Revolution: the Video Toaster and the Amiga computer (Part 1)
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- The original VHS videotape demo from NewTek, released to promote the Video Toaster card for the Amiga computer. Lots of nostalgic references for every Amiga user, from the "sexy" Kiki Stockhammer to the Babylon 5 Lightwave renderings. First part from 1991.
My Christmas present for all those Amigamaniacs still around the world (are you there guys?).
And at last a tribute to the Amiga, the best home computer ever made (and to the Toaster card too).
In 1991 my father bought a Video Toaster system. I was 15 years old at the time and began using Lightwave 3D. I learned that system in and out and we began producing video work for many clients. This lead to an early internship with a major TV network which kick started my career in broadcast design. Today I’m an art director for a major sports network and if it wasn’t for the Video Toaster, perhaps my life might be very different today. This video takes me back to a very special time when I was hungry for broadcast design knowledge and fascinated by the power of the Amiga computer that sat in my room for many years. Thank you for posting.
Good memories thanks for sharing. We all remember tbat stunning machine!
I worked to Commodore in the 90's...I was in the production studio for this voice track with Ken Nordine.., Too cool. He was the nicest guy.
Those were nice days for Amiga fans. I still miss it.
@luis martinez 92 is correct.
In the 90's i acquired the Amiga 4000, Video Toaster, and Flyer card. I ran a computer graphics/video business out of the basement of a video store. It was fun and i loved Lightwave 3D.
Who is still watching in 2020 and wanting a video toaster.
Me :)
Even with the 3000 dollar computer I got today, this shit impresses me far more than anything on modern computers.
Linear editing taught me to respect nonlinear "modern" methods...
6:25 - “I can start up my own production company” - “yeah, you can” I’m buying one to implement this old school style into new content. All content on social media and online is over saturated with the same garbage content, that everybody copies each other from. No originality or artistic touch. This video roaster tech is something gods dream of 👀
R.I.P to Ken Nordine, who among many other things, narrated this promo
That's some 90's greatness right there. Started using a Toaster in college and now I produce videos for a gaming TH-cam channel. Amazing how far we've come since '91 - and it'll be amazing to see where we go in another 17 years.
How did you edit videos together with the toaster? Was there like a timeline view or did you use VCRs to splice the video?
Hey that's the master of spoken jazz, the man.... Ken Nordine doing the narration!
I recognized this too! Forgot his name. Thanks!
Aging Young Rebel. Look it up.
Video Toaster was my dream at that time. I still have the original VHS tape. Good memories. Thanks!
I want the Toaster now :)
Wow they got Ken Nordine to narrate, a God among men in the voice talent world.
As a 45 year old network manager who looks back at Amiga Computers as some kind of magical fairy tale dream computer that even modern computers cannot keep up with this is proof that Amiga Computers was then any new company.....
I remember a friend of the family talking about how the Mac was the Premier Video Editing Computer... because the Mac had this "New Thing Called the Video Toaster"... Newtek released an Amiga 2000, (with some upgrades), and an Appletalk card and a Video Toaster Card installed. This allowed a Mac to interface with an Amiga with the Toaster... The Mac Fans Cheered about how the Mac invented Desktop Video Editing. My Brother Inlaw, (extreeme Mac guy back then), Called me and informed me how the Mac now allowes us to edit Video on a Desktop.... he said " APPLE has INVENTED THIS NEW THING CALLED A VIDEO TOASTER.... IT ALLOWS MACS TO EDIT VIDEO"... Obviously he was your standard confused MAC owner... The "Video Toaster" he was commenting about was in fact an Amiga 2000 with a video Toaster installed... they put a sticker over the Amiga 2000 logo that said... "Video Toaster". I told my brother Inlaw to pull up the sticker over the Amiga 2000 logo... He was not amused.. we never had another Amiga VS MAC debate....
this shit is funny i love both computers but its crazy how far we can get out there about a computer
Hi from ex commdore staff lol n yes this is a funny story :) your welcome all xx we changed the world
Wow, we still have two pristine, fully functional DPS Perception Animation Recorders complete with Daughter capture cards, utilizing Lightwave 3D on Windows NT machines, purchased at the time when Lightwave took center-stage and before DPS tech was sold off to leitch. I'm thinking of offering a PAR video-conversion service for anyone who might still have old .PVR and .PVD files and no way to convert them. For the sentimental archivalist. I might still have my Toaster 4000 pack-ratted away somewhere. Thanks for the blast from the past :)
I think I have this VHS somewhere in basement. They were nice enough to send me the demo tape because they had no idea it was a 15 year old requesting it. lol
A friend of mine is getting divorced, anyone have a Video Toaster we can use?
My left ear got all the attention...
This video is what really sold me on the VT4000. It was such an amazing tool and I started out as a video production company in my home doing weddings and then into shows. I still have my entire editing bay setup in storage in my garage. In my next move I might try to see if I can plug it all in again.
This was the holy grail of video editing if you were working in public access television. Better funded stations only could afford one. I worked with one back in '92 and '93. Most people only used a fraction of the capabilities seen here.
Fun fact, Dana Carvey (Garth from Wayne’s World) ‘s brother designed the Video Toaster
You know you are young, when you have to tell us who Dana Carver is. You see, SON, we all knew who Dana Carvey was, back in the day...
Garth is actually based on his brother!
And Wil Wheaton from STNG fame was very involved in the followup
I bought a video toaster t shirt recently.
"four input switcher" whispers lol..... Digital video effects... whispers hahaha. this is soo funny
In 1991 this was the most exiting thing in the world to me. I still get goosebumps.
bought mt VT4000 after i saw this badboy... watched it for 2 months every day while i saved my cash... man, what a great time that was...
Was it worth it? :D
I remember watching this VHS tape in my high school library (BVNW, Overland Park, KS) in the late 90s. We were lucky enough to have the Video Toaster & Flyer along with Lightwave 3D. I don't think anyone but a few students knew what it could do. Those wipes though, man they were awful! :) Thank you for uploading this!
My dad used to work for Newtek way back, but during the recession in the 2000's they had to lay a lot of people off, my dad being one of them, but he's always been friends with the guys who founded it. He would let me play with a tricaster with a few cameras plugged in when I was younger and I thought it was the coolest thing ever.
Oh man I remember getting this video on VHS, not because I was really interested the Toaster, but rather Kiki Stockhammer. She was an Amiga Fanboys dream girl!
@iridium130m You´re right friend. The tape has a Hi-Fi audio track but today it's hard to find such a player. I used a standard mono VCR. But when I got the tape I heard it on a Hi-Fi deck and sound was awesome.
My left ear enjoys this.
@simonstadin Pinnacle Avid Dazzle 100, an external USB device. Very good capture quality for a reasonably priced device. However the video also has some tunning with Tsunami's TMPGEnc software. I recommend this software, it is truly professional.
Memories... I remember how excited I was to get this VHS in the mail!
I watched this so many times as a kid...
This is so awesome. I used to have this video on VHS so many years ago, but lost it. Thanks for posting! I seems to me that there also was another shorter video that showed a spaceship landing rendered by the Toaster. Haven't found that one yet.
Wow. This was very ahead of it's time. I guess this is like the precursor to Sony Vegas.
Chlysm
It's for linear video editing, i.e. you still need an A/B editor and TBCs to sync the sources. The Video Toaster Flyer upgrade that came out later was a fully non-linear editing system, more similar to what people use today.
1 was 10 when this came out and watched it incessantly. Liked the flashiness.
I had one of these and forgot it had the four input switcher four input switcher switcher.
My left ear was pleased, thanks
Emiliano, Enrique y Fabián: bienvenidos !!!
Hey guys... a non related comment. Back in the day.. a company came out with the "Emplant" board for the Amiga. Its first function was to allow the Amiga to run Mac Software.. by putting Mac ROMS in the board. The board was designed to support many, many OS's. The 16mhz Amiga Computer... absolutely Trounced the 25mhz Mac on Mac software benchmarks. The response was so intense.... that Apple told any dealership... they would be eliminated if they sold any Mac ROMS to Amiga Owners... You young people may not know the importance of this... The Amiga.. Emulating the Mac.. was clocked at only 16mhz.. the Real Mac was 25mhz... That was a HUGE difference in clock speed.. but the Amiga Trounced the Mac... even with the speed difference... The Mac never recovered.. they always lied about performance since then!
I remember that board, and how the silly brainwashed mac fanatics cried
I started in IT back then working on Macs and still doing Video on an Amiga. I worked at a local PBS station that had an Alpha Toaster card and I was asked to integrate it into their video production system. I had my own Amiga 2000 at home as well as that was my computer of choice. I had this Emplant board and I also had Mac II ROMS from a defunct and broken Mac II. I signed up to be a beta tester. This card was amazing and highly accurate in it's "emulation", but it really was a Mac system on a card. The Amiga platform was truly ahead of it's time.
There are lots of homoerotic tension between those narrators.
cost was nuts + you needed 2 TBCs tomake it work
I used this at the local broadcaster on a A2500, it was replaced by a combination of Matrox hardware/Adobe (Aldus) After Effects
@baack2roots Todavía no encontré en PC el manejo de brushes como el que hacían el DPaint y el Brilliance. Animbrushes, brushes en perspectiva, Animpainting, etc. Era software de vanguardia.
Arranqué con una 500 y después pasé a una 1200 ... y luego Commodore se fundió (cosa que se vaía venir de lejos).
Yo soy uruguayo, de Montevideo. Y vos?
my left ear liked this
awesome capture, video is great, but sounds like you got the mono track only...i would love to have that ending song from before the ship launches to the end of the credits in stereo...i remember in high school i had dubbed that off in stereo to cassette tape, will have to see if I can't find it in the basement.
Now I'm on a mission to find this song!
@@r0land2k I totally forgot about this but recently gotten back into cassette tapes and found some missing C64 sids I had recorded but not this end song. Please post back if u find it!
@@r0land2kfound a stereo rip th-cam.com/video/4g8PACq8MHM/w-d-xo.html
Shoutout to Whitewoods
All this can be done with Adobe Premiere today, but back then it was the shiz. The voicing on this videotoaster ad is a little weirding me out.
Just to think these things were still being used up to just a few years ago! Nothing said here is hyperbole.
I interviewed at a hospital 4 years ago that still had a few that had something to do with their MRI. I did not ask anything more as I was lost without words.
This is pretty fucking metal
The Blade Runner citation...that was cool.
exactly as predicted by thomas kuhn in the uncattributed out of context quote
did many desktop productions for tv with this equpt made lots of$$$
Holy cow, that's Ken Nordine doing the narration here. He's had a radio show on WBEZ Chicago for years called Word Jazz. Look it up.
beats all still does..ONLY AMIGA
Que recuerdos, verdad?
@kragle2008 At that time, 1991, the team Amiga - Toaster was quite science fiction. Truly.
Didn't expect to hear Ken Nordine. If you want to hear his dulcet tones expanding your mind, search TH-cam for Ken Nordine Word Jazz.
Imagine a video game console as advanced as this.
Had one on my amiga 2500
I used the video toaster to copy a DVD to VHS once because it would strip the macrovision. :)
meant to say others still cant do this.. man they need to allow to edit later on and allow more words.
OMG Goose bumps!!!
@Hiraghm Hi, she is not in the Toaster demo. Look at de DigiView demo for Laura, here at TH-cam too. By the way thanks for the reminder, I had forgotten such a beatiful girl as Laura.
Pretty sure I still have this on VHS somewhere after requesting a demo copy from them.
We are hindered,and still cant beat a Amiga OCS CHIPSET wfth 32768 colors. With any pc=mac.i was with Amiga since 1984/ I open sourced Amiga/AmigaOneoffically in 2022 as I own Everything Amiga/AmigaOne
Sounds like Dungeon Keeper 2 narrator.
And now i want it.
Hmmm I still have a Crush on Kiki!
5:28 totally legit French flag.
So beautifully early 90's! 4:06 4 IMPUT SWITCHER, 4 imput switcher (whispered sexily), man magically appears on stage to the suprise of the hot, stereotypical early 90's female!
5:42 DAAAAAAAYUM, how tall is that lady's hair?
i had a toaster 2 TBCs a mx 12 2 ag 1960s super gen+ d paint+ jdk post all tied together i was able to charge 950.00 for wedding videos in the 80s did a crap load of comericals too it was a kick to see my stuff on tv at 26 years old did many productions too
@eseijas
Sí, en verdad que sí, aquel mundo de aquel entonces fue Mágico y lleno de sorpresas en cada software, uno de los primeros con los que empece fue Deluxe Paint y Aegis Sonix, ahh que recuerdos!
"Yeah"
Awesome quality!
What capture card did you use?
Now they are owned by VizRT ... good luck Newtek!
now this is standard in any laptop
What software is this called. Somebody said this is from Pink morning cartoon aka the tv8 kids fun Fest
had a 500/ spr gen jd k made a lot of money in the 80s doing wedding videoes & panasonic equpt 2 1960s- a ag 450& mx 12
FOUR INPUT SWITCHER (four input switcher...)
Very 'with it' guys. Was that even still cool back then?
Excelente Video!
ty
@eseijas
I know she's not in this video. I forgot it was the digiview demo.
I actually met her at AmiExpo in... 1990?
This video gives me CHIIILLLZZZZ!!!
still so 80s
4:06 Kiki Stockhammer shoots porn. Which I bet was 90% of the Video Toaster's market.
Hard to believe that Dana Carvey's brother was one of the inventors of this.
EXCELLENT!
I read somewhere that Dana said that his brother "could fix anything with a butterknife" :D
So this is what they used for captain power
The Voiceover guy sounded from the era for sure but a little weird0
Hardd card and 9mb of ram...kickass
Ah, where's Maxine Headroom (aka Laura Longfellow)?
how to up date my amiga 3000t with the toaater
convereted it to digital on my Toaster/Flyer then to crappy mpeg for others to see it.Yes, you can convert to mpeg on the toaster/flyer. oh by the way when doign so it does dumb down to 8bit quality and loses alot of quality or the pc=mac cant see it. Sad really sad. NO pc=mac cant see True raw their raw is with extension of mpeg or jpeg and unedited. sad sad sad.
Whitewoods took me here
Who is the narrator?
its so funny now you can do this in video vegas
Shit I NEED it right now...
or...
BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN....
BanguinTV
There are always some on ebay. Finding an upgraded A4000 is more difficult.
Así es, yo tampoco he encontrado nada decente que sea comparable con las herramientas tan basicas, sencillas y poderosas para el manejo de animaciones en brush, como d Dpaint, sin embarago encontre uno para dibujar parecido que me gustó muchisimo, lastima que el programador lo haya sacada de la faz de la tierra.
YEs ou still cant do this , and true 48bit graphics and true 64bit cpu and true real-time multitasking ONLY Amiga
Why is this Left Channel Only??? Who Fucked this up? The Amiga is 4 channel Stereo sound... stock.. with video toaster... .much more!
This is not a demo program so you can't expect to have Amiga's four channel sound output. This audio is part of the Video Toaster VHS demo tape. The video digitizer took only the left channel linear track (not even the Hi-Fi track). This is VHS, don't expect miracles my friend :)
i got hardware instead a MX 12 & 2 1960s a amiga to add titles jdk post
So, basically....this is just a vaporwave machine.
Houston Helicopter Tours Inc. woosh
Houston Helicopter Tours Inc. I just see somebody that just took my comment too seriously.
@Houston Helicopter Tours Inc. Too many of 'em these days!