Search at 2x on timeline is inaudible

Perhaps inaudible isn't the right word, I can hear it, but its' not clear enough to understand. I've just moved from working in DV to using a Decklink Extreme card (10 bit timeline). G-raid 1/2 tera drive. Beta-SP sources dig'd at 8bit. I think this is one area that should be markedly improved. A refined, continuous search mechanism with or without simulated pitch shift for searching at various speeds. I think Avid has that. I'd be willing to pay the price. I know all off what we get in FCP (I've got the 5 upgrade now) comes relatively cheap. Audio scrubbing is on. Audio is popping in and out on 2x fwd search every 1/4 to 1/2 second. It's inaudible. DV did not present this problem.
Happy New Year!
Chris

And where are you pulling this 10 bit material from? 10 bit is excessive in MOST cases. You can't pull it reliably from a standard IDE drive at SD resolutions. You'll need to build a drive array to do 10 bit on a sustained basis.
Unless you have a very soft monochromatic gradient, you'll be fine with 8 bit uncompressed which will play back from an internal IDE drive.
Try it with 8 bit and see if your scrubbing doesn't improve...
Patrick

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