Strassner Editing Systems

Strassner Editing Systems (SES) was a line of PC-based linear "CMX style" keyboard video editing controllers invented in 1988 by Norman H. Strassner in Los Angeles. Over 400 systems were sold up to the time, in 1995, that Mr. Strassner sold the company to San Jose based Videomedia, Inc., makers of the "V-LAN" hardware he used to physically control video tape machines (VTRs), video and audio switchers and special effects devices.

At the time Mr. Strassner wrote the software, he was a working editor in Hollywood for shows like "Entertainment Tonight" and "Real People", and companies like Paramount Pictures, CBS, NBC and Smith-Hemion.

Strassner Editing Systems were used to edit many popular television shows and motion pictures, including MTV's "Real World", The Muppets and the first Muppet Movie.

The success of Strassner Editing Systems was due to Mr. Strassner's own expertise as both an off-line and on-line video tape editor. His "wish list" of features were incorporated into his systems, which made him a local hero for editors in Hollywood.

As of the year 2006, there are still SES systems up and running, most of them in Hollywood, California, but new systems are no longer available.

References

Linear Video Editing
CMX Systems

Other "CMX-Style" editing systems:
* Grass Valley Editing Systems

External links

* [http://www.sssm.com/editing/museum/cmx/cmx.html A page on CMX's products]
* [http://www.sssm.com/editing/museum The Museum of Early Video Editing Equipment and Techniques]