CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS AND REPORT ON SCHEDULE



The Board of Directors
Pinnacle Systems, Inc.:

The audits  referred to in our report dated July 17, 1996,  included the related
financial  statement  schedule  for each of the years in the  three-year  period
ended June 30, 1996, included in the June 30, 1996 annual report on Form 10-K of
Pinnacle Systems,  Inc. This financial  statement schedule is the responsibility
of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this
financial statement schedule based on our audits. In our opinion, such financial
statement  schedule,  when  considered  in  relation  to the basic  consolidated
financial statements taken as a whole,  presents fairly in all material respects
the information set forth therein.

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration  statements No.
33-89706 and No. 333-02816 on Form S-8 of Pinnacle Systems,  Inc. of our reports
dated July 17, 1996,  relating to the  consolidated  balance  sheets of Pinnacle
Systems,  Inc. and  subsidiaries  as of June 30, 1996 and 1995,  and the related
consolidated statements of operations,  shareholders' equity, and cash flows for
each of the years in the  three-year  period ended June 30, 1996 and the related
financial  statement  schedule,  which  reports  appear or are  incorporated  by
reference in the June 30, 1996 annual  report on Form 10-K of Pinnacle  Systems,
Inc. and to the reference to our firm under the heading  "Selected  Consolidated
Financial Data" therein.



Palo Alto, California
September 13, 1996