A Real Breakthrough…First Non Linear Editing

On July 18, 2013 - TV History


A Real Breakthrough…at the time

Very interesting demo of the first nonlinear editing system from 1971.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bNmsKBqFPQ

The CMX 600 was the very first non-linear video editing system. It was introduced in 1971 by CMX Systems, a joint venture between CBS and Memorex. CMX referr…

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  1. Tim Stepich July 19, 2013

    Even watching this video I marvel at the potential, and I work on the damn thing every day. It is far more sophisticated today, but the fundamentals are still there; very little has been taken away: http://youtu.be/js_eS6bFwdc

  2. Tim Stepich July 19, 2013

    I am always intrugued by the possibilities of any editing system – linear, non-linear, cuts only, ancient, old or new. I have worked with many different editors over the past 30 years and I have managed to create something on any platform. If you have the vision, you can make it happen. Thank you for posting all these editing videos!

  3. Troy Walters July 18, 2013

    Very state of the art for its day!!! 😀

  4. Val Ginter July 18, 2013

    And it wouldn’t look or sound like it was edited?

  5. Jarbas Jam Mesquita July 18, 2013

    it was “powered” by a 32kbs RAM Digital PDP 11. US$ 250.000 US$ was the price.Light pen was used to mark the inserts and choose commands.Timecodes created were delivered on card punches. First phase of editing was off-line.

  6. Jarbas Jam Mesquita July 18, 2013

    cbs memorex experimental CMX

  7. Steven Bradford July 18, 2013

    It wasn’t just the first non-linear video editing system. It was the first video editing system, wasn’t it.