Great Update… If You Don’t Own An Early-2011 MBP

I’m having issues with FCP 10.3 on my Early-2011 MBP. The biggest one is audio effects. I’ve been editing AVCHD files from Canon cameras for years on 10.2, but since this update I can’t apply an audio filter. If I do I either don’t get any audio or it cuts in and out with loud bumps that are threatening to kill my monitors. (BTW I have posted this issue on the FCP forum… no answers yet.)

Other issues include crashes and freezes. I can count on one hand how often FCP 10.2 did this to me. But 10.3 is often freezing and crashing. In fact that’s what I’m doing here. I’m trying to finish a project and it just crashed again.

All this on a simple setup. My MBP with no 3rd party filters, etc. I edit 3 minute movie reviews with a simple green-screen setup. What was fast and simple is now a big, slow mess. So sad this is the case. I’m very pleased with the asthetic and functional updates.

RGustafson about Final Cut Pro, v10.3