what is on them. specific tracks for narration, for interviews, for on camera dialog and SOT, for sound effects and music. I layer a LOT of audio, because I'm required to do a lot of sound design...especially on my latest show that is a ghost story series. I know what tracks my creepy sfx, and my transition SFX are on. And in Avid I can color code them, so I can easily find them. With a magnetic timeline, I feel that I'd be going "is this it? No...is it this down here? No...Ah, there it is."
And all the pre-labelling that needs to be done, and assigning roles. that doesn't save time. You need to take time to assign the role, or label the clips. Less time than it takes me to target a track.
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