MINIR82- User Manual
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1. Number of Input channels NONE ATT1 5 ATT3 ATT6 assigned to the same Track dB dB dB dB 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 8 3 3 6 3 0 2 5 5 10 1 4 0 3 3 6 12 5 0 3 3 7 2 14 5 6 0 4 1 7 2 14 5 7 0 4 1 8 5 18 1 8 0 5 8 5 18 1 MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 16 of 30 SETUP gt RECORD SETTINGS gt PROJECT NAME This menu allows to specify the Project Name This one is used with several aims e Name of the directory where the Takes will be stored e Archivage of the Project Name in each WAVE file sub chunk BWF and iXML The format of the Project Name is as follows e 8characters maximum e alphanumerics characters and space only A Z 0 9 SETUP gt RECORD SETTINGS gt SCENE NAME This menu allows to specify the Scene Name This one is used with several aims e Partially Name the directory where the audio files of the Takes will be stored e Archivage of the Scene Name in each WAVE file sub chunk BWF and iXML The format of the Scene Name is as follows e 8 characters maximum e alphanumerics characters and space only A Z 0 9 SETUP gt RECORD SETTINGS gt FILE FORMAT The File format offers two choices e MONO e STEREO If MONO is selected each track is recorded in a separated file in mono If STEREO is selected the system records a pair of tracks in a stereo file The pairs are always 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 8 If the configuration of the Routing sets incomplete pai2. ELBE Hag a Zl ol 4 MEHU FEC The example above shows a configuration of 4 active or armed tracks 1 2 3 5 the track 1 being currently selected for Solo Monitoring In this particular case the selection sequence for the Solo is 1 2 1 2 3 5 MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 10 of 30 Monitoring This Monitoring page allows you to mix the 10 tracks of the MINIR82 for it s headphone output The configuration of the monitoring is done by means of a specific menu as shown below MONT TOR TAG STEREO 4 amp 8 MS SELECT DOHE The Monitoring is always configured per pair of tracks 10 tracks 5 pairs of tracks The table below shows the available choices and their respective monitoring results on the stereo headphone output for the pair of tracks 1 and 2 Key Short pressure Long pressure BEE Muted Muted MONO 1 2 1 2 STEREO 1 2 REV STEREO 2 1 MS 1 2 1 2 MONO L 1 2 Muted MONO R Muted 1 2 The table below describes the key functions Key Short pressure Long pressure LEFT Change the Monitoring type RIGHT Save the modifications and return to the previous Menu UP Move the selector upward DOWN Move the selector downward Note If a pair of track is not activated or not armed the only possible value is No Monitoring MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 11 of 30 Last Ta
3. Selecting at the root level If it is about a Take directory the selected Take is loaded If it is about a directory e g a Project its contents is posted If it is about a firmware release the update starts after a request for confirmation an error message is posted see below of a disk e g the root of the HD allows to swap to the other disk e g the root of the CF This is achieved by means of a selection menu When a file is not recognized MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb or cannot be interpreted the following message is posted UHEHOUH FILE FORMAT Page 25 of 30 Organisation of the disks The hard disk is always splitted in 2 partitions e Partition CONFIG size about 50 to 100Mb format FAT32 e Partition AUDIO size all remaining space format FAT32 The aim of having two partitions is that it makes it possible to format the audio partition without losing the configurations User Settings The software of the MINIR82 does not support hot plugin of the CompactFlash card CF If the action is carried out a warning message will be posted and in some cases it might be necessary to reboot the MINIR82 The Config partition is structured as explained below CONFIG e CONFIG DAT Binary file it contains all informations of the current configuration This file is loaded while powering on the MINIR82 it is overwriten with the current active configuration and setti
4. EE FE t t t SELECT DOME H OIL The round dot sets or remove a connection between the Inputs Channels Input and the Tracks In the figure above a routing 1 1 is established between the Inputs and the hard disk Tracks The table below summarizes the actions of the keys Key Short pressure Long pressure LEFT Move the selection to the Left Confirm the routing modification active inactive RIGHT Move the selection to the Right Save the configuration and returns to the preceding menu UP Move the selection upward DOWN Move the selection downward Notes in this menu it is not possible to leave without saving the configuration The unsed input channels no dot on the crossing are automatically desactivated SETUP gt ROUTING SETTINGS gt MIXING LEVEL When two or more inputs are routed and mixed on the same Track the MIXING LEVEL menu allows to apply an attenuation in dB on a per channel basis in order to avoid digital overload The MINIR82 will then automatically calculate the total attenuation according to the number of input channels to be mixed together Four possible choices are offerred e NONE no attenuation is applied e ATT15 to be used when sources have no phase coincidence e ATT3 to be used when sources do have a phase coincidence stereo pair e ATT6 to be used when sources are in phase The table below summarizes the attenuations carried out
5. are configured per pair e 1 2 either AES or Microphone input e 3 4 either AES or Line input e 5 6 AES e 7 8 AES The routing Matrix allows to route and mix any of the input channels onto any of the 10 tracks Then first 8 tracks are dedicated for the hard disk HD and the 2 additional tracks for the CompactFlash card CF For Monitoring purpose you can configure and listen any combination of these 10 tracks However the display shows only the 8 hard disk tracks Peakmeters Channel 1 __ gt Channel 2 _ __ gt Channel 3 Channel 4 Channel 5 Channel Channel 7 Channel 8 Mixer Tracks 1 234 567 8910 lt Left Modulo fs meters 4 Right Monitor Monitor config Bits per sample File encoding WAVE dithering Pre record buffer FAT32 ATA layer A Le HDD CF MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 7 of 30 Track Monitoring The TRACK MONITORING is the main screen displayed by the MINIR82 The numbering is always displayed and is related to the HD tracks The number of each active track in use is shown in reverse video 0 66 59 dag DT RES DEC ol 4 MEHUX REC Note the Peak meter reference is adjustable in the Configuration menu Actions or function of the keys are described as below Key Sho
6. in progress written in files whose size approaches the possible maximum size of 4Gb Alarm engages when there remains less than 100Mb The power Alarm occurs when the supplied voltage is soon too weak to maintain the MINIR82 in function MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 28 of 30 Treatment of the errors This section treats of the possible errors and problems that may occur while using the MINIR82 Power issue When the supply voltage becomes too weak the MINIR82 proceeds to a safe shut down If a recording is in progress it is stopped properly Note please remember not to use dry cell batteries but NiMh rechargeable batteries instead Insufficient disk space If the remaining free space in a disk is too small the recording in progress is stopped When two discs are used HD CF the recording is stopped if one of the two discs does not have enough free space Maximum file size The FAT32 file system limits the size of the files to 4 GB If the recording in progress reaches this limit the MINIR82 adds an index and continues to record in the new Take without loss of data Disk too fragmented During the power up the MINIR82 checks the fragmentation of the discs In case of severe fragmentation the recording is not allowed an error message informs the user of the problem It is then advisable to re format the disk while having saved the existing data before Real Time Clock RTC During the power up the
7. D flashes indicating that the Take being played is actually Paused e PLAY STOP a Take is loaded ready to be played no LED light on nor flashes Clipping LEDs The Left Channel and Right Channel Led s shows two particular status that are either e Limiters either the Left or the Right LED lights On independently when the Microphone Input signal reaches a level of 2 5dB before clipping thus activating the Limiter e Clipping the Input signal is too high on the microphone A D Converter both Left and Right LED s light On together On screen Display and Keys The main working page Tracks Monitoring displays the 8 Peak Meters The meter range starts at 72dBfs and goes up to OdBfs in 1dB steps from 72dB up to 24dB and in 0 5dB steps from 23 5dB up to OdB A configurable reference 9 12 18 et 20 dB can be displayed see configuration menu The bottom line of the display shows the functions of the Keys Conventionaly the UP and DOWN keys are used to change the parameters the Left key is used to Select and the Right Key to Cancel A single Arrow symbol denotes that an action is achieved by briefly pushing the key A double Arrow symbol means that the key must be pushed longer to validate the action MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 6 of 30 Architecture Audio path The MINIR82 offers12 physical Inputs channels up to 8 of these audio channels can be used at the same time These 8 channels
8. EVEL NONE ATT1 5 ATT3 ATT6 PROJECT NAME Text editor SCENE NAME Text editor FILE FORMAT MONO STEREO RECORD SAMPLING SAMPLING FREQUENCY eels 48 88 2 96 176 4 192 kHz SETTINGS SETTINGS SAMPLING UP DOWN Nominal UP 0 00 DOWN 0 00 SAMPLING RATE 24 bits 16 bits dither 16 bits PRE RECORD TIME 1 2 5 10 20 sec PRE INDEX DELAY 0 1 2 3 5 sec SYNC MODE OFF WDCKIN VIDEO IN IN 1 2 AES MIC INPUT SOURCE NEw AES LINE Nee MIC LOW FREQ IN1 OFF ON CUT IN 2 OFF ON LINE IN LEVEL 15 6 0 10 dBu EXTERNAL JAM SYNC EXTERNAL NO JAM INTERNAL AUTODETECT 24 25 INPUT FORMAT 29 97 NON DROP 29 97 DROP 30 NON DROP 30 DROP RUNNING MODE FREE RUN RECORD RUN INPUT SOURCE SET MANUAL SET FROM TIME MODULOMET NONE 9 12 18 20 dB ERS REFERENCE SETTINGS NONE 5 sec 10 sec 2 min HOLD IME INFINITE USER SETTINGS Specific Menu DATE Specific Menu to set up Date TIME Specific Menu to set up Time Post the revision software and eves others infos USER INTERFACE Allows to test the screen LEDs CHECK and the Keys FACTORY Re initialized all current SETTINGS parameters Explanation of each menu is given in the following page MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 15 of 30 SETUP gt ROUTING SETTINGS gt ROUTING The configuration of the routing is carried out by means of a specific menu describes below Tracks HO 12 3436 5 ee LF W r r Channels i THE
9. IR82 as described below While in Status Recording e Monitoring e Unit Status While in Status Record Ready e Monitoring Last Takes Unit Status Setup Browse Files Switch Off MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb While in Status Playing e Last Takes e Monitoring e Unit Status e Delete Take While in Status Stop e Last Takes Exit Player Mode Monitoring Unit Status Browse Files Delete Take Switch Off Page 9 of 30 Solo Monitoring The Solo Monitoring page is accessed from the Track Monitoring page by briefly pressing the UP Key It allows to Monitor in mono any individual track or a specific pair of track The displayed page is visually identical to the Track Monitoring page except that a round dot replaces the selected track being soloed The track selection sequence is as follow 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 7 8 The UP key moves the selection upward the DOWN key moves the selection downward The SoloMonitoring is only possible with active armed tracks Key Short pressure Long pressure LEFT Reduce the headphone Keep pressing to continuously volume by 1dB reduce the volume down to min RIGHT Increase the headphone Keep pressing to continuously volume by 1dB increase the volume up to max UP Select the previous track or Retour au tracks monitoring pair of tracks DOWN Select the next track track or pair of tracks LEFT amp RIGHT Lock Unlock keypad
10. MINIR82 checks if the Date and the Time of the system are coherent If it is not the case a menu forces the user to define them While setting the date an error message can occur if the date format is not valid Note the MINIR82 does not have an internal back up battery to keep the RTC running ininterrupted when NiMh batteries are removed or external DC supply is not present However it maintain Date and Time for a period of approx 2 hours It is therefore advised to leave well charged batteries in their compartment MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 29 of 30 Recommendations The architecture of the MINIR82 and its operating software brings to some recommendations Copy of Takes It is strongly advised to copy transfert the Takes carried out by the MINIR82 to the hard disk of a computer The opposite is however not possible the MINIR82 will not be able to read an audio file copied to its disk from a computer Defragmentation Never attempt to defragment the discs used by the MINIR82 For performance reasons Recording the Takes is carried out by interlacing the various files which make it up These files must remain interlaced so that the playback of the Takes remains possible In the event of too severe fragmentation of a disc it should be re formatted the fast formatting is enough Note please remember back up your file before reformatting a disk Deleting files Deleting a files is possible but it must always b
11. PROFESSIONNAL PORTABLE MULTITRACK RECORDER SONOSAX MINIR82 User Manual Audio Equipment Manufacturer SONOSAX SAS SA Ch De la Naz 38 1052 Le Mont s Lausanne SWITZERLAND Tel 41 21 651 01 01 Fax 41 21 651 01 09 Web www sonosax ch Email sonosax sonosax ch MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 1 of 30 QUICK START Powering External PSU use only the optional SONOSAX power supply Batteries use only rechargeable NiMh batteries standard dry cell batteries can not power the MINIR82 Insert batteries as shown on the picture below External DC supply The MINIR82 can also be supplied from an external suitable DC source from 5 to 9 V A 2 meter long cable with the DC plug is available part nr V980010 For use with high capacity 12V battery a 9V to 18V DC DC converter will soon be available Power On Press simultaneously the UP and DOWN key to turn on the MINIR82 MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 2 of 30 CF Card Before using a new CompactFlash card with the MINIR82 you must format it FAT32 on your PC Some cards are faster than others and you must use fast CF cards only Please contact your nearest SONOSAX distributor for further information Firmware up date Firmware file name Vxxxxx BIN e g V20431 bin gt version 2 0 431 e For safety save all your files e Connect the MINIR82 to the USB2 port of your PC two drives named CONFIG and AUDIO will be automatically mo
12. e carried out by Take suppression of the Take directory only The suppression of a project is completely possible too Formating The MINIR82 works only with the FAT32 filing system The setting of the clusters size can be left in the default value Use of the hard disk The hard disk of the MINIR82 is accessible via the USB interface In a general way the hard disk must be used for the audio recording However it is completely possible for the user to to lay out of the disk space with an aim other than that of the audio recording It is on the other hand important that this use does not penalize the fragmentation of the disc MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 30 of 30 dd de Soke IN 48V PH GND IN 3 3V GND IN 3 3V GND IN L INR 3 3V INL INR GND MIC RO PHO NES CONNEC TIONS MINIR32 Microphone 48V Phantom Electret 3 wires Electret 2wires R 2 2kohms Microphone Schoepsactive cable Microphone Sanken COS 22 MINIR82 IN RIGHT IN RIGHT 3 3V
13. e current configuration DELETE SELECTED Delete the seleted configuration file OVERWRITE SELECTED Overwrite an existing configuration by the current configuration of the MINIR82 MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 23 of 30 SETUP gt MISC gt DATE To set the Date of the internal Real Time Clock format is DD MM YYYY SETUP gt MISC gt TIME To set the Time of the internal Real Time Clock format HH MM SS SETUP gt MISC gt SYSTEM INFO This menu shows all the hardware and software characteristics of the MINIR82 firmware version of the DSP the firmware version of the display microcontroler PIC battery voltage and hardware version of the AES receivers SETUP gt MISC gt USER INTERFACE CHECK This menu allows to check the LCD display the LEDs and the keys SETUP gt MISC gt FACTORY SETTINGS This menu allows to re initialyze the MINIR82 in its basic configuration factory default Caution this operation crushes the currently loaded configuration It does not modify the audio data on the discs nor the user settings MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 24 of 30 Browse Files The file browser uses a specific menu HU He O4 O1 88 35 CENE HEGE CSCEMEGO1 SELECT J pet 1 EE J di4 BACK C a a O14 J The directory allows to go back one step in the tree structure The LEFT key SELECT action depends of the context In all the other cases
14. ect 24 25 29 97 Non Drop 29 97 Drop 30 Non Drop 30 Drop SETUP gt TIMECODE SETTINGS gt RUNNING MODE Two possible choices e FREE RUN e RECORD RUN In FREE RUN mode the Time Code is absolute and linear It runs continuously and never stops In RECORD RUN mode the Time Code is running only while Recording SETUP gt TIMECODE SETTINGS gt SET MANUAL This menu makes it possible to adjust the Time Code manually SETUP gt TIMECODE SETTINGS gt SET FROM TIME This menu will adjust the Time Code exactly at the time of the real time clock of the MINIR82 MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 21 of 30 SETUP gt MODULOMETERS SETTINGS gt REFERENCE To set and display a level reference on the screen of the modulometers Track Monitoring The choices of references are NONE 9 dB 12 dB 18 dB 20 dB SETUP gt MODULOMETERS SETTINGS gt HOLD TIME The function Hold Time detect the absolute peak level and keep it posted for NONE 3 secondes 10 secondes 2 minutes INFINITE MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 22 of 30 SETUP gt USER SETTINGS The User Settings makes it possible to save load or up date a complete configuration setting to from an ASCII file CREATE NEW Allows to create a new file of configuration based on the running active configuration of the MINIR82 RECALL SELECTED Allows to load a configuration file Caution this operation will crush th
15. f 30 Alarms Certain situations require that the user have to be alerted on a particular point When this occurs the MINIR82 intermittently posts a warning concerning the detected problem and a beep tone is heard in the headphone The beep tone remain only until the user presses on any key One distinguishes 5 types of alarms whose causes are explained below Zl al 4 HEHU FECT Alarm SYNC occurs when one of the following conditions is checked e One or more Tracks is assigned from an AES input but no AES signal is present e No AES input being assigned the MINIR82 is set to WCK IN but no WordClock signal is present or the WordClock signal is invalid e No AES input being assigned the MINIR82 is set to VIDEO IN but no Video signal is present or the Video signal is invalid Alarm TC occurs when one of the following conditions is checked e The TimeCode is set in Free Run External Jam Sync a TC signal is present but the format selected in the MINIR82 does not correspond to the detected format e The TimeCode is setin Free Run External No Jam but no TC signal is present e The TimeCode is set in Free Run External No Jam a TC signal is present but the format selected in the MINIR82 does not correspond to the detected format Alarm HD or CF occurs when one of the following conditions is checked e The hard disk does not comprise the two awaited partitions e It remains less than 100Mb of free space in a disk e The recording
16. hronisation source INTERNAL AES WCK IN or video stream type PAL 25 NTSC 29 97 1080 23 97 1080 24 1080 25 1080 29 97 1080 30 720p 24 720p 25 720p 29 97 720p 30 720p 50 720p 59 94 720p 60 295M P 25 or Video Err e Line 6 Time Code value and its format Int Internal 24 25 29 29 97Non Drop 29D 29 97 Drop 30 30 Non Drop or 30D 30 Drop If the Time Code can not be readed unknown format the Time Code value becomes Line 7 Remaining available free space on the Hard Disk e Line 8 Remaining available free space on the CompactFlash card Key Short pressure Long pressure LEFT RIGHT Back to the Contextual Menu UP DOWN MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 13 of 30 Setup Configuration Menus The Menus of Configuration are posted by calling the Contextual Menu and by selecting Setup in the list The menus are classified in headings rubrics and grouped in a logical order The navigation from heading to heading is done by the keys UP and DOWN On the line of the screen a scrool bar indicates the position in the list of choice of the headings The LEFT key SELECT makes it possible to enter the sub heading and the RIGHT key EXIT BACK makes it possible to return to the preceding screen The tree structure of the menus imposes the use of sub menus until arriving at the parameter which one wishes to modify IHFUT SETTINGS The menu without parame
17. ing com pyramix native MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 3 of 30 User Interface HO FREE 18 Gb CF FREE BATT 28 07 06 18 35 V2 1 642 Left Channel LED LEFT Key aa Green LED MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb IN ae Display 10 lines x 17 characters UP Key Right Channel LED RIGHT Key DOWN Key Light sensor Page 4 of 30 Turning ON the MINIR82 Turning ON the MINIR82 is done by pressing simultaneously the UP and DOWN Keys A boot up screen is displayed for approx 2 seconds and shows following information s The remaining free available space on the hard disk and on the CompactFlash card A power indication of either the batteries or the external PSU by means of a bar graph Date and Time The running firmware version SONOSAX MINIRSE HD FREE 18 Gb CF FREE mms BATT 28 07 06 18 35 Ve 1 642 Note it can take a while until the remaining available free space is displayed MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 5 of 30 Principle of operation Status The MINIR82 status is shown by means of the green or red status led s and the screen display Following status are possible e RECORD READY the Red LED is flashing the MINIR82 is ready to start recording e RECORDING the Red LED lights On steady confirming that a recording is in progress e PLAYING the Green LED lights On steady a take is being played e PLAY PAUSE the Green LE
18. kes This screen allows you to rapidly access a list of the Last Takes having been recorded in a reverse order the very last Take is at the top od the list The first line displays the date YY MM DD and the time of the selected Take La premi re ligne donne la date format YY MM DD et l heure de la prise s lectionn e Each TAKE is presented with following forms XX YYYYYYYY ZZZ Where XX is the media source where the TAKE is stored HD or CF YYYYYYYY is the scene name and ZZZ is the TAKE number By selecting a TAKE the MINIR82 loads it to it s memory Depending of the media source and the TAKE length it may take a certain time before the TAKE becomes ready for the Playback Heese 1 10 51 Key Short pressure Long pressure LEFT Load the selected TAKE RIGHT Back to the Contextual Menu UP Move the selector upward DOWN Move the selector downward MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 12 of 30 Unit Status This page dispays the major parameters of the MINIR82 ee LUE Battery Power on CIPIRSS A N SCEHEGRI c4 192 en ER TC 23 02 21 te ES Ch free aan N EACH The displayed parameters are Line 1 Battery power indicator fuel gauge e Line 3 Project Name Loaded User Setting displayed only if the configuration has been loaded and not been modified e Line 4 Scene Name Take number e Line 5 Sampling rate 24 16 Sampling frequency sync
19. l UP Pull DOWN correction When the pre record time required is not possible the MINIR82 will work on best effort to provide with the possible maximum The table below shows the max values of the pre record time sec 16 bits Tracks count fs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 44100 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 18 5 16 6 48000 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 19 1 17 0 15 3 88200 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 16 6 13 9 11 9 10 4 92 8 3 96000 20 0 20 0 20 0 19 1 15 3 12 7 10 9 9 6 8 5 7 6 176400 20 0 20 0 13 9 10 4 83 69 59 52 46 4 2 192000 20 0 19 1 12 7 96 76 64 55 48 42 3 8 24 bits Tracks count fs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 44100 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 18 5 15 9 13 9 12 3 11 1 48000 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 17 0 14 6 12 7 11 3 10 2 88200 20 0 20 0 18 5 13 9 11 1 92 79 69 62 5 5 96000 20 0 20 0 17 0 12 7 102 85 73 64 5 7 5 1 176400 20 0 13 9 92 69 55 46 40 35 31 28 192000 20 0 12 7 85 64 51 42 36 32 28 2 5 In these tables the UP DOWN correction is not taken into account negligible SETUP gt RECORD SETTINGS gt PRE INDEX DELAY The pre index delay is the time of anticipation when adding an index It proposes the following values 0 1 2 4 and 5 seconds The graph below shows to what corresponds this time sons se TAKE 27 TAKE 28 D Adding an index by pressing the DOWN key while in REC mode PRE INDEX DELAY The pre delay index is not absolute the software making doing his best to cut the Take to nearest of desi
20. ngs while powering off This file is not modifiable by the user e SETTINGS Directory containing the files of the saved configurations saved User Settings which can be reloaded on the User Setting menu These files can be modified and even created with an ASCII editor such as the Windows Notepad The Audio partition is structured as follow AUDIO e PROJECT NAME Project directory 8 characters the directory name is that of the Projet Name o SCENE NAME TAKE NUMBER the directory name is that of the Scene Name 8 characters directly followed by a dot then by the TAKE number 3 digit This directory contains the BWF audio files and a configuration file CONFIG INI This file is formatted in ASCII and represents the configuration of the MINIR82 at the time of the shot It is used to reconfigure the MINIR82 for the playback and is not intended to be modified MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 26 of 30 USB The MINIR82 is equipped with a USB 2 0 port The MINIR82 authorizes connection to a computer for file transfer PC or Mac and when connected it will automatically activate the USB port while the MINIR82 is in one of the following menu e Tracks monitoring e Solo monitoring e Unit Status The MINIR82 posts the following screen when the USB connection is active USE COMHECTED It is then necessary to press the LEFT key to switch off the MINIR82 MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 27 o
21. red time best effort However no data is lost during the addition of the index MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 18 of 30 SETUP gt RECORD SETTINGS gt SYNC MODE This menu allows to define the mode of synchronization of the MINIR82 By synchronization one means the use of an external clock on a given signal This section does not treat the use of timecode The mode of synchronization used by the MINIR82 is posted in the menu Unit Status Different the mode are explained below with the various parameters and their validity OFF Internal Generator The MINIR82 has an very stable internal clock generator capable to generate all the audio frequencies 44 1 48 88 2 96 176 4 and 192 Khz within 1ppm This generator is used only when no other clock is available Sampling frequency active Sampling up down active Sampling rate active Synchronisation on AES input The MINIR82 is locked automatically on the incoming AES clock of the channels 5 6 Sampling frequency inactive Sampling up down inactive Sampling rate active WCK IN Synchronisation WCK IN WCK IN must be set in the menu SYNC MODE to use the Word Clock connected on the SYNC IN This mode is not used if a valid AES signal is present Sampling frequency inactiv Sampling up down inactiv Sampling rate active VIDEO IN Synchronisation Video IN VIDEO IN must be set in the menu SYNC MODE to use the Clock of a Video feed This mode is no
22. rs of tracks for example tracks 1 3 4 and 7 each insulated track is recorded in a stereo file and uses a half of the file size SETUP gt RECORD SETTINGS gt SAMPLING SETTINGS gt SAMPLING FREQUENCY This menu allows defines the sampling frequency Choices are 44 1 48 88 2 96 176 4 192 kHz The selected value is not used when the MINIR82 uses the AES Inputs In this case the MINIR82 will lock on the incoming AES sample frequency SETUP gt RECORD SETTINGS gt SAMPLING SETTINGS gt SAMPLING UP DOWN This menu makes it possible to define the possible correction for the NTSC world The possible values are NOMINAL use of the nominal sampling value UP o positive correction of one per thousand and DOWN negative correction of one per thousand SETUP gt RECORD SETTINGS gt SAMPLING SETTINGS gt SAMPLING RATE This menu sets the number of bits per sample sampling rate stored in WAVE files The possible values are 24 bits 16 bits dither and 16 bits The dithering is of triangular type MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 17 of 30 SETUP gt RECORD SETTINGS gt PRE RECORD TIME The Pre Record time can be set from de 1 second and up to 20 seconds The definite value may not always be possible because of the physical limitation of the built in memory and the selected configuration The pre record time depends on the following factors e Number of Tracks being used e Sampling frequency e Sample Rate and Pul
23. rt pressure Long pressure LEFT Reduce the headphone Keep pressing to continuously volume by 1dB reduce the volume down to min RIGHT Increase the headphone Keep pressing to continuously volume by 1dB increase the volume up to max UP Enter Solo Monitoring page Enter contextual Menu page DOWN while Record Ready Start Recording DOWN while Recording Add an index Stop Recording DOWN in Stop Start Playing DOWN while Playing Pauses at current position Stop playing DOWN in Pause Play from current position Switch to Stop mode LEFT amp RIGHT Lock Unlock keypad Pressing the LEFT or the RIGHT key display a temporary screen showing the headphone level by means of a bargraph The headphone level is adjustable in 1dB step from 30dB to 18dB cH He 39 Ed HEADPHOMES LEVEL S 09 dE 4 MENU RECr MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 8 of 30 Contextual Menu The Contextual Menu allows a quick navigation between the different pages and configurations menu of the MINIR82 The Contextual Menu can only be accessed from the Track Monitoring Page po ae es Unit Status Setup Browse Files Switch SELECT EACH Key Short pressure Long pressure LEFT Confirm the selection RIGHT Return from the menu to the Tracks Monitoring page UP Scroll the selection upward DOWN Scroll the selection doqnward The possible choices in the Contextual Menu depend of the current Status of MIN
24. t used if a valid AES signal is present Sampling frequency active Sampling up down inactive Sampling rate active MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 19 of 30 SETUP gt INPUT SETTINGS gt INPUT SOURCE This menu one can select which Input source must be applied to the channels 1 2 and 3 4 For channels 1 2 the possible sources are e AES e MIC For channels 3 4 the possible sources are e AES e LINE SETUP gt INPUT SETTINGS gt MIC LOW FREQ CUT When channels 1 2 are configured as MIC a low pass filter can be activated for each channel individually by this menu SETUP gt INPUT SETTINGS gt LINE IN LEVEL When channels 3 4 are configured as LINE the input level can be adapted to properly match with the A D Converter thus the selected value matches the OdBfs of the A D It presents the following choices e 15 dBu e 6dBu e 0 dBu e 10 dBu MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 20 of 30 SETUP gt TIMECODE SETTINGS gt INPUT SOURCE The Time Code source is configurable with following choices e External Jam Sync e External No Jam e Internal SETUP gt TIMECODE SETTINGS gt INPUT FORMAT The MINIR82 is able to automatically detect the Time Code format present on the T C input However in order to be sure to use the good format it is possible to specify it In this case the detection of a format different from that specified will give an alarm The formats suggested are e Autodet
25. ter posts a heading by screen It makes it possible to classify the various parameters INPUT SOURCE SELECT EACH SAMPLING SETTINGS The menu with parameter corresponds at the end of the tree SAaMPLIWG structure of the menu it thus presents the current value of the FREQUENCY parameter which can be modified 45 8 kHz While pressing on SELECT in a menu with parameter the user can change its value One distinguishes several manners of carrying out this change SELECT EACH SEE The menu with a list presents the possible choices of a parameter The selection is posted in reverse video 44 1 kHz zZ 96 0 kHz 176 4 kHz SELECT EACH PROJECT Hate The menu of text editing The text to be modified is presented between brackets which shows the limits of the text size max 8 characters Two arrows show the selected character CHIHIRSE The keys react as follows UP and DOWN allow to modify the Y selected character Keep pressing to scroll the characters LEFT and RIGHT keys move the cursor to select the character A long pressure on LEFT saves the text and returns to the preceding menu A long pressure on RIGHT cancels the edition DOHE CAHCEL H and returns to the preceding menu MINIR82 User Manual Septembre 2006 pb Page 14 of 30 Tree structure of the menus The menus in gray represent the menus where the parameters are visible Level 2 Level 3 Changeable values ROUTING Specific Menu cross matrix MIXING L
26. unted e For safety back up all your files on your PC including your User Settings stored on the folder named SETTING in the CONFIG drive e Use Windows Explorer to copy the firmware file to the root directory of the AUDIO drive of the MINIR82 e g G V20431 BIN e Alternatively you can also copy the firmware file to root directory of the CF card e Remove the USB2 cable and turn Off the MINIR82 as displayed on the MINIR82 screen e Turn On the MINIR82 go to the MENU page select Browse Files The firmware file appears on the screen at the bottom of the list of files If not use the Down Key to scroll down and highlight the firmware file e If the firmware was copied ot the CF card select then COMPACTFLASH e Highlight the Firmware ex V20431 BIN using the Down key and press SELECT The screen displays the current version Running Version e g 2 0 422 and the new version to be installed File Version e g 2 0 431 Press OK to confirm the up date or CANCEL to abort e Once the up date begins a progression bar is displayed Please wait until the up date is competed and then press OK e Due to compatibility issues between firmware versions it is advised to reformat both CONFIG and AUDIO drives as well as the CF card Use the Quick Format option to save time e Restore your SETTING folder to the CONFIG drive Pyramix Before using your PYRAMIX NATIVE please register to www merg
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