SADiE BB2 User Manual
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1. WWw sadie com The LRX hardware control surface comprises a small assignable mixer with 8 motorised faders including pre fade listen dedicated record enable buttons a complete editorial interface with fully weighted jog wheel and ergonomic buttons locator memories transport controls and a headphone monitor output This powerful combination is supplied with a version of the SADIE on screen graphical interface simplifies operation retaining legendary stability and reliability Timecode and professional special user which user whilst SADiE s genlock facilities are also included THE SADiE LRX has been designed to fulfil the needs of an ever more complex recording environment It is as effective in capturing the original soundtracks for film and television productions as it is for producing location audio recordings for release on distributed media such as CD or DVD The LRX combines proven high quality professional audio input and output modules with a tactile hardware control surface and the ability to use a standard laptop as the host computer to provide a powerful and effective combination The flexibility of the LRX hinges on its ability to utilise the same high quality i o cards as the SADIE H64 multitrack workstation according to a particular application be it a multitrack analogue recorder a multitrack digital recorder a location sound recorder and playback de2. Channel 5 6 OUT COLD 16 Channel 5 6 OUT GROUND Channel 3 4 OUT HOT 17 Channel 3 4 OUT COLD Channel 3 4 OUT GROUND 18 Channel 1 2 OUT HOT Channel 1 2 OUT COLD 19 Channel 1 2 OUT GROUND Channel 7 8 IN HOT 20 Channel 7 8 IN COLD CO wm KI Ww Channel 7 8 IN GROUND 21 Channel 5 6 IN HOT Channel 5 6 IN COLD 22 Channel 5 6 INGROUND 10 Channel 3 4 IN HOT 23 Channel 3 4 IN COLD II Channel 3 4 IN GROUND 24 Channel 1 2 IN HOT 12 Channel 1 2 IN COLD 25 Channel 1 2 IN GROUND 13 Not Connected To connect In to an Out voull need a cross over cable MADI Optical MADI I O MADI word clock input MADI word clock output MADI input MADI output ANALOGUE LEVEL JUMPERS On the Analogue Line Input and Output slithers the operating level can be chosen for each Input and Output individually if required by changing the setting of some jumpers With the card components up 2 x 25way connectors and face plate to the right just to the left of the connectors you will see a vertical line of sixteen three way headers one for each Input or Output There are three possible ways of connecting these jumpers to change the operating level This is noted in the legend on the slither card 24DBU connection 1 jumper to the left 18DBU ja npr to the right FACTORY DEFAULT
3. Note that single ended connection is not advisable for inputs or outputs that are set to 21 24dBu Factory default is 18dBu LRX2 PANEL QUICK START Faders can be changed to operate on a different Bank with the Bank Select button or for different functions Output faders pan or Input level Mic inputs only with the button below the Bank button Record Enables operate on the playlist stream of the appropriate number and not necessarily the stream that is feeding that fader In MTR software the stream and fader are always the same number but a full SADiE5 mixer could be customised so that for instance all output faders were stereo and then faders 1 8 would be controlling level of streams 1 16 Be careful if you have stereo merged streams full SADiE5 EDL then two buttons will enable disable them so for instance pressing button will record enable streams 182 but then pressing button two will disable them The Record All button above the wheel is a much quicker method of record enabling many streams than individually pecking single buttons Record All record enables only selected streams and therefore if you want to exclude streams from record you should press the button that shows the stream s name or number De selected streams display with a darker grey background and the button appears up Metering LEDS on the panel these give indication of level on the physical output of the appropriate numb
4. A Laptop with a screen resolution of approximately 1000 lines will be better for running SADiE5 Good USB2 performance is crucial to LRX2 s operation with larger track counts and this can vary greatly we have seen very poor performance particularly on some cheaper plug in cards SADiE5 and MTR software has a DSP Bandwidth tool the Help menu Speeds of approximately 13 5 read and 15 5MB s write should be expected Disk Drive fragmentation will spoil performance and even make a quick disk too slow for operation Windows de fragmentation tools should be run if drives are regularly not being completely wiped before recording The Optimised Record item the Record Setup page should be enabled for larger track counts This disables punch in type recording which would otherwise assign processing power to BOTH recording and playback If you re not punching in this mode should be enabled anyway With the larger track counts you may see Disk Too Slow messages if Optimised Record Mode is not enabled Disk Drives containing large numbers of files will take longer to refresh and read directories than empty disks and thus the speed of starting and stopping recordings will be improved on relatively empty disks Optimised File Creation Mode in the Record Setup page will speed up the time taken to start and stop recordings when the project becomes large The stop record start new recording sequenc
5. 25 way D Type connectors labelled AES I O Mic line input and Analogue Output in the diagram above LRX2 can be supplied with different styles of audio I O Slithers for analog or digital input and or output The back plates on the Slithers are colour coded Red is Analogue Line In Orange is Mic Line In Green is Analogue Line Out Blue is AES In Out Yellow is MADI The MADI slither is obviously different as it has BNC connectors on the back When viewed from the rear of the unit the right hand 25 way D Type connector of the two on each slither carries channels 1 8 or 17 24 or 33 40 the left hand carries 9 16 or 25 32 or 41 48 Break out looms may be supplied to allow connection to these I Os via XLR connectors WARNING When using a Mic Line Input slither the inputs can be set in software to provide 48Volts D C phantom powering When connecting devices to these Mic input connectors you should take great care to ensure the correct state of phantom powering connecting 48 Volts phantom power to the output of a device that does not support phantom power may damage it SLITHER PIN OUTS ANALOGUE AND LINE analog Slither cards I O pin layout AD and DA cards are identical channel 1 8 and 9 16 are identical identical to Tascam analog 1 0 layout analog channel 8 GND analog channe
6. 3 Your LRX2 will be supplied with a USB2 A to cable and a 12 DC power supply PSU with a mains plug appropriate to your geographical location Your USB2 cable will have an type end and a type end a USB Type connector USB B Type connector gt ite Connect the Power Supply via the 4 pin XLR connector to the LRX2 unit and plug in to an appropriate mains supply Plug the A type connector in to a USB2 or Hi Speed socket on the back of your PC and plug the B type connector in to the USB2 socket on the LRX2 unit NOTE The LRX2 unit must use a USB2 connection and will not operate with a standard slow USB port Wait for Windows to plug and play the LRX allow windows to install the hardware drivers automatically Wait until there is notification that the hardware is ready to use before running the SADIE software More detailed instructions on operation of the SADiE software are included with the software itself and are available from the Help menu A PDF of the Help file is included on the CD ROM provided Note that this also includes a troubleshooting and FAQ section at the end of the manual Printed copies of the manual are available from your dealer AUDIO AND TIMECODE CONNECTIONS SLITHER SLOT 3 The LRX2 has dedicated AES and Video reference and Timecode in and out connectors The main audio inputs and outputs are connected via up to three Slither cards each with 2 x
7. e is a busy for file opening amp closing operations Optimised File Creation Mode pre creates a large number of temporary files in the record directory so that the creation of files need not happen at this busy moment These files are called i e 123 and are usually 0 bytes if they are larger they are in the process of being renamed Disk drives formatted to NTFS have been seen to perform slightly better than those using FAT32 format iXML including the iXML chunk See Record Setup will slow down the end of the recording a little It is not recommended to run other software applications during a recording SADIE is a high priority task however certain Windows operations can change that priority so even browsing a disk drive with Windows Explorer or copying files is to be avoided It is quite normal that a laptop that is reserved for exclusive SADIE use will perform better than the same spec PC that is running many other email word processor utilities anti virus software and other audio software applications Installing other applications even if they are not running may degrade the performance of a PC MAXIMUM RECORD TIME To provide the best possible interchange with other software and hardware SADiE MTR records in Broadcast WAV BWF format BVVF has a maximum file size limit of approximately 4GB SADIES is able to choose other formats WAVE64 and SADiE3 format do not have this limitation but are less universal
8. e these always monitor the Mixdown stereo stream except when PFL is pressed Headphone Output Level is adjusted using the rotary knob beside the headphone jack Master Fader In MTR software this provides a master mix level to the mixdown stream In full SADiE5 this can be assigned to any fader by right mouse clicking on that fader and ticking the Master Hardware Fader item This setting saves with the mixer Phantom Power is enabled on Microphone inputs by pressing the small lightning icon in the left side of the EDL stream Input Select Inputs are automatically configured based on the input slithers in the system thus if you had for instance a Mic card in Slot and an AES card in slot 2 then inputs 1 16 would be Mic Line and 17 32 would be AES The Six Function keys above the wheel offer Set sets a locator Prev Next locates to the Previous or Next locator Record All Record Enables all Selected Streams Shift applies an alternative function when used in conjunction with other buttons Mode switches the first four buttons so that they become programmable function keys In the software these would be HWC FI to HWC F4 respectively and are set in the usual Hotkey section of the Setup page Thus when the LED on Mode is lit the other keys are user keys Timecode set the to be either timecode Master or Slave Go to the Setup Window Sync choose Timecode type LTC Sync Mode Master to generate or Slave Then
9. enable LTC generation or Slave by pressing the ONLINE button at the bottom of the screen or SHIFT SET on the panel MTR Software The MTR software is a simplified single pane interface for recording and editing Main differences from the full SADIE are currently e stream per input is created e There is no configurable mixer each stream is routed to its respective physical output e The top pair of streams is a mixdown stream and this can record a stereo mixdown of the other streams in the EDL The master fader is before this stream and the mixdown stream is monitored on the headphone output e Pressing the top left Clipstore button reveals a Source Tracks Folder along with a Metadata entry page and sections for setting the Primary and Mirror destinations for audio recording audio can be recorded to two locations at the same time PERFORMANCE CONSIDERATIONS The LRX2 is able to record and playback up to 64 channels of 44 1 48K audio material or 32 of 88 1 96K but when recording at the high end of the number of channels you will need to be more careful over the performance of the PC and hard disks that are used for the recordings For greater than 24 channels of 48K 24 bit or 12 channels of 96K 24 bit what we would call larger track counts we recommend Pentium Core Duo Centrino Duo Processor 80GHz or higher Or AMD Athlon 64 X2 of RAM or higher 7200rpm USB2 or Firewire hard drives
10. er and thus full SADIE5 software this is not necessarily the same output that the fader is feeding You can choose the level at which each LED lights in the software Setup page under the H64 topic Meters are also displayed in the software beside the stream in both SADIE MTR and SADiE5 you may need to display these with a right click in the left side of the EDL in SADiE5 PFL is automatic in the MTR software and will PFL solo that stream to the Headphone outputs In SADIE5 software a PFL button has to be applied to each stream ALT Drag a Aux Send button from the mixer palette and then you must route a Bus called PFL to whichever output you wish to listen to the PFL on Thus pressing the PFL button software or hardware routes that fader to the PFL bus There is a Mixer Setup switch to make these buttons perform the normal Solo function instead of PFL Bank Select moves the faders on to controlling the next set of 8 mixer strips Shift Bank moves backwards to the previous 8 Talkback pressing and holding this button opens the auxiliary mini jack input on the right hand side of the LRX2 unit and this as of v5 5 3 will be monitored on the Mon L R and Headphone Outputs and can be optionally set to record a Slate to the stereo mixdown stream Monitor and Headphone Outputs are available in the SADIES software as additional output busses called Mon L amp R and H P L amp R which can be routed in the normal way In the MTR softwar
11. l 7 GND analog channel 6 GND analog channel 5 GND analog channel 4 e GND G analog channel 3 O GND analog channel 2 GND analog channel 1 2 GND Channel 8 14 Channel 8 COLD 2 Channel 8 GROUND 15 Channel 7 HOT 3 Channel 7 COLD 16 Channel 7 GROUND 4 Channel 6 HOT 17 Channel 6 COLD 5 Channel 6 GROUND 18 Channel 5 HOT 6 Channel 5 COLD 19 Channel 5 GROUND 7 Channel 4 HOT 20 Channel 4 COLD 8 Channel 4 GROUND 21 Channel 3 HOT 9 Channel 3 COLD 22 Channel 3 GROUND 10 Channel 2 HOT 23 Channel 2 COLD 11 Channel 2 GROUND 24 Channel HOT 12 Channel COLD 25 Channel GROUND 13 Not Connected 9 16 and higher is the same order To connect an In to an Out requires a straight pin to pin cable AES EBU DIGITAL AES Slither card I O pin layout channel 1 8 and 9 16 are identical identical to Tascam AES I O layout do not confuse with Tascam Tdiff interface digital out 7 amp 8 i4 Digital out 5 amp 6 digital out 3 amp 4 digital Inp 7 amp 8 digital Inp 5 amp 6 digital Inp 3 amp 4 digital Inp 1 amp 2 digital out 182 2 N o ja w Channel 7 8 OUT HOT 14 Channel 7 8 OUT COLD Channel 7 8 OUT GROUND 15 Channel 5 6 OUT
12. ly accepted The stereo mixdown stream in SADiE MTR is recorded as a stereo interleaved file for convenience whereas all other streams are mono But this means that if you are recording with the stereo mixdown stream you will reach the 4GB limit in half the time Sample Bit Rate Stereo Mixdown included Maximum record time 96K 24 bit yes 2 hours 4 mins 96K 24 bit no 4 hours 8 mins 48K 24 bit yes 4 hours 8 mins 48K 24 bit no 8 hours 16 mins Errors and Omissions Excepted SADIE LRX2 REGISTRATION All fields with a star are mandatory Name Company Address Country Phone number Email address Serial number of product Make and model of computer to be installed on Basic computer description processor speed amount of ram OS Your main work area Are you an existing SADiE user owner Where did you buy the product Date of purchase Where did you hear about the product What made you choose SADIE LRX2 Tick this box if you do not wish to receive offers and product information from SADIE Fax to SADIE UK 44 1353 648867
13. vice on set ADR etc E2 SAD DIGITAL PRECISION GETTING STARTED WITH THE SADIE LRX2 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE BEFORE you connect your LRX2 to the computer you will need to install the SADIE software You will have been provided with a CD ROM containing the software installer Place the disk in the CD ROM drive It should auto run and a LRX Installation window will appear NOTE If the CD does not auto run press the Windows Start button select Run and type D setup if you are installing from CD ROM In this example D is the letter of your CD ROM drive That may not be the case so use the correct letter for your drive Press the Software button then the Version 5 PCM button on the next page Follow the instructions on screen as you run through the setup program Three icons will appear on your desktop for the three variants of software BB2 which is a very basic editing interface MTR a simplified recording interface tailored to working with the LRX2 and SADIES5 which is the full SADIE software Now you can proceed to connect power and then a USB lead between the PC and the LRX2 unit After a short while a Windows Found new hardware message box will appear Allow windows to install the hardware drivers automatically When Windows reports that the LRX hardware is ready to use you can double click the SADIES software icon to run the software CONNECTING THE LRX2 SLITHER SLOT
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