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1. 33 4 7642 9550 p 26 9 analog inputs to 9 permanently active rotary faders no trims eeee lt Bluetooth Tiny ie r DOD D209 a S c J amp 5 i DUU Gores Ki on pihassa ll fifteen channels 9 analog AES 1 to 6 routed to T1 T6 p 26 mee E 17 T8 T1 T6 on 2 linear on circular modulometers modulometers p 8 monophonic 8 tracks www aaton com User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 26 IN GRIDS 2 Creation of the T1 T6 routings Rotate the MainSelector to IN GRIDS Fifteen routing tem plates called In grids can be created and stored in three groups Al to A5 BI to B5 Cl to C5 Their IDs are displayed on the central circular screen Micl Mic2 Line in Line in2 The config crown gives sequential access to all of them in a wink The last configuration in use is displayed Select the configuration to be modified a blinking cursor awaits your orders near the al icon of the left circular screen For the learning process it is easier to create a configuration trom scratch first erase an existing one by pressing the red button while jog ing through the three circular screens Example to route Mic to Track 1 jog five positions up and put the blinking cursor facing the mic segment 1 then press the black button to accept it to route Line in 1 to Track 5 jog the cursor through Tracks 2 3 and 4
2. Clicking ok would again corrupt the clean com AATON Majax plist that Mo jax just rebuilt after the deletion of the corrupted one Q How to edit DVD RAM discs with a Mac A Apple is not DVD RAM friendly First install SottArch Merite DE htto www sottarch com then if you use a laptop equipped with an EI economic SuperDrive sic you must either discard it and install a genuine Matshita UJ 875 or connect a standalone DVD RAM burner with patchburn htto www patchburn de or use the TECHSET O1 Unmount ed Cantar internal burner 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 49 IndawPass Tell your Post Production manager that Aaton s IndawPass is the fastest Tape to Tape and Audio Video Sync machine in the industry when it comes to syncing audio tiles to DPX HD and SD images FPS agnostic IndawPass solves all the problems Post Production tacilities may encounter in the maze of audio video tilm speeds and standards Transfer list cleaner IndawPass also rejuvenates the ALE transfer lists sent to the Avid with better Keycode matching than the telecine originals The PostChain Read The PostChain http Awww aaton com files can tar post chain 22 pdft is Nuendo 2 x o Protools BE O LLI MAR c O o Kas E Titan 3 For autoconforming with Titan 3 FlashConform and FixSync using the Cantar tiletags get the cantar tsc rules from Synchro Arts htto www synchroarts com
3. Toggling to delays is dis played press gt and x to scroll over Mic 1 to Line in 4 press ok on the one to be set jog trom O O to 85 0ms delay in O 1 ms increments 1 ms increments by shift jog You can fine tune the delay by listening to the tracks in double solo see Solos of the tracks p 21 To protect your ears a short mute is triggered each time you modity a delay Note that the value of the longest delay is applied to all other channels except for the one being set Example you want a digital wireless lavalier 3 8 ms process ing delay feeding Line in 1 to be inphase with a boom at 6m distance 18ms sound propagation time feeding Mic5 Set Mic5 at 18ms and Line in 1 at 3 8ms All analog inputs will be buttered by 18ms but Line in 1 by 18 3 8 14 2ms and Mic5 by O Oms User manual for CantarX1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 16 TEST BLUE TEST 2 On the timecode side since the group delay can go up to 85ms two film frames the TC stamp in each audio file is cor rected accordingly Each analog input delay is noted in the BVVF s iXML chunk and in the CSV Sound Report file Mic Coupling Go to AUDIO TC 10 Mic Links and select one of the avail able couplings 1 2 24 default mode or 1 2 3 etc Phantom Limiter and Highpasstilters are identically applied to the coupled faders Phase inverters remain independent All of these couplings remain active when the Cantar on board
4. User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 14 STOP 5 splitting the sec Sampling Rate Camera fps Audio TC These parameters are theoretically not correlated The number of audio samples per Earth second Hertz is called the sampling rate e g 48000 is 48kHz A8kHz and 96kHz are universal The film video frames per second value should have no intluence at all on the audio sample rate trequency The trame rate used to express the audio time can be 30 while images are filmed at 24 or 25tps Unfortunately because of vintage postmachines the NTSC drifting tos forces engineers to use tricks to sync realtime audio with drifting time images by using disgraceful 48048 or 47952 samples per second Hertz On the planet Earth Timecode handling is simple at integer speeds such as 24 25 and 30fps It is more complex at 29 9 7DF where a drop trame lookup table is used to keep the image frame count in line with Earth s time the frame count jumps over two images every minute except for every tenth minute Stored in the BVVF metadata the camera fps is a simple reminder and can be changed later and then applied to the audio LTC used in some audio post sync operations U Universal 24 00 25 00 30 00 29 97DF In a file digitized at 48kHz the Format stamp indicates the number of samples digitized in a realsecond i e 48000 the Time stamp carries the number of samples since midnight using the sample ra
5. VideolapelD column with the AudiolapeRef found in the audio tile iXML metadata then it uses the timecode in and outpoints to fin ish the job The TC can be free run or record run provided Cantar and cameras share the same time A demand to be resisted The contusion between AudiolapeRef and VideolapelD induces editors to ask sound recordists to enter the camera cassette IDs in the AudiolapeRef field this is not good l quite often the sound recordist is warned too late of the camera cassette changeover 2 in a multi camera shoot there is no provision to enter double or triple camera cassette IDs into the metadata 3 how on a film stage could you enter the video cassette ID of a transfer to be performed the day after Nevertheless if you have to replace the defaut MMDD DayStamp with a TapeRet do it either in Cantar this is the field following comments or with Majax by highlighting the concerned files and batch modifying the AudiolapeRef field This insures that whatever happens to your files e g mono to poly conversion mixdown gathering in a different folder copy to DVD flying through the internet they will forever carry your given reference User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 43 Tutorial 4 Rech bon Rec amp Play plays up to six playtracks from the internal or ex ternal HDD while recording a selection of these playtracks re entered thru the Digi input
6. from a given GMT GMT u NEW MODEL remote record e Whatever the initialization mode pressing the GMT u white button for more than three seconds makes the LTC output treeze on the last TC value the four frame rate LEDs blink A short push on the white button www aaton com User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 p 48 TC recorder press 1 OriginC generates a SMPTE LTC signal to be recorded on an unused audio track To select 24 25 30fps SMPTE LTC out press 4 then to confirm Technical Specifications e pom TCXO 1 2 frame shift after four hours Six hour automatic shutott e 150 hours on a Lion QV battery e 180x90x20mm 375gr Order an Aaton 15 XLR3 SCH cable for connection to the recorder s LTC socket Lemo 5 plug ref PHG OB 305 CLID42 l Gnd 24TC out 3 ASCIl in out ANC 5 LTC in untreezes the LTC Sent by wire or radio this signal stops and starts the Cantar recording p 1 8 GMT u Technical Specifications e 150 gr 63x123x26mm e OV battery 150 hours working e 7 to 18 VDC ext supply e OmA consumption e pom clock e TC out 20 to 60dBu amp TTL e FPS selector 1 24 2 25 3 29 97DF 4 30 selected fps LED flashes 5 23 98NDF 24 O0 1 6 29 97NDF 30 0 1 three LEDs other than the selected fos flash Lemo5 1 lt Gnd 24 TC in 3 ASCIl in out ATC out adj level 5 LTC out TTL level Fischer 4 GMT u only l Gnd 2 White button 341TC out
7. here is your 5 1 sound This is a proposition of Francois Musy and Gabriel Hatner NSM Switzerland Example 2 B Format Cantar is the only on location digital recorder allowing the STEREO monitoring of the complete Soundfield B Format which includes 5 1 with no extra accessories Thanks to its on board mixer sliders it is easy to monitor in STEREO while dynamically adjusting the space parameters pat tern width rotation Since the gain of the preamplifiers Mic or Line level can be ganged to one master fader only 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 42 and monitored to the half dB Cantar insures total control over the B format later treatments Example 3 Over the shoulder M S and mix The boom on Mich routed to Track 1 the Mic5 fader is the one which naturally falls under the right hand the calm RF mic on Line in 1 routed to Track2 you get the boom and the calm RF mic on the left circular screen The active RF mics on Mic 1 and Mic 2 are under the control of the two front faders routed to T3 T4 they are together displayed on the middle circular screen The stereo pair connected to the coupled Mic 3 4 inputs only one XLR 5 to XLR5 cable are routed to T5 T and displayed on the right circular screen they momentanily let you replace them eye button with the T7 T8 tracks which carry the mixdown Boom gt Ze gt l RF mic calm gt Lin gt T2 RF 1 active gt Mel gt To RF2 ac
8. Conv ADS AD3 Cantar s Serial number Motherboard Preamps Ethernet interface A D converter versions Keep these labels in mind when contacting Aaton s technicians 23 License Key Unlimited 24 Days Protection against unauthorized use Cantar goes to general freeze oer a given number of calendar days The key can be activated or deactivated by a CMU soft ware key emailed by Aaton It Unlimited appears go no turther your Cantar is set to work forever 24 Softwr Ver v2 11 v2 12b beta The current sottware copy is stored in Cantar s EEPROM no need to keep it in the HDD You should not keep more than three versions erase the old ones To install a new version see below 25 Softwr Load No Yes As a registered Cantar owner get the latest version trom new software installation http sott aaton com sweantar Put the tile can xxx tlb on your Mac PC desktop 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 34 Instructions please read completely before proceeding 1 Connect a cable to the Cantar Firewire socket while it is unpowered p 5 2 To avoid any power interruption during the following operations activate both on board fully charged batteries by simultaneously pressing the batt 1 and batt 2 buttons for 3 seconds A loss of power will prevent Bios re installa tion ERROR Num 1B XILINX will be displayed meaning Return Cantar fo the factory 3 First unmount the HDD in TECHSET
9. Remote amp Sync SubD 15 socket as seen from the outside SEET 0000000 April 2006 2 ASClkin with motherboard CM2 6 3 LTC Gen it On in AUDIO TC 16 4 Wordclock Cantar X2 only 9 Batt Out 133V polytused 250mA 1 Record Tally closure to ground p 22 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 50 AES in out SubD25 1 13 socket seen from the outside 0000000000000 Tascam T088 standard O00000000000 eeh 25 CHANNEL PAIR HOT Kon GND CHANNEL PAIR HOT COLD Joo eee ee eee o Ieee ee 73 ijn 2 Accessories Line out Booster 12 Two 1 2dB gain transformers make the Line out deliver OdBu at 1 8d BFS track level ref 20 270 50 USB PS2 to SubD 15 H A A USB PS2 to SubD 15 Converter featuring a regulator max 6OmA 5V and an RS232 translator tor PS2 keyboards w USB like plug ret 59 68 1 91 Only use a QWERTY US English PS2 compliant keyboard such as the Cherry G84 4100 PTM EU htto www cherry de english advanced line aad vanced_g84 4100 htm Line out Booster 12 8to8 bridge non SL equipped Cantar X1 Eight 26dBu 10k ohm transformer isolated balanced line inputs to Cantar mic amp line inputs See tutorials on http www sott aaton com swcantar AATON 8to8 SI ubD 25 EC CC a Internal DVD RAM burner Note the position of the loctite fastened mu metal shield to be installed on a consumer DVD RAM burner p 41 User manual for
10. mic phase MainSelector Talkback mic Headphones Batt 1 Batt2 Headphones 1 4 jack in an isolated compartment The headphone am plitier is powerful enough to drive loudspeakers down to 8 ohms The stored output level of the headphones is protected by the shift button Talkback mic Nested near the MainSelector the automatic gain talkback mic can be routed to Line out Foldback and tracks p 10 Circular and Rectangular screens Always visible under the brightest light p 7 amp p 8 TripleCrown and MainSelector Easy to manipulate even with winter gloves on they give access to all operating actions and operands p 9 p 10 amp p 25 Mixer s faders Dustproot and waterproof they are magnetically driven The black sliders can be easily replaced with colored ones DVD burner The burner is protected by the swiveling front panel to replace it see p 5 p 41 amp p 50 The currently installed Matshita UJ 85 DVD RAM R burner is a slot machine Status light Eject User manual for CantarX1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 6 Description 4 Circular screens These are the largest easiestto read screens found on any audio recorder They provide the user with ongoing data concerning every aspect of the machine s operation while it is operating It takes a few hours getting used to them since tive display paradigms are used for the many tunctions they handle Once you are familiar with these functions
11. put your best second track recording under Index A etc INGRIDS b1 Micl gt T b2 Micl gt 12 Digil gt T1 b3 Mic I gt 13 Digil gt T1 Digi2 gt 12 b4 Micl gt T4 Digil gt T1 Digi2 gt T12 Do 2121 b5 Micl gt 15 Digil gt T1 Digi2 gt 12 Digi3 gt 13 Dot gt 14 cl Micl gt 16 Digi l gt Digi2 gt 12 Digi3 gt 15 Digi4d gt 14 Digi5 gt 15 c2 Digil gt T1 Digi2 gt T2 Digis gt 13 Digi4 gt T4 Digid gt 15 Digi6 gt T6 Set AUDIO TC 20 T7T8 InGrid on None set AUDIO IC 20 on Mic sl Xb gt T8 User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 22 PLAY BLUE PLAY Commands ok starts stops amp sends to cuein shit ok displays digitization parameters and TC fps lt gt go to prev next play card or file if no card shift lt gt go to the prev next play tile esc play pause resume shih esc toggles continuous file to file play PLAY only black cue in volatile in PLAY shitt black sends player to start of take red cue out in BLUEPIAY erases cues jog ed to 00 00 shih red hides play card trom Rec amp Play list silver sends player to record entered markers shih silver sends player to AutoSlate marks jog scrubs audio shih jog accelerates scrub 10 x eye toggles tracks 5 6 vs 7 8 on right screen shit eye toggles tiletag amp duration vs scene amp take stored pref until Cantar is tumed OFF N A in BLUEPLAY TC
12. we Ma TO Mait Marighi f837 4000 000106004 1837 11 950 25 MB or virtual BROWSE positions Toggling between Routes and Metadata screens is allowed on the positions where the MainSelector becomes dark grey double click on the selector itself 3 Operands This screen has not yet been released it displays the AUDIO TC TECHSET SESSION and BACKUP param eters and handles the Save Setup the oftline Create Setup and the Load Setup operations Consult the OS manual procedure is different between MacOS 10 4 and 10 5 Tarkan laptop in standalone mode disconnected trom Cantar March 2008 User manual for CantarX1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 45 Companion 2 CantaRem Connections It the Cantar motherboard is CM2 6 the ID appears under the white sheet in the HDD housing the CantaRem to Cantar ASCII connection is insured through the Cantar s SubD15 pin 2 Use a SubD15 to lemo8 cable ret 594 4090 If the motherboard is earlier than CM 2 6 the SubD15 pin 2 is not internally connected to the ASCII port Use a SubD 15 to lemo 8 lemo 5 Y cable ref 594 4191 and connect the lemo 5 to the Cantar timecode in socket e To gang two CantaRems use the Fischer4 lemo8 ca ble ret 594 4092 The Fischer4 plug goes to the first CantaRem the Lemo8 plug goes to the second one A Lemo 5 ASCII LTC In Out B USB PS2 keyboard C Fischer4 PDA power or Cant
13. BLUE BRWS 19 select a file from the CD day Index K gt BLUE BRWS 09 EF Day lt 2007 11 18 BLUE BRWS 20 Index L lt jog then ok esc to hide SEQ980 Yes select a day in this project BLUE BRWS 10 BLUE BRWS 21 Index E lt Temporal lt SE 987 Yes jog then ok esc to hide Clone X select a file from the EF day BLUE BRWS 11 Index F lt BLUE BRWS 21 select a file from the EF day Temporal x SEQ980 No jog then ok esc to hide Live User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 24 Operand positions MainSelector East positions The MainSelector easy to manipulate even with heavy winter gloves gives direct access fo all essential tunc tions The OPERAND positions establish Cantar s operating parameters with no deep diving into sub menus IN GRIDS inputs to tracks grids Sh OUT MAPS outputs monitoring maps 6h AUDIO TC settings showing in the audio files and TC signals Ah TECHSET settings for dayin day out use 3h SESSION projects disks and Sound Report 2h BACKUP archiving audio files 1h IN GRIDS p 26 OUT MAPS AUDIO TC a30 20 T7 T8 In grids 21 Digi 1 6 Outmaps 22 Digi in out power O1 Sample rate 05 06 line out Foldback level O7 Mix gain max O8 Prerecord duration O9 Balance fader lock 10 Mic fader links p 25 MainSelector buttons IN GRIDS and OUT MAPS positions black creates a link red removes a link R
14. Creation of play cards with cue in out for selective play of current and archive play iles Rec amp Play can play six tracks from internal or external HDD add nine analog inputs while recording eight tracks on the internal HDD Remix for the dynamic mixdown of a prior recording with the addition of a commentary track ADR tor hear it say it sessions Incremental ReRecording v2 06 Dec 2007 Talkback Mic going to Line out and or Foldback left e g boom or right e g director Double beep at REC stop Iwo PDF Sound Reports ALL for t p w an takes amp WILD for wi takes ALE and CSV lists added to backups Up to 85ms delay on analog inputs differ ential alignment and TC compensation VWWordclock sync at 48 96kHz 40 1 and 44 1kHz Autoslate detection on Mic1 5 Line in 4 and Track 1 8 From Cantar X1 to X2 X2 brings the following hardware improvements e a CM5 motherboard carrying an FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array which provides increased processing power for functions which can t be performed by X1 e an analogto digital converter AD 5 with nine program mable audio delay buffers up to 85ms 48kHz e o 1O0OBaseT Ethernet interface board JET with an RJ45 socket in a hinged HDD holder 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 3 Cantar Users Group You can exchange tips and propose improvements on http blake aaton com mailman listinto cantar users Pictures on the
15. camera to the treerun Audio TC which is also running in the other machines on the set During image digitization the NLE will read the AudioTC and autosync images and BWF audio by this common 33 4 7642 9550 LEDs flash on frame OO three but the one in 0 1 NTSC e low battery agnostic protocol plug the lemo5 into the LTC socket of the machine press ZS d Power off OriginC s answer back should be good 00 0 To ASCII check if a camera clock is within drift limits L for3s Esc from 1 amp 2 for 6s connect it to OriginC once in a while press OriginC displays good fair bad or diff time followed by the amount of drift in frame tenths To LTC init a machine with SMPTE LTC simultaneously press O To get or check LTC generated by a IVS TC Fostex PD6 etc or to simply read external timecode press 2 To send continuous LTC to a non TC As opposed to Video TC radio transmission from camera to recorder this method works for multicamera shoots e GMT is emergency master clock also on Turn it On then press the white button to initialize its clock from hour O1 The date generated by a new GMT starts at Y92 MO1 DO1 it is incremented by one day at each power On followed by a white button initialization The Year Month Day is stored in a non volatile memory resulting in a nevertwice the same date
16. changes Cantar s func tion to what is clicked becomes red circled The Rec amp Play 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 45 panel 10 is used to select and activate the play cards 2 Metadata For paradigm consistency metadata are presented in the same lay out as the Cantar Sound Report they are either immediately written in the open audio files REC yellow background PPR orange or stored if the files are closed or inaccessible red characters on grey background waiting to be pushed to the connected Cantar in physical ONYIBO 10 10 pao bo oppe wee dddddd Mag 74900 GE EE ARM TRripgp 1010 Me hgigk gitar NYIROO 10 0 MI hoiak gitar we mp man om0nt Vum ar er aen 4 50 MB gwendoine kin aaaaana dddddd Mamm tesagago r 16400007 3 35 MB SNYIE88 10 10 w Io ge n me Wir dddddd Mam papa ge 18204309222 ME a RT 10 10 WR bei ghtrez fies bo gh Map Mama 300 E 1305301 7 70 MB 5 Km 10 0 pap amet geg ghh wen eat Vert maen mere 1 eraesp pl TNYIBOO 1010 148 hoigk muop gah ve pr aaaaap tyuiop Mam par 0000 90 12 beana ABG MB NYI8G9 10 10 147 gn ger azon gwendoing kim mmm vn Wer esoe re400802 3 35 ME S NYIMAS 10 10 M hoak gei ghh kim imk bitt ddd Marion t28 420 Oe 1820 emaa MB amer 10 10 up wm ae en br P om wm Vum rass seg eseu SNYIOOG 10 10 144 holgk age gi
17. icon appears on the right circular screen to indicate the DVD RAM is ready for use Go to STOP Note To work with a DVDRAM on a Mac see p 41 To play it on a DV40 824 contact Aaton 05 Scan HDD Int HDD Ext HDD Scanning an 80GB HDD may require two hours to complete At the end of the scan the message should be No error If One error appears immediately copy all of your tiles and discard the disk Remember that a hard jolt can force the disk heads to crash and scratch the surface resulting in one or more dead clusters If for some reason you must perform an urgent REC while scanning the internal disk abort the scan by pressing esc for a few seconds until aborted is displayed 06 Del Access No Yes This opens access to file deletion To reduce disk frag mentation file deletion only works on full workdays Use a laptop to perform the not recommended erasure of indi vidual files Select Day to Del The cursor black triangle moves to the bottom jog to select the day to be deleted then ok The bottom line will display ScanningDay then the cursor goes back to Day to Del jog to Del Io HDD or Del Ext HDD then ok jog to Yes nnnMB then ok Once the tiles have been deleted No Files Found is momentarily displayed then the bottom line changes to No O OMB ok returns to Day to Del esc goes back to SESSION O1 ProjectName where another pr
18. if you are not in STOP nothing happens Reminder while in STOP internal HDD sleeping the current drain is a mere 27OmA To keep the internal sync clock run ning do NOT turn OFF Cantar during the workday Twin battery safety Cantar s low power consumption electronics offer the longest operating time of all portable eight track audio recorders With a single set of on board Li lon batteries the eighteen hour Cantar outperforms all other recorders And with the twin battery system you will never be taken by surprise While working on a cart from a mains power supply leave a battery onboard and activate both inputs the battery wil butter possible mains power problems or the power cord being accidently disconnected To avoid charging spikes the battery which remains on board is not charged just not discharged while Cantar is connected to mains power Mains power supply Only use a low ripple 14V max power supply able to sustain a 4A surge at Cantar s startup If it is not able to deliver the surge current plug a NiMH 1 2V battery on one side and com nect the power supply 1 4yv to the other Activate both inputs the battery will supply the surge and then will be off duty thanks to the power supply higher voltage NEVER use a battery charger its idle voltage can go up to 24V a Cantar killer Minimum voltage When the active battery voltage drops 300mv below the operator entered Batt Alert level both inputs are put o
19. you will drive the fastest machine you have ever driven e input grids The six primary tracks graphically display their links at the push of a button even while recording ee output maps Thanks to the three screen lay out emu lating the left both and right ears the monitor maps are immediately understood eee progressive pan pots The contribution of each track to the mixdown has never been so clear eeee circular modulometers Their round shape makes the signal level easy to appreciate in a wink eeeee monitoring physical status Permanent control of the disks tracks and setups e Input grids The available Inputs are shown in each circular screen Line in 1 to Linein4 Mic 1 to Mic5 Digi 1 to Digi The six tracks to which they can be connected are grouped in pairs e g T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 on the three screens The method of creating routing contigurations by linking in puts and tracks is explained in the section Routing inputs to tracks p 26 3 6 ggn 55an ai pe d gt 2190 d 1 t mic limiter mic phase With the SoloMixPan slider pushed toward the battery the routing button top left of the swiveling panel instantly displays the inputs to tracks grid even while recording In the picture above the middle screen displays AA the routing in use Fitteen preset routing grids are stored in three banks Each of which holds five grids to help you sort and memorize your c
20. 260MB Je o 1 track for 30 min 24 bit 48kHz 690MB 7OOMB CD R capacity 2GB default setting 4GB FAT32 max filesize The tiletag is incremented but the scene and take IDs remain the same Last take erasure Purposely Cantar lets you delete the last take only e g a false start In PPR open Edit by shift silver select Delete Take toggle from No to Yes ok As further protection the latest position must have been REC and the power must not have been turned OFF If you want to erase a complete disk go to SESSION O4 Disk Format Note Take represents a file group sharing the same scene take and filetag e g CD2234 represents the mono phonic files CD2234_1 to CD2234_8 Note2 when poly tiles have been requested they are cre ated in Cantar s idle state PPR and TEST after the record ing has stopped User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 19 PPR 3 Remote Control Remote by LTC This function is also called Remote Roll Autoload or Remote record depending on the country and manufac turer Select AUDIO TC 13 Rec by LTC p 31 Cantar starts recording upon receiving running LTC in and stops recording upon receiving frozen LTC in generated by a video camera or an Aaton GMT see GMT u p 48 Note that the TC which is stamped in the files is Cantar s own TC if set in master int c or the one carried by the
21. 46 Companion 3 R can w Functions e Remotely controls Bluetooth equipped Cantars in TEST PPR and REC e Sets input and output routings e Displays modulometers and fader gains Edits scene take com ments and tracknames R can w runs under Windows Mobile 5 not Mobile 6 Note R can p for Palm OS is no longer maintained e g the remote record function has not nor will it be implemented in this application Installation The WinMobileS5 PDA must feature a VGA screen 640x480 not a QVGA screen 320x240 and an MS Bluetooth stack not a Broad com stack e g Qtek 9000 IMATE Jasja DELL Axim 5 Iv HTC X7500 TMobile Ameo Download rcan xxx cab from the Aaton web site to a PC or Mac and copy it through USB into a folder of the PDA Then open this folder and execute rcan xxx cab Connection to Cantar Cantar side Set TECHSET 14 Serial Com to Bluetooth The 3m range Cantar transmitter is low power Idle O 1mA Connecting 4mA and may remain active at all times PDA side Click R can s icon in the PDA programs screen 1 Select a Link Bluetooth 2 Search found Bluetooth devices are shown in the 3 Pckone ett v Ce 5 Status gt Search devices D gt Devices st OK el gt Open BT CantarBEE 96074 Ae H Pick one pulldown menu click the ID for the Cantar you want to store in the PDA memory 3 Pick one the list of Cantar IDs in memory is shown clic
22. 9550 Www aaton com p 31 16 LTC Gen Out On Off Note that in PLAY the LTC output carries the TC and fps of the played files not the project time and framerate 17 LTC Ubits Dote Filetag TapeRet Freeform Filetag TapeRet and Freeform entries are not enabled 18 RecRun Init 01h0Om00s Time jumps one hour at each rectangular screen bottom line opening Rte record run is activated for the recording ses sion and stays there until another TC Source is selected in this case the clock goes back to its default tree run mode 19 Operle Init 01hO0Om00s The operator entered TC becomes the next recording ses sion time reference Otc is displayed in the rectangular screen It is disabled as soon as free run TC from an exter nal source jams the internal clock 23 CantaRemCom Inactive Active Forced Active makes CantaRem p 46 control Cantar until its cable is disconnected from the SubD15 ASCII port Forced allows CantaRem to control the STOP TEST PPR and REC functions when the MainSelector is physically set to the PPR position 24 Slider Al 31 Slider A8 The assignment of the CantaRem sliders to the Mic and Line in fad ers to the mixdown sliders plus the Line out and Foldback AUDIO TC 28 Slider A5 Mic1 gt Line1 amp 2 outputs can be performed from either the CantaRem keys or from these positions extended out to 32 Slider BI to 39 Slider B8 when using two CantaRems
23. A great timesaving operation Tarkar ll May 2008 will be able to prepare Setups while in offline mode Note 1 Setups can be viewed but not modified by drag ging them onto an internet browser Provided you keep the xml suffix you can replace the tiletagmade name with a more descriptive one Note2 f you encounter an operational problem immediately perform a Save Setup and send it to cantarsupport aaton com as an attachement to your mail explaining the problem this will help maintenance engineers provide you with a solution 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 33 17 Load Setup No Yes Open the Load Setup screen ok Cantar first looks for users settings XML tiles in the external HDD Select the tile you want to load ok Press shift to reboot 18 MaxFileSize 260MB 690MB 2GB 4GB The current file is closed and the next one opened when the set limit is reached without losing a single sample Four lengths are available 260MB 1 track for 30 min 24 bit 48kHz OQOMB for ZOOMB CD Rs 2GB FAT32 basic limit 4GB Indaw max file size You also have the choice of triggering the jump yourself by swittly changing trom REC to PPR and back to REC 19 Show Temp e Lcd 02 The heater option displays the circular LCD s tempero ture that the heaters control lt takes about fifteen min utes to reach the 2 C to 4 C equilibrium in a 15 C environment To save power Cantar should be
24. M S LC R SLSR head made of two cardioid and one figure oFeight microphones a decoding accessory is not needed Schoeps delivers an XLR7 extension cable to which a home made AIR 7 to XLR5 XLR3 Y cable should be connected e IR AE gnd 2 Mfront 3 Miront 4 Stront 5 Stront 6 Mrear 7 Mrear e XIRSIM 1 gnd 2 Mfront 3 Mtront A Stront 5 Sfront yellow red labels e XLR3 M 1 gnd 2 Mrear 3 Mrear grey Track routing The XLR5 goes to Mic3 4 inputs routed to Track3 and Track4 which should be M S declared the output is auto matically left right decoded for monitoring The Track3 and Track4 mixer faders being at 100 the front stereo is heard The XLR3 goes to the Mic5 input routed to T5 the pan pot for this track should be put in central position mono listening The T3 mixer fader being at O and the T5 mixer fader at 100 the monitor output becomes the sum of the S figureofeight mic on Track4 a a and the M rear mic on Track 5 the rear stereo is heard It is thus easy to alternately listen to the front or rear M S or both with 5 1 double capsule headphones Mixing stage Launch Pyramix and make two M S strips one for the front one for the rear lay down the three track media on the M S Tracks the Pyramix CW center width copy Track2 S tront onto Track4 which becomes S rear Reinject the M front onto the surround of the M S front You can also make an extraction for the sub
25. O1 Disk Status then connect the Firewire cable to the computer The Cantar HDD icon will be displayed on the computer s screen A Copy the can xxx tlb file to the root of the Cantar HDD NEVER install a version lower than 1 78 5 Dump the Cantar HDD icon out of the computer then dis connect the Firewire cable see the warning in TECHSET O1 Disk Status p 32 6 Set TECHSET O1 Disk Status to Mount the internal HDD this is done when the three platter icon is no longer blinking 7 Set TECHSET 25 Sottwr Load to Yes 8 Select the desired version ok For satety all controls are disabled during this one minute operation Do NOT touch anything until Success Press Shit is displayed 9 Press shift to finish the installation and shut down Cantar Set the MainSelector to STOP and restart 10 Cantar is protected from the installation of corrupted software Go to TECHSET 24 Softwr Ver if the new ver sion doesn t show up that s all the message you will get something went wrong re download the software trom the Aaton site and re install Software Installation from an external disk Connect a go between disk to your laptop and copy can xxx tlb to the disk root Unplug it and hook it up to the Cantar Firewire port Activate both on board tully charged batteries by simultaneously pressing the batt 1 and batt 2 buttons then follow steps 7 through 10 above This method works because Can
26. activity of the internal HDD three platter icon on the left screen the external HDD three platter icon on the middle screen and the DVD one platter icon on the right screen Disk activity is highlighted by the presence of the track IDs recorded on it 4 4 BOG G3 lt OOO ws H Bag O gt Bgo Ox left screen middle screen right screen Internal HDD External HDD CD DVD e sync clock mode either master int c or slave ext c e mic preamplifier status Limiter on off Direct Invert Phantom on off e the current monitor map name sent to the phones too is constantly displayed by large alphanumeric characters e the activation of the mixdown recording on TZ T8 is indicated by the mix icon next to the 7 and 8 black SQUO ES Note the screens are visible in very bright sunlight to save backlight power see TECHSET O2 Backlight p 32 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 8 Rectangular screen e Operating functions control o 0 In STOP V16 2 V14 8 top row batt 1 amp batt2 voltage Sys 12 45 22 2007 11 24 middle row system time bottom row system date In TEST or REC top row tracks T7 T8 modulome LL LED LILLLE EO Ric 16GA A3 Be ters With jog battery voltage available recording time and remaining disk space The eye button toggles display of tracks T5 T6 or TZ T8 on the right modulometer middle row the source and the T
27. adj 4Power in Fischer4 plug ref S1O2A053130 2008 Feb 25 p 48 Companions 5 Majax amp IndawPass Majax An Aaton software package for Mac OS and Windows Git oe 2K amp XP exclusively D00000 oird a devoted IO the treat EES Ca THe rut kb ESCH Tarmac Ti ment of Cantar files Plays ten tracks edits metadata e Through the laptop builtin audio card Majax plays ten tracks with 1 2dBu level and pan adjustments with M S to L R decoding and solo listening e Majax edits the scene take tracknames DayStamp audio tape reference and recordist s comments within the BVVF metadata iXML field e Clicking the Slate or the UM icon left of the Slate icon sends the cursor to the Autoslate or operator entered marks e Majax mixes eight monophonic tracks into two and inter leaves them into polyphonic files Generates frame accurate Sound Reports Gathering the iXML metadata generated by Cantar and the operator Majax builds a Sound Report with your ed ited metada entries It is saved in PDF format to be printed and mailed to the Post Production team and in Avid list format ALE which can be opened by any spreadsheet application Q How to get audio out of a Mac Intel A Go to Root disk gt Library gt Preferences in which you delete the file com AATON Majax plist If you re open the menu in which you see Builtin Mic immediately get out by Cancel
28. cables User manual for CantarX1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 DA Description 3 Solo Mix Pan Mixer sliders a al Nal all 8 3 74 27 2h 25 24 23 a5 VA Oa 299 30 9 1 2 2755422 Di 20 20 1 31 at EF RTR 2 ae ay routing AATON Cantar X TC jam Routing Esc lt gt Eye Front panel buttons routing Solo Mix Pan battery side IN GRIDS routing Solo Mix Pan operator side OUTMAPS esc pause restart trom there shift esc in PLAY continuous play of files toggle in PPR comment line erasure lt gt prev next play card p n file if no card in Operands other parameter value shift lt gt prev next play file ok start stop playback in Operands push focus to bottom row value validation shift ok digitization parameters and TC fps view eye in Operatings toggle T5 6 amp T7 8 on right screen in Operands Help shift eye toggle rectangular screen bottom row Tiletag amp duration or scene amp take TC jam in PLAY absolute TC in TEST a 3 sec pressure sets Sync clock to incoming LTC shift TC jam in TEST stops int cl reminder blinking batt I or2 short pressure battery voltage long pressure battery on duty shift batt in STOP turns OFF Cantar 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com Line in faders TC jam p 6 Mic faders Shift mic phantom shift batt off batt batt2
29. faders are taken over by the CantaRem linear sliders Stereo pairs Set AUDIO TC 10 Mic Links to 1 2 344 Press shift link lock 3 between the Mic 1 and Mic 2 fad ers a dot appears between IT and 2 in the bottom of each modulometer Mic 1 becomes the master of Mic 2 Press shift linklock 3 between the Mic3 and Mic4 faders a dot appears between 3 and 4 in the bottom of each modulometer Mic 3 becomes the master of Mic 4 Surround sound Set AUDIO TC 10 Mic Links to 1 2 3 4 5 Press linklock 3 between the Micl and Mic2 faders Mic 1 becomes the master of the gang Masters and slaves Whenever you rotate a fader all fader values are displayed on the rectangular screen the master s is highlighted by a black square the slaves by a pipe The slave tuning range is 1 2dBu ot its master s value Protecting the balances Provided the balance has been locked in AUDIO TC O9 the tuning of slaved pretaders is protected against flying fingers a key appears in the rectangular screen Balance modification can only be done while pressing the sotiltom button 2 The memorized gain value is displayed in dBFS on the rectangular screen the physical position of the fader is shown by lt gt signs There is no sudden level change if reactivation takes place when the fader is positioned in such a way that the pipe sign is displayed M S pair handling While routing inputs to trac
30. given monitor output rotate the silver contig crown to browse its available Outmaps The ac tive map is the one displayed when releasing the routing button Selecting a different Outmap while you are in REC doesn t affect the integrity of the recording Verbatim The SoloMixPan is a three position slider but Cantar currently uses only the Solo and Pan positions The Mix position is reserved for a future software version allowing the correction of the original Xa Xb mixdown during the playback Here is a memotechnic proposition to help you memorize the Solo Mix Pan slider position for routing purposes e Pushing the slider toward the mic inputs allows changes to the inputs to tracks In grids e Pulling the slider toward the operator ears allows changes to the monitoring Outmaps User manual for CantarX1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 28 OUT MAPS 2 Grouped in banks accessible trom the black monitor crown twenty six Outmaps are stored for the Digi out Foldback Line out and Phones pairs The eight tracks nine analog inputs and six digi inputs recorded or not are indepen dently routed to these output channels Rotate the monitor crown over the Do Fb Lo Ph positions and rotate the silver contig crown over MX A B to Z all the stored Outmaps are instantly and logically accessible Ip A Digi7 8 out Do DoMx DoR to Doz Do Mx Xa Xb in stereo plus nine user created R to Z Out maps T
31. it will have to recreate the deleted tiles As a precaution only the Poly tiles of preceding workdays can be deleted 14 Run Backup No nnnnMB Yes nnnnMB The default is No with the size of the tiles to be saved This allows you to quickly visit and immediately leave using the same ok button RunBackup automatically inserts a Sound Report carrying the same Dir Nat Rot mix status as the files recorded on the backup disk The Sound Report builder adds about one minute to BACKUP 14 the backup process three forms Run Backup Yes 360MB lt sheet applications an ALE list for editing machines are produced a PDF file a tab delimited CSV file for spread 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com p 40 Example of a standard backup Select T1 T8 7 8 in 03 mono Direct in 04 Polyl Trunc in O5 Est HDD or DVD RAM in O you get a Polyl bit mixdown plus all the native 24 bit monophonic tracks on an external HDD or DVD RAM The several disk case Go to BACKUP 10 Media Label select the disk you wish to burn ok BACKUP 14 Run Backup ok Yes ok Go back to Media Label choose the next one and so on You can interrupt the process between two disks and return to it later Don t forget to write Cantar ID Project name Date and Media label onto the CD DVD as it comes out so as not to waste time looking for the ones you haven t done yet Upon completio
32. or Taiyo Yuden 8x are the best but difficult to find to print labels use their Watershield disks they are more water resistant than normal white printables Cantar burns all DVDs at 4x to improve their lifespan DVD RAM Panasonic 3x LM AF 1 20LE CD DVD Disk Handling 98 of all media failures are caused by poor handling A dirty DVD can still be played but if it has nothing more than fingerprints it is unuseable for recording Open your thumb and indextinger in a Ushape and hold the blank disk by its opposite edges Do NOT clean an optical disk with a cloth in a rotary motion best way to destroy a complete track but by successive radial strokes DVD RAM amp the MAC see Majax Q A p 49 DVD RAM disks are read only on Macs this prevents modifi cation of the file s metadata To compensate for this infirmity install WriteUDF htto www sottarch com and replace the Mac super drive by a Matshita U 8xx or buy a Panasonic standalone burner Or use the Cantar DVD RAM burner in its TECHSET O1 Disk Status Unmount ed state Note SATAIDE HDDs amp SSDs will be available by Sept 2008 with the Aaton made Firewireto SAIA bridge User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 41 Tutorial 2 Routes Example 1 Surround 5 1 double M S When using SoundField or Schoeps mics there is no need for a special decoder Cantar has it all builtin Microphone wiring With the Schoeps double
33. or send an email to aaton support aaton com By their very nature the Aaton filetags eliminate all TC overlaps and this is a huge advantage over all other references Note Titan 3 does generate sample accurate audio conformation lists provided the FixSync process is per formed immediately after the EDL driven FlashContorm operations User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 49 Connectors Accessories Connectors Mic in XLR3 F Symetrical transformer OdBu 24dBu w pad Mic 1 Mic2 Mic5 on XLR3 Gnd 2 Hot 3 Cold Mic in XLR 5 F Symetrical transformer Mic3 Left or M 1 Muc Right or S 1 OdBu 24dBu w pad Gnd 2 Hot 3 Cold Gnd 4 Hot 5 Cold Line in XLR 5 F Assymetrical 4 4k ohm 1OdBu line in 3 1 Gnd 2 Hot linein2 4 1 Gnd 4 Hot O O Q 3 Cold 5 Cold Line out XLR BAIM Symetrical 1OdBu out 18dBFS on track Note HD camera Line in practice is 20dBu not OdBu Line out 1 stereo Left Gna 2 Hot 3 Cold line out 2 stereo Right Gna 4 Hot 5 Cold Foldback TA 3 M Mini XLR3 l Gnd 2 lett 3 Right 3 5mm Mini jack socket on earlier Cantars Gnd Left Right Phones 1 4 jack 8 ohm speakers up to 2Vrms Timecode in out LEMO 5 F 1 Gnd 2 UCln 3 ASCII A nc 5 EE NX Power XLR4 M max 16 6V 1 Gnd 3 Dien 4 NiMh or Li lon w diode Cantars over 268 directly receive Aaton KC all Lilon battery power through pin 3
34. record er lt works on 1024x768 or higher resolution screens Installation Download the correct version from the Cantar software site see p 3 to a PC Win XP or Mac OS X Cantar Connection RJ45 socket on the HDD compartment housing make sure the Ethernet cable is tightly held by the canyon shaped clamp Laptop Connection turn off the VViFi to stop any other TCP IP activity eliminate the firewall Connect the Cantar Ethernet cable to the RJ45 port Launch Tarkan and wait Win XP 60 sec Mac OSX 10 sec before clicking the upper left start icon which lets the Tarkan server assign an IP address to the connected Cantars up to ten 1 Routes Tarkan is unique in that the Routes screen displays the audio flow including the mixer s faders and par pots in one glimpse The mic line inputs settings appear on this screen too The analog inputs lol go down the digital inputs 1b go up to the track cross points 2 The mix faders 3 carrying the tracknames and the modulometers fly over the tracks going to the pan pots 4 generating the mixdown input 1c Armed tracks 5 deep blue circled go to the disks and also to the LettCenterRight track monitoring switches 6 Analog and digital inputs go directly to the input monitoring switches 7 Both 6 and 7 go to the monitoring crown 8 With Cantar s MainSelector set to PPR clicking on any position yellow circled of Tarkan s virtual selector 9
35. road Send your pictures to aaton support aaton com for the Cantar gallery we will put the best ones on http www aaton com gallery on location Post Production helper Read the CantarPostChain and spread it around to Post htto www aaton com tiles cantar postchain 22 pdt v1 87 v2 00 June 2007 Remote Roll recording starts upon receiving running LTC and stops upon receiving tro zen LTC from camera or GMTu no TC overlaps no record interruption on RF transmission drop outs Remote STOP TEST PPR and REC trom CantaRem R can w or keyboard line out amp Foldback levels can be controlled by CantaRem sliders A new ALE PDF page opens on each header item change Blank columns are allowed in the PDF Sound Report In Forced mode CantaRem can put Cantar on STOP Archive tags are ticked after Backup Call they allow Cantar to finish filling a half full DVD RAM IdleCopy is less prone to bus hangs with slow external HDDs see LaCie firmware update p 41 CSV file stored on internal HDD speeds up PDF burning to DVD RAM Note in a Cantar X1 v1 78 must have been installed once as the key to latest versions XI and X2 both work under Aaton OS in the same low power consuming CPU with the same software versions but some features require the capabilities of X2 to operate e g Rec amp Play DVD RAM playback Ethernet connectivity Differential delays on Mic amp Line in AutoSlate detection on
36. six linear faders mixdown each entirely devoted to one specific task are faster to handle than multi function knobs e An important consideration for those who work in the desert or on the high seas all of the mechanical actua tors faders sliders buttons selectors are sandproof and waterproof Five mic inputs w high Four asymetrical Q transformers line inputs 8 Shift timite mter ae a Se filter lt E Wat Limiter inverter 1 Solo filter phantom D Link lock 3 Solo Mix Pan routing pushed to the bAttery side displays the inputs to trAcks track solo end of slider button shows pAn pots Solo Mix Pan routing pulled to the Operator side displays the outputs to mOnitors track solo end of slider button activates track sOlo User manual for CantarX1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 4 Description 2 Protected ins amp outs To complement the waterproof design all audio sockets are pointed toward Earth the same direction that rain falls This concept has the notable side effect that no plugs protrude trom the sides this allows third party designers to build very narrow Mode for Cantar carts e The SubD 15 p 50 is used to connect CantaRem p 46 or a USB PS2 keyboard adapter e The SubD25 p 50 is the AES in out connector which can loop playback signals when in REC amp PLAY mode e The 3 8 screw is placed at the center of gravity Firewire
37. the pan pots and to scrub the player in fast torward re verse Notel shift jog accelerates the jog speed 1 Ox Note2 the Operand s middle and bottom rows of the rect angular screen can be browsed by the gt and lt arrows just as easily as with the jog User manual for CantarX1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 9 Operating positions MainSelector West positions The MainSelector is easy to manipulate even while wearing heavy winter gloves it gives direct access to all essential functions The six OPERATING West positions control the recording annotation and playback of audio tiles To get access to the Rec amp Play BLUE XX positions press and hold the blue shift button while rotating the MainSelector see p 44 The six OPERAND East positions which establish Cantar s operating parameters are described on p 25 MainSelector buttons black silver and red buttons can be activated by the thumb while the blue shift button may be pressed by the index tinger silver in REC insert a marker orbe in PLAY go to operator record marker shift silver in REC trigger AutoSlate detection in PPR toggle take editor PREV NEXT take in TEST open input delay settings in PLAY go to AutoSlate marker black in REC PPR TEST talkback mic activation in PLAY inserts a play mark in BLUE PLAY inserts a cue in in IN GRIDS links an input fo a track in OUFMAPS connects audio sources to
38. until you land on Track5 odd tracks are on the outer circle even tracks on the inner circle Go to the pixel opposite Line in 1 accept with the black button reject with the red button Note As soon as an AES Digj input is selected in a rout ing configuration the Digi 1 6 input icons start flashing to remind you to turn the digital power ON AES SRCs consumel 1OmA at 48kHz and 200mA at 96kHz it is wise to turn them OFF if they are not in use see AUDIO TC 22 Digi Power 0 31 The Sample Rate Converters translate any incoming AES sample rate e g 44 1kHz to the Cantar internal sample rate e g 48048Hz T1 T6 routing check and modify In REC you can silently check the active In grid PUSH the Solo Mix Pan slider to the battery side and press the rout ing button While in REC for the protection of the recording s integrity you can t select another configuration but you can neverthe less do it on purpose go to PPR press the routing button rotate the contig crown to select a new configuration and go back to REC 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 27 Since the prerecord buffer gives you up to 35 seconds to act you are not hard pressed not one single audio sample will be lost between the two audio tiles T1 T6 instant dis arming Monophonic files don t waste space by recording empty tracks as is the case with polyphonic files It is wise to momentarily disarm a track when the
39. 25 p 18 PPR 2 Go to the track name editing line any track will do and press shift esc the following generic names will replace them T1 to T8 on native monophonics ms M and ms S on M S tracks MixRight and MixLef on mixdown tracks Press a tracksolo button to display that track s name in the rectangular screen Note 1 To allow for a possible entry trom a PDA the generic track names above are only recorded upon comple tion of the take Note2 The default entry mode is overwrite if you change it by selecting insert on a keyboard it will revert to overwrite on the tenth character since track names are limited to this number 4 Prod TapeRef The TapeRet Production Tape Reference overwrites the automatic Cantar generated MMDD DayStamp and replaces it with either the incremented Shoot Day Number ot the project or something like the Videolape ID called the Roll Number see Practice 2 0 43 POST Record Metadata entry After REC go back to PPR the scene take and filetag to be used for the next file recording is displayed If you need to modify the previous take s information press shift silver the rectangular screen displays EDIT the PREVious filetag and the scene and take of the last recorded file Press ok then gt lt or jog as explained in the preceding paragraphs You can modify the taketype fpwan with the red but ton Press ok to confirm then shift
40. 5 These are the four micpreamp ganging groups The factory default linkage is 1 2 3 4 which can be deJactivated with the two buttons in between the rotary faders Micl s fader becomes the master the other s control the 1 2dBu balance 11 ScTk Templt nnnA nnA nn CCCCCCCC CC The nnnA nnA nn template fits the mostly used Sequence Scene system The other one is totally open giving the operator maximum flexibility Scene and Take p 18 12 Slate Chanl Off Mc Mech Line in 1 Line in4 Track1 Track8 Cantar X2 only See AutoSlate detection p 22 13 Rec by LTC Inactive Active see Remote Roll p 20 In PPR LTC input running Cantar checks the TC coherence tor 3 seconds then goes to record While checking the validity of the LTC signal the audio is kept in a butter the audio file begins right on the running LTC Frozen LTC input stops recording It the LTC input disappears recording is maintained no risk of interruption caused by radio transmis sion drop outs 14 TC Source Int Clock Ext Clock On Internal Clock Cantar is THE master clock On External Clock it is slaved to another timecode source p 1 4 15 LTC Rate 2Z4FPS 25FPS 29 97DF 30FPS 23 98NDF A 29 97NDF A 23 98NDF B 29 97NDF B 23 98NDF C 29 97NDF C In the 0 1 NTSC slow second world an A B or C time stamping method must be selected depending on the type ot editing machine that will be used lp 15 33 4 7642
41. 95gr Charge to avoid destruction by NiMH chargers they are charged through the XLR4 pin 3 and protected by an 80V reverse voltage diode on pin 4 LED status red orange two hour fast charge to 85 capacity amber three hour top up green charged Always turn OFF the Mascott 9940 Li 4 cell 2A 14 4V for Asec before connecting a battery Supply the Batt current is either flowing through the diode protected pin 4 or directly through pin 3 to Cantars over 268 having their XLR4 socket pin 3 amp 4 tied together User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p l 1 STOP 2 Folders amp files Project Day amp Files Error free filing with NO disk partitioning When you cold start Cantar it assumes you want to con tinue working on your latest project which is displayed at the bottom of the rectangular screen When you rent a Cantar its project memory should be empty the rectangular screen should display No Project Once created a project name regroups all data related to it such as the days of recording the tracks and the disks used This name is stored in each audio file there is no risk of a tile getting lost in a maze of terabytes Unlike other machines the Cantar file sorting system doesn t rely on disk partitions Instead it uses the Project Work Day Filetag path tree which allows for the intuitive and sate retrieval of any audio file on unpartitioned disks any where along the Pos
42. A Do NOT use a coil activated device on pin 1 1 the flyback voltage would kill the transistor Use an opto coupler see drawing to avoid ground loops 9 Batt 1 2V 11 Rec Tally SubD 15 NEC PS 2502 1 AutoSlate In AUDIO TC 12 select the slate detection channel While in REC press shift silver within six seconds after a clapstick the most plosive event preceding shift silver creates a Slate Mark The successive slates generated by a multicamera shoot are labeled SA SB SG The clapstick quality is displayed in the rectangular screen 25 should be a minimum at 75 score you can congratulate the slateman Ifyou forget to press shift silver AutoSlate de tects the most plosive sound of the take with a 95 chance of selecting the clapstick in this case the SoundReport s Slate TC appears in Italic to show it must be either con tirmed or ignored While in PLAY shift silver starts the playback at the slate marks Majax displays an upright slate icon on startslates and a bottom up icon on tailslates click the icon to listen to the slate announce 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 22 Markers Press the silver button to create UserMarks labeled UMI UM72 UM10 on wind clicks boom noise dialogue slip etc While in PLAY they are accessible with the silver button Perform Rec amp Play first read p 44 BLUE REC Routing before going to BLUE REC verify in BLUE TEST 0 17 the Ingrid is
43. Aaton to give you access to their tile repair FTP site If you don t have an ftp client download the excellent Cyberduck freeware trom http cyberduck ch An operational problem Go to TECHSET 16 Save Setup and create a Setup tile to be emailed to cantar support aaton com this will help them solve your problem User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 12 STOP A Time amp Sync Calendar and Sync Times Time is the essence of a digital audio recorder Cantar uses two kinds of time CalendarTime organizes folders and tiles SynceTime links audio and picture Calendar Time System date and time run on a medium precision clock which automatically creates the workday folders This clock is powered for four to six years by a user replaceable 3V Lithium CR1220 button battery located below the HDD compartment In STOP the system date and time displayed on the rectan gular screen must be checked for a 5 minute consistency with the time zone you are working in think of it when you get off of a three hour flight This clock is very important for the tile management go to TECHSET 20 System Time and press ok a triangle points to the moditiable digit Using jog select the desired value then press the gt or x to move on to the next col umn and so on ok to exit Power Off then On Cantar for the CPU to acknowledge the new system time The Workday is related t
44. C stamped in the audio tiles Ate ASCIFTC Lte jam trom LTC Ste trom the system calendar Otc operator entered TC Rte Record Run TC and Ete slaved to an external clock bottom row in TEST current project name in REC filetag amp duration or scene amp take by shift eye While adjust ing a pan pot the track rank plus the maximum gain value of the whole mixer panel OdB or 6dB are displayed In PPR or BROWSE scene take tracknames com ments SoundRoll Shoot Day for their editing p 18 amp p 24 NEXT AX 490 Seq Sc Tk 121R a1i2 Ep In PLAY player s position cue points Tile 00 141 00 15 10 18 38 05 CC2165 01 32 tag amp duration or scene amp take by shift eye p 23 ee Operands functions control e 25 In AUDIO TC TECHSET SESSION and BACKUP the pathtree of each parameter is displayed top row the Operand e g AUDIO TC middle row parameter name AUDIO TC ol SampleRate 48048 e g SampleRate bottom row parameter value e g 48048 User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 8 Description 6 Triple crown The large all weather triple crown is used to verity and select the input routings and monitor maps with only one hand Monitor Crown 1 So Mic Line in and Digi inputs plus active tracks are directly selected and sent to the headphones as solos 2 Ph Mi
45. Cantar and continue to press until Formatting is displayed on the rectangular screen then release both To avoid connection mishaps plug the Firewire cable into the Firewire socket and hold it with the retaining screw while Cantar is not powered Ip Al then at the last minute caretully plug the other end of the cable into the HDD 3 Done is displayed when finished A three platter icon is displayed on the middle circular screen Go to STOP Note HDDs are now low cost consumer products and their life soan ranges from one to three years Formatting a disk doesn t protect you trom dead clusters Regularly scan your disk s see SESSION O5 Scan HDD below even it it only detects one detective cluster immediately discard the drive User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 35 SESSION 2 DVD RAM formatting auto UDF 1 5 Cantar can record onto FAT32 DVD RAMs but for Mac PC interchangability it only offers to format them under UDF 1 5 Instructions please read completely before proceeding 1 With Cantar powered go to SESSION O4 Disk Format press ok Shift Red is displayed 2 Insert a DVD RAM in either the external or internal burner Before the one platter icon is displayed press shift red together Keep them pressed until the Formatting message is displayed on the rectangular screen 3 Done will be displayed when the format has finished The one platter
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47. Mic line in and Track Wordclock sampling and synchro nizing of multiole Cantars Note a CantarX1 can be upgraded to a fully featured X2 User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 3 Description 1 Permanently accessible faders The Cantar interface is the easiest to use under the most technically demanding conditions e lt offers the largest display surface of all portable recorders which simultaneously shows every critical re cording parameter e The custom designed high contrast displays remain view able under bright light sun sand sea snow storm and at very low temperatures too e The swiveling front panel always provides the best view ing angle for both on cart and over the shoulder work Hard drive quick access track disarming amp track solos Solo Mix Pan in amp out routings Limiter ON OFF shift lim inv Signal Inversion lim inv 1 so fil tom 2 Solo amp Filter Balance access shift so fil tom Phantom 48V activation link lock 3 Left un locks Mixer sliders Right unjlocks Mic Line faders shift link lock Links Mic 1 2 Mic 3 4 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 4 e The large twelve position MainSelector eliminates diving into numerous sub menus e The unique three crown turret gives instant access to all recording and monitoring configurations even while wearing heavy winter gloves e Nine rotary faders analog inputs plus
48. Timecode in out Burner extraction a Oo a Le Firewire cable Ident label Please remember the following about the FireWire connection ee The cable retainer screw should be used at all times use gattHtape if your Cantar is not equipped with it to avoid intermit tent contact or sudden cable pull out A loose Firewire connection can induce bus hangs and can even stop recording on both the external and internal disks se DO NOT plug a cable into the Cantar Firewire socket 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com AES retainer in out DA between three rubber pads and is used to secure the Con far onto a cart eThe weep hole underneath the phone jack socket is a drainage port for water that has entered through the phone jack eTo extract the internal DYD DVD RAM burner first remove its lateral retaining screw then use a pencil or tooth pick in the DVD extractor hole to push the drive out of the Cantar housing see the DVD burner extraction arrows on the picture below Foldback Headphones Mini XLR3 3 8 cart SubD15 XLR 5 holder options Line out while it is powered The Firewire socket that powers external disks and burners has a HOT 12V pin in it If the plug enters at an angle it will produce a short between the 12V pin and the in out pins and DESTROY the Cantar Firewire driver Please follow the HDD formatting instructions p 35 se Only use ferrite choke ring equipped high quality Firewire
49. User manual for CantarX1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 31 TECHSET 1 O1 Disk un mount 14 Serial Com port O2 Backlight 15 Factory Reset O3 View Fader dB 16 17 Save Load Setup 04 Record beeps 18 Max File Size O5 Clip detection beep 19 Temperature Control O6 lack of ext clock beep 07 08 Beep routing level O9 Meter ballistics 10 Peak hold duration 11 12 Batt Batt2 alert 13 HDD Power Down 20 System Time 21 System Date 22 Equipement IDs 23 License key 24 Software version info 25 Software install 01 Disk Status Unmount Mount Two CPUs can t simultaneously control Cantar s drives Unmounting the internal HDD and DVD RAM drives puts them out of the control of Cantar s CPU while keeping them powered A Firewire connected PC or Mac can then see them as standard devices on which to edit the audio files and transter software updates Using a Mac laptop you must install VWriteUDF to be able to modity the metadata on a DVD RAM disk in the Cantar burner see Majax Q A p 49 WARNING before disconnecting the Firewire cable FIRST eliminate the disc icon from the PC or Mac desktop THEN disconnect the cable Ignoring this rule will trigger a warning message but it will be too late the audio files may already be corrupted Ejecting the Cantar Disk WINDOWS 02 Backlight 0 to 100 In bright sunlight save power by turning off the backlight To insure visibility whatever the startup lighting environment
50. V switch over and Li lon alert to 12 7V 12 4V switch over User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 32 TECHSET 2 13 HDD Pwr Dwn Abr Imin to Afr 255min In STOP the HDD eats half of Cantar s power it is wise to put it to sleep While in sleep the three platter icon blinks Go to TEST to wakeup the HDD it will be up to speed within 3 to 10 seconds the pre record butter hides this speed ramp up Cantar s cold start trom a totally un powered machine to recording is a blazing 2 to 3 sec onds Note during IdleCopy the HDD doesn t go to sleep 14 Serial Com Factory Bluetooth Factory for maintenance techs Bluetooth for PDAs Note on CantarX2 the Ethernet interface is permanently active 15 FactryReset No Yes All menu parameters are reset to their factory detault 16 Save Setup user s settings No Yes All of Cantar s physical settings IN GRIDS OUTMAPS TECHSET and AUDIO TC preferences mic filters etc are saved in XML files on the external HDD or the internal HDD it there is no external drive connected To automatically ensure the uniqueness of the Setup files each one is named by the filetag of the last recorded take e g AB1234 A xml As many Setups as desired can be saved keep them tor later use in the internal HDD Copy them onto a laptop before returning your Cantar to the rental house Next time you rent a Cantar you can re import those Setups and be ready to go
51. Xa Xo mixdown 18dBFS or 2OdBFS can be selected in AUDIO TC 03 Tone Level Releasing shift before red locks the tone ON activating shift turns it OFF Talkback mic In TEST PPR or REC press and hold the black button to send the talkback to the left channel see AUDIO TC 04 TalkbackMic quickly press black then press and hold it to send the talkback to the right channel Press shift black to send the talkback to all tracks User manual for CantarX1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 21 REC BLUE REC 2 Warning beeps The beep level is set in TECHSET O8 Beep Level One beep record start O4 clip detection 05 Two beeps record stop or low priority problem such as low battery voltage the Lack of external clock 06 is automatically disabled on w wild track takes Three beeps high prior ity problem e g unplugged external HDD Headphone level The headphone level is protected by shitt and is displayed on the rectangular screen Rotating the fader makes lt and gt appear There is no level change if shift re activation is done when the fader is put back in its pipe position Take type While in PPR or REC press the red button to toggle the taketype t time sync audio p pickup w wild track a announce n no good Remember fpwan Record tally In REC the SubD 15 pin 11 is grounded by an open collec tor transistor max 4O0m
52. aRem 1 to 2 D Lemo 8 Connection to Cantar or CantaRem 2 to 1 e The CantaRem USB socket max 80mA 5V can t pow er a PDA it is made to teed a PS2 keyboard only But you can use the 12V delivered by the Fischer4 socket terminate the PDA carlighter 1 2V to 5V voltage converter cable with a Fischer4 plug pin 1 Gnd pin 4 1 2V Sliders assignment e Set AUDIO TC 23 CantaRemCom to Active Press one of the CantaRem ctrl keys Assign appears on the top row of the Cantar rectangular screen Press and hold a slider key 1 to 8 the slider number is displayed on the middle row Note if AUDIO TC 23 is set to Inactive AUDIO TC 24 38 will not be accessible If you want to modify those set tings before hand set AUDIO TC 23 to Active 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 46 jog or gt to browse the Cantar faders which successively show on the bottom row Unused Mic 1 Mic 2 Mic 3 Mic 4 Mic 5 Line Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Line 1 amp 2 Line 3 amp 4 Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Track 6 Line out Foldback The assigned fader is the one displayed while releasing the key e The new assignment of a CantaRem slider already linked to another Cantar fader cancels the former link All Cantar faders are re enabled as soon as CantaRem is disabled by setting AUDIO TC 23 CantaRemCom to Inactive or by unplugging the cable Stored assignments a
53. angular screen User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 13 STOP 4 Time amp Sync Cantar becomes a master clock As soon as the inte icon stops blinking Cantar starts generating timecode This timecode is based on a TCXO Temperature Compensated X crystal Oscillator accurate to Zone frame in nine hours 1 ppm This high accuracy makes Cantar THE timecode reference on set If you turn ON the LTC generator output in AUDIO TC 16 ITC Gen Out the LTC output can be used to continuously sync all equipment through cable or RF You can also initialize several Aaton GMIs low power high accuracy timekeepers attach them to the cameras and digi slates and have TC that matches the Cantar s TC Do not power down a master clock Being on a job on which the treerun time orday TC is the essence AatonCode camera HD camera with GMT refer ence generator smart digi slate never power down Cantar during the workday to avoid the loss of its 1 ppm reference time While the internal HDD is in sleep mode the total power consumption is a mere 27OmA Set TECHSET 13 HDD Pwr Dwn to Aftr 5min to have the HDD sleep five minutes after STOP If you still want to power down Cantar at lunch time the blinking int icon at power up will remind you to reinitialize its own sync clock and all other timekeep ing machines on the set Method 2 int c internal Record Run driving clock Go to AUDIO TC 18 RecRun Ini
54. are install p 34 SESSION Project selection creation one HDD formatting 0 35 DVD RAM formatting Scan disk p 36 Sound Report 0 36 BACKUP IdleCopy Backup Call PolyStore p 38 File treatments p 39 File rescuing p 40 Tutorials Burners Media and Drives GA Routings examples Surround 5 1 p 42 Video and Audio sync 3 p 43 Record with Playback S p 44 Companions Tarkan p45 Cantakem p 46 R can w 0 4 7 OriginC GMT p 48 Majax IndawPass p 49 PostChain Titan 3 p 49 Connectors amp Accessories p 50 User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 2 Keep in touch Cantar Internet User Manual and Software download Cantar Majax and R can w manuals and tutorials are on http www solt aaton com sweantar Latest Cantar soft ware is accessible to registered owners only beta versions are NOT to be used for commercial assignments e on your first visit click create an account enter your details don t forget the country After a few seconds you will receive an email with your password Enter this pass word and your email address in the login page e on your next visits If you forgot your password click lost password Enter your email address if it is found in the Cantar database the password is sent to this address Software versions all Cantars X2 only v2 1x March 2008 Direct routing of all inputs to TZ AUDIO TC reshuftling Tarkan control through Ethernet v2 11 Jan 2008
55. ates archived files if you modify the metadata of an internal HDD tile its copy is erased and resaved To interrupt the process go to PPR or press esc until IdleOp Stop is displayed in the rectangular screen the untinished tile copy is deleted The operation will resume as soon as you go to TEST or STOP Once IdleCopy has completed the backup disk goes back to sleep DO NOT remove the external HDD or DVD RAM until the IdleCopy job is completed see Pazienza p 19 Toggling between TEST and STOP displays the remain ing disk space in Gigabytes If at the end of your next recording the file is too large to be idle copied within the available backup disk space IdleCopy Full is displayed on the rectangular screen After you eject the DVD RAM insert an empty one the backup automatically continues trom where it previously stopped e Backup Call Opens access to the parameters requested tor BACKUP 14 Run Backup Note only trigger Run Backup at the end of the day to copy the tiles onto the external HDD If you modify a file s metadata atter you have saved the file with Run Backup it will not automatically resave your updated file s during the next Run Backup of the day It is preferable to use IdleCopy which resaves tiles that have been updated e PolyStore To speed up the end of day Run Backup PolyStore copies on 33 4 7642 9550 Www agaton com p 38 the internal HDD the provisional Po
56. atic electricity ground ing path between the disk housing and the Cantar chassis is still within factory specs 120k ohm 20k ohm External When selecting an external drive the tendency is to choose larger vertical magnetization 160GB 250GB disks But it the FAT32 can handle up to 2TB MS lets it be universal below 127GB only To get access to the full disk capacity under FAT32 you must use PartitionMagic htto www symantec com norton products overview ispepcid sp amp pvid pm80O and make one primary partition not logical partitions Note hot HDDs can become temperamental and trigger Bus Hangs it is preferred that you use a ventilated Firewire enclo sure such as the GDrive http www gtechnology com Products G DRIVE mini ctm It you suffer trom connection problems with LaCie Drives download the latest firmware trom http www lacie com us support drivers driver hm id 10053 Solid State Drives less than halt the power consumption of rotating HDDs SSDs are a must below 15 C higher than 5 000m altitude and very bumpy environments The currently avail able Samsung 32GB PATA MCAQE32G5APP OXA and Stec ZEUS PATA 64GB 2 5 are compatible with Cantar s Firewireto PATA IDE bridge see pic above Because they feature a builtin wear leveling function which spreads the workload to all memory cells insuring the front cells are not always under fire SSDs are much more reliable than CF cards which can t survive the
57. being replaced by the C mode See Avid Recording Rates www aaton com files avid recording rates pdf B Barebone 23 98NDF B 29 97NDF B In an audio file digitized recorded at 48kHz the B stamp indicates the number of samples digitized in a real second i e 48000 the Time stamp is the number of samples since midnight using the 48000 value of the Format stamp While images and timecode are beating the slow second the audio remains on Earth Since recent postmachines e g Indaw perform high quality realtime sample rate con version Barebone and 48kHz should be THE choice C Compensated 23 98NDF C 29 97NDF C Mode for challenged post machines in a file digitized at A8kHz the Format stamp indicates the number of samples digitized per realsecond i e 48000 but the Timestamp is the number of samples since midnight as digitized in slow seconds i e 48048 no longer the Format stamp value hence the E suffix for Fake or Faux used by some manufacturers It it is O2hHOOmOOs on Earth at REC start the Time stamp shows 345 945 600 samples 02h x 3600s x 48048 User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 15 TEST BLUE TEST 1 Audio inputs This position opens access to audio signal testing Five microphones M1 M2 amp M5 on XIR 3 and M3 amp M4 on XIR 5 Four line in L 1 amp L 2 on XIR 5 and L3 amp L4 on XR 5 Eight AES in Tascam SubD 25 pin outs p 50 Microphone Pr
58. ch as the Sony HD Cam FQOO SR or to an SDI camera equipped with a miniature AESto Analog converter The eight AES outputs are separated into two groups e the Digil 2 3 4 5 6 pairs transmit either Tracks T1 T6 Mics 1 5 amp Line in 1 This later option lets you use the Cantar s high quality pre amplitiers limiters to send audio signals to an external mix er and reenter them through the Digi 1 to Digi inputs to record them see AUDIO TC 21 Digi 1 6 Out e the Digi 7 8 pair transmits either Tracks T7 T8 any other audio signal combination including the mix down as selected in Do see opposite column Digi power The AES converters of the Digi in out circuits consume 110mA at 48kHz and 200mA at 96kHz It is wise to turn them OFF if they are not in use AUDIO TC 22 Digi Power As soon as you select a Digi input or output in a routing configuration the Digi 1 to Digi input icons and the track icons start flashing in the circular screens to remind you fo turn ON the digital power User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 29 AUDIO TC 1 20 T7T8 Ingrids 21 Digi 1 6 Outmaps 22 Digi in out Power 11 Scene Take templates 12 AutoSlate trig channel 13 Record by LTC O1 Sample rate 14 TC Source O2 Bitdepth 15 Camera TC fps O3 Reference Tone level l 04 Talkback mic routing 05 06 Lineout Foldback level Q 7 Max mixer gain LIC generator output 7 LTC User bi
59. com p 30 02 Bit Depth 16 bit 24 bit Select 16 bit if you know the final mix will be done in 16 bit Dither or truncate to 16 bit from native 24 bit tracks is available when backing up the mixdown See BACKUP O5 TZ 18 Trtmt Ip 241 03 Tone Level 20dBFS 18dBFS Off See Reference Tone generator p 22 04 TalkbackMic routing OH Line out Foldback Lo Fb black continuous TB mic to left channel s black then black continuous TB mic to right channel s shift black continuous in REC TB mic to all tracks 05 Lineout Lvl Oto 94dB Mute The Line out level is jog adjustable trom O to 94dB and mute The track modulometer being at OdBFS the Line out delivers a 8dBu signal this means that a 1 8dBFS refer ence tone delivers a 1OdBu output This is compatible with HD camera Line in levels A Line out two track 1 2dBu gain transtormer isolated accessory is available p 50 06 Foldbck Lvl Oto 94dB Mute Both Line out and Foldback gains can be controlled trom the CantaRem sliders p 46 07 MixGain Max OdB 6dB In 6dB mode the OdB mark is on the indentation 08 PreRec Dur 1 to 35 sec Up to 35 seconds 8 tracks 24 bit 48kHz Up to 17 seconds 8 tracks 24 bit 9OkKHz User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 30 AUDIO TC 2 09 BalanceLock Unlocked Locked See Mic Coupling p 17 slaved faders 10 Mic Links 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
60. d the iXML chunk the Avid MCs only have access to the first AO characters of the comments stored as aNofte in the BVVF descriptor line 3 It takes a litle more than one minute to build a twelve page PDF report A CSV tabdelimited text report for spreadsheet applications is generated as well as an ALE list for editing machines one ALE per matching header A The paper size is unified to 21x27 2 cm this fits both AA and Letter formats 5 Warning On Mac computers open the PDFs with Preview Apercu they can t be printed by Adobe Reader nor Acrobat User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 37 BACKUP 1 Ol Save mode O8 Files to copy 02 Day to copy O9 File name O3 Track selection 10 Media label OA T1 IX treatment Il Snap Sound Report O5 TZ T8 treatment 12 Idle SoundReport O6 Media type selection 13 14 OZ Burn and Check Clean Polys Run Backup 01 Save Mode le op Backup Call PolyStore e IdleCopy can be activated any time the earlier in the day the better Parameters excluded by a preceding choice are flagged as HAT not applicable When the internal HDD is not occupied by any other task i e in TEST or STOP Cantar incrementally copies the files of the day onto a DVD RAM external or internal or an external HDD By the end of the day most audio files are copied This is an alternative to the simultaneous recording on both the internal HDD and exter nal HDD IdleCopy automatically upd
61. des the disk spin up but going directly to BLUE BROVVSE makes the rectangular screen display asleep no disk then back amp forth this can make the play tiles inaccessible Irch To wake up the disk go to TEST and wait for the three platter icon to show up then go to BLUE BRWS Play file indexing see p 44 BLUE BRWS For Rec amp Play to work you muts first prepare the tiles which will be later used for playback You must select them trom the thousands stored on your disks by putting them under an index which makes them available as playfiles Indexes A and B are reserved for the current project play tiles coming from the current workday and indexes C thru F for other workdays Indexes G thru L are reserved for archive play iles e g wild tracks music etc stored on an external HDD or the internal HDD They must be stored on the same drive same project same day and carry an iXML v1 50a chunk in com pliance with Cantar sofware v2 11 or later To update old style files copy them in Clone mode into a NeuArchv project folder To convert an MP3 audio programme record it Live through an analog input using Otc to give it a timecode Play file presetting BLUE BRWS Accessibility To speed up metadata loading the play tiles not needed in the next Rec amp Play operation should have their accessibility changed from Yes to No This is done by exiting the file selection bottom row with esc inst
62. ditor tinal mixer to find the original playback files by running a filetag search on his computer Clone temporality BLUEBRWS 21 p 24 Each time a clone of the master is recorded it carries the same timecode scene take and comments as the master but with a new tiletag you will never run the risk of erasing a master or the clone of a clone e Remix To redo the mixdown of a take route the master s six tracks to the clone s six tracks and the mixer output to the TZ T8 tracks You get an exact copy of the master s iso tracks with a new mixdown made under the control of the on board mixer To add a simultaneous translation of a foreign language dialog you can either route two master s tracks to the same clone track and route the translation mic to the freed track or select Mic amp Xb as the new mixdown 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com e ADR type2 While listening to some master play tracks used as guides and watching the video images of the origi nal shoot the performers re record their dialog on a new set of tracks The timecode of the master play tile feeds the LTC out generator which can be used to sync a chasing VTR e Re recording Cantar s ultrashort O 4msec Mic to Head phone latency makes it an ideal tool for incremental record ing After a track recording session put your best per formed file not always the last one into the to be cloned index then proceed to the next track recording until you ge
63. ead of ok 33 4 7642 9550 Www agaton com p 24 in BLUE BRWS 2 e Live causes the recording session to use the current TC Temporality and metadata and gives access to all accessible play iles e Clone causes the recording session to use the TC and metadata of one given playfile e g selecting Clone E toggles the playfile E accessibility to Yes whatever its pre vious state and will force BLUE REC to work with this file Current project play files Archive play files BLUE BRWS Q1 Drive Internal BLUE BRWS 12 Arch Drive lt External set in SESSION not modifiable BLUE BRWS Q2 Project Shadows BLUE BRWS 13 Arch Pject lt NeuArchv set in SESSION not modifiable BLUE BRWS 03 AB today 2007 11 24 BLUE BRWS 14 Arch day lt 2005 01 01 the current workday not modifiable BLUE BRWS 04 BLUE BRWS 15 Index A lt Index G lt SE1234 Yes jog then ok esc to hide 5E1234 Yes select a file from the AB day BLUE BRWS 05 BLUE BRWS 16 Index B lt Index H SE1205 Yes Tool then ok esc to hide 5E1205 No select a file from the AB day BLUE BRWS Q6 BLUE BRWS 17 Index I lt jog then ok SE1205 No select a day in this project CD day lt 2007 11 23 BLUE BRWS 18 Index J lt jog then ok esc to hide 5E1104 Yes BLUE BRWS 07 Index C select a file from the CD day BLUE BRWS 08 Index D lt SE1104 Yes jog then ok esc to hide
64. eamps The Cantar micpreamps offer such a wide dynamic range in one stroke that they dont need any pre conditioners or trims Dynamic or Phantom Press shift sofiltom 2 to toggle that mic s phantom power ON OFF The default setting for Phantom A8V is ON for all micinputs When connecting a dynamic microphone turn OFF the phantom power the mic preamp gain will be boosted by 12dBu When the phantom power is disabled the triangle below the mic number disappears trom the e right circular screen 1 2 R E SS ES Limiters t l Lene Press lim inv 1 to tog ee LES gle the limiter ON OFF While the limiter is turned ON a triangle is displayed below the mic number on the left circular screen It the signal level reaches the limiter zone 8dBFS the triangle will start blinking In 24 bit recording mode it is common practice to adjust the input gain so that a normal signal does not go over the 2OdBFS level When the limiter is activated the 32dBu head room above the 8dBFS kickin point gives 24dBu above the nolimiter full scale The operator can count on a 44dBu reserve over the normal 2OdBFS level If the signal does reach the 1dBFS level a clip icon appears at the end of the modulometer scale and a beep can be sent to the headphones TECHSET O5 Clip Detect To maintain equilibrium between linked channels the same limiter command is applied to ganged prea
65. eck O8 Files to copy 11 12 Snap Idle Sound Report 13 Clean Poly tiles 14 Run Backup Italic indexes to be reshuffled next release www aaton com User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 25 IN GRIDS 1 Routing inputs fo tracks Cantar records eight independent mono phonic tracks physically identical they are separated into two groups TZ T8 and TI lo TO T7 T8 Originally devoted to the recording of the mixdown these two tracks are handled in a specific way The TZ T8 signal levels are displayed on the right circular screen by pressing the eye button and on the rectangular screen bargraphs Creation of the T7 T8 routings The T7 T8 In grids are selected in AUDIO IC20 p3 _ e and displayed T7 T8 mic5 Xb in the rectangu lar screen while pressing the routing button v2 1x e Xa and Xb The mixdown of T1 T6 is sent to TZ T8 a mix icon appears in the lett circular screen e Any input and Xb v2 Ix One input Mic Linesin or Digi in goes to TZ the T1 T6 mixdown pan potted to Xb goes to 18 e Any input pair One input pair Mic Line in or Digi in goes to 17 T8 e None Tracks TZ T8 are disarmed saving disk space T1 T6 The In grids routings and signal levels of the TI 12 13 T4 and TS TO track pairs are dis played on the circular screens These tracks receive any one of the active inputs Line in 1 to 4 Mic 1 to 5 and AES Digi to
66. ectangular screen rows Operands are displayed in a way which always indicates their pathtree Parameters labels and values are browsed by jog and or gt lt arrows AUDIO TC 01 Top row Operand Parameter SampleRate 48048 Middle row Parameter Label Bottom row Parameter Value 6 20 14 TC Source l5 LIC rate 16 LTC generator output 17 LC Userbits 18 Record Run TC initialzation O2 Bitdepth 1 Scene amp Take templates 9 Operator TC initialzation O3 Reference tone level 2 AutoSlate trigger channel 23 CantaRem communication OA Talkback mic routing 13 Record by LTC 24 to 31 Cantakem slider assign TECHSET p32 07 08 Beep routing level 16 17 Save load User s Setup O1 Disk un mount O9 Meter speed 18 Max File Size O2 Backlight 10 Peak hold duration 19 Temperature Control O3 View Faders dB 11 12 Battl Batt2 alert levels 20 21 System Time Date OA Record beeps 13 HDD Power Down 22 Equipement IDs O5 Clip detection beep 14 Serial Communication port 23 License key O6 Lack of external clock beep 15 Factory Reset 24 25 Software version Lload SESSION Doo 04 HDD amp DVD format O7 to 13 Sound Report headers 01 02 Select Create Project O5 Scan disk 14 Column layout selection 03 HDD in Use O6 Deletefile access 15 to 29 AColumns O2 to 16 BACKUP p38 04 05 T1 Ix TZT8 treatment 09 10 File name Media label Ol Save mode Q2 Day to copy O3 Track selection 33 4 7642 9550 O6 Media type O7 Burn and ch
67. ed to stamp the sound files with the very same TC as the one stamped on the camera s images This is the AatonCode method In the video world they called it the free run mode Once initialized four ways Cantar behaves as an independent masterclock e System Calendar initialization At startup Cantar uses the System Calendar date and time to immediately initializes its internal high stability ppm TCXO Syne clock Ste System TC is displayed in the rectangular screen To remind you to sync other equipment around to the Cantar Sync clock the int icon keeps blink ing until you press shift TC jam e Operator initialization In case you don t want to use the calendar date and time the TCXO clock can be set by the operator see AUDIO TC 19 Operle Init Oe OperatorTC is displayed in the rectangular screen trom Camera VIN GPS etc Cantar on TEST press TC jam for more than two seconds this makes the entered SMPTE LTC jam the Cantar TCXO clock Jte Jammed TC is displayed in the rectangular e LTC initialization screen TC jam has no effect if there is no valid timecode on the LTC inputs Jam Failed No LTC appears in the rect angular screen and the int c icon continues to blink e ASCII initialization trom Aaton OriginC Cantar on TEST its TCXO clock is set by an Aaton OriginC which also initializes cameras and GMT generators Atc LASCHET appears in the rect
68. er insert the VideoTapelD in the audio tiles the old method which no lon ger works see A demand to be resisted below or to use the day like on AatonCoded shots by another means than the userbits that is the DayStamp Give special attention to the difference between the Cantar AudiolapeRet which stores the DayStamp into each and every audio tile and the VideolapelD label which is not recorded on the 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 43 Enable Digital Video Out Group Clip Mode sf video media but entered by the assistanteditor during the image import Here is how it works e Using the workday rule which organizes the audio folders Cantar stores the Month Day DayStamp into the AudiolapeRet iXML metadata Alternately you can over write the Cantar Month Day with the Day Rank e g day one DOO1 day sixty two D062 see PPR e The video camera operator writes the MonthDay Camera ID Cassette number on the videotape box for the digitizing assistanteditor to later key in the six character TapelD column of the Avid NLE April 18 camera A cassette 9 0418A9 April 18 camera B cassette 2 0418B2 The 1 to 9 then A to Z last character can identity 35 cas settes per day per camera a very long workday e To perform the auto conforming of the original Cantar tiles Titan 3 first sorts them by comparing the leading four characters 0418 or DOG of the Avid EDL
69. es the take to reset to 1 The rectangular screen dis plays the tiletag of the NEXT recording 2 Comments jog to Tk Comment and press ok to activate the bottom line where the former comment appears Characters max 200 can be entered with lt gt and jog but it is much easier to use a keyboard or a remote PDA with R can Depending upon the keyboard insert key toggle status a flickering square insert or a flickering pipe overwrite is dis played Enter your comments and press ok to validate Note To erase the comment line inherited from the preceding take press shift esc 3 Track names jog to TrackName 1 ok to go to the bottom row shift jog or keyboard s shift uo down arrows show the available list of tracknames Track name completion relies upon a library of the last thirty tracknames in use This automatic process speeds up track naming by letting you pre store the names of the film s main actors and swiftly recall them by their first two letters Press ok or enter and jog to Track Name 2 etc Library cleaning By jog ing past Track Name 8 you reach Del TrkName ok select the trackname to be deleted ok If you decide not to delete it press esc In a bind and no time to name the tracks of the next take it is better to remove the former take s track names than to write incorrect ones User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb
70. etter quality than plain trun T7 T8 Trtmt Poly16 Dith cation but the process requires twice as much time Note2 treatments automatically convert 96kHz to 48kHz Note3 treatments 04 and OS associated with a 03 track selection are retained from one recording session to the next they are lost as soon as the 03 menu bottom row is opened 06 Media Type CD R 700MB Ext HDD DVD RAM DVD R 4 7GB DVD R 8 5GB It can take more than twenty seconds for a DVD or DVD RAM media to be checked before its one platter icon appears in the right circular screen be patient Files can be copied on both FAT32 and UDF 1 5 formatted DVD RAM For MAC PC compatibility see SESSION O4 Disk Format p 35 and Tutorial disks p 41 07 Burn Mode Burn Only Burn Check Check Only Checking a DVD takes just as much time as burning it 08 FilesToCopy Unarchived All The default is All Select Unarchived before starting a CD DVD mid day copy this causes the software to look at 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 39 the Archived flag on the tiles Previously copied archived tiles flagged as such will not be copied again All is used to make a second batch of DVDs carrying all files previ ously saved or not 09 File Name FiletagOnly With Sc Tk Pie log only BA1234_1 wav With Sc Tk BA1234 123A 12R w14 _1 wayv this brings the scene and take to the editor s desktop e Backuping o
71. he digitalout signals go to the AES ports 7 amp 8 Foldback Fb Fb Mx FbR to FbZ Fb Mx Xa Xb in stereo plus nine user created R to Z Out maps The level of this pair can be set by AUDIO TC 06 Foldbck Lvl or online by a CantaRem slider Line out Lo LoMx Lob to loZ Lo Mx Xa Xb in stereo plus nine user created R to Z Out maps The level of this pair can be set by AUDIO TC 05 Lineout Lvl or online by a CantaRem slider Phones Ph Ph Mx PhXA PhXb PhXC PhD to PhQ The headphones get four favorite settings Ph Mx Xa Xb in stereo Ph Xa Xa only Ph Xb Xb only Ph Xc both Xa Xb in the center plus twelve user created Outmaps Ph D to Ph Q Solos So SoM SoM2 etc Sol3 Sod This position is not concerned with the mapping since it opens a direct SOLO connection to ALL of Cantar s in and OUT ports 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 29 It is placed near the Phones Ph monitor position since the last veritied port kept in memory is immediately dispatched to the phones when coming back to the So position As an alternative to the So position the Mic inputs can be instantly soloed by pressing their sotiHom buttons and the Tracks by pressing their tracksolo buttons Digi outputs 1 to 8 The use of the AES outputs is recommended to send audio signals to the exyernal world total transpar ence no interference prone cables Connect them to HD video cameras featuring AES inputs su
72. he mixdown Push the Solo Mix Pan slider toward the battery side press the track solo button next to the mixer linear fader the pan pot of this track goes under jog control and indicates its left right contribution to either channel of the mixdown mic limiter mic phase T1 amp T2 left T3 center T4 left TS left T6 right The spatial position of all pan pots is visible on the circular screens while the dBFS value of the selected pan pot is dis played in the rectangular screen see next page User manual for CantarX1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 7 Description 5 e eee Circular modulometers Cantar s large circular modulometers visible under the brightest light as well as in the dark are the most accurate metering tools found in any portable recorder They feature a non linear scale with increased resolution 1dB in the most important range 55 to AOdBFS db per segment 40 to 32dBFS 2dB segment 32 to 1 2dBFS 1dB segment 2 to OdBFS 3dB segment The peak level segment hold duration is adjustable trom 0 5 to 5 seconds see AUDIO TC 10l The Tracks are grouped into natural pairs T1 T2 T3 T4 TS T6 When a track is momentarily dis armed its modu lometer appears dashed 374 op MSU V4 ge Ee G 77 26 35 24 23 99 of oe ag mic limiter eeeee Monitoring physical status The center of each circular screen continually displays the status of the main recording elements e
73. icks forget digislates they have too many drawbacks The Cantar AutoSlate sample accurate clapstick detection tunction puts a timecode crown over the simplest piece of wood Method 4 ext c slaved to an external clock An externally slaved Cantar stamps the audio tiles with the same TC as the one running in the video camera This requires a link from the camera to Cantar Set AUDIO TC 14 TC Source to Ext Clock etc blinks in the circular screen meaning that Cantar is waiting to be slaved to an external LTC e g a video camera Cantar while set to external clock will only jam when you go to REC pressing the TC jam button will do nothing Cantar is usually in REC betore the camera so it monitors the Lemo5 SubD15 incoming LTC and grabs it when coherent TC is received That is why ext c keeps blinking until the camera is up to speed Before closing the audio file Cantar stamps the TC by using the latest valid timecode so as to eliminate spurious transmis sion errors and false camera starts If there is no external timecode signal an LTC Not Detected warning appears in the rectangular screen and a phone beep is triggered every four seconds The beep is muted during jw wild track tagged takes see VVarning beeps p 22 Nevertheless the external TC is grabbed if it is received before the oke end Note that external LTC breaks can be used to slave the REC start and stop see Remote Roll p 18
74. in a carrying bag preferably with insulation Also it is recom mended that you set TECHSET O9 Meter Speed to 5 Slow e Hdd 12 This is the Cantar internal temperature Below 5 C it is recommended to replace the standard Travelstar HDD with a low temp disk such as the 40GB Hitachi Endurastar or a solid state disk p 41 Below 15 C and higher than 5 00Q0m altitude or very bumpy environments use a solid state disk such as the Samsung MCAQE32G5APP OXA 32Gbyte 2 5 SSD mounted on an Aaton FirewireIDE bridge and shuttle tai lored to it The temperature is displayed on this screen until quitting this item User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 33 TECHSET 3 20 System Time 00h32m24s Enter the time trom your watch 45 minutes especially it you just started working in a new time zone The system s date which relies upon hour and minutes around midnight is used to sort the workdays it should not be confused with the timecode which is used for syncing picture and audio 21 System Date 2004y0Am22d The system date is used to create the folder name YYYYMMDD containing the tiles for that workday Note that the workday folder can contain hours past midnight if the recording session is not interrupted e g turning OFF the Cantar The workday is also used to fill the default MMDD name of the TapeRet field 22 Hardwr IDs SN 0520 MoBo CM5 CM3 Preamp SLI SLO Ether ET none
75. jam toggles player s relative time with absolute TC Rectangular screen 1 A01 play card label hidden trom Rec amp Play list 2 gt normal speed Us pause gt non stop play ml user record marker sA autoslate marker I stop end of tile 3 cuein volatile in PLAY A scrub position jog 5 player pos or absolute TC 6 tiletag or scene shift eye gt 00 00 02 15 02 17 7 cue out or take shift eye Notes e the displayed mm ss time is relative to the start of file the tile absolute TC appears by pressing TC jam e in PLAY and XOO the cuein 3 is volatile i e not stored when exiting the outpoint 7 is the end of file i e the duration e in scrub each jog tick moves the player by one second delivering very intelligible forward and reverse dialogue e to edit scene amp take entries scrub over the autoslate mark listen to the announce then go to BROWSE e to read the size of one track of a group go to BROWSE e the LTC output carries the TC amp tps of the playfile not the project TC it can be used to slave a chasing VTR Create play cards see p 44 BLUE PLAY l Select a play file with shif gt choose a file among the BLUE BRWS indexed ones the tile index A to L is displayed in 1 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 23 2 Select an empty card with gt or x open an empty card e g AO1 among the fifty one per playtile The defa
76. k the desired one A Connect the latest Cantar ID will show at next connection 5 Status for maintenance engineers Working Screens R canw displays the modulometers pretader and mie er gains plus the mic preamp settings lt sets the ins and outs routings and enters edits scene take track names and comments 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com 1 Inputs grids track disarming tile rank becomes light grey M S status inputs to tracks rout ings can be modified in STOP position 2 Outputs maps recorded signals appear in green the non recorded sent directly to outputs ap pear in black Outputs mapping can be moditied in STOP position A Physical parameters BIR letz 24 bit b It HD notused ert HO 12h15mn dv Lim Pha Filter on a 180H2 12d8 on LFA of 60Hz 60B of a LFA af Linear SIE C0760 Se ib 03 Tkw6 top battery voltage sample rate and bitdepth internal external disk recording time 3 e mig 239338 middle phantom limiter phase highpass filter in STOP position Prefader mixer gains in TEST PPR REC bot tom filetags scene take day and time Leg czo763 C send l 4 Metadata editing ma fo BJs Scene fake comments and tracknames with auto q completion and memo a SS Een E ES SS insertion are edited in REC PPR and BROWSE ENT T Sound Report editing lee R canw is a great helper 4 to enter a
77. ks see M S Declaration p 27 and passing over the mss icon activate it to make the monitor decode the M S signals into M S and MS i e L R stereo For M S mono monitoring see Pan pots p 21 33 4 7642 9550 Www agaton com p 17 Locking the Faders Press the link lock 3 button between Mic 1 amp Mic 2 faders to disable the mixer s linear faders press the link lock 3 button between Mic 3 amp Mic 4 faders to dis able all rotary taders Any action on a disabled fader causes the rectan gular screen to display Locked Fader instead of its gain value To prevent inadvertent un locking the button must be pressed for a full second for the action to occur Headphones To facilitate extraction of a right angle 1 4 jack plug a must to direct the cable out of your way the headphone sock et is slanted toward the bottom of the machine This makes a long straight plug hit the table on which you put Cantar The headphone amplitier can drive 8 ohm loudspeakers quite a helpful feature to send playback audio tracks to the stage Rec amp Play rehearsal seep 44 BLUE TEST The playback tracks To Tp6 are internally connected to the Digil 6 inputs and from there routed to the recording tracks BLUE TEST is used to verify the In grids and Out maps to adjust the relative levels between the playback tracks and the analog inputs and to rehearse the BLUE REC play card
78. les are missing in the media probably burned on another one User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 39 BACKUP 3 Tag typel CD_T1 6_001 general mode for DVD burning T1 6 six mono tracks trom AAD folder T1 8 eight mono tracks from AAD folder MXDN monophonic stereo mixdown trom AAD folder MXBN poly stereo mixdown from AAX folder MXBC poly stereo mixdown with 24 bit to 16 bit reduc O01 to 999 media rank Tag type2 CD_TK 1_001 used if the files must be separated because their group is too large to be burned on a single 6O9OMB CD TK 1 is the track number and OO1 the media name rank 11 Snap Report None Direct Native Rotate miXdown Snap immediately stores the day s SoundReport into a YYYYMMDD AAS8 folder Dir Nat Rot or ml on the drive s in use see Sound Report Delivery p 37 12 Idle Report No Yes Before eject ing the DVD RAM or removing the external HDD select Yes and ok This copies the Sound Report toa YYYYMMDD AAS folder Dir Nat Rot or miX which carries the same status as the files recorded on the backup disk see SoundReport Delivery p 37 13 Clean Polys No Yes This operation deletes all of the previous day s Poly files result ing from intermediary treatments stored in the internal HDD Obviously it you later have to deliver another backup copy containing Poly files the Backup Call will take longer since
79. ly Des resulting trom the treatments done during idle periods and during backup call on DVDs From time to time it is good to clean these poly tiles trom the HDD see BACKUP 13 Clean Polys 02 Day to Copy 2007 02 18 The current day is selected by default Previous days can be selected too To simplify archive creation and retrieval Cantar only copies one day per CD DVD Several days can be copied on an external HDD each day in turn 03 TrackSelect T1 T8 T1 T8 7 amp 8 T1 T6 T1 16 7 amp 8 T7T8 e 11 18 7 amp 8 or T1 16 78 amp 8 should be selected only if the tracks TZ T8 carry a mixdown to be added to the iso track backup v2 1x and later e T7 18 is of interest when these BACKUP 03 TrackSelect T1 T8 7 8 two tracks carry the mixdown 04 Tl TxTrimt x or 8 mono Direct poly Native poly Rotate This iso track treatment is applicable if either T1 T6 or T1 T8 is present in the BACKUP O3 selection e mono Direct leaves the iso tracks in their original form AB1234_1 AB1234_2 etc and puts them in an AAD folder identical to the Cantar HDD one e poly Native makes long poly files AB1234 PN by inter leaving the native iso monotiles BACKUP O4 while keeping their rank then stores them in an AAN folder e poly Rotate is available only if tracks TZ T8 are present in the BACKUP O3 selection it moves the TZ and T8 iso tracks to the T1 and T2 positions T1 T8 Trtmt poly Native while pu
80. many read write cycles that audio recording requires Compact Flash cards Abandoned by digital cameras in favor of the less fragile SD cards CFs are on their way out If you must use them connect a Sandisk SDDRX4 CF 901 to the Cantar FW sock et Format them as FAT32 using Windows XP or Vista CD DVD Burners CD DVD burners such as LiteOn tray SW431 SW852S Pioneer tray DVRK14 NEC tray ND6500A good burner but only accepts hard to tind 8x DVDs should be replaced 33 4 7642 9550 Www agaton com p 41 with the Panasonic Matshita slot UJ 85 or UJ8Z5 which burn DVD RAM and accept the latest 16x DVD R Internal To install or replace an internal CD DVD burner see p 5 When Cantar abruptly goes to REC the DVD RAM burner closes its untinished idle copy task and gener ates magnetic interference for a few seconds That is why it must carry an Aaton mu metal shield plate p 50 Note Setting TECHSET O1 Disk Status to Unmount opens access to the Cantar DVD RAM burner through the Firewire socket this is quite usetul fo edit metadata with a Mac External Cantar determines whether an external burner is Firewire connected if it contains a blank disk and if the internal burner is empty it will choose the external burner to run the backup CD DVD Disks never use supermarket branded media CD R Made by Taiyo Yuden Maxell Pros are the best DVD4R Ask the Post Production supervisor what is his preferred flavor
81. mps Inversion Press shift lim inv 1 to invert the phase of a mic input signal a triangle appears below the concerned mic num ber on the middle circular screen 33 4 7642 9550 Www agaton com p 16 High pass filters and attenuators The default setting is Mic Level Linear on all mic inputs Press so fil tom 2 and jog to select a corner frequency slope of which you control the effect in solo mode The first bank of filters Mic Level appears in the rectangular screen it goes from OOHz 6dB to 1 80Hz 12dB and LFA a e e e a S KC f III LC The second bank identitied by High Level activates an 8dBu translation on the mic fader command which puts it in about the same angular position as when a lower sensitivity mic is used The third bank identitied by Line Level activates a physical 24dBu attenuator which converts the mic inputs to line inputs This third bank is available on Cantars equipped with internal attenuators ref SL1 Cantar X2 Delays inherent to sound propagation 3ms m o Differential delays introduced by signal processing up to 3 8ms in a digital wireless kit can induce phasing interference between mics placed at different distances or time trom a sound source In some instances it is advisable that all other audio inputs contributing to the onboard mixdown wait in a buffer for the late sound arrival In TEST press shift silver
82. n CD DVD select With Sc Tk since long filenames are supported by ISO and UDF 1 5 formats e Backuping on an external HDD the filenames are forced to FiletagOnly since long filenames are not supported by the basic FAT32 disk format Majax Win XP or Mac OS X extracts the Sc Tk from the metadata contained in the iXML and can add them to the tiles en route to the postchain on FAT32 formatted HDDs 10 Media Label CD 1 of 2 The number of disks needed for the backup is displayed Press ok select the one to burn shift eye displays the Media Label created for the disk CD MXD_2 5 means CD R Mixdown Xa Xb Disk 2 in a 5 disk group The remaining data volume to be burned is displayed The large file case The length of a take can make it impossible to copy it entirely onto one CD For instance if a 200MB long file comes in with its tive brothers a six track take a 1 2GB CD is required In this case Cantar separates the take into its individual tracks while minimizing the number of CDs or DVDs The label becomes CID 2 DO 72 where CD is the media 2 the track and DO72 the last four characters of the filename Example of a CD DVD label An ISO volume label is limited to 31 characters Cantar Project Date Archiv Tag type or 2 O99 AAAAAAAA YYYYMMDD CD IO SH The archive flag is either a sp space or a to show if only not yet archived tiles have been burned a way to know why some fi
83. n duty This allows the simultaneous use of a 12 5V NiMH battery with alert level set to 10 5V and a 14 4V Li lon battery with alert level set to 12 4V see TECHSET 11 12 p 32 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com DI When the alert level is reached a two beep alarm goes to the headphones the rectangular screen displays BATT LEFT LOW or BATT RIGHT LOW While in REC both batteries are automatically put on duty in case you unplug one by mistake Maximum voltage 16 6V is the maximum voltage which can be applied to Cantar including the Firewire socket no problem with Mac laptops and PCs they deliver a sate 12V Never connect MAC G3 5 desktops delivering 30V on the Firewire socket extract the HDD trom Cantar and connect it directly to the Gs it can sustain up to 4OV Battery check In TEST jog to display the battery voltage It also appears in all positions whenever you press the batt 1 or batt 2 button Pressing a battery button for more than two seconds puts the battery on duty Power Consumption STOP 270mA sleep mode 420mA HDD running TEST 600mA AES Off Phantom Off Heater Off REC 650mA AES Off Phantom Off Heater Off AES ON 100mA Phantom ON 10 to 20mA per mic 60mA total Heater ON 500mA until reaching 4 C under screens Ethernet CH 50mA Lithium lon batteries An Aaton R Cell Lilon batteries are 30 more powerful than the same size NiMH and lighter too 560gr vs 6
84. n of writing the disk will need to be manually ejected When the green indicator starts blinking press the burner s eject button Direct backup from a Mac or PC Once TECHSET O1 Disk Status has Unmount ed the inter nal HDD is no longer under the Cantar CPU s control but is still powered a Firewire connected MAC or PC sees the Cantar HDD as any other HDD and can copy the tiles per form selective erasure and edit the metadata with Majax Warning To prevent destruction of the Firewire input max 16 6 V by the Mac GX 33 V open the disk compartment disconnect the HDD and connect it to the GX its Firewire input handles up to 40 V Mac PC laptops supply a safe 12 V Corrupted File Retrieval Cantar saves the disc s FAT every ten seconds but in case of power interruption the last file is left open and unplayable Also it by accident you erase important file s do NOT continue to use the HDD IMMEDIATELY remove it and send it to Aaton Do not use any standard recovery programs this is guaranteed to DESTROY any audio that could have been otherwise saved User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 40 Tutorial 1 Disks Hard Disk Drives Internal The Cantar HDD is a PATA IDE 2 5 80GB lon gitudinal magnetization disk running at a low 5400rpm for minimum power consumption and heat generation If you replace it with a larger or faster one be sure it doesn t get hotter and verify that the st
85. nd modity the Sound Report s headers Several entries per day are allowed A new ALE page a new CSV page and a new Sound Report page is opened anytime a header item is changed See the complete R can w user s instructions on http www aaton com products sound arcan index php User manual for CantarX1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 47 Companions 4 OriginC amp GMT d out ation rator ader ction rengt Smpte fps sel Q Eh Ke O Smpte gen Smpt Setup amp re Asch commiunicati K Smpte communicati se 8 lt lt H CT 4 OriginC master clock sets cameras and recorders TC Start OriginC by pressing the key Enter all of the Prod ID digits Date and Time Press to scan through the display All tields being set press to start the clock To shutdown press for tive seconds until Stopped appears To ASCII initialize Cantar cameras or other machines with ASCII an fps 9V battery amp fos rotary selector under cover white 3 second push freezes LTC out GMT is a 1ppm low power LTC generator for SD or HD cameras audio recorders and digi slates e GMT is momentarily initialized trom an ASCII master clock or another LTC source whatever its normalized trame rate Permanently installed on a video camera its internally adjustable linelevel LTC out is recorded on an audio track of the camera this bonds the record run VideoTC of the
86. ns the w takes only The name max 8 char of the report indicates the treatment applied to the tiles For example 071224AR is made of e 071224 the YYMMDD ot the calendar day e A all takes W wild takes only e D Direct multimono N Native poly R Rotated poly X miXer poly 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 37 Actual generation see BACKUP chapter e Any time Go to BACKUP 11 contrary to Idle Report Snap Report lets you select Dir Nat Rot or miX of your choice Press ok to immediately build a SoundReport and send it to the YYYYMMDD AA8 amp folder D N R or X on the drive s in use as selected in SESSION O3 e After IdleCopy is finished Before eject ing the DVD RAM or removing the external HDD set BACKUP 12 Idle Report to Yes The Sound Report automatically carries the same Dir Nat Not mix status as the tiles recorded on the backup disk It is sent to the YYYYMMDD AA8 folder D N R or X e During Backup Call Set BACKUP 13 Run Backup to Yes The Sound Report automatically carries the same Dir Nat Rot mix status as the files recorded on the backup disk lt is sent to the YYYYMMDD AA8 folder D N R or X Sound Report Notes 1 Stored in the iXML chunk of each BWF tile the operator s comments max 200 char are used as separators in the PDF printout 2 Not yet able to rea
87. o the date defined by the calen dar clock but not totally a clone of it The workday is an interpretation of the human day its duration can be from 6 AM in the morning to 3 AM in the deep night next day If you turn OFF the batteries after midnight Cantar thinks the operator has gone to sleep But if your workday is continued into the wee hours after a midnight snack you would probably not want it to be considered a new work day That is why Cantar displays New Workday giving you the opportunity to say NO Note that going to TEST or REC is a way to say ES Thus if you stop working at 2 AM one day the audio tiles are technically still part of the previous workday Conversely if you want to start a new workday right after midnight just turn OFF Cantar then turn it back ON and answer YES or go to TEST Sync Time At startup you will notice a blinking inte or exte icon depending upon the master internal clock or slave external clock mode selected in AUDIO TC 14 TC Source This blinking icon reminds you to verity that the same timecode is running in all of the camera s and audio recorder s 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 13 Four syncing methods can be used Method 1 int c internal Free Run master clock Set AUDIO TC 14 TC Source to Int Clock The internal TCXO 1 ppm clock keeps the time accurate to within tone frame in nine hours this time is us
88. odulometers resolu tion is 1dB in the 35dBFS to 1 2dBFS working zone The rectangular screen modulometers resolution is 2dB in the same zone The ballistics emulate needle modulometers The decay time can be adjusted in TECHSET O9 Meter Speed from 1 Fast to 5 Slow In low temperature envi ronment 5 Slow is recommended The default is 3 Med The peak meters are always active and their hold period can be adjusted trom 0 5 to 5 seconds TECHSET 10 Soloing tracks Pull the Solo Mix Pan slid er to Solo operator side Press a track solo button you will hear the rock audio in both ears While maintaining pressure on a solo button press another one You will hear the first soloed track in the left ear and the second in the right ear Use this feature to compare track levels phases or ditterential delays When a track solo is activated the selected track s modulometer is differentiated trom the others by a dashed appearance Soloing inputs It is easy to monitor a ques tionable mic input by rotat ing the monitor crown to Cen A E So or pressing its sotiltom hoes Ge IT hee eet e S 2 button Built in Mixer Pan pots Push the SoloMixPan slider to PAN battery side Each track can be sent to the lett or right tracks of the mixdown Press the track solo button and jog the marker to the left or the right of the circular screen When it is in
89. oject can be selected 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 36 Sound Report Headers Eight header items FileType TapeRef ToneLevel Sample rate Bitdepth FPS Date and Media are automatically tilled with the recording parameters while seven others see O8 to 14 below carry operator entered data Multiple changes to each header item are allowed per workday lf one header item changes a new PDF and ALE page is started with this information 07 Full Title For consistency the 8 character Project name is automatically inserted in the header before of the operator entered Full Title max 39 cho 08 Production max 30 chars 09 Director max 25 chars 10 Sound Mixer max 25 chars 11 Location max 25 chars 12 Day s Topic max 19 chars 13 Pic Format PAL NTG AD Te AD2 Note to clear each of these fields individually press shift esc D Pillay Soe Tae TO iin Den Ti urd D T4 TS TE L TE Bitze TC ag A Te ee Fi r Jl ii AE Goud a Pap aa ia aro bo s wei Wa rege IAM ead red feephors cal d Luna Wt ra II es E A8 Fer dee Ee Seel veel Ma e Va night AR ree Prd Baier lad Pai masirg vian beic masing A E m User manual for CantarX1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 36 SESSION 3 Sound Report Columns User configurable they carry take specific data 14 Col Layout Layout A Layout B Layout C Three operator created custom layouts can be selected they are st
90. onfigurations e g Al to A5 for mic only setups Blto B5 when some line inputs are on duty Cl to C5 for complex setups that include digi inputs The contig crown gives instant sequential access to all of them 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 7 mic limiter ee Output maps Here is where Cantar s three screen mapping is at its best Audio signals going to the left ear show on the left screen signals to be listened to in mono show on the middle screen and those going to the right ear are on the right screen All inputs recorded or not very useful in Rec amp Play and all tracks can be monitored along different configurations for each of the eight independent outputs channels Ph Phones Lo Line out Fb Foldback and Do Digital out 26 different output routing maps are available the black monitor crown gives instant access to all of them see p 28 mic phantom In the example above the Ph d phone routing indicates Track5 goes to the lett ear Track 1 and Track2 go to the center both ears and Track6 goes to the right ear With the Solo MixPan slider pulled toward the operator side pressure on the routing button instantly displays the current monitor configuration Note the routing button is required to change from one grid to another it is a protection against wild and lethal changes but it is not required to change from one map to another in the course of a recording eee Pan pots to t
91. ored in Cantar s memory and can be moditied by jog king through the column tield linking positions see SESSION 15 below The first letter identifies which layout A B or C the selected column is modifying e g A Column O2 B Column O2 C Column O2 15 A Column 02 to 29 A Column 16 INS field DEL field Blank Filetag Scene Take TCStart TCEnd Duration TCSlateA TCSlateB TCSlateC Trackrank Tracks used FileSize User bits The column O1 field carries the tile recording order used to sort the events it is not modifiable To assign a different field to columns O2 to 16 press ok and use the gt or lt to select one of the fields above DEL field eliminates the field assigned to the selected col umn and shuttles the fields on the rightside to the lett none is displayed on the last column If you want to activate a none column press ok to change it to blank then select any field for it INS field inserts an empty placeholder blank that can be tilled with a specified field other fields are pushed to the right provided there is at least one none column on the far right Track rank represents Track 1 through Track 8 Sound Report Delivery Name composition In order for the latest entries of the day to be taken into account the most recent report overwrites the former one Two independent PDFs are created A contains all of the taketypes t p w a n Wild contai
92. outputs in REC PPR TEST talkback mic to active tracks in PLAY plays from start of take shift black 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com Std pos REC PPR TES Or PLAY BROWSE red shift red User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 Blue pos amp BLUE REC II BLUE TEST E gt BLUE PLAY K BLUE BRWS in REC PPR BROWSE changes taketype in BLUE PLAY inserts a cue out in IN GRIDS unlinks an input from a track in OUFMAPS disconnects sources from outputs in TEST PPR REC 1kHz reference tone Ott at red release remains On if shift released first press shift to turn Of in BLUE PLAY hide play card trom Rec amp Play list The red button may appear red gold Audio TC 04 p 30 2008 Feb 25 p 10 STOP 1 Power Starting amp Stopping To turn ON Cantar set the MainSelector to STOP press the batt 1 or batt 2 button for a couple of seconds The rectangular screen lights up to confirm that Cantar is powered On the left circular screen the three platter icon blinks for 3 to 5 seconds the time it takes the disk to wake up it is surrounded by the icons of the currently routed tracks The rectangular screen displays batt 1 and batt 2 voltages plus the system day and time To shut down Cantar set the MainSelector to STOP maintain pressure on the blue shift button and batt 1 or batt 2 until AU REVOIR is displayed As a safety meo sure
93. plays the lowest remaining disk space in Mega Bytes Q connect an external HDD and wait for its activity LED to turn green selected SESSION O3 Int Ext HDD but the external HDD doesn t mount A Wait for the external three platter icon to stop blink ing in the middle circular screen then go to Int Ext HDD If Cantar still doesn t see the disk most prob ably it is not formatted with a FAT32 primary partition Format it with Cantar see below 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 35 04 Disk Format HDD DVD RAM Almost identical operations for HDD and DVD RAM HDD erasing formatting auto FAT32 Since Cantar HDDs do not use a proprietary format they are directly accessible by both Mac and PC Each disk must be formatted as One primary partition under FAT32 Internal HDD Open the internal HDD compartment a ten second operation and disconnect it Following the instruc tions below reconnect it to Cantar as an external HDD This is protection trom accidental erasure by idle tingers External HDDs Firewire connected Cantar will format them up to 127GB which is Microsoft s marketing limit for FAT32 To format a larger disk see tutorial disks 0 41 Instructions please read completely before proceeding 1 With no external HDD plugged in go to SESSION O4 Disk Format ok Shift Red is displayed 2 Press and hold the shift red buttons while connecting the external HDD to
94. re displayed on AUDIO TC 24 to 31 e To control several mic input faders from the same actuator couple them in the usual Cantar way and assign the actuator to the master only The slaved rotary faders are used for the balance e Press a slider key to activate the solo monitoring of the Mic Line in or Track fader under its control e The 0 6 second latency of Cantar s Line in faders is more apparent when they are driven by linear actuators which unlike the Cantar on board faders can be swept trom O to OOdBFS in a wink e Put Cantar on STOP to initialize its clock by ASCII from an OriginC e Cantar remote MainSelector on PPR set AUDIO TC 23 CantaRemCom to Active Press both ctrl keys and press 2 TEST 3 PPR or 4 REC When Canta RemCom is set to Forced 1 STOP is also available Design considerations e Since Cantar is the only audio recorder featuring a wire less PDA link there is no need for a replica display nor a builtin keyboard on CantaRem e CantaRem s Penny Gilles faders are feather smooth but not as resistant to the elements as Cantar s magnetically driv en faders That is why CantaRem is built with structural trans parency allowing sand and water to freely tlow through e The precise gain value of each fader is displayed on Can tar s rectangular screen the actuators O to 9 scale is only a quick positioning aid User manual for CantarX1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p
95. re is no use for it Go to TEST press shift track solo of the unwanted track Its monitor is muted and to remind you this track is disarmed its track number square icon is blinking and its modulometer is dashed to make it less visible but still usable Disarmed tracks are not rearmed by passing through STOP you must pass over IN GRIDS or turn OFF the power M S Declaration If two tracks carry an M S pair entered on say Mic 3 and Mic4 use the black button to activate the m s icon attached to these two tracks while _ passing over it see pc The suffix of the tiles carrying M S tracks will show a hyphen instead of an underscore Titan3 the auto contorming tool p 49 must carry the cantar tsc file to handle the hyphen flagged suffixes Being M S declared these tiles are monitored as L R ste reo tracks in the monitor outputs and in the mixdown see Pan pols 0 7 11 Majax p 49 can decode and replace M S pairs with L R pairs for export to editing machines e g Avid which can t decode M S stereo Sixteen Tracks wo Cantar X2s To impose the very same sampling rate frequency and phase on two recorders operating in parallel like one sin gle sixteen track machine enter a Wordclock signal on the SubD 15 Pin 4 and select a WC prefixed sampling rate in AUDIO TC O1 Sample Rate If you select the wrong sampling rate Wordclock SampleRate mismatch is displayed on the rectangular sc
96. reen It the Wordclock reference is missing Wordclock input missing is dis played User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 27 OUT MAPS 1 So Solos for the phones Lo Line out pair Do Digi7 8 ouput pair Digi 6 AUDIO TC 2 1 Ph Phones pair Fb Foldback pair The 3 Screen monitor map Here is where the Cantar three screen lay out is at its best Audio signals going to the lett ear are displayed on the left circular screen signals to be listened to in mono are displayed on the middle circular screen and those going to the right ear are displayed on the right circular screen The middle circular screen does not represent a wired output but the mono effect resulting trom the routing of a signal to both the left and right outputs e Track5 goes to the left side Track 1 goes to both sides mono listening and Track6 goes to the right side e Line in 3 goes to the right side Map creation The MainSelector six o clock position gives access to create monitor maps Since headphones Line out Foldback and Digi out carry a left and a right channel each they can all be set in the same manor The explanation below concerns the headphones but it is applicable to the others as well Tracks to monitors Rotate the monitor crown to Ph Ph appears on the left circular screen Rotate the config crown to get d on the middle circular screen The black blinking cursor now pinpoints an audio so
97. remoting LTC if set in ext The remoting LTC can carry a continuous record run TC or a discontinuous free run time ofday TC No time overlaps are created on the breaks since Cantar waits for 3 seconds to validate the new LTC then goes to REC while splicing the preceding three second audio stored in the prerecord buffer If you want to continue the recording knowing the cam era is about to stop swiftly switch from PPR to REC 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com p 20 Remote by keyboard In PPR Cantar can be controlled by a PS2 keyboard through a USB PS2 to SubD 15 converter p 50 Press ctrl alt where is a letter r REC g IN GRIDS p PPR m OUTMAPS t TEST a AUDIO TC s STOP k TECHSET I PLAY c BACKUP Copy b BROWSE SESSION Use the vertical arrows or the numeric pad to scroll the parameters use the horizontal arrows to select the parameter value press enter for ok escape for esc Remote by Cantarem or PDA See CantaRem p 46 and R can w p 47 User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 20 REC BLUE REC 1 Recording In REC a rec icon is displayed under the active disk drive and a red LED lights up underneath this icon While in REC both batteries are paralleled for additional satety Modulometers In REC PPR and TEST the modulometers display the level of the signals to the tracks The circular m
98. rs This is a quick way to verity the prerecord but ter length This length can be moditied up to 35sec A8kHz in AUDIO TC 08 PRE Record Metadata entry While in PPR press shift silver to enter scene take com ments tracknames and TapeRef before or after the record ing of a given take The use of R can or keyboard speeds up the process Note shift jog accelerates letter scrolling 1 Ox 1 Scene and Take The first screen displays Seq Scn Tak Press ok to go down to the bottom line and use gt or lt to scroll along the characters and modity them with jog Press ok to store and exit e The default template is nnnA nnA nn for sequence scene taketype and take A To accelerate jog action this template minimizes the set of letters to those most fre quently used Sequence three digits followed by one character trom this list space A B C D E F R S T a b c d e f PE ly 2 0 E EE Scene two digits followed by one character from the list above Take type t time sync audio p pickup w wild track a announce n no good This towan is select ed with the red button Take two digits 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 18 e An open CCCCCCCC CC template is also available see AUDIO TC 11 ScTk Templt p 30 At each new take the sequence amp scene is maintained and the take is incremented by one Moditying the sequence or scene caus
99. s along with the live audio coming trom the analog inputs To activate the Rec amp Play functions press the blue shift button while transitioning to a new MainSelector position and hold it tor one second after the blue position has been reached Live temporality BLUEBRWS 21 p 24 Choose Live the continuous timecode scene take com ments and track names are from the new take At each call ot a play card a playback file segment Cantar generates a Linking Trio which stores the filetag and timecode of the playback file into the new take s tile see note e Classic playback Audio tracks such as telephone calls background music and wild sounds are played and record ed during a live recording Thanks to its zero delay audio triggering and the subframe postsyncing precision brought by the Linking Trios Rec amp Play makes external players and MusicSlates obsolete accessories e ADR typel The actor records his replacement dialog right after listening to a play card opened then closed on its cue points each play card can be played again and again to satisfaction Note the Linking Irios are made of two TCs and the playback file s filetag They are stored in the iXML chunk of the live file readable on the CSV Sound Report they are used to resync the original playback tracks with the edited audio tracks with subframe accuracy a message PB filetag AB 1234 XY9753 in the comment line makes it easier for the e
100. shing T1 T6 to T3 T8 and makes a poly file AB1234 PR stored in an AAR folder The poly Rotate treatment solves the Avid composer inability to put tracks where the editor wants them for example on a composer the mixdown pair automatically goes to positions 1 amp 2 of the audio timeline unfortunately the Tl and T2 iso tracks of a multitrack recording are auto matically put there too It during the course of his work User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 38 BACKUP 2 the editor decides to import the T1 to T6 original tracks his machine will kill the mixdown tracks he has been using trom day one Thanks to poly Rotate the mixdown tracks TZ and T8 are moved to T1 and T2 to replace the 16 bit mixdown with the 24 bit originals while the iso tracks T1 T6 are pushed to T3 T8 BACKUP 04 T1 T8 Trtmt poly Rotate 05 T7ZT8 Trimt mixdown treatment Mono Native Poly Native Polyl Trunc Poly16Dith Only applicable if T7T8 shows in BACKUP O3 rock Select This treatment can perform the reduction trom 24 bit to 16 bit and the conversion of the TZ T8 monotiles into a polyphonic file e Mono Native 24 16 changes nothing relative to the original 16 bit or 24 bit Tiles e Poly Native 24 16 interleaves TZ T8 at native bitdepth e Poly 6Trunc interleaves T7 T8 truncates 24 bit to 16bit e Poly16Dith interleaves T7 T8 dithers 24 bit to 16 bit Note 1l dithering offers a slightly BACKUP 05 b
101. silver to close and go back to displaying the NEXT take s characteristics Scene and take can also be moditied later by selecting the tile in BROWSE and performing the same editing opero tions as described here in PPR Pazienza paciencia patience When editing metadata entries you are modifying the native tiles stored in the internal HDD If you are working in simultaneous mirroring mode these moditications are immediately applied to the external drive tiles as well But if you are working in IdleCopy mode they will only be applied later when Cantar is in TEST or STOP position 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 19 So at the end of the session remember to not unplug the external HDD nor to remove the DVD RAM disk in haste wait until IdleCopy finishes its revamping work File splitting Manual split To divide a tile into shorter segments quickly go from REC to PPR and back to REC A new file is created it carries the same scene ID and the take is incremented You will not lose a single audio sample A short pre silence is added at the head of the new tile to ease the splicing work in post By setting the PPR buffer to a long enough duration you can even enter new scene and take IDs and comments Automatic split If you need to record audio during very long periods with out interruption but you don t want files larger than 4GB Cantar automatically closes the file and starts a new one four settings are available
102. sociated polyphonic tiles for the day e g 20041 206 AAP 3 Filename In 1997 the Aaton Indaw multitrack digital recorder introduced the Aaton filename system Each filename con sists of a unique machine generated filetag an optional descriptor that displays the scene taketype and take a suffix that indicates the type and sequence of the file The aim is to perform these tasks while remaining compatible with EDL standards which only handle 8 3 DOS filenames and with Mac OS9 which is limited to 31 characters e The automatically incremented six character filetag AD1234 differentiates 6 7 million takes a sound mixers lifetime Indaw generates a 3 letter and 3 number filetag tor 17 6 million takes The filetag must remain untouched all the way through the final mix One tiletag represents a complete Tile group e g AD1234 is the unique tiletag of eight monophonic tiles from AD1234_1 to AD1234_8 and of its associated polyphonic file e g AD1234PR e The descriptor displays the scene taketype and take e g scene Al8 2a taketype t take 04 e The suffix is used to flag the nature of the file either multi monophonic _1 _8 or interleaved poly Native PN or interleaved polyRotate PR or poly miXdown PX See Cantar Post Chain http Awww aaton com Tiles can tarpostchain 22 pdt Filename examples A short filename AD1234_1 wav A long filename AD1234 A18 2a t04 _1 wav A questionable file Ask
103. software v2 11 et he magic auto slate p 22 e wild amp all built in opdf reports p 36 eeditor friendly poly rotate p 38 eltc triggered remote roll p 18 playback adr remix rec amp play p 44 tarkan p 45 cantarem p 46 r can w p 47 majax p 49 fie A e VY CO i D Aaton Cantarx 33 476429550 www aaton com User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 Table of contents Keep in Touch Manuals amp software Cantar User s List Photo Gallery The PostChain Software versions CantarX to X2 Description Permanently accessible faders Bottom connections Swiveling front panel buttons In Grids and OutMaps Pan pots Circular modulometers for T1 T6 Rectangular screen Triple crown Operating positions MainSelector West MainSelector buttons STOP Starting and stopping Twin battery safety Minimum Maximum voltage Battery check Power Consumption Lilon batteries STOP Errortree filing system Project creation Workday Filename Operational Problem STOP Time amp clocks Calendar Time amp Sync Time Internal Free run master clock Do not power down the master Internal rec run clock Internal clock amp clapstick Slaved fo an external clock Sampling Rate vs Audio TC On planet Earth On the Slow planet A for Avid v1 1 B for Barebone C for Compensated Fake TEST Microphone Preamps Phantom power 33 4 7642 9550 Limiters Inversion p 16 Fil
104. t ok 01 00 00 is pro posed as the first TC of the day it can be modified From now on at the beginning of each audio tile Cantar will stamp a startTC incremented by 2 seconds later than the preceding take s end TC This clocking called Record Run produces audio files which appear as it they have been recorded in continuity If for some reason Cantar is turned off the rec run TC must be initialized again To prevent any TC overlap Cantar proposes to start on the next hour integer e g if the last recorded take has been closed at 01 34 15 the next start TC proposed to the operator will be 02 00 00 The Cantar record run mode lets you use the pre record butter without creating TC overlaps For example it the preceding take ends at 01 45 00 and the prerecord buffer is set at 35 seconds the next audio file will start at 01 45 02 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 14 wo second gap but the LTC emitted by the generator to the camera when hitting REC will be 01 45 37 While Cantar is in Rec Run mode its reference TC must be continuously sent to all cameras on the set by wire or RF Note in TEST and PPR the LTC output is frozen on the end TC value it can thus be used as a master TC to start and stop another Cantar Remote Roll p 18 Method 3 int c internal clock AufoSlate on clapsticks It the same TC is not running in Cantar and cameras the only way to sync pictures and audio is to use clapst
105. t an eight track file group containing seven iso tracks plus a mono mixdown p 22 Preparation Cantarx amp X2 BLUE BRWS p 24 Select files from the current project and archives to index them as ready to use play files A to L BLUE PLAY p 23 Place cuein and cue out points to create segments called play cards up to fifty one per file AO A 03 A 05 Play file A from the current project containing five play cards Note their chronological placement suited to an ADR work EOI E 04 E 08 A ah A e A r o A ee Ae e a uf E15 Play tile E from the archives six play cards E34 hidden Note their free and overlaping placement suited for playback Under fire BLUE BRWS p 24 Select a Temporality and an Index BLUE TEST p 17 Choose the IN GRID to the recording tracks and the OUTFMAPS to the monitor outputs Adjust the levels of the live analog vs the playback digital inputs Simulate rehearse the recording session Simple sequence e g ADR type1 jump from play card to play card with gt Complex sequence e g classic playback select the play cards by entering their IDs e g B14 F32 using an attached keyboard BLUE REC p 22 CantarX2 only User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 44 Companions 1 Tarkan The Cantar mirror Through the CantarX2 Ethernet connection Tarkan controls Cantar s system configuration creates online and oftline user setups and edits all of the metadata stored in the
106. t chain It is not operator error prone 1 Project f you are in a bind and have no time to select a project in SESSION O1 ProjectName 1 35 go directly to REC your audio files will be stored in a project named AACANTAR later with Majax you will move these audio tiles out of the AACANTAR folder and into the project directory you would have created in the mean time Note in their XML chunk the moved files still hold AACANTAR as the Project Name You will need to manually replace that provisional name with the correct name 2 WorkDay At startup Cantar displays New Workday giving you the opportunity to say NO Note that going to TEST or REC is a way to say YES New Workday No esc Yes ok The workday is not the same as the actual time ofday as detined by the sync clocks it is an interpretation of the human vi3 5 V13 9 Sys 12 29 14 2005 03 22 day see next page The Cantar recorded files are multimonophonic i e indepen dent tiles stored in a workday folder That folder is auto matically created at the start of each day and is named for the date e g 20041206 AAD see Calender Time p 13 Because original multimonophonic files sometimes have to be interleaved into large polyphonic files for crippled 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 12 editing machines Cantar also builds an AAR suffixed shadow folder which stores the as
107. tar while installing software first looks for flb files in the root of the external disk User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 34 SESSION 1 O7 Full Title 13 Picture Format O1 Select Project Name Q2 Create New Project O3 HDD in Use 14 Column layout OA Disk Formatting 15 AColumn 02 O5 Scan Disk 29 AColumn 16 O6 Delete files 01 ProjectName AACANTAR EDEN END Max eight characters A factory preloaded project AACANTAR is stored on the internal HDD If the disk has been erased by the rental facility No Project is displayed Going directly to REC creates a provisional AACANTAR project folder 02 New Project SHADOWS_ A HDD must be connected The bottom line of the rectan gular screen displays the projects already stored Press ok to create a NEW project 8 alpha numeric characters a triangle points at the character to be set jog to select a character then press gt or lt to go to the next letter Name entered press ok and go to REC to immediately validate it by recording a very short file 03 HDD in Use Int HDD Eet bi Int Ext HDD Audio tiles can be recorded on internal or external HDD or both simultaneously VVhen listening to recorded tiles only the internal drive plays To listen to files on the external drive switch to Eat HDD and don t forget to switch back atterward If external and internal HDDs are simultaneouly recording the message panel dis
108. te value found in the Format stamp Exactly the same logic is used in the Barebone mode B of the slow planet recording mode On the slow planet Unfortunately NTSC compatible 23 976tos HD cameras cannot use anti dritt lookup tables because nobody ever found a clever way to emulate the counting compensation invented tor 29 97tps When shooting HD in the U S the slow second still imposes its rule The slow second is the time it takes to shoot 30 frames of NTSC video i e 1 001 Earth second As soon as you enter Camera fps 23 98NDF or 29 97NDF Cantar knows it must work in the slow second world its TCXO clock switches to a slower beat and the TC separators change trom Zo e g 12 45 36 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 15 you are on the slow planet with its 24 lazzy speed aka 23 98NDF on Earth and 30 lazzy TC aka 29 97NDF on Earth Many nights of engineers time have been spent trying to tind a universal method to sync sound and images on the slow second planet but nothing came out In the U S you must ask your posttacility which one of these three sample stamp modes is requested A Avid vil 23 98NDF A 29 97NDF A In a tile digitized at 48kHz the Format stamp indicates the number of samples digitized in a slow second i e 48048 the Timestamp is the number of samples since midnight using the 48048 value of the Format stamp Introduced on the AvidMC v11 3 2 the A mode is
109. ters and attenuators 0 16 Differential delays p 16 Mic Coupling plz Stereo pairs amp Surround p 17 Tuning the balances p 17 M S declaration p 17 Fader Locking p 17 Headphones p 17 Rec amp Play rehearsing 0 17 PPR Pre PostRecord Pre record buffer p 18 Metadata entry p 18 Track names 0 18 Atter recording p 19 File splitting p 19 Last take erasure p 19 Remote Roll p 20 Remote control by PDA SR Remote control by keyboard p 20 REC Record Modulometers p 2 1 Solos of the inputs SCH Solos of the tracks SCH Builtin Mixer p 2 1 Pan pots p 2 Mixer Sliders p 2 1 Mixer Bargraphs p 21 Reference Tone generator d Talkback mic p22 Warning beeps 522 Headphone level 6 22 Take type p 22 Record tally p 22 AutoSlate SEN On the ly markers ew Record with playback p 22 PLAY Commands SE LTC for VTR chase p 23 Create play cards p 23 Activate play cards p 23 BROWSE Metadata editing p 24 Wake up HDD p 24 Playtile indexing p 24 Playfile presetting p 24 www aaton com p 2 Operand positions MainSelector East 0 25 IN GRIDS Routing the Inputs IZ T8 and T1 T6 p 26 Create modify In Grids o AES sample rate converters e Disarm tracks O27 16 Track by Word clock p27 OUT MAPS Routing the Outputs Create modity Out Maps EIS Tracks to outputs O20 Inputs direct to outputs p 28 Digi to Digi outputs pa Digi7 8 outputs p 29 AUDIO TC Audio parameters p 30 Timecode parameters pa TECHSET Day in day out technicals 0 32 Softw
110. the center it provides a mono mix The value in dBFS of what is left fo the other side is displayed on the rectangular screen When a track pair is declared M S the pan goes to the 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 21 middle and it is L R decoded into the mix If you create a Phone out or Line out monitor configuration out of an M S declared pair you will get pure stereo I you pan the M track to one side or the other it goes 100 to the right or lett and the S signal disappears trom the mix That is the way to mono monitor an M S pair Mixer Sliders Once the pan pots have been set each track s contribution to the mix is adjusted with the mixer s sliders The maximum gain can be either 6dBu or OdBu AUDIO TC O07 MixGain Max To listen to the mixdown set the monitor crown to Ph and jog to Ph Mx Mixer Bargraphs The mixer Xa Xb outputs when record ed on tracks T7 T8 aed on the rectangular screen top emm wm ow GBFS values 50 45 A 230530754 32 30 28 2OrZA 22 20 e214 pattie e 12963 0 Clip jog overwrites the bar graphs with the battery voltage the available disk space and the remain ing recording time calculated from the current track count bitdepth and sample rate Note pressing the eye button toggles display of T5 T6 or TZ T8 on the right modulometer Reference Tone generator In TEST PPR or REC shift red sends a 1kHz tone to the tracks modulometers and
111. the one tailored for the job Navigation Go to accessible play tiles with shift gt and to accessible play cards with gt Upon reaching the last play card of a playtile press gt to jump to the first play card of the next playtile It is much easier to use a keyboard to reach the desired play card just type the ID B12 F45 AO8 etc then enter Tarkan p 45 can easily enter the playlist in the required sequence Live playback To start the playback press ok or space bar to stop betore reaching the cue outpoint press ok or sp to replay trom the in point of the play card press ok or sp lo pause press esc to resume press esc Clone remix No need to press ok the OO play card plays at BLUE REC start To select a different play card go back to BLUE TEST To abort a remix go to PPR delete the bad take and return to BLUE REC to start another take Continuing to record live sounds at master playfile end is allowed but make it short since this generates a longer file than the mas ter at the risk of timecode overlap with the next take Clone Re rec First set seven In grids blo c2 below In BLUEBRVVS 21 select Clone A Using Ingrid b1 record the first track in normal REC In BLUE BRVVS O4 put the tiletag of your best first track recording not always the latest one under Index A Using Ingrid b2 record the second track in BLUE REC as many times as necessary In BLUEBRVVS O4
112. the rectangular screen doesn t go down to 0 this offset is maintained throughout the adjustment range 03 Display dB On OH While adjusting a fader its dBFS value is displayed as well as the other faders found in the same Mic Line in or Mixer bank 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 32 04 Record Beep None Sort on Start Stop Single beep on start double beep on stop The double beep is useful to warn you when the video cam era stops while recording in Remote Roll by LTC It is also a means to tell your boom to keep the mike in the same position since you are still recording the background noise ofter the director s CUTI 05 Clip Detect Beep On Beep Off 06 NoExtTC Beep On Beep Off Activated it the external clock is missing while in External Clock mode The beep is automatically disabled while recording w wild track takes 07 Beep Route Phones Ph Line out Ph Foldback Ph Lo Fb 08 Beep Level OdB to 60dB 09 Meter Speed 1 Fast 2 3Med 4 _ 5 Slow Select 5 Slow in low temperature conditions 10 Peak Hold peak hold duration 0 5 sec to Ssec 11 Batt Alert 12 Batt2 Alert 10 8 Volt to 14 0 Volt Each battery can be set to its own alert level Automatic switch over occurs 300mV below the battery alert level Once one or both batteries voltage drops below the alert level a two beep alarm is sent to the headphones NiMH battery alert should be set to 10 8V 10 5
113. tive Mez gt M StereoLorM gt Mic3 gt 15 St reoRorS gt Mic4 gt T Example 4 Mixdown as reference audio The guide mix The mixer faders and pan pots feed the mixdown Xa Xb tracks The inputs are routed to the six tracks an M S couple is connected to pretaders 3 amp 4 and routed to Track5 and Track6 M S declared The Mand S signals are recorded as metered on the T5 T6 modulometers and stereo decoded into the mix down output If the editor prefers not to get stereo signals in his reterence sound pan the MTrack to one side or the other and the STrack disappears trom the mix The boom and RF mics Boom is connected to Mic 5 routed to Track5 Track5 is disarmed if you don t want to record it pan potted to the left it goes to Xa Track7 The RF mics routed to Tracks T1 T2 T3 T4 amp T6 and all pan potted to the right go to Xb Track 8 User manual for CantarX1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 42 Tutorial 3 Video sync Cantar amp video cameras Practice 1 Real time Audio TC in both machines The best method to sync Cantar to any video camera is to install a small LTC generator such as an Aaton GMT on the camera A less desirable alternative is to use an RF link to send LTC from the camera to Cantar which is slaved in External Clock mode The GMT timecode is recorded on one of the camera s audio tracks don t forget to turn OFF the automatic gain and any other audio processing This LTC is later e
114. to play card navigation You can also use it to quickly go from one play card to the next without the hassle of scrubbing through the entire play tile a nice feature to give a film director an apercu of a questionable take Rec amp Play only works at 48kHz 0 1 the playback tiles are played at the live recording sample rate If there is a discrepancy e g PBck 48048Hz vs Rec 48000Hz a reminder is displayed in the rectangular screen but you can nevertheless proceed to record Sept 2008 connected to the SubD25 AESIn Out a Level amp Delay accessory can loop the playback tracks through digital faders back to the Digi ins In addition to its AES level adjusting ability it mixes and sends an analog stereo playback to the stage There is no longer a need to set the Cantar Outmaps for this purpose User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 17 PPR I The Pre Post Record position is unique to Cantar it offers three essential functions pre record butter activation meta data entering editing and last take erasure Pre record buffer While the MainSelector is on PPR the pre record butter stores the audio in a Firstin Firstout FIFO butter memory and dumps them to the HDD as soon as REC is activated The rec icon blinks under the disk s selected for recording Once the buffer is full and it starts discarding the firstin audio the middle platter of the three platter icon disap pea
115. ts 8 RecordRun TC init 9 Operator TC init 23 Cantakem com 24 31 Slider assign O8 Prerecord duration O9 Balance fader lock 10 Mic tader linking 20 17T8 InGrid None Xa E Wb MicN amp Xb lineN amp Xb DigiN amp Xb Micl amp 2 Mic3 amp 4 Line amp 2 LineS amp 4 Digil amp 2 Dat amp 4 Digi5 amp Digi7 amp 8 The selected TZ T8 INGRID appears on the rectangular screen while pressing the routing button v2 Ix 21 Digi 1 6 Out T1 T6 Micl 5 lLin On top of their individual routings set with IN GRIDS the Mic 1 to Mic5 plus the Line in 1 signals can be sent to the Digil 6 outputs After treatment by a digital mixer router they may be sent back to Cantar and routed as standard Digi inputs 22 Digi Power Off On Digi Loop Sept 2008 On saves 110mA Routed but not powered the Digi 1 to Digi icons of the circular screens blink as a reminder to turn On the Digi in out sample rate converters Digi Loop trig gers the powering of the AES converters and disables the internal direct connection from the playback tracks to the Digi inouts when in BLUE TEST and BLUE REC 01 Sample Rate 44100 47952 48000 48048 88200 95904 96000 96096 For VVordclock slaving Cantar X2 only select the WC prefixed values e g WC 48000 which are the same as the non WC rates see Sixteen Tracks p 27 All indexes will be reshuffled in the next firmware release 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton
116. ult AOO play card only lets you play the entire playfile without stor ing cue points its cue out Z is the take end i e duration 3 Insert Erase cue points to A01 gt 01 45 fill an empty card scrub the au 02 15 02 17 dio with the jog 4 press the black button to set the in point COZ1 65 s5 3 scrub further and press the red button to set an outpoint 7 a halt second silence is in serted at the outpoint to let you detect and fine tune its position The last entered cuepoints replace the former ones Once a cuein point has been entered a cue out point is not necessary an empty card becomes a play card It is stored in the XML chunk of the playfile and will only be removed if you erase the play card to do so jog to 00 00 and press red SES Play file A from the current project containing five play cards Note their logical placement suited to an ADR playlist T rm E eke EE foe Oe a n PCN AT ade Play file E from the archives six play cards E34 hidden Note their free and overlaping placement suited to Play call To hide a play card without erasing its cues press shift red tagged with a e character it will no longer be visible in the BLUE TEST BLUEREC play list shortening it empty cards do not appear in the play list either BLUE PLAY With gt select a play card and press ok to play it from Activate play cards its cue in there is no dela
117. urce jog the blinking cursor to the TS square on the left circular screen press the black button to confirm Track 5 is now linked to the headphones left side red button to reject the blinking frequency increases to acknowledge the link Then jog to T1 on the middle circu lar screen press the black button to contirm you are linking Track 1 to both the lett and right sides of the headphones same for Track2 Then jog to T6 on the rightcircular screen press the black button to confirm you are linking Track 6 to the right side of the headphones 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 28 Inputs direct to monitors Any input even if it is not routed to a track can be directly routed to the monitor outputs VVhile the blinking black cur sor runs on the inner ring of the circular screen it points out the input Mic 1 to Mic5 Line in 1 to Linein4 Digiin 1 to Digi in6 to be possibly routed to the left both right ears jog the cursor throughout the ring and link the facing input to an ear by pressing the black button Check Select a monitor map Check In TEST PPR and REC with the Solo Mix Pan slider pulled Out see verbatim below press the routing button with the thumb and rotate the black monitor crown fo check the currently active Outmaps of each monitor output displayed on the three circular screens Select In the same way you can onthetly select a different Out map While on a
118. xer output and seventeen user configurable maps A to Q to headphones 3 Lo Mixer output and nine user configurable maps R Z to dual Line out XLR 5 4 Fb Mixer output and nine user configurable maps R to Z to dual foldback out mini XLR 3 5 Do Mixer and nine user configurable maps R to Z to Digi out on AES amp 8 Note the headphones also receive the signal sent to the output being configured Config Crown e Solo Mis Bon slider pushed toward the bat monitor tery the routing button displays the IN GRIDS contigs on the three circu lar screens e Solo Mix Don slider pulled toward the operator the routing button displays the OUT MAPS on the three circular screens These screens respectively become left both and right ears In REC since the OUTMAPS checking has no interaction with the ongoing recording it is possible to select anoth er map for any of the available outputs with the contig Crown In TEST and PPR the config crown browses the IN GRIDS inputsto tracks routing and selects the one shown when the routing button is released In REC the grids can be checked but not mistakenly changed see T1 T6 routing check and modify p 27 33 4 7642 9550 Www aaton com p 9 Jog Crown The one finger jog is used to move the cursor in the rout ing circular screens to edit the scene and take to select high pass filters to adjust the backlight s intensity to control
119. xtracted by the Avid composer Avid XpressPro v5 7 or later or FCP with VideoShed AUX TC FCP which correlate the continu ous recordrun Video TC of the camera with this discontinu ous treerun Audio IC see oc Thanks to their common audio timecode the Avid FCP can autosync the Cantar audio tiles to the Audio TC indexed images This method is the one used for syncing telecine transfered AatonCode films Please read the Avid autosync instructions about the track VATA2 rules in The PostChain document p 49 Compared to the radio transmission of record run TC plus TC break detection by Cantar real time syncing has two advantages it works in multicamera shooting and it is low power and fail sate Compared to the free run discontinu ous Audio TC as VideolTC reference it has the superiority to let each video camera use its own record run continuous Video TC something much appreciated by video post facili ties Practice 2 Video TC in both machines DayStamp used as TapeRef Reel ID How do you auto contorm the Cantar original audio files if the Avid editor only works trom the videotapes carrying the mixdown sent to the video camera There is neither a filetag to ensure a link between the original tracks and the EDL reference nor a usable date in the user bits so every day the same indistinguishable Video TC appears in the audio tiles The only way to con form the original audio tiles to the EDL is to eith
120. y between pressing ok and the sound output It there is no cue out in the play card or if you want to stop the playback before reaching it press ok Press ok again to restart trom the cue in Press esc to pause press esc to resume play Reminder when going to BLUE PLAY take your time while passing over STOP it the message wou were too fast ap pears go back to STOP for one second User manual for Cantar X1 amp X2 v2 11 2008 Feb 25 p 23 BROWSE BLUE BROWSE Edit metadata BROWSE Find a file By default BROWSE opens access to the Infernal HDD and Current Project To get access to tiles located on an external drive and in another Project you must first go to SESSION O3 and select Eat HDD then select the project in SESSION O1 ProjectName and return to BROVVSE Se lect a Day by jog amp ok the last take s filetag is displayed search other tiletags by jog press ok on the one to be edited and or played The displayed M I is the size of only one ot the tracks of the group Edit the file Edit the scene take comments and track names as you do in PPR see Metadata p 18 The red button tog gles the t o w a n taketype editing can also be performed trom the browse position of R can w see p 47 Wake up HDD When Cantar is left on STOP the HDD goes to sleep atter the time interval set in TECHSET 13 when going to REC waking it is not a problem because the prerecord but ter hi

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