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1. button p 51 33 Help Press the eye button while in any menu for a description of its features 34 Playback commands p 24 ok start stop amp send to cue in shift ok display digitization parameters and TC fps gt go to prev next play card or file if no card A H shift lt or gt go to prev next play tile esc pause resume shift esc continuous filetofile play not in BLUE PLAY black cue in volatile in PLAY shift black send player to start of take red cue out in BLUE PLAY erases cues jog ed to 00 00 shift red hide play card from Play amp Rec list silver send player to userentered markers shift silver send player to AutoSlate markers jog scrub audio shift jog accelerate scrub x10 shift eye toggle filetags amp duration vs scene amp take pref stored until Cantar is turned OFF N A in BLUE PLAY TC jam display player s relative TC or absolute TC 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 63 NO 3713403 0 60 08 HINN Be aki E Ee S H mmm EH SN a P S d gt A HA e En TN d a Lf S Le ii lt a 2 _ Kid e Eed e ts F RE _ w Se 550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28
2. e Xa amp mic 47 49 mic 18 is directly added into Xa A Don t select Xa if Cantarem inserts its own modulated T8 In Xb mic mie lin Xb mic3 mic4 lin2 Xb lin lin2 lin2 Xb lin3 Ind lin3 Xb dig dig2 lin3 Xb dig3 dig4 lin4 Xb dig5 dig lin4 Xb dig7 dig8 dig7 mic5 dig Xb Xa micl digl Xb Xa mic dig2 Xb Xa mich dig2 Xb Xa mich with Cantarem Cantarem s sliders can modulate channel 7 amp 8 s contribution to the mix Two possibilities e Select an in amp Xb setting e g 03 05 35 and devote Cantarem s slider 7 to the ni recorded on TZ while the dynamic mix of TI T7 Xb is recorded on T8 e Select an in amp in pair e g 37 to 44 and devote Cantarem s 7 and 8 sliders to this pair recorded on T7 amp T8 The mix of TI T8 is not recorded it is sent directly to the Phones Line out Digi out or Foldback notel pressing the Cantarem solo button the pan pot of T7 or T8 is displayed on the rectangular screen note2 17T8 can t be ms declared p 28 AES power As soon as an AES digj in is selected the digi 1 6 input icons start flashing as a reminder to turn the AES power OP AES converters consume 110mA at 48kHz and 200mA at 96kHz if they are not in use turn them OFF in TECHSET O2 Digi power The AES converters translate any incoming AES sample rate e g 44 1kHz to Cantar s selected sam pling rate e g 48000Hz More tracks by wordclock CantarX2 only
3. Scanning a 120GB HD 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 files and discard the drive Remember that a hard jolt can force the 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 drive abort the scan by pressing esc for a few seconds until aborted is displayed 08 EraseAccess No Yes To reduce drive fragmentation file erasure is performed on full workday folders only Select Day ok jog to select a day ok the bottom line displays ScanningDay then the cursor jumps to Day Eraser jog to select Int HD or Eet HD ok jog to Yes nnnMB ok Once the day s files have been erased No Files Found is momentarily displayed then the bottom line changes to No 0 OMB ok returns to Select Day esc goes back to SESSION O1 ProjectName where another project can be selected Reminder when trashing an individual file its wav extension becomes rip It is hidden but not erased from the workday folder p 25 p 37 t A Sound Report Headers Eight header items FileType TapeRef ToneLevel Sample rate Bit depth FPS Date and Media are automatically filled with the recording parameters while seven others see O7 to 13 below carry Operator entered data Mu
4. T1 16 Micl 5 LI The AES 1 6 outputs either transmit the T1 T6 recorded ISO tracks or the Mic 1 5 linel signals p 30 When in BLUE Play amp Rec mode the Digi 1 6 outputs are internally redirected to the AES in 1 6 unless in BLUE BRWS 22 AES loop is set to external The AES 788 out transmit Do selected signals p 29 23 CantaremCom Non active Forced Auto select makes CantaRem p 53 control Cantar until its cable is disconnected from the SubD15 ASCII port The Forced option allows CantaRem to control the STOP TEST PPR and REC functions when the MainSelector is physically set to the PPR position Auto select 24 31 RemFader Al A8 The assignment of the CantaRem AUDIO TC 31 RemFader AS line 4 back levels can be performed from either the CantaRem keys or from the AUDIO TC 24 31 menus RemFaders to the mic and line in rotary faders to the mixer linear faders to the line out and fold 32 39 RemFader B1 B8 Available when two CantaRems are connected User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 32 TECHSET SAVE LOAD SETUPS O1 Disk un mount 14 15 Bat L Bat R alert 02 Digi in out power 16 HD Power Down 03 04 Save Load Setup 17 Serial Com port O5 Backlight 06 View Fader dB O7 Record beeps 08 Clip detection beep 09 Lack of ext clock beep 8 Factory Reset 9 Max File Size 20 Temperature Control 21 22 System Time Date 23 Equipement De 10
5. e Timecode in out LEMO 5 F 1 Gnd 2 1Cln 3 ASCII 4 nc 5 LTC Out Power XLRA M 16 6V max 1 Gnd 2 nc 3 Batt Cantar gt 268 4 Batt note Battery internal wiring eAaton Li lon 14 8V out to pin 3 and through a Schottky diode to pin 4 protection against NiMH chargers eAaton NiMH 12 5V out to pin 4 p 58 Dsub 15 Remote amp Sync 00000 15 T Batt general Gnd 7 Rx and 14 2 ASCIl In for Cantarem 8 Tx and 15 250mA max beware ground loops on boards CM2 6 p 53 Batt out 3 LTC Out AUDIO TC 17 p 32 4 Wordclock In p 28 31 10 ITC In 5 6 12 13 reserved 11 Record Tally p 23 Dsub 25 Aes In Out Tascam TD88 standard 000000000000 Ha 00000000000 AES outputs Ge pare re feo kop toe owe rat por pan Jao AES42 Mode 1 on special order 9V 100mA power for Schoeps CMD 2U digitizer or 70mA for CMIT 5U mic AES in 1 amp 2 25 Gnd 24 Hot 12 Cold AES in 3 amp 4 11 Gnd 10 Hot 23 Cold XLR 3 digital 1 Gnd 2 Hot 3 Cold note never apply phantom power to unbalanced Os this can result in IC damage AES42 Mode 2 is not supported Accessories 12dB Line Out Booster Aaton ref 20 270 50 two 12dB gain transformers make the XLR 5 Cantar line out deliver OdBu at 18dBFS track level Dsub 15 to keyboard Aaton ref 59 681 91 5V 60mA max power supply and RS232 lt gt PS2 translator in a Dsub 15 M housing terminated by a USB plug note only u
6. menus e The three crown turret gives instant access to all recording and monitoring configurations while wearing heavy winter gloves e Nine rotary faders analog in puts plus six linear faders mixdown devoted to one spe cific task are faster to handle than multifunction knobs For desert or high seas work all of the mechanical actuators are sandproof and waterproof ell A b faders 2 filter phantom SoloMidPan routi trac SoloMidPan trac trac SoloMidPan routi trac ng k solo k solo k solo ng k solo Four line AN faders JN O Headphones g fader Five mic Shift 3 link lock pulled to the Operator side displays the outputs to mOnitors 1 6 activate T1 to T6 sOlos put in the middle 1 4 activate Line in to Line in4 solos 5 amp 6 activate TZ T8 solos pushed to the bAttery side displays the inputs to trAcks 6 show track pAn pots CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 4 DESCRIPTION BOTTOM VIEVV 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 from the sides this allows third party designers to build very narrow Made for Cantar carts ee the SubD 15 p 58 is used to connect CantaRem p 53 or a USB PS2 keyboard adapter ee the SubD 25 p
7. steps being completed it is now possible to copy the new software from the internal HD to the EEPROM where it is permanently stored BI To avoid a destructive power interruption ACTIVATE BOTH ONBOARD FULLY CHARGED BATTERIES by simulta neously pressing the battl and battR buttons for three seconds A loss of power would kill the bios installation ERROR Num 1B XILINX would be displayed meaning Return Cantar to the factory B2 Set TECHSET 26 Schw Load to Wes B3 Select the desired software version ok All controls are disabled during this one minute operation Do NOT touch anything until Success Press Shift is displayed B4 Press shift to finish the installation and shut down Cantar Set the MainSelector to STOP and restart B5 Cantar is protected from the installation of corrupted software files As a verification go to TECHSET 25 Softwr Ver if the new version doesn t show up re download the software from the Aaton download site and re install it Software Installation through an external HD Perform Al A2 as above and copy lt can xxx flb gt to a go between HD then hook it up to the Cantar FireWire port and follow the B steps above This method works because Cantar first looks for lt can xxx flb gt files in the external HD if any 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 35 SESSION FORMATTING O7 Scan HD O8 Erase Access 09 15 Sound Report headers 16
8. As soon as you enter Camera fps 23 98NDF or 29 97NDF you are on the slow planet with its lazzy 24 aka 23 976fps on Earth or lazzy 30 aka 29 97fps on Earth The Cantar s TCXO clock is switched to a slower beat and TC separators change from Zo al e g 12 45 36 Many nights of engineers time have been spent trying to find a universal method to sync sound and images on the slow planet but nothing came out You must ask your posHacility which one of the following three sample stamp modes is requested p 15 W Avid vil 23 98NDF A 29 97NDF A In a file digitized at A8kHz the Format stamp indicates the number of samples digitized in a slow second i e 48048 the Time stamp noted at the file s head is the number of samples since midnight using the 48048 value of the Formatstamp Introduced for the AvidMC v11 3 2 the A mode is fading away See Avid Recording Rates in Aaton tutorials http www aaton com documentation B Barebone 23 98NDF B 29 97NDF B In a file digitized at A8kHz the Format stamp indicates the number of samples digitized in a realsecond i e 48000 the Time stamp is the number of samples since midnight using the 48000 value of the Formatstamp While images and timecode are beating the slow second the audio remains on Earth Since modern post machines e g Indaw perform high quality realtime sample rate con version Barebone and 48kHz should have been THE only choice but unfortun
9. From time to time flush out these provisional files from the drive see BACKUP 13 Clean Bok Export track metadata to Avid MC and ProTools e Import BWF Mono into Avid with the Autodetect mono phonic groups option turned OFF e Import the ALE generat ed by Cantar into an Avid bin e Relink the clips in the ALE bin e Edit e Export to ProTools Job Ter Burg this way each channel is first turned into Avid media preserving the channel information inside the actual resulting mediatile If you import BVVF Poly or autodetect the M groups a lot of info will be discarded because of how Avid MC treats a multichannel clip and the lack of metadata that ProTools accepts from an AAF both products are together causing the issue Using the ALE generated with single multichannel clips per recording take make things a lot easier inside Avid without sacrificing as much metadata also export external linked AAF s from MC supplying sound post with a copy of all Avid MediaFiles Furthermore hand them a copy of all source BVVAVs for them to access You can even use the Field Recorder Matches function in PT to link the edit back to the original BWVAVs and metadata if you like If you use this method channel metadata mostly the channel s content description will come across to PT 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 42 TUTORIAL DRIVES amp MEDIA Preliminary notes FAT32 can handle up to
10. The boom connected to M5 is directly routed to T8 see Create T7T8 IN GRIDS p 28 The RF mics routed to T1 T6 auto panned to the left go to mix Xa on TZ Proper Mixing Mark Weber to Cantar Users Group May 3 2008 Are you all saying that we should not be mixing just because we are providing ISO tracks on mono files As a mixer it is my assump ion that my job is to mix so that phase anomalies are not occurring and mixing out unwanted open mics so that a useful production mix is always present and if post wants ISO mic tracks then that is what deliver on top of the mix What am missing here Phase interferences are only audible at specific relationships be ween pairs of microphones and at a specific balance between hem usually a 50 50 balance as with boom and radio mic If hree mics are open the phase interference is a result of only one of those mics in reference to the other two Assuming am mixing o a mono track with one boom and one radio and at a certain point there is phasing would be rocking the mix back and forth favoring either the boom or radio If the phasing occurs when both mics are at unity then never allow unity to occur As a wired actor walks into a room and comes forward approaching a boom mic would be favoring the radio until the actor steps into the sweet spot of the boom at which point would crossfade potting down he radio as pot up the boom This does not necessarily mean hat completely turn off
11. Use this feature to compare levels phasing and differential delays p 22 Locking the Fader Surface Press the linklock 3 button between mic 1 amp 2 faders to disjable the mixer s linear faders press the button between mic 3 amp 4 to disable all rotary faders To prevent inadver tent locking you must press the button for a full second Any action on a disabled fader causes the rectangular screen to display Locked Fader instead of its gain value Reference Tone generator In TEST PPR or REC shift red sends a 1kHz tone to the tracks modulometers and mixdown I8dBFS or 20dBFS is selected in AUDIC TC 03 Tone level Releasing shift before red locks the tone ON pressing 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 AUDIO TC 04 Talk bckMic Quickly press black release then press and hold to send the talkback to the right channel Press shift black to send the talkback to all tracks Warning beeps One beep record start TECHSET O7 saturation clip detec tion 08 Two beeps record stop or low priority problem such as low battery voltage Lack of external clock LO is automatically disabled on w wild track takes Three beeps high priority problem e g unplugged external HD The beep level is set in TECHSET 11 Deep Level Take gender Press the red button to scroll the tp w a n
12. e g track names into Avid MCs which can t read the iXML chunk note to edit UDF formatted DVD RAM discs with a Mac install SoftArch s WriteUDF http www softarch com which works with OSX 10 4 only To get a vl0 6 update mail to support softarch com In a Mac equipped with an E SuperDrive replace it with a genuine Matshita UJ 875 or connect a standalone DVD RAM burner or use the TECHSET O1 Unmount ed Cantar internal DVD burner itself d T1 T8 24bit p 57 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 files to DPX or video images http www aaton com products post indaw index php Fps agnostic IndawPass solves all the problems post production facilities may encounter in the maze of audio videotilm speeds and standards Transfer list cleaner IndawPass also rejuvenates the ALE transfer lists sent to the Avid with better Keycode matching than the telecine origi nals The PostChain Distribute the Cantar Post Chain to the Post people it will help them considerably htto www aaton com documentation Titan 3 For autoconforming with Titan 3 FlashConform and FixSync using the Cantar filetags get the cantar tsc rules from Synchro Arts hitp www synchroarts com or send an email to aaton support aaton com By their very nature the Aaton filetags eliminate all TC overlaps
13. in OUT MAPS disconnects sources from outputs shift red in TEST PPR REC triggers IkHz reference tone black in REC PPR TEST talkback mic activation p 31 OFF at red release remains ON if shift is in PLAY inserts a play mark released first shift to turn OFF ok starts stops from the play mark p 24 in BLUE PLAY hides play card from Play amp Rec lis in BLUE PLAY inserts a cue in in IN GRIDS links an input fo a track in OUTMAPS connects sources to outputs red silver black red silver black shift Mechanical MainSelector Contactless MainSelector zero maintenance 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 10 STOP POWER Starting amp Stopping To turn ON Cantar set the MainSelector to STOP press the batt L or batt R button for a couple of seconds The rectangular screen lights up Cantar s cold start from an un powered machine to recording is a blazing two to three seconds On the left circular screen the three platter icon blinks the time it takes for the disk to spin up to speed it is surrounded by the icons of the routed tracks The rectangu lar screen displays batt and battR voltages plus the system day and time To shut down go to STOP and press the blue shift button and batt L or batt R until AU REVOIR is displayed For safety if you are not in STOP nothing happens Reminder while in STOP internal
14. in STOP turns OFF Cantar 33 4 76429550 www aaton com Bop L Batt2 R p 6 Headphones MainSelector Talkback mic Headphones 1 4 jack in an isolated compartment To facilitate extraction of a right angle 1 4 jack plug the phone socket is slanted toward the bottom of the machine The stored output level 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 p 8 TripleCrown and MainSelector Easy to manipulate with winter gloves on they give ac cess to all operating operands actions p 9 p 10 p 26 Mixer s faders Dustproof and waterproof they are magnetically driven The black or colored fader caps can be instantly replaced Backup caddy The DVD and CF caddies are easily swapped p 43 p 54 ey DvD CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 6 DESCRIPTION CIRC SCREENS Three Circular screens These are the largest easiest to read screens found on any audio recorder They provide the user with ongoing data concerning every aspect of the machine s operation It takes a few moments to get used to the display paradigms but thereafter you will be driving the fastest machine you have ever had in your hands e input grids links from nine analog inputs and six digita inputs to the recording tracks
15. 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 TrackName1 ok to go to the bottom row shift jog or keyboard s shift up 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 TrackName 2 etc Tracknames are modifiable at all times and are stored in each and every audio file this means that an ISO file car ries its own track names Library cleaning By jogking past TrackName8 you reach Del TrkName ok select the trackname to be erased ok If you decide not to erase 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 tracknames than to carry incorrect ones in the next take Go to the trackname 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 MixLeft on mixdown tracks Press a tracksolo button to display that track s name in the rectangular screen notel to
16. p 36 and Tutorial p 43 07 Burn Mode Burn Only Burn Check Check Only Checking a DVD takes just as much time as burning it 08 FilesToCopy Al Unarchived Select All to make a second batch of DVDs with all files previously copied or not Select Unarchived before starting a DVD mid day copy this causes the software to look at p 40 the Archive flag on the files Previously copied archived files flagged as such will not be copied again 09 File Name W Sc amp Tk FiletagOnly W Sc amp Tk brings long filetags such as BAI234 123A 12R wl4 _ way to editors Select this option for CD and DVD backups since long names are supported by ISO and UDF1 5 formats FileTagOnly such as BA1234_1 wav for HD DVD RAM and CF since long names are not supported by the basic FAT32 format Note that Majax can extract the Sc Tk ID from the iXML chunk and add it to the file names en route to Post on FAT32 or exFATO4 formatted drives 10 Media Label DVD 1 N CD 1 N for CF amp DVD RAM N gives the number of media needed for the backup MD 1 N Press ok and select the media to burn shift eye displays the Media Label given to a disk e g CD_MXD_2 5 means CD R Mixdown Disk 2 of a 5 disk group The remaining data volume to be burned is displayed too The large file case The length of a take can make it impossible to copy it entirely onto one CD For instance if a 2OOMB file comes i
17. p 49 In BLUE TEST the playback tracks Tp Tp6 are internally sent to the digil 6 inputs then routed the standard way By pressing routing with the SoloMidPan slider onto the adhoc position select In Grids and OutMaps tailored to the job Rehearse the BLUEREC navigation with the analog faders adjust the levels between the digital play cards and the live analog inputs The latest BLUE TEST played card is the first to be called when going to BLUE REC 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 1 8 PPR BUFFER amp METADATA The Pre Post Record PPR position is unique to Cantar it al lows three important functions pre record buffer activation metadata entering editing and last take erasure Pre record buffer While the MainSelector is on PPR the pre record buffer stores the audio in a FirstIn Firs Out FIFO buffer memory and dumps them to the HD as soon as REC is activated The erec icon blinks under the disk s selected for record ing Once the buffer is full up to 13 sec A8kHz it starts discarding the FirstIn audio the middle platter of the three platter icon disappears this is a way to verify the selected buffer length AUDIO TC 08 PreRec Dur p 31 Pre Rec metadata entry NEXT take While in PPR enter edit the scene ID take commments tracknames and Audio Ref of the NEXT take then press ok to validate Two remarks 1 the use of Arcan T
18. set up another user which you log in as just for a Tarkan session with all the correct parameters and log back in as the usual user for normal use It takes from 10 sec Mac to 60 sec Win for Tarkan to assign a dynamic IP address to Cantar A tip by J Casanova Every time your laptop wakes up it takes agonizing seconds to find a dynamic IP to avoid this assign it a fixed IP Open the local network properties enter Tarkan Connection instead of Default local Connection dou ble click Internet Protocol set address to 169 254 213 292 network mask to 255 255 0 0 leave the rest blank It now takes 4 seconds for Tarkan to talk to Cantar User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 52 COMPANIONS CANTAREM Connections If the Cantar motherboard is CM2 6 the ID appears un der the white sheet in the HD housing and in TECHSET 23 Hardware ID CantaRem is connected to Cantar through its SubDI5 pin2 Use a SubD15 to Lemo8 cable Aaton ref 594 4090 If the motherboard is earlier than CM 2 6 the SubDI5 pin 2 is not internally connected to the ASCII port you must use a SubD 15 to lemo 8 lemo 5 Y cable ref 594 4191 and connect the lemo 5 plug to the Cantar timecode in lemo5 socket e To gang two CantaRems use the Fischer4 Lemo8 cable ref 594 4092 Fischer to the first Lemo8 to the second read With Cantarem p 28 RemFaders below and p 32 A Lemo5 TC In Out by LTC and ASCII NV aw B USB PS2 keyb
19. the AES in by very nature will remain at O Oms Travel compensation can go up to 85ms two frames the TC stamp of the audio file is corrected accordingly it appears in the XML chunk and the CSV Sound Report Gain values Set TECHSET 06 Display dBFS ON when adjusting a fader the gains for that line or mic kind are displayed Mic links They are preselected in AUDIO TC 10 Mic Links p 31 Stereo pairs 1 gt 2 3 gt 4 Surround 1 gt 2 3 4 5 Double M S 1 gt 2 3 gt 4 5 p 44 To activate the preselection press the shift linklock button to the right of the master fader a III appears between the linked mic figures bottom of AUDIO TC 10 Mic Links E the circular screens Phantom Limiter and Highpass filter are applied identically to the linked faders Phase inverters remain independent The slave gain is 12dBu of its master s value VWhenever you adjust a fader the master slave status is displayed on the rectangular screen as II Il for the master Il for the slave All of these links remain active when the onboard faders are taken over by the CantaRem RemFaders Protecting the balances To protect the balancing faders against flying fingers set AUDIO TC 09 Dol Access to Locked balance adjust ments will only be accessible MicX Lokd dB 27 14il16 gt 21 lt 151 while pressing the fiom button The slaved gain value is displayed
20. 11 Beep routing level 24 license key 12 Meter ballistics 13 Peak hold duration 25 Software version info 26 Software install 01 DriveStatus Mount Unmount Two CPUs can t simultaneously contro Cantar s drives Unmounting the internal HD and DVD RAM puts them out of the control of Cantar s CPU while keeping them powered A FireWire connected PC or Mac can then see internal drives as standard devices on which to dump and erase a project edit audio files and transfer software updates To gain access to the internal HD from a PC or Mac laptop an alternative method is to unpower Cantar totally the PC power supply directly feeds the HD through the Opin FireWire cable Reminder never connect MAC Gx desktops which instantly fry the Cantar FireWire interface MAC OS X Ejecting the Cantar internal drive WINDOWS Before disconnecting the FireWire cable FIRST eliminate the disc icon from the PC or Mac desktop THEN discon nect the cable Ignoring this rule will trigger a warning message but it will be too late the audio files may already be corrupted note to modify the metadata on a DVD RAM disk from a Mac laptop you must install WriteUDF see Majax p 57 02 Digi Power Off On Off saves 1 0mA 48kHz 200mA 96kHz The digi 1 to digi6 icons of the circular screens blink as a reminder to turn On the digital sample rate converters of the AES inputs that have been routed but not powered up 33 476429550 www aaton
21. 58 is the AES in out connector which can externally loop playback signals in Play amp Rec mode Timecode DVD burner screw ref 20110 45 FireWire o socket Cable retainer Ident label Bluetooth Tx Rules about FireWire FW connection ee the cable retainer should be used at all times gaffta pe if your Cantar is not equipped with it to avoid intermit tent contact or sudden cable pull out An intermittent FW connection induces bus hangs and can stop recording on both the external and internal drives ee considering the above when un plugging an external FW device disconnect the cable from the device side not from the Cantar side p 5 ee the 3 8 screw is placed between three rubber pads it is used to secure Cantar onto a cart ee the weep hole underneath the phone jack socket is a drainage port for water that has entered through the phone jack ee the backup caddy is protected beneath the swiveling front 1A panel To remove the DVD caddy remove retaining screw A picture below introduce a ball pen into hole B and push it toward the front opening where you can grab the caddy The CF caddy is held by spring tension only and the A screw is not used Headphones Foldback wane 47 oldbac Line out options 3 8 cart holder AES in out ee never plug a cable into the FW socket while Cantar is powered the 6 pin socket has a hot 12V in it for
22. EAST POSITIONS MainSelector East positions The MainSelector easy to manipulate even with heavy winter gloves gives direct access to all essential func tions The OPERAND positions establish Cantar s operating pa p 26 MainSelector buttons rameters with no deep diving into sub menus Routings black creates red removes links Rectangular screen rows BACKUP archiving audio files 1h Operands are displayed in a way which always indicates SESSION projects media and sound report 2h their path tree Parameters labels and values are browsed by TECHSET dayin day out use 3h jog and or gt x arrows AUDIO TC audio parameters TC management Ah AUDIO TC 1 Top row Operand Parameter IN GRIDS inputs to tracks routing 5h SampleRate Middle row Parameter Label OUT MAPS outputs to monitors routing oh 48048 Bottom row Parameter Value ROUTING p 27 O1 In Grids 02 OutMaps AUDIO TC p 31 O8 Prerecord duration 16 LTC rate O1 Sample rate O9 Balance fader access 17 LTC gen output 02 Bitdepth 10 Mic fader links 18 19 LTC Userbits O3 Ref tone selection 11 Line fader links 20 RecRun TC init 04 Talkback mic routing 2 Sc amp lake template 21 Operator TC init O5 Play Mute 3 AutoSlate channel 22 Digil 8 Out 06 Test Mute 14 Record by LTC 23 CantaRem com O7 Mixer gain max 5 TC source 24 39 CantaRem 1 amp 2 assign TECHSET p 33 08 Clip detection beep 17 Serial Com port O1 Disk un mount O9 l
23. Ext HD go to BACKUP 1 o clock jog to 12 IdleSndRpt Press ok Select Yes then ok p 41 27 Right Modulometer source In TEST PPR or REC the eye button toggles between tracks 5 6 or tracks 7 8 for display p 8 28 Rectangular screen top line In TEST or REC use the jog to select battery levels available recording time remaining storage space or mixdown modulometers p 8 29 Input Grids In TEST or PPR push the SoloMidPan slider toward the battery Press routing then rotate the silver config crown p 9 to select a preset Press routing to retain the choice p 18 p 63 30 Output Maps In TEST or PPR pull the SoloMidPan slider toward the Operator Press routing then rotate the black monitor crown p 9 to select which output to view Rotate the silver config crown to select a preset Press rout ing to retain the choice p 18 31 Setup files Save a configuration setup on the HD for each of your regular workflows e g video film EFX etc Go in and out REC right after the setup saving to attach an autotabel to the file you will re label it when the HD is mounted to your Mac or PC Setup files can be emailed and used in any Cantar p 33 32 Tarkan Turn off Bluetooth WiFi and Firewall quit Skype and Widgets on your PC XP Vista or Mac OSX IO A In PPR connect CAT 5 R45 cable and wait for up to 60 seconds on PC or 10 seconds on Mac before clicking the Tarkan connect
24. LM AF 120LE Optical Disk Handling 98 of all media failures are caused by poor handling A fingerprinted DVD can still be played but is unuseable for recording Open your thumb and index finger in a U shape and hold the blank disk by its opposite edges Do NOT clean it with a cloth in a rotary motion best way to destroy a complete track but by successive radial strokes DVD RAM amp Mac DVD RAMs are read only on Macs To edit metadata install WriteUDF htto www softarch com see Majax p 57 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 43 TUTORIAL ONBOARD MIXER 1 Surround 5 1 For Schoeps x2 M S mics or SoundField there is no need for decoding accessories The onboard mixer has it all Double M S By Fr Musy and Gab Hafner Switzerland Microphone wiring The Schoeps double M S LC R SL SR head is made of two cardioid and one figure ofeight microphones it comes with an XLR7 cable to which a home made XLR7 to XLR5 XLR3 Y cable should be connected XLR7 F 1 gnd 2 M front 3 M front 4 S front 5 S front 6 M rear 7 M rear XLR5 M 1 gnd 2 M front 3 M front A S front 5 S front yellow red labels XLR3 M 1 gnd 2 M rear 3 M rear gray Routing The XLR5 goes to mic3 4 routed to T3 and T4 ms declared their monitoring output is automatically lett right decoded The XLR3 goes to mich routed to TS panned to center See Mic Lin
25. M S pairs recorded on T1T2 T3T4 T5T6 can be added to the T7T8 OutMap AES outputs The use of the AES outputs no interference prone cables is recommended to send audio signals to the external world Connect them to a video camera featuring AES inputs or to a Lectrosonics D4 transmitter or to a video camera equipped with an AES to Analog converter The eight AES outputs are separated into two groups e The Digi 1 6 outputs either transmit the TI T6 recorded ISO tracks or the micI 5 amp linel A to D converted inputs See AUDIC TC 22 Digi 1 6 Out Tl 6 Do Ml 5 L1 Do p 32 The later position lets you use Cantar s high quality analog preamplifiers limiters to feed an external digital mixer and re enter the signals through the Digi 1 6 inputs note when in BLUE Play amp Rec mode the Digi 1 6 outputs are internally redirected to the Digi 1 6 inputs unless in BLUE BRWS 22 AES loop is set to extemal e The Digi7 8 outputs transmit the Do selected signals p 29 p 30 AES power reminder As soon as you select an OutMap with digi out the track icons start flashing in the circular screens to remind you to turn the AES interface CO This interface consumes 110mA at 48kHz and 200mA at 96kHz if it is not in use turn it OFF in TECHSET O2 Digi Power 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 30 AUDIO TC MIC LINE LINKS 3 AutoSlate channel 4 Record
26. Mute line Mute fldbk Mute Lo Fb In PLAY you can mute the outputs to Video Village while playing the last take into the Director s headphones The routing button instantly cancels the Play Mute action p 31 TT a e Ki 06 TestOutMute No Mute Mute line Mute fldbk Mute Lo Fb Video Village does not listen to your input gain adjustments 07 MixGain Max OdB 6dB Mixer s faders top position gain In 6dB mode the OdB mark is the indentation in the linear faders guide rails 08 PreRec Dur ation 1 to 35 sec Up to 35s 8 tracks 24 bit 48k 17s 96k 09 Bal Access Unlocked Locked Slaved fader balance action see Mic links p 17 10 Mic Links 1 gt 2 and 3 gt 4 1 gt 2 3 1 gt 2 3 4 1 gt 2 3 4 5 1 gt 2 3 gt 4 5 The sleeping mictinks selected here will be activated with the button between faders micl amp 2 and mic3 amp A The master is to the left the linked controls the 12dBu balance 11 Line Links OH 1 gt 2 3 gt 4 1 gt 2and3 gt 4 1 gt 2 3 1 gt 2 3 4 Contrary to mic links line links are immediately activated from this menu Slaved faders have no balance function their gain is set by the master AUDIO TC 11 Line links 1 gt 2 amp 3 gt 4 The 1 gt 2 3 choice is made for the Soundfield ST350 line outs Soundfield B Format p 44 12 ScTk Templt XXXXXXXX XX nnnA nnA nn The nnnA nnA nn template fits the mostly used Sequence Scene system The al
27. Outputs Recorded on T7T8 or not Xa Xb left right can be sent to the external world by selecting the XX OutMap in the Ph Lo Fb and Do positions of the monitor crown Recorded on T7T8 or not the Xa center Xb center Xa Xb center Xa Xb left right mixer outputs can be phone monitored in TEST REC and PLAY in the So position of the monitor crown their level is UU i SERHGHEGEEGEE AU Lux displayed on the central circular iir screen note when the Xa Xb mixer outputs are recorded on T7T8 their levels are displayed on the rectangular screen bargraphs p 8 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 pl 7 TEST OUTPUT LEVELS Track dis arming Monophonic multitrack file recording doesn t waste disk space by recording empty tracks as is the case with polyphonic It is wise to momentarily disarm a track when there is no use for it In TEST press shift tracksolo of the unwanted track Its monitor is muted its track icon blinks and its modulometer is dashed Disarmed tracks can t be inadvertantly rearmed by going to PLAY or BROWSE you must go to the ROUTING position and back or turn OFF the power M S monitoring The m s declaration of a track pair IN GRIDS p 27 causes them to be decoded as m s m s i e L R stereo in the phones and mixdown If on top of the phones you want an M S recorded track pair say T5T6 to be sent as L R stereo to the Lo Fb Do outputs cre
28. Power off with the fps agnostic Ascii The answer back should be good 00 0 To later check a machine protocol press Stocks Ese from 142 4 fone te good by the press the answer back is fair bad or difftime followed amount of drift in frame tenths SMPTE LTC comm To select 24 25 30fps SMPTE LTC out press 4 then to confirm To initialize a machine with the LTC output simultaneously press O starts at Y92 MO1 D0O1 it is incremented by one day at each power ON followed by a white button initialization The Year Month Day is stored in nom volatile memory resulting in p 56 To get check an LIC signal press 2 To generate a continuous LTC e g to record timecode on an audio track of a non IC recorder press 1 Technical Specifications el pom TCXO 1 2 frame in 4 hours sc hour autoshutoff e 150 hours on a LHon WN battery 180x90x20mm 375gr Order an Aaton L5 XLR3 SCH extension cable for connection to LTC XLR 3 sockets Lemo 5 plug 1 Gnd_ HIC out 3ASCIl in out AE SAIC in ref PHG B 305 CLLD42 Fps selection REAL TIME 1 24 2 25 3 2997DF 4 30 selected fos LED flashes DRIFT TIME 5 23 98NDF 24 0 1 6 20Y NDF 30 0 1 three LEDs other than the selected fps flash white three second push freezes LTC out a nevertwicethesame date Connections from a given GMT Momentar
29. To impose a sampling rate amp phase to Cantar s connect an external wordclock generator to the SubD 15 pin 4 in put p 58 Select a WEI value in AUDIO TC O1 Sample Rate p 31 In case you select the wrong value Wordclock Sample Rate mismatch is displayed on the screen If there is no wordclock signal on pin 4 Wordclock input missing is displayed Linking two Cantars to the same WK generator is the way to build a sample accurate sixteen track recorder note Cantar CANT be used as a wordclock generator In Grids for Play amp Rec see Play amp Rec p 49 List of frequent T1 16 amp T7T8 In Grids for Play amp Rec es fo perform a Remix select RPM B2 see below amp 02 see opposite table e to perform an Archive file update RPA B2 A 44 eo perform an eighHrack Re recording RRI Al amp O01 RR2 A2 SOL RR3 A2 amp Ol RR4 A4 amp Ol RRS A5 amp O1 RR6 BI amp Ol RRZ B2 amp 11 RR8 B2 amp 45 TT T6 setups p 27 Al mic5 T A2 mic5 T2 digil T A3 mic5 T3 digil T digi2 T2 A4 mic5 T4 digil T digi2 T2 digi3 T3 A5 mic5 15 digil T1 digi2 T2 digi3 T3 digi4 T4 B1 mic5 T6 digil T digi2 T2 digi3 T3 digi4 T4 digi5 T5 B2 digil T1 digi2 T2 digi3 T3 digi4 TA digi5 T5 digi6 T6 4 With TECHSET O3 p 33 save these Al B2 setups and name them Clonel loading them for your next session will be a great time saver 33 4 7642 9550 www a
30. allow for a possible entry from a PDA the generic tracknames above are only recorded upon completion of the take 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 19 PPR METADATA amp FILES note2 the default entry mode is overwrite if you change it by selecting insert on the keyboard it will revert to ower write on the tenth character since tracknames are limited to this number 4 User s Tape Ref By jog ing past Del TrkName you can overwrite the automatic Cantar generated MMDD Usr TapeRef with a project s Shoot Day Number or a Tape ID later called Roll Number on the Avid p 47 cf Tape Ref at the bot tom right of the Majax screen Only use BCD characters if you want to clone the TapeRef into the LTC out user bits see AUDIO TC 18 p 32 Post Record metadata entry PREVIOUS take After REC stay on PPR the metadata to be used for the next take is displayed If you want to modify the just recorded take s metadata press shift silver eeh The rectangular screen displays EDIT press ok then gt lt or jog to edit the PREVious scene ID take and take gender red button of the previous file as explained 1 4 above Press ok to confirm then shift silver to close in Pazienza paciencia patience When editing metadata entries you are modifying the native files stored in the internal HD If you are working in simultan
31. are graphically displayed e oufput maps three screens emulate the left both and right ears e pan pots the continuously variable contribution of each track to the mixdown has never been so clear e modulometers their circular shape makes the signal leve easy fo evaluate in a wink e physical status permanent control of the tracks and setups 1 Input grids Analog sources line 1 4 mic 1 5 can be sent to any one of the TI T6 tracks conveniently grouped in pairs T1 T2 T3 T4 15 76 Digital sources digi in 1 6 can be sent to any one of the T1 16 tracks The middle screen displays In Grid A4 the current preset in use To create inputstotracks In Grids read p 27 Fifteen In Grids can be stored in three banks to help you sort and memorize your routing configurations e g Al to A5 for mic only set ups B1 to B5 when some line inputs are used C1 to C5 for setups that include digj ins To display the In Grid in use even while recording the SoloMidPan slider being pushed toward the battery press the routing button top left of the swiveling panel The config crown gives instant sequential access to all of them note the routing button must be pressed to change the out maps as a protection against wild modifications in grids can t be changed in the course of a recording 2 Output maps The Cantar s three screen mapping is self explanatory Au dio signals going to the left ear appear on the
32. are monitored as L R ste reo tracks in the outputs and the mix see Pan pots p 17 Aaton Majax p 57 can decode and replace M S pairs with L R pairs for editing machines which can t decode M S stereo The suffix of the files carrying M S tracks carry ti a hyphen instead of an underscore _ note The auto conforming tool Titan3 p 57 must contain the cantar tsc file to handle these hyphen flagged suffixes Cantar X User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 27 ROUTINGS 1718 IN GRIDS Select T7T8 In Grids without Cantarem MainSelector to five o clock Pressing the ok button allows the jog wheel to scroll through forty nine T7T8 fac tory preset In Grids e No amp No 01 T7T8 are dis IN GRID 12 armed to save disk space T7 T8 e Xa amp Xb 02 the T1 T6 mixer m5 Xb lt outputs are sent to T7T8 the mix icon appears in the left circular screen e in amp Xb 03 to 35 a mic e g boom line or digi in di rectly goes to TZ The mix of T1 T6 goes to Xb T8 e in amp Xb O04 to 36 in T7 is added into Xb T8 Don t select Xb if Cantarem inserts its own modulated TZ e in amp in 37 to 44 mic line or digi pairs go to T7T8 e digi7 amp mic5 45 last track recording of an eighHrack re recording session see RR8 opposite column e Xa amp mic 46 48 Later applying Rotate2 backup treatment p 39 p 45 Xa mix T7 amp mic T8 are sent to T1 and T2
33. balance whereas the slaved line fad ers totally deactivated duplicate the gain of the master e The last assignment of a CantaRem RemFader previously linked to another Cantar fader cancels the former link All Cantar physical faders are re enabled as soon as CantaRem is disabled by setting AUDIO TC 23 CantaremCom to In active or by unplugging the cable Stored assignments are displayed on AUDIO TC 24 39 e To activate the solo monitoring of a mic line or track press the key of the RemFader controlling it e The 0 6 second delay of Cantar s line faders is more ap parent when they are driven by linear actuators which unlike the Cantar onboard faders can be swept from O to 6OdBFS in a wink e Put Cantar s MainSelector on STOP to initialize its clock by ASCII from an OriginC e Cantar remote MainSelector on PPR set AUDIO TC 23 CantaremCom to Auto select Press both ctrl keys and press 2 Cantar goes to TEST 3 to PPR 4 to REC When CantaremCom is set to Forced press 1 to STOP is also available Design considerations e CantaRem s Penny Gilles faders are feathersmooth 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 flow through e The precise gain value of each fader is displayed on Can tar s rectangular screen the actuators O to 9 scale is onl
34. by LTC 5 TC source 6 LTC rate 7 LTC gen output 8 19 LIC Userbits 20 Rec Run TC init 21 Operator TC init 22 Digil 8 Out 23 CantaRem com 24 31 CantaRem 1 assign 32 40 CantaRem 2 assign O1 Sample rate 02 Bitdepth O3 Ref tone select OA Talkback mic O5 Play Mute 06 Test Mute O7 Mixer gain max O8 Prerecord duration O9 Balance fader access 10 Mic fader links 11 Line fader links 12 Sc amp lake template 01 Sample Rate 44100 47952 48000 48048 WK 48000 etc 88200 95904 96000 96096 N A X2 only select WK prefixed rates for wordclock slaving see More tracks by wordclock p 28 02 Bit Depth 16 Bits 24 Bits If requested by post you will dither or truncate to 16 bit from the native 24 bit tracks when backing up the mixdown see BACKUP 05 T7T8 mot p 40 03 Tone Level Off 18dBFS 20dBFS See Ref Tone generator p 22 04 Talkbck mic OH Lin o Fb Fib Lin o Flb Do 7 8 On top of these routing choices left right selection is made with the MainSelector black button in TEST or PPR black continuous talkback mic goes to left channel s e g the Boom Operator black short then black continuous mic goes to the right channel s e g the Director and Script Supervisor shift talking to both Boom Operator and Director Esch black continuous mic goes to both left and right for in REC shift black continuous mic goes to all tracks 05 PlayOutMute No Mute
35. carry on no more than two batteries with a total lithium con tent between them of 25gr max At 5 8g lithium Aaton R Cells fall within the first category Charger Before plugging a battery reset the ChaScot five hour charger by pressing the square OFF button for about four seconds until the LED totally vanishes see p 60 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 pl 1 STOP 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 file 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 WVork Day Filetag path tree which allows for the intuitive and safe retrieval of any audio file on unpartitioned disks anywhere along the PostChain It is not Operatorerror prone 1 Project If you are in a bind and have no time to select a project in SESSION O1 ProjectName p 36 go directly to REC your audio files will
36. com Cantar X p 33 03 Save Setup No Yes All of Cantar s physical settings IN GRIDS OUT MAPS TECHSET and AUDIO TC parameters mic filters etc can be saved in up to twenty User s Setups xml files on the all user settings external HD or the internal HD if there is no external drive connected To ensure a unique name for each User s Setup it is named by the last recorded filetag e g ABI234 A xml Since you can use them in another Cantar copy your favorite User s Setups onto a laptop before returning a rented machine re importing them for your next assignement will be a great time saver just think about the time you spent setting the RRI RR8 re recording p 28 In Grids Using an internet browser and provided you keep the xml extension you can replace the eight char ABI234 A xml filetag name with a descriptive one e g Custom01 xml or Kitchen4 xml note in case of an operational problem perform a Save Setup attach it to your mail to cantarsupport aaton com explaining the problem This will help Aaton engineers pro vide you with a solution 04 Load Setup No Yes Opening Load Setup makes Cantar look for xml suffixed files in the external and internal HDs Select the setup to load e g Custom ok Press shiff to reboot 05 Backlight OH 1 to 100 In bright sunlight save power by turning OFF the backlight To insure visibility whatever the startup lighting environment the rectangular s
37. cross wired CAT 5 cable into the RJ45 socket hold the cable in the canyon shaped clamp laptop side Connect the CAT 5 cable no TCP IP activity but Cantar s is tolerated see TCP IP next page Turn ON Cantar Launch the Tarkan application and wait for the connection see tips next page Click the upper left start icon Main screen The screen is made of three layers the first one displays the audio flow from the digi mic line inputs with their settings to the tracks IN GRIDS and to the monitors OUTMAPS the second layer handles the mixer with its faders carrying the tracknames and panpots the third layer not represented here displays the modulometers over the tracks In Grids The analog inputs 1a go down the digital and mixer inputs Ib 1c go up to the track cross points DL To set the inputs for TI T6 go to ROUTING IN GRIDS 8 click on the desired cross point it turns blue double click to deactivate To set the inputs for T7T8 first click the desired T7 cross point it turns yellow as well as the other possible choices click the other one they both turn blue To turn OFF T7T8 double click the cross point routed to TZ Armed tracks 5 are high lighted in deep blue 33 476429550 www aaton com CantarX p 51 Out Maps The tracks go to the LeftCenterRight track monitoring switches 6 Analog and digital inputs go directly to the input monitoring switches 7 Both
38. detect and fine tune its position The last entered cue points replace the 3 scrub further and press the red button to set a cue out Lt a half second silence is inserted at former ones Once a cuein has been entered a cue out is not necessary an empty card becomes a play card The cue points are stored in the XML chunk of the file and will only be removed if you erase the play card to do so jog to 00 00 and press red To hide a play card without erasing its cues press shift red Tagged with a character the card is no longer visible in the BLUETEST BLUEREC play list shortening it 705 ANN Yu ka aM o f r fa Aan Daf fc Ah Playfile A from the current project containing five play cards Note their chronological placement suitable for an ADR session S W E EE E EE Playile E from the archives containing six play cards Note their free and overlaping placement suitable for playback 4 With gt select a play card and press ok to play it from its cue in If there is no cue out in this card or if you want to stop the playback before reaching the cue out press ok Press ok again to restart from the cue in Press esc to pause press esc to resume play there is NO delay between play and the audio output notel to get access to the BLUE PLAY position press and hold the blue shift button while rotating the MainSelector to PLAY User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 2
39. e the displayed mm zs time is relative to the start of file the file absolute TC appears by pressing TC jam es in PLAY and OO IL the cuein 3 is volatile i e not stored when exiting the outpoint Z 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 to read the size of one track of a group go to BROWSE e the LTC output carries the TC amp fps of the play file not the project TC it can be used to slave a chasing VTR Reminder when going to PLAY or BLUE PLAY take your time while passing over STOP if the message wou were too fast appears go back to STOP for one second 33 476429550 www aaton com Cantar X p 24 Play card creation read p 48 amp p 49 1 Go to BLUEPLAY notel then shift gt to choose a Play tile among indexes A to L the file index is displayed in 1 2 With lt or gt select a card e g A01 among the fifty one cards per file note the AOO factory card contains the entire play file it can t store Operator s entered cues lts cue out 7 is the duration of the take 3 To fill an empty card scrub the audio with the jog 4 press the black button fo set a cue in AQ1 gt 01 45 Q2 15 02 17 5 CC2165 6 7 the cue out to let you
40. either mic at any time but only prevent the 50 50 balance of the two from occurring or maybe once the ac or reaches the boom sweet spot and stays there for the rest of th ake then perhaps slowly fade out the radio mic completely to prevent clothing rustle or some other physical noise Same thing if mixing two actors on radios with no boom and as hey turn to face each other there is a phasing taking place be ween them then would be crossfading the balance between hem back and forth favoring the mic of the actor that is speaking again never allowing the 50 50 balance fo occur but always eeping both mics open unless some action creates a problem ike someone pounding themselves on the chest where the mic is placed Always 60 40 or 75 25 or whatever works Maybe as he two actors stand very close to each other one of their mics may work to cover both of them Now if mixing to two tracks and splitting boom away from the ra dios then monitor the split track mix in mono and do all the same hings as mentioned above so that if the two tracks are summed ogether by telecine for dailies or elsewhere in post the resulting mono mix works perfectly hate to allow post the opportunity to screw up my mixes so always try not to give them the option If there is no reason to split racks then do not do it Mark Weber C A S Sound Specialist Inc Miami Florida Mixdown on track one and two The track renumbring dur
41. in above folder ok gives it the B index Select a date a day within the project Select a file in above folder ok gives it the C index Select a file from the folder ok gives it the D index Select a date a day within the project Select a file in above folder ok gives it the E index Select a file in the folder ok gives it the F index BLUE BRWS 12 Arch Drive lt External BLUE BRWS 13 Arch Pject lt NeuArchv BLUE BRWS 14 Arch folder lt 2000 01 01 BLUE BRWS 15 Arch Idx G lt SE1234 ok BLUE BRWS 16 Arch Idx H lt SE1205 ok BLUE BRWS 17 Arch Idx I lt SE1206 ok BLUE BRWS 18 Arch Idx J lt SE1104 n a BLUE BRWS 19 Arch Idx K lt BLUE BRWS 20 Arch Idx L lt SEQ980 ok BLUE BRWS 21 TC mode lt Clone Idx A BLUE BRWS 22 AES loop lt Internal e Clone opens access to one play file the recording will use the date time and metadata of this file note Cantar on STOP the HD goes to sleep after a time interval set in TECHSET 16 Going to REC the pre record buffer compensates for the disk spin up but going directly to BLUEBROWSE causes Cantar to display asleep no disk and apply a hide tag to all your unseen play iles To avoid this mishap first go to TEST wait for the three platter icon to show up then go to BLUEBRWS 2013 March 28 p 25 Archive folder OPERANDS
42. set BACKUP12 Idle Report to Yes The Sound Report is sent to the YYYYMMDD AA folder where it carries the same Dir Nat Rot miX status as the backup files e After At Call Set BACKUP 14 Run Bckp to Yes The Sound Report is created when the backup is completed it is sent to the YYYYMMDD AA folder where it carries the same Dir Nat Rot miX status as the backup files D N R or X 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 38 BACKUP TRACK SELECTION O1 Backup mode 08 Files to copy 02 Day to copy O9 File name 03 Track selection 10 Media label O4 T1 IX treatment 11 Snap Sound Report O05 Mixdown treatment 12 Idle Sound Report 06 Media type selection 13 14 OZ Burn and Check Clean Polys Run Bckp 01 Bckp Mode At Call Idle Bckp es At Call This mode opens access to the parameters which will be requested in BACKUP 14 Run Bckp Preferably trigger this operation at the end of the day Once started during a Prep Polys session any modifification to archived metadata will not be re copied with the next Run Bckp e Idle Bckp This mode can be activated any time the earlier in the day the better Parameters excluded by previous Operator s choice s are flagged as HA In TEST position while the internal HD is not on duty Cantar incrementally backs up the audio files onto CF DVD RAM or external drive Idle Bckp is a better method than simultaneous recording onto two med
43. silver creates a Slate Mark The successive slates generated by a multiccamera shoot are labeled SA SB SG the slate TC is displayed in roman characters in the Sound Report The clapstick quality is displayed in the rectangular screen 25 should be a minimum at 75 score you can congratu late the slateman If you forget to press shift silver AutoSlate detects the most plosive sound of the take with a 95 chance of selecting the clapstick in this case the Sound Report s Slate TC appears in Italic to show it must be either confirmed or ignored While in PLAY shift silver before the slate mark Ma starts the playback two seconds jax displays an upright slate icon on startslates and a bottom up icon on tail slates click the icon to listen to the slate announce User s markers Press the silver button to create tabs labeled UMI UM2 UMIO on wind clicks boom noise dialogue slip etc While in PLAY they are accessible with the silver button 33 476429550 www aaton com CantarX p 23 BLUE REC Live Playback and ADRI Route the digital inputs carrying the playback tracks the an p 48 alog inputs are recorded in the standard way To reach the play cards three methods e Standalone shift gt browses the play tiles gt browses the play cards e Keyboard type the card ID B12 F45 AO8 and enter p 5l To launch the first play card press ok space on a key e Tar
44. 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 workday That is why Cantar displays New Workday giving you the opportunity to say HO Note that going to TEST or REC is a way to say YES Thus if you stop working at 2 AM one day the audio files 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 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 15 lc Source This blinking icon reminds you to verify that the same timecode is running in all of the camerals and audio recorder s p 13 Four methods are used to sync images and sounds Method 1 int d internal Free Run master clock Set AUDIO TC 15 Te Source to Int Clock The internal TCXO Ippm Sync Clock keeps the time accurate to within one frame in nine hours this time is used to stamp the sound files with the very same TC as the one stamped on the camera s images AatonCode method called Free Run TC in the video world Once initialized Cantar behaves as a master clock Internal Sync Clock initialization choices A Calendar init At startup Cantar reads the system s cal
45. the phones too is constantly displayed by large alphanumeric characters e the activation of the mixdown recording on T7T8 is indi cated by the mix icon next to the TZ amp T8 track IDs note the screens are visible in very bright sunlight to save backlight power see TECHSET O5 Backlight p 33 33 476429550 www aaton com Cantar X p 8 Rectangular screen e Operating positions p 10 In STOP Z We top row bot A battR voltage Sys 12 45 22 middle row system time 2007 11 24 bottom row system date In TEST or REC top row T7T8 modulometers in Phe tants 35 fg d r 50 45 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 9 6 3 O Clip To display T7T8 levels with higher precision press the eye button this will swap T7T8 with T5T6 on the right circular screen The jog overwrites the T7T8 bargraphs with battery volt age available disk space or remaining recording time cal culated from the current track count bitdepth and sample rate middle row the source and the TC stamped in the audio files Ate ASCIFTC Ltc jam from LTC Ste from the sys tem calendar Otc Operator entered TC Rtc Record Run TC and Ei slaved to an external clock bottom row in TEST current project name in REC filetag A duration or scene amp take by shift eye While adjusting a pan pot the track rank plus the maximum gain value of the NEXT AX 49
46. to 8 Tracks used FileSize User bits Column O1 displays the recording order it is not modifi able To assign a different field to columns O2 to 16 press ok and with gt lt select one from the available list above DEL field eliminates the field assigned to the selected col umn and shuffles the fields on the rightside to the left 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 filled with a specified field other fields are pushed to the right provided there is at least one none column on the far right Sound Report Files PDF Portable Document Format Three independent PDFs are created Wl contains all of the tp w a n take genders Wild extracts the w takes Trio displays the takes carrying one or more Linking Trios see p 48 The PDF files are named using the calendar date followed by the take selection A W or T AII Wild Trio and the file treatment D N R or X Direct multimono Native poly Rotated poly miX poly e g 081224AR pdf 081224TD pdf The comment field 200 char max is used as the take separator Disarmed tracks carry no trackname Paper size is unified 21x272 cm to fit both A4 and Letter formats p 38 note on some Mac firmware you must open the PDFs with Preview Aper u since Adob
47. v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 7 DESCRIPTION RECT SCREEN 4 modulometers Cantar s large circular modulometers visible under the bright est light as well as in the dark converting levels into angular values are the most accurate metering tools found in any portable recorder They feature a non linear scale with in creased resolution 1dB in the most important range 55 to AOdBFS 5dB per segment 40 to 32dBFS 2dB seg ment 32 to 12dBFS 1dB segment 12 to OdBFS 3dB segment The peak level segment hold duration is adjustable from one half to five seconds in TECHSET 13 p 34 The tracks are grouped into natural pairs T1T2 T3T4 T5T6 When a track is momentarily dis armed its modulom eter appears dashed mec phase 5 Monitoring physical status The center of each circular screen continually displays the status of the main recording elements e activity of the internal HD three platter icon on the left screen the external HD 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 p n SB left screen Internal HD 4 3 xx 03 D LJ right screen CD DVD middle screen External HD e sync clock mode either master inte or slave extc e mic preamplifier status Limiter On Off Direct Invert Phan tom On Off e the current monitor map name sent to
48. 0 Seq Sc Tk 121R a12t06 whole mixer panel OdB or 6cB are displayed In PPR or BROWSE scene take tracknames com ments Sound Roll Shoot Day for their editing p 19 amp p 25 In PLAY player s position cue points ab AQO gt 00 00 02 15 02 17 CC2165 03 32 solute time filetag amp duration or scene amp take p 24 e Operand positions p 26 In AUDIO TC TECHSET SESSION and BACKUP the pathtree of each parameter top row the Operand e g AUDIO TC middle row pa rameter name e g Sample Rate bottom row parameter value e g 48048 AUDIO TC 1 SampleRate 48048 User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 8 DESCRIPTION TRIPLE CROVVN In TEST PPR and REC depending on the SoloMidPan slider position the routing button displays the input routing templates called In Grids or the active output routings called OutMaps The large all weather triple crown is used to check and select the routings with only one hand nofe to create routings see p 27 to p 30 Monitor Crown 1 So mic line digi ins active tracks and combinations of the mixer outputs directly sent to the headphones as solos 2 Ph seventeen user configurable maps A to Q plus the stereo mixer output to headphones 3 Lo nine user configurable maps R Z plus the stereo mixer output to dual line out XLR 5 Fb nine user configurable maps R to Z plus the stereo 4 mixer output to dual foldback
49. 2 Idle Report to trigger the new sound reports pdf csv don t forget it notes If you forgot to select Idle Bckp before your corrections a rescue works for DVD RAM and CF cards only Go to BACKUP O Idle Bckp select the backup media and go to TEST The cor rections are transferred as soon as the drive icon appears in the modulometer s center Ir can take up to 20sec for a DVD RAM Meaning of AAD AAR AAN AAX folders suffixes e while recording the ISO tracks on the int and ext HD selected in SESSION O3 they are stored as monophonic files in AAD folders e when backing up files depending on their treatment they are stored in different folders Direct mono go to AAD Nativelpoly go to AAN Rotatelpoly go to AAR and mix go to AX p 39 amp p 40 Idle Bckp completed make a second backup of the day e DVD go to BACKUP 06 Media type and select DVD then in BACKUP O8 File to copy select WI to allow Cantar to burn already archived files again Then go to BACKUP 14 Run Bckp es ExtHDD go to BACKUP 06 Media type select Ext HD Then go to BACKUP 14 Run Bckp No Poly appears in the rectangular screen This reminds you that BACKUP O1 Prep Poly has been activated but you forgot to select a poly treatment in BACKUP 04 05 notes End Stor trtmt tells you the Poly treatment has been successfully stored in a folder of the internal drive waiting for your end of day Run Backup
50. 2TB but Microsoft lets it be universal below 120GB Cantar formats the drives up to this value only To install a SATA drive replace the internal Cantar FireWire to PATA bridge with a FireWire to SATA bridge Primary Storage HD PATA e Seagate EE25 2 ST980818AM 80GB SATA e Hitachi Endurastar JAKIOO 100GB 4200RPM e Hitachi Travelstar 5K320 HTS54321619A300 120GB 5400RPM When replacing a HD verify the static electricity ground connection between the disk housing and the Cantar chassis is within factory specs 120k ohm 20 SSD PATA e Transcend TS128G PSD320 128GB SATA e Crucial C300 128GB Some SSDs don t work with the Cantar FireWire gt SATA Oxford bridge contact Aaton before buying Backup Storage Internal CF card Run Idle Bckp or A Call on CF cards faster than DVD RAMs they help you be ready at wrap p 54 One thing physical to check when the Cantar is on does the CF Tray s LED stay on at all times If so then that will keep the Cantar from formatting the CF The red LED should only come on when the Cantar is accessing the CF tray read write format note contrary to a suggestion found in former manuals do not backup on SD cards CF to SD converters are not reliable Internal CD DVD DVD RAM ATAPI connected Panasonic UJ 85J When switching from TEST to PPR the unfinished Idle Bckp is closed but the motor gener ates magnetic interference for five seconds that is the mu metal shield r
51. 3 13 Tone In TEST PPR or REC press shift red and release shift first To cancel press shift p 22 14 View Record Time or Scene Info while in REC press shift eye to toggle rectangular screen bottom row Ip BL 15 Slate Mic In TEST PPR or REC press black for left channel double press black for right channel or press shift black for all armed tracks and outputs p 22 16 Line out level In TEST press shift silver to access the IVL amp DELAY menu ok to access current value jog to change ok to accept new value You can activate Tone or use the slate talkback Mic while making adjustments 0 18 17 Foldback level In TEST press shift silver to access the IVL amp DELAY menu jog to Foldback WM ok to access current value jog to change ok to accept new value You can activate Tone or use the Slate Mic while making adjustments p 18 18 Lock Unlock the faders For 5 seconds press each link lock button between the Mic and Mic 2 faders and the Mic 3 and Mic 4 faders Watch the rectangular screen This will reset upon power down or rotating the MainSelector past the 6 position p 22 19 Pre Record metadata entry In PPR jog to each meta data item ok to enter ok when done to accept new data shift jog accelerates letter scrolling x10 p 19 20 Post Record metadata entry Don t rotate the MainSelector past PPR while in PPR press shift silv
52. 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 41 TUTORIAL BACKUP amp REPORT Three ways to generate a SoundReport 1 At call e BACKUP 14 Run Bckp completed the SoundReport is stored with the audio files on the media selected in BACKUP 06 DVD RAM CF DVD CD Ext HD e it carries the treatment selected in BACKUP 04 05 Native Mono Poly Rotate Mono Poly etc 2 Snap e triggered by BACKUP 11 Snap report it is stored on the media used for ISO recording internal external or both as selected in SESSION O3 It can t go to the backup media e the SoundReport treatment can be different from the one selected for other purposes 3 Idle e triggered by BACKUP 12 Idle Report it is stored while in TEST on the media selected in SESSION O6 e Idle report adopts the BACKUP 04 05 treatment selected for the audio files REMINDER You must manually execute BACKUP 12 Idle Report BEFORE removing the backup media Backup at call being done metadata correction If your backup is on CD or DVD R you can t insert any cor rections redo the burning on virgin media If your backup is on a rewritable media Ext HD CF card DVD RAM you can e FIRST go to BACKUP O1 Idle Bckp and select the media go to BROWSE and modify the metadata stored on the internal drive Once done go to TEST the Idle Bckp pro cess transfers your corrections to the backup media e THEN go to BACKUP 1
53. 3m range Cantar transmitter is low power Idle O 1mA Connecting 4mA and may remain active at all times PDA side Click Arcan s L Sei ka V icon in the PDA programs name Geer 4 Connect screen 1 Select a Link engm f Sie PERENE l Bluetooth 2 Search be Deeegn ist OK ege found Bluetooth devices e em are shown in the 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 click the desired one 4 Connect the latest Cantar ID will show at next connection 5 Status for maintenance engineers Working Screens See the complete Arcan w user s instructions on http Avww aa fon com products sound arcan index php p 55 1 In Grids 3 a A7 b a ra track dis arming file rank d OF becomes light gray m s 1 2 j status inputs to tracks rout 5 amp gd ings can be modified in EI EJ STOP position 2 Out Maps left center right Recorded m 2000 0800 92900 q inputs appear in green cir 0000 0000 0000 s 09 0990 2228 cles the non recorded sent S450 Sb OOO directly to outputs appear in black Outputs mapping can be modified in STOP position EDC e us 3 Physical parameters ii notesed et HD I2hiSen Iv stop battery voltage sam iv Lim Pha terer j mi e e 80H 12d5 bitd h k Lu ei n m gt UA D ple rate bitdeptn interna mi o of GOH 66
54. 6 and 7 go to the monitoring crown 9 Mixer CAR S 5 S kd D D D TIT TBT T Be AE RR BBE col The mixer s faders D and pan pots 4 generate the mix down input Ic In PPR TEST and ROUTING IN GRIDS twenty six pan pot configurations can be stored in Tarkan e During the creation of a pan pot config either on Cantar the usual way or on Tarkan with successive clicks on the colored beans 100 left right with ctrl click the back ground of the pan pot crown 10 becomes red Once done a ctrl click in the middle of the crown stores the config in Tarkan s memory and pushes it into Cantar where it becomes the active mixer pan pot as indicated by the crown background which turns gray e labeled from a to z all the pan pot configurations are stored in Tarkan memory where they are displayed against a green background Browse them by cliking the left or right halfmoon A ctrl click in the middle of the crown pushes the selected config into Cantar becoming active it turns from green to gray User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 51 COMPANIONS TARKAN 2 Remote To get access to all of Cantar s functions physically set the MainSelector to PPR then click on the desired position of the VirtualSelector yellow circle turns red 11 Play amp Rec The VirtualSelector turns blue when a Play amp Rec BLUE function is called by pressing the keyboard or Cantar shift button The pane
55. 8 based on the SESSION O3 selection the report is sent to the internal drive external drive or both IntHD Duch 12 Idle Report No gt Bckp Disk Since Cantar has no means to know when you are about to remove the backup media you must manually trigger Idle Report before removing the media Idle Report copies the Sound Report to a YYYYMMDD AA folder Dir Nat Rot miX which carries the same treat ment as the backup files p 38 13 Clean Polys Yes nnnnMB_ No nnnnMB This operation erases all of the previous day s Poly files resulting from Idle Polys treatments stored in the internal HD Obviously if you later have to deliver a second backup copy containing Poly files Run Beko will take longer since it will have to recreate the erased files As a precaution only the Poly files of preceding workdays should be erased p 41 t A r Ki 14 Run Bckp No nnnnMB Yes nnnnMB The default is No it lets you see the size of the files to be copied then you leave with BACKUP 14 va Run Bckp Yes 360MB lt backup is completed 1 ready to print PDF 2 tab delimited CSV and DI Avid ALE p 38 Example of a standard backup Select T1 T8 7 8 in BACKUP O3 Native Mono in 04 16Trnc Poly in 05 Ext HD or CF card in D You get a Polyl6 bit mixdown plus the 24 bit Monophonic ISO tracks The several disk case Go to BACKUP 10 Media Label select the media you wish to bu
56. 8 Oh P ee re E o external disk recording SENENGE time DOE COD Sc DI Tkw e middle on STOP position phantom limiter phase high pass filter on TEST PPR REC fader gains ebottom date filetag scene ID take gender take 4 Metadata editing Scene take take gender comments and tracknames with auto completion and memorized text insertion are edited in REC PPR and BROWSE To erase older comments go to the bot tom left field toggle from Ben to Trash your stored com ments appear over a red background click to erase 5 Sound Report editing Arcan w is a great helper to enter and modify 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 modified 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 55 COMPANIONS ORIGIN C amp GMT Q E el S lt lt x OriginC master clock To switch on press Enter all of the Prod ID digits Date and Time Press to scan the display All fields being set press to start counting Plug the Lemo 5 into the TC socket of the cameras or recorders to set To shutdown press for five seconds until Stopped appears selector under cover 9V battery and fps rotary LEDs flash on frame 00 three but the one in 0 1 NTSC e low battery ASCII comm To initialize a machine
57. 8 p 24 BROWSE FIND FILES Find a file BROWSE opens access to the internal drive and to the current project files To find a file located else where first select Ext only in SESSION O3 then a Project in SESSION O1 Select a Day by jog ok the last take s filetag is displayed search other filetags by jog D note the displayed MB is the size of one track only reminder shift eye toggles filetag and scene amp take Edit metadata take comments tracknames and tape ref can be edited like in PPR p 20 scene take gender with shift silver An individual file can be trashed its wav extension becomes rip requiescat in pace Removed from the backup list it nevertheless remains in its folder where it can be individually or batch revived in BROWSE or with a computer by changing mp to wav A tuture version will toggle the t or p gender into T or P and insert a Circled Take flag in the long file names and sound report BLUE BROWSE Press amp hold the blue shift button while rotating the MainSe lector to BROWSE release it when BLUE BRWS appears Create indexed play files To Play amp Rec an audio file it must have been selected and indexed in BLUE BRWS O1 to 20 1 file from the current Project e AB indexes are used for the current Project current Day e CDEF indexes are used for the current Project any Day 2 file from Archives e GHIJKL indexes are used for one D
58. Avid MC v4 can t create autolinks between Monophonic tracks of a take the Polyphonic filing system is still in use e Native Poly AB1234 PN stored in AAN folders e Rotatel Poly AB1234PS stored in AAR folders e Rotate2 Poly AB1234PR stored in AAR folders 05 T7T8 trtmt treatment Native Poly 16Trnc Poly 16Dith Poly Applicable if T7T8 or T8T8 appear in BACKUP O3 this treat ment reduces 96kHz to 48kHz and converts the file pair into a Polyphonic file stored in an AAX folder Native Poly 16 or 24 bit interleaves T7T8 at native bitdepth 16Trnc Poly truncates 24 bit to 16 bit interleaves T7T8 16Dith Poly dithers 24 bit to 16 bit interleaves T7T8 Dither offers a better quality than truncate but BACKUP 05 T7T8 Trtmt 16dith poly requires twice as much time note treatments 04 amp 05 and track select 03 are recalled from one recording session to the next they are erased when the 03 menu bottom row is opened 06 Media Type Ext HD CF Int CF DVD RAM CD R 700MB DVD R 4 7GB DVD R 8 5GB Ext HD CF when working with an external CF burner power Cantar without the card wait for the internal HD three platter icon to appear then insert the card Int CF selected the eye button displays the available space in MBytes p 54 DVD can take up to 20sec to be checked before its one platter icon appears in the right circular screen About DVD RAM MAC PC compatibility see SESSION 04
59. B C D EF indexes are reserved for the current project G HIJ K Lare reserved for archives e g wild tracks music etc stored on external or internal HD BLUE BRWS og Note that archive audio files must be Index D lt grouped e g with Majax in the same SE1104 n a drive e g external drive under the same project name and same arbitrary date Play tiles which are no longer available e g files stored on a disconnected external drive carry an na instead of an BLUE BRWS 21 oh suffix TC mode lt Go to BLUEBRWS 21 TC mode select Clone A Live or Clone depending on the kind of session you are about to perform 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 48 TUTORIAL PLAY8REC 2 Play card creation Cantar X1 amp X2 1 Go to BLUE PLAY see p 10 then with shift gt choose a Play ile among the A to L 1 displayed top left of the rectangular screen 2 With lt or gt select an empty card among the AOO A51 1 cards The factory AOO card contains the entire play file it does not store cues in entered for test purpose the non modifiable cue out is the take duration 3 To fill an empty card e g AOI scrub the audio time line 4 by jog press the black button to set a cue in 3 scrub further and press the red button to set a cue out 7 a half 1 2 3 AQ1 gt 01 45 02 15 2 17 5 C2165 s
60. C 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 three seconds to validate the new LTC then goes to REC while splicing the preceding three second audio stored in the pre record buffer If you want to continue the recording knowing the video camera is about to stop swiftly switch from PPR to REC Remote by Aaton accessories Tarkan Ethernet connected Mac or PC CantarX2 p 51 CantaRem eight linear fader surface p 53 Arcan w Bluetooth connected PDA p 55 p 21 Remote by keyboard n PPR Cantar can be controlled by a PS2 keyboard through a USB PS2 to SubD 15 converter p 58 Simultaneously press crtl ali and one of the following r REC g IN GRIDS p PPR m OUTMAPS i TEST a AUDIO TC s STOP k TECHSET I PLAY c BACKUP Copy b BROWSE J SESSION Use the vertical arrows or the numeric pad to scroll the param eters use the horizontal arrows to select the parameter value press enter for ok escape for esc 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 21 REC SOLOS amp BEEPS Recording In REC rec is displayed under the active drive icon and a red LED lights up underneath While in REC both batteries are paralleled for additional safety ISO Track modulos In REC PPR TEST the modulometers dis
61. Column layout selection 17 31 AColumns 02 to 16 O1 Select Project Name 02 Create New Project 03 HD in Use O4 Format Ext HD O5 Format CF O6 Format DVD RAM 01 ProjectName AACANTAR EDENWEST The bottom line displays the last activated project Press ok then gt or lt ok to select another stored one If the HD has been erased No Project is displayed If you are in a bind and have no time to type a new project go directly to REC this will create the default project and folder AACANTAR p 12 02 New Project SHADOWS2 To create a new project eight alpha numeric characters max press ok the position to be set is blinking jog to select a character then gt or lt to go to the next one Project name entered press ok then go to REC for one second to record a confirmation file 03 HD in Use Intonly Et on Int amp Ext Audio files can be recorded on internal or external drives or both If Int amp Ext is selected recording at 24bit 96kHz is limited to six tracks When listening to recorded files only the internal drive plays To listen to files on the external drive switch to Ext only and don t forget to switch back afterward note the message panel displays the lowest remaining drive space in Mega Bytes FAQ select SESSION O3 Int amp Ext then connect an extemal HD but its activity LED doesn t turn green Wait for the three platter icon to stop blinking in the middl
62. HD sleeping the current drain is a mere 270mA To keep the internal sync clock running 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 eighttrack audio recorders With a single set of onboard Liton batteries the eighteen hour Cantar outperforms all other recorders And with the twin battery system you will never be taken by surprise While in REC both batteries are permanently put on duty in case you unplug one by mistake Mains power supply Use a low ripple 15V 2A 16V max supply NEVER con nect a battery charger its idle voltage goes up to 24V this would be a Cantar killer While working on a cart from a mains power supply leave a battery onboard and activate both inputs the battery will buffer possible mains power prob lems e g power cord accidently disconnected and it will supply the 4A surge at Cantar s startup off duty the rest of the time thanks to the power supply higher voltage Voltage Minimum Each battery socket Left amp Right gets its own Batt Alert level TECHSET 14 15 p 34 This allows the simultaneous use of a NiMH battery with alert set to 10 8V and a Lilon battery with alert set to 14 2V Upon reaching the alert level a two beep alarm is sent to the headphones and the rectangular screen displays BATT L R LOW When the active battery drops 300mv below the alert level both are put on
63. MainSelector to five o clock T1 T6 can receive any one of the inputs micl 5 linel 4 and digil 6 Fifteen In Grids are stored in three groups Al A5 BI B5 Cl C5 their ID is displayed on the central screen notel To kom the process create an In Grid from scratch erase an existing one by pressing the red button while jog ing through the three circular screens Example Select the in grid ID to be created a blinking cur sor awaits your orders near the ww on the left circu lar screen To route micl to T1 jog five positions and put the blinking cursor facing mic 1 link with the black button to route line to T5 jog the cursor through T2 T3 and T4 until you land on T5 odd tracks are on the outer circle even tracks on the inner circle put the blinking cursor facing line 1 link with the black button or clear with the red button inel line2 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com p 27 9 analog inputs to 9 permanently active rotary faders no trims 4 lt H EEO e A am seventeen inputs routed to T1 T6 Input pairs and 1718 p 27 T7T8 on 2 linear modulos p 8 T1 T6 on 6 circular modulometers monophonic 8 tracks TH T718 T1 T6 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 ms icon at tached to these two tracks while passing over it Being m s declared these files
64. O3 ENER EE COntarsupport aaton com this Setup and create a Setup ETC problem 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 pl 2 STOP TIME amp SYNC 1 Calendar and Sync Times Time is the essence of a digital audio recorder Cantar uses two kinds of time CalendarTime organizes folders and files SyneTime links audio and picture Calendar Time System date and time run on a medium precision clock which creates the workday folders This clock is powered or four to six years by a 3V Lithium CR1220 button bat tery With the HD compartment open it is easily reached replace it as soon as you witness date freezes n STOP the system date and time is displayed on the rect angular screen check it for a five minute consistency with the time zone you are working in Think of it when you get off of a three hour flight Go to TECHSET 21 System Time ok a triangle points to he modifiable digit Using jog select the desired value gt press the gt or k to move on to the next column ok to exit Power OFF Cantar then ON for the CPU to use the new system time The Workday is related to the date defined by the calendar clock but not totally a clone of it The workday is an interpre tation 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
65. TC and operands v2 11 Jan 2008 New PLAY commands Creation of play cards with in out marks Play amp Rec plays up to six tracks while recording nine analog inputs to eight internal tracks ADR for hear it say it Remix with dynamic mixdown and new commentary Re recording up to eight track Ray M Owen s last review v2 44 r8 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 3 DESCRIPTION TOP VIEVV Permanently accessible faders The Cantar interface is the easiest to use under the most technically demanding conditions e It offers the largest display surface of all portable recorders which simultane ously shows every critical recording parameter e The high contrast displays remain viewable under bright light sun sand sea snow storm and at low temperatures too e The swiveling front panel always provides the best view ing angle for both on cart and over the shoulder work Ethernet RJ 45 HD access Track dis arming amp solos SoloMidPan Zi in amp out routings TON 1 limiter inverter 1 lim inv Mic limiter ON OFF shift lim inv Input signal inversion 2 fil tom Filter solo and balance access shift fil tom Phantom 48V ON OFF 3 link lock Leftside Mixer faders locking Rightside Mic Line faders locking shift link lock Mic linking 33 4 76429550 www aaton com p 4 The large MainSelector eliminates diving into sub
66. V under load it is safe to set the alert 14 2V 13 9V switch over to be sure not to get into the steep power end zone NiMH battery alert should be set 10 8V 10 5V switch over p 34 16 HD Pwr Dwn After Imin to After 255min To save power let the HD go to sleep in the STOP position the three platter icon blinks To wake it up go to TEST it will be up to speed within three to ten seconds the pre record buffer hides the drive s spin up If there is an external drive connected to the FireWire socket e g a CF card it is wise to select 255min this will avoid most Bus hungs when the internal HD wakes up note during Idle Bckp the HD doesn t go to sleep 17 Serial Com Bluetooth Factory Factory for maintenance techs Bluetooth for PDAs only note on CantarX2 the Ethernet is permanently active 18 FactryReset No Yes All menu parameters are reset to their factory default 19 MaxFileSize 250MB Max 690MB Max 2GB Max 4GB Max 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 250MB Do make 8 polyphonic tracks 24 bit A8kHz fit within 2GB O9OMB for ZOOMB CD R 2GB basic FAT32 limit 4GB absolute FAT32 limit You also have the choice of triggering the jump by swiftly changing from REC to PPR and back to REC 20 Temperature An optional internal heater is available Temperatures are displayed until
67. ack of ext clock beep 18 Factory Reset 02 Digi in out AES power 10 11 Beep routing level 19 Max File Size 03 04 Save Load Setup 12 Meter speed 20 Temperature Control O5 Backlight 13 Peak hold duration 21 22 System Time Date 06 View Fader dB 14 15 BatL BatR alert 23 24 Equipmt IDs License key O7 Record beeps 16 HD Power Down 25 26 Software version Load SESSION p 36 04 05 06 Format Media 09 15 Sound Report headers 01 02 Select Create Project 03 HD in Use BACKUP O1 Backup mode p 39 02 Day to copy O03 Track selection 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com O7 Scan HD O8 Erase Access 04 05 T1 T8 TZT8 treatment 06 Media type O7 Burn and check 08 Files to copy CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 16 Column layout selection 17 31 AColumns O2 to 16 09 10 File name Media label 11 12 Snap Idle SoundReport 13 Clean poly files 14 Run Backup p 26 2013 March 28 ROUTINGS 11 16 IN GRIDS The eight Cantar recorded monophonic tracks are separated into two groups T1 T6 and T7T8 e T1 16 track routings are set by the Operator their levels are diplayed on the three circular screens e T7 T8 track routings are selected in a list of 49 fac tory presets Originally devoted to the mixdown re cording only their signal levels are roughly displayed on the rectangular screen bargraphs but they can be accurately displayed on the right side circular screen by pressing the eye button Create T1 T6 In Grids Rotate the
68. aison d tre in Cantars 001 to 240 p 58 To edit the DVD RAM from a FireWire connected Majax put the Cantar CPU in its TECHSET O1 Unmount ed state External DVD If an external DVD bumer containing a blank disk is FireWire connected and if there is no media in the internal burner Cantar creates the backup on the external burner External HD Use a well ventilated enclosure such as the Cantar Cellar picture above made of a Cantar HD shuttle and a protec tive housing The shuttle can be separated in a wink to be immediately used as the Cantar internal HD With a large HD e g 250GB use Partition Magic http www symantec com norton partitionmagic Format 40GB FAT32 primary partition and the rest under NTFS The workday is recorded on the FAT32 partition and off hours you transfer it to the NTFS partition Q Some good advice Oil bearings of a unused HD Disk become stiff imagine the fate of your archives if you don t run your disks once a year Media CF cards Select 30 or 6OMB s Sandisk or lexar cards 64GB max capacity xtreme 60MB s To erase the data do not delete the files reformat the card p 37 Optical Disks Never use supermarket branded media CD R Made by Taiyo Yuden select Maxell Pros DVD R Ask the Post Production supervisor what is his preferred flavor or Taiyo Yuden 8x are the best For better lifespan Cantar only burns DVDs at Ax DVD RAM Panasonic 3x
69. and this is a huge advantage over all other refer ences note Titan 3 does generate sample accurate audio con formation lists provided the FixSync process is performed immediately after the EDL driven FlashConform operations 33 476429550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 57 ANNEX CONNECTORS amp ADAPTERS Connectors Mic XLR3 F Symmetrical transformer OdBu 24dBu w pad on mic l mic 2 mic 5 on XLR 3 1 Gnd 2 Hot 3 Cold as seen from the outside user s side Mic UR SI Symmetrical transformer OdBu 24dBu w pad on mic 3 Left or M 1 Gnd 2 Hot 3 Cold mic 4 Right or S 1 Gnd 4 Hot 5 Cold Mic high pass filter curves O PER i e H f CH L tas Line in XLR SI Asymmetrical 4 4k ohm 10dBu line in 1 amp line in 3 1 Gnd 2 Hot 3 Cold line in 2 amp line in 4 1 Gnd 4 Hot 5 Cold The Cold to GND link is done at the line amplifier IC level and should not be duplicated anywhere else Line out XLR5 M Symmetrical 10dBu out 1 8dBFS on track most digi cameras line in level is 10dBu not OdBu line out 1 stereo Left 1 Gnd 2 Hot 3 Cold line out 2 stereo Right 1 Gnd 4 Hot 5 Cold j Foldback TA 3 M Mini XLR3 Asymmetrical 16dBu out 18d BFS on track 1 Gnd 2 left 3 Right 3 5mm Jack on earlier Cantars Gnd Left Phones 1 4 jack Con drive 8 ohm speakers Right up to 2Vrms
70. arkan or keyboard p 58 considerably speeds up metadata entry 2 shift jog accelerates letter scrolling 10x 1 Scene and Take The first screen displays Seq Sen Tak Press ok to go down to the bottom line and use gt or x to scroll along the characters and modify them with jog Press ok to store and exit f e The default template is nnnA nnA nn for sequence scene take gender and take Sequence three digits followed by one character Scene two digits followed by one character ke space A to Z a to z Oo Take gender t time synced p pickup w wild track a announce n no good keeps the take for the next file This tp w a n list is scrolled with the red button Take two digits e An open XXXXXXX XX template is also available see AUDIO TC 12 ScTk Templt p 31 At each new take the sequence amp scene is maintained and the take is incremented by one Modifying the sequence or scene ID causes the take to reset to 1 and the take gender o The rectangular screen displays the filetag of the NEXT recording p 19 2 Comments jog to Tk Comment and press ok to activate the bottom line where the former comment appears Characters 200 max can be entered with lt gt and jog but it is much easier to use a keyboard or a remote PDA with Arcan Depending upon the keyboard insert key toggle status a flickering square
71. ate an OutMap in which T5 goes to the left and T6 to the right Cantar will automatically decode these M S tracks as L R This applies to the TIT2 and T3T4 pairs too alone or together Panning the M track to the left or right makes it go there and the S signal disappears from the mix That is a way fo mono monitor the M signal Headphone level s Protected by shifi the Phone level is displayed on the rect angular screen Rotating the fader makes lt and gt ap pear There is no level change if shift re activation is done after the fader has been put back in its pipe position The headphone amplifier can drive 8 ohm speakers useful to send playback tracks to the stage Line out and Foldback levels In TEST open WWL amp DELAY with shift silver The Line out and Foldback levels are jog adjustable from O to 94dB Line out amp foldback can be mut LVL amp DELAY 01 zg during PLAY and TEST see LineOut lvl AUDIO TC O5 06 p 31 20 dB A l18dBFS tone delivers a OdBu line out level A 12dBu two channel transformer is available p 58 CantaRem faders can be assigned to line out and foldback levels p 53 tip insert a 12k ohm resistor in the input path of the Sennheiser transmitters to avoid oscillation and noise generation p 18 Check and select the routings In TEST PPR and REC depending on the SoloMidPan slider position the routing button activate
72. ately some other manuatacturers decided differently see below C Compensated P Faux 23 98NDF C 29 97NDF C The C mode is made for challenged postmachines In a file digitized at 48kHz the Format stamp value indicates the real number of samples per real second i e 48000 but the Time stamp is the number of samples since midnight as if the digitization was done at 48048 The E index for Fake or Faux is given by Fostex and FCP to this mode used by most US productions For O2hOOm00s on Earth at the start of take the Time stamp value is 345 945 600 samples 02h x 3600s x 48048 Summary recording done at 23 976NDF or 29 97NDF Amode the actual recording sample rate is 48K the sam ple rate noted at the file s head is 48048 the Time stamp noted at the file s head is calculated using 48048 B mode actual recording sample rate 48K sample rate noted 48K Time stamp calculated by using 48K Cmode actual recording sample rate 48K sample rate noted 48K Time stamp calculated by using 48048 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 pl 5 TEST INPUTS Audio inputs Analog Five symetrical transformer isolated mic inputs and pin allocation p 58 four asymetrical line inputs AES eight sample rate converted digi inputs Tascam TD88 standard AES42 option note The RF mic asymetrical output headphones delivers better quality than the symetrical mic level output going through a t
73. aton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 28 ROUTINGS OUTMAPS The 3 Screen paradigm Here is where the Cantar screen lay out is at its best signals going to the left ear are displayed on the left signals to be listened to in mono are displayed on the middle and those going to the right ear are displayed on the right The middle screen does not represent a wired output but the mono ef fect resulting from the routing to both the left and right ears Create Out Maps MainSelector to six o clock OutMaps are grouped in banks accessible from the black monitor crown nine are shared by digi out Do foldback Fb and line out Lo eleven are devoted to the phones Ph The T1 T6 and T7 T8 tracks the Xa amp Xb mixer outputs the nine analog and the six digital inputs recorded or not are routed to eight independent outputs Do Fb Lo and Ph each w a left and a right arm e left ear T5 and T7 e both ears mono T1 and T2 e right ear Line3 and T8 This Ph d example several tracks plus one input directly sent to the phones is applicable to any other OutMap 1 tracks to outputs Rotate the monitor crown to Ph the left circular screen displays Ph Rotate the config crown to get d on the central screen left ear jog the blinking cursor to the Track 5 square press the black button to link it to the left ear press the red button to unlink the blinking frequency increases to acknowledge the link
74. be stored in a project named AACANTAR Later with Majax you will move these audio files 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 folder At startup Cantar asks New Workday giving you the possibility to say HO Note that going to TEST or REC is a way to say YES The workday New Workday No esc Yes ok is not the same as the actual time ofday as defined by the sync clocks it is on interpreta tion of the human day see next page The Cantar recorded files are VibS ov L549 Sys 12 29 14 2005 03 22 dent files stored in a workday folder That folder is auto multimonophonic i e indepen matically created at the start of each day and is named for the date e g 20041206 AAD see Calender Time p 13 If the isolated ISO tracks must be interleaved before import into crippled editing machines in need of polyphonic files Cantar builds an AAR suffixed provisional folder to momen tarily store them see BACKUP 13 Clean Polys p 41 p 12 s 3 Filename In 1997 the Aaton Indaw multitrack digital recorder intro duced the Aaton filename system Each filename consists of a unique filetag an optional descriptor that displays the sce
75. camera s internal VideoTC with an external Free Run Audio IC identical to the recorder s TC This method is not applicable to all video cameras it doesn t let the camera generate a continuous Video TC something necessary to some editing systems It will work perfectly the day all video cameras and NLEs are designed for it A Record the TC of the audio recorder on one audio track of the cameras preferably A3 on a two track consumer camera record audio on Al and TC on A2 listen to the Al audio with a mono jack The TC can be sent by cable clumsy but cheap by radio beware the interferences or locally delivered by a generator such as a GMT p 56 attached to each camera use a line input tum OFF the automatic gain if you use a mic input Method 4 works on all kinds of cameras gives total freedom of movement for multitcamera shooting and leaves the continuous Record Run Video IC different in each camera untouched This is of great value when it comes to batch digitize videotapes under the Optimize for Speed mode In the edit suite This tutorial is dealing with on location Method 4 only When using a multitrack recorder the common practice is to deliver six ISO tracks and a mixdown on two extra tracks This mixdown is also sent through Line out or Digi out to the camera s Al A2 audio tracks to let the Director immediately verity the last take and to later look at the day s rushes Because of a MediaComposer limitation whi
76. ch forces the editor to make a preliminary choice between using or not the camera recorded mixdown Tools Toolset M p 46 Enable Digital Video Out Group Clip Mode TEM l Read Audio Timecode 7 the successive states of the postchain must constantly deal with this duality A Import audio e editing with the Cantar ISO tracks Demanding editors work with all of the ISO tracks including the mixdown fo insert wild tracks or emphasize the pres ence of an audio event left unheard within the mixdown In this case the video material should be imported under the V A3 mode not V Al A2 A3 which would import the camera recorded mixdown thus preventing later import and Autosync of the ISO tracks Once editing is done the Audio EDL TC sorting will be done with Filetags the assistant editor must put them in the Avid soundroll column prior to the import e editing with the camera recorded mixdown If the editor prefers to work with the camera recorded mix down the import must be done under V Al A2 A3 the audio is coming from Al A2 and the Audio TC from A3 Once editing is done the Audio EDL TC sorting will be done with TapelDs the assistant editor must put them in the Avid soundroll column prior to the import B Extract TC During the import digitization Avid MediaComposer XPressPro and Apple FCP w AUXTC FCP can extract the Audio TC from A3 or from A2 on a two track only consumer camera The Audio TC correlated to the Video TC doe
77. creen doesn t go down to 0 this offset is maintained throughout the adjustment range 06 Display dB Off On While adjusting a fader its dBFS value is displayed with the other faders found in the same mic line or mixer bank User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 33 TECHSET BEEPS 07 Record Beep No Beep Start Beep Start Stop Single beep on sot double beep on stop The double beep is useful to warn you when the video camera stops while recording in Remote Roll by LTC lt is also a means for your Boom Operator to know you are still recording the background noise after the Director calls CUT 08 Clip Beep Beep Off Beep On 09 No Ext Tc Beep Off Beep On Activated if the external clock is missing while in External Clock mode The beep is automatically disabled while recording wd wild track takes 10 BeepRouting Phones Ph LO Ph FLB Ph FLB LO 11 Beep Level OdB to 60 dB 12 Meter Speed 1 fas 2 3 4 5 low Default is 3 select 5 in low temperature conditions See TECHSET 20 Temperature opposite column screens should not go under 4 C 13 Peak Hold duration 0 5s to 5 0s 14 BatLAlert 15 BatR Alert 10 8 Volts to 15 0 Volts Each battery socket can be set to its own alert level auto matic switch over occurs 300mV below this level Once a battery drops below its alert level a two beep alarm is sent to the headphones Aaton Liton 4 2Ah batteries are 16 5V no load and deliver 14 8
78. d when contacting Aaton s technicians optional 24 License Key Unlimited 24 Days Protection against unauthorized use Cantar goes to general freeze after a given number of calendar days The key can be activated or deactivated by a CMU software key emailed by Aaton If Unlimited appears go no further your Cantar is set to work forever 25 Softwr Ver 2 44 Displays the current version Loaded with TECHSET 26 below it is stored in Cantar s non volatile EEPROM 26 Softwr Load Software installation through the internal HD A steps Download from the internet and store the software version Al Get the latest software version from http soft aaton com sweantar only if you are a registered Cantar owner p 35 A2 Store the lt can xxx flb gt file on your laptop A3 Connect a FireWire cable to the Cantar FW socket while it is unpowered p 5 then power on A4 Unmount the internal HD in TECHSET O1 then connect the FireWire cable to the laptop The Cantar HD icon is displayed on the laptop s screen A5 Copy lt canxxx flb gt file to the root of the Cantar HD note less than ten versions can be stored use your laptop to erase former versions from the Int HD A Dump the Cantar HD icon from your laptop and discon nect the FireWire cable See TECHSET O1 p 33 AZ Set TECHSET O1 to Mount the internal HD It is done when the three platter icon is no longer blinking B steps The A
79. d change which can be useful on filmed music shows transferred to NTSC p 23 User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 PLAY SET PLAY CARDS Play commands ok starts stops amp sends to cue in shift ok displays digitization parameters and TC fps lt gt go to prev next play card or file if no card shif lt E go to prev next play file esc pause resume shift esc toggles continuous file to file play in PLAY only black cue in in BIUEPLAY volatile in PLAY shift black sends player to start of take red cue out in BIUEPIAY erases cues jog ed fo 00 00 shiff red hides play card trom Play amp Rec list silver sends player to record entered markers shift siver sends player to AutoSlate marks jog scrubs audio shiff jog accelerates scrub 10 x eye displays tracks 5 6 or 7 8 on right screen shift eye toggles filetag duration scene take pref stored until Cantar is tumed OI N A in BLUE PLAY TC jam displays elapsed time or absoluteTC Rectangular screen 1 AOI play card label hidden from Play amp Rec list 2 gt normal speed Us pause gt non stop play ml user record marker sA AutoSlate marker mi stop end of file 3 cue in volatile in PLAY OH J 3 AQO gt 00 00 4Je2 15 02 17 5 65 03 4 scrub position jog 5 player pos or absolute time TC jam 6 filetag or scene shiff eye 7 cue out or take shift eye notes
80. d to use the same capacity cards note go to BACKUP 06 or BACKUP 14 and press the EYE button to activate the caterpillar displaying the remaining space Idle Backup TEST position Upon successful completion of each take copy an Idle Bckp OK message is displayed If there is insufficient space to record a file the process stops and Cord ll is displayed Go to STOP remove the card and insert a new one Idle Bckp will resume upon going to TEST note to display the free space go to PPR and back t O 0 TEST after a few seconds the I Free message displays th card available space in MegaBytes 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 54 COMPANIONS ARCAN VV Functions e Remotely controls Bluetooth equipped Cantars e Sets input and output routings e Displays modulometers and fader gains e Edits scene ID take gender take comments and tracknames Arcan W runs under Windows Mobile 5 and 6 Arcan for Palm OS is no longer available Installation The Win Mobile5 6 PDA must feature a 640 480 VGA screen and an MS Blue tooth stack not a Broadcom stack e g HIC Universal ie HIC X7500 Qtek 9000 iMate Jasjar O2 XDA Exec Orange M5000 DELL Axim Slv Fujitsu Loox N560 Download rean_214 cab from the Aaton web site copy it into a folder of the PDA and execute Connection to Cantar Cantar side Set TECHSET 17 Serial Com to Bluetooth The
81. duty p 11 Maximum 16 6V is the maximum sustained voltage on any socket including the FireWire socket Never connect a FW cable coming from a desktop e g MAC G3 4 5 delivering 30V Extract the HD it can sus fain up to 40V and connect it directly to the desktop Laptops deliver a safe 13V on their FW sockets Battery check In TEST jog to display the battery voltage it also appears whenever you press the battL or battR button pressing for more than two seconds puts that battery on duty Power Consumption STOP 270mA sleep mode 420mA HD running TEST 6OOmA AES Off Phantom Off Heater Off REC 650mA AES Off Phantom Off Heater Off AES 100mA Phantom 10 to 20mA per mic 6OmA total Heater 500mA until screens reach 4 C Ethernet 5OmA Lithium lon Batteries The 14 8V 4 2Ah Aaton Li lon R Cells are more powerful and lighter than their NiMH equivalent 61VWVh vs A5Wh and 560gr vs 695gr see p 59 To avoid their destruction by NiMH chargers the AIR A plug pin 4 is pro tected by an DON reverse voltage diode pin 3 is directly connected to the cells current is either flowing through the pin 4 diode to Cantars under 268 or through pin 3 to Cantars 268 up having the XLR4 socket pins 384 tied together IMPORTANT NOTICE Flight rules NO Lithium lon batteries in stowed luggage A Under 8gr of lithium content carry on as many as you want within size and weight limits B Between Dor amp 25gr
82. e screen then go to Int amp Ext If Cantar still doesn t see the drive most probably it is not FAT32 One Primary Partition formatted 04 Format HD Ext HD SSD FAT32 One Primary Partition Connected through the FireWire socket Cantar formats HDs and CF cards in Sandisk Lexar readers up to 127GB the Microsoft s com mercial limit for FAT32 p 36 To format the internal HD open the drive compartment and unscrew the shuttle Connect it to Cantar as an external drive This is a strong protection from accidental erasure of the internal drive by idle fingers To format larger than 127 GB drives read Tutorial Drives amp Media p 43 1 No external HD SSD CF plugged in press ok Format Shift Red is displayed 2 Press and hold shift red buttons together while connecting the drive to Cantar keep them pressed until Formatting appears then release both Done is displayed when finished 3 The three platter icon appears on the middle circular screen Press ok or go to STOP notel to avoid destructive connections plug the FireWire cable into the rear socket while Cantar is not powered hold it with the retaining screw p 5 later while the shift red buttons are pressed connect the other end of the cable fo the external drive note2 hard drives are consumer products their life span ranges from one to three years Formatting a drive doesn t protect you from dead clusters regular
83. e Reader or Acrobat can t directly print them properly CSV amp ALE Avid Log Exchange A CSV tab delimited table for spreadsheet applications as well as an ALE list for editing machines are systematically generated with the PDF These files are named using the month and day numbers ollowed by the treatment D N R or X and the page num ber e g MMDD_R ale A new page is opened each time a new parameter value fos sample rate etc appears in the sound report header note not yet reading the iXML chunk embedded in the BVVF iles Avid MCs only have access to the first 40 characters of the comments stored in the aNote of the BVVF descriptor Originally CSV stood for Comma Separated Values they are now most of the time using tabs instead Sound Report Generation For the latest entries of the day to be taken into account the last report overwrites the former one It takes a little more than one minute to build a twelve page sound report e Any time Go to BACKUP 11 Snap Report select the Dir Nat Rot miX status of your choice Press ok to send the Sound Report to a YYYYMMDD AA folder on the drive s in use as selected in SESSION O3 note to redo a Sound Report for a preceding day e g edited with Majax or Cantar set BACKUP O1 Beko Mode to At Call then BACKUP 02 Day to Copy to the date then BACKUP 11 Snap Report etc e After Idle Bckp Before removing the backup media
84. e live recording the operation can be repeated again and again to satisfaction 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 49 TUTORIAL PLAY8REC 3 Clone recording Select Clone in BLUE BRWS 21 Copy Remix amp Translate To copy an audio file with an updated iXML chunk for the archives select In Grid RPA p 28 To redo a mixdown with the onboard mixer select In Grid RPM p 28 in which the Xa Xb mixdown goes to T7T8 You can add a simultaneous translation of a scene by ei ther routing two digi ins to the same track and sending the translation mic to the freed track or selecting RR7 in which mich Xb records the translator s mic on TZ and the mono mix on T8 The selected play card plays at BLUEREC start Pte Play back TC replaces Ste on the control screen There can be only one TC stamp per filetag if you want to Remix a portion of the original file go to BLUE PLAY create a play card then return to BLUE REC which creates a new filetag To abort the cloning go to PPR and erase the file see last take erasure 9 20 You can continue to record after the end point of the cloned file but there is a risk that this tail generates a timecode over lap with the next original take To get a clone of the same exact length as the original same srart and stop TC go to BLUE PPR and trigger the recording with the keyboard cril alt r it will stop on the original file s end poin
85. econd mute is inserted at the cue out to let you fine tune its position The last entered cue in or cue out points replace the former ones Once a cue in is entered cue out not necessary an empty card becomes a play card The cue points are stored in the iXML of the file and will only be removed by erasin g the play card to do so jog to 00 00 and press red To hide a play card without erasing its cues press shift red tagged with a e the card is no longer visible in the BLUE TEST BLUE REC play list shortening it 4 With gt select a play card and press ok to play it from its cue in If there is no cue out or if you want to stop the playback before reaching it press ok Press ok again to restart from cue in Press esc to pause press esc to resume play a Fa AN aN EE Ll tN TE Playtile E from the archives six play cards E34 hidden Note their overlaping placement suitable for classic playback notel when going to BLUE PLAY take your time while pass ing over STOP If the message wou were too fast appears go back to STOP for one second note2 The Play amp Rec metadata is stored in an iXML v1 50a chunk compliant with Cantar v2 11 or later To update old style files see p 25 Rehearsal As soon as BLUE TEST is activated the playback tracks Tp to Tp are internally sent to the digil 8 inputs from where they are routed the standard way see Play amp Rec In G
86. ed music the performers record their dialog or song alongside the guide track on the other tracks The TC of the played file can be sent through Dout to a camera or chasing video player e Re recording Thanks to its short 0 4 msec Mic to Phones latency Cantar is good at incremental recording i e adding one track while listening to the previous track s to produce packs of eight tracks which are easy to stack later because of their identical TCs In this mode a new filetag is created for the new files you will never run the risk of erasing the masters The played file and the new file will carry the same TC and metadata Play amp Rec steps to perform l choose the HDD intemal or external and the project fold er containing the files to be played 2 attach an index A to L to your selected playback files 3 create play cards up to 51 in each indexed file play cards are sections of the playback file 4 prepare the Routing route your analog inputs to the tracks as well as the playback sounds which are internally sent to the Digi inputs and routed as such see Play amp Rec In Grids p 28 5 test each routing and play card selection by going to BLUE TEST before the real Play amp Rec performed in BLUE REC Playback file indexing CantarX amp X2 Go to BLUE BRWS p 25 select audio files needed for Play amp Rec operation and convert them into Playback files by putting them under indexes A to L A
87. endar date and time to initialize the Sync Clock Stc SystemTC is displayed in the rectangular screen To remind you to sync other equipment around to the Cantar Sync Clock the int d icon keeps blinking until you press shift TC jam Confirm Sys time is displayed B Operator init If you want to set the Sync Clock with your own date and time go to AUDIO TC 21 Opertc Init Otc Operator TC is displayed in the rectangular screen C LIC init amp control from camera GPS or Cantar Dout On TEST press TC jam for more than three seconds the entered LTC jams the internal Sync Clock Jtc Jammed TC is displayed in the rectangular screen On TEST press TC jam shortly the difference between entered TC and internal TC is displayed no answer good 0 3 fair 0 5 bad zl other to be implemented in a future version TC jam has no effect if there is no valid timecode on the TC input Jam Failed No LTC appears in the rectangular screen and the mt d icon continues to blink D ASCII init from Aaton OriginC On STOP the Sync Clock is set by an Aaton OriginC which also initializes cameras and GMT generators Ate ASCIITC appears in the rectangular screen 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 pl 3 STOP TIME amp SYNC 2 Cantar as a master clock As soon as the int c icon stops blinking Cantar starts gener a
88. eous mirroring mode these modifications are imme diately applied to the external drive files as well But if you are working in Idle Bckp mode they will only be applied later when Cantar is in TEST position So at the end of the session do not unplug the backup media in haste Wait until Idle Bckp finishes its revamping work Automatic file splitting 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 260MB Je al track for 30 min 24 bit A8kHz 690MB 7ZOOMB CD R capacity 2GB default setting 4GB FAT32 max filesize The filetag number is incremented but the scene and take IDs remain the same p 20 Manual file splitting To divide a file into short 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 An up to one second of pre silence is added at the head of the new file 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 Last take erasure To save disk space Cantar lets you erase the last take e g a false start or aborted remix In PPR press shift silver to open Edit prev ok select Erase Take toggle from Hoi to yes o
89. er to get to PREV or EDIT jog to each metadata item ok fo enter ok when done to accept new data shift jog accelerates letter scrolling x10 p 20 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 62 ANNEX QUICK GUIDE 2 21 Playback last take In PLAY using jog you can fast forward and rewind through the take shift silver starts the playback at the slate marks shift jog accelerates speed x10 p 24 More commands on p 54 22 Formatting HD FAT32 In SESSION 2 o clock jog to 04 Disk Format jog to Yes Hold shift red and connect the FireWire cable to the HD When Formatting is displayed release the two buttons p 36 23a Formatting CF card FAT32 In SESSION D o clock jog to O5 Frmat Cdy A Insert the card hold shift red when Formatting is displayed release the two buttons 0 36 23b Formatting DVD RAM UDF1 5 In SESSION 2 o clock jog to Oe Frmat Cdy B jog to Yes Hold shift red and insert the DVD RAM disc When Formatting is displayed release the two buttons p 37 24 Tracks 7 8 In IN GRIDS 5 o clock press ok to access routings jog to select ok to accept p 28 25 Sound Report on internal HD Before copying files from the Internal HD go to BACKUP 1 o clock jog to 11 Snap Report Press ok p 41 26 Sound Report on Ext device Before ejecting the DVD RAM or disconnecting the
90. exiting this position e Led 04 C Temperature of the LCD circular screens In a 15 C environment the heater takes about fifteen minutes to bring the screens to 4 C To save power Cantar should be in a carrying bag preferably with insulation Set TECHSET 12 to 5 slow e Hdd 05 C Temperature within the mother board compartment Below 5 C it is recommended to replace the standard HD with a low temperature 80GB Hitachi Endurastar or a SSD p 43 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 34 TECHSET SOFTVVARE 21 System Time 00h32m24s Enter the time from your watch five minutes especially if 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 22 System Date 11y02m27d The system date is used to create the folder name YYYYMMDD containing the files 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 TapeRef field 23 Hardware ID SN 724 MotherB CM5 CM3 Preamp SLI SLO Ether None ET1 Conv ADS AD3 Cantar s Serial number Motherboard Preamps Ethernet interface A D converter versions Keep these labels in min
91. firmware v2 44 eultra precise auto slate p 23 emix to track 7 boom to track 8 p 28 e tape ref goes to Itc u bits p 32 e wild all and trio pdf reports p 38 eeditor friendly rotatel amp 2 p 39 stereo monitoring soundfield b p 44 eplayback adr remix play amp rec p 48 einternal backup fo CF lt ara p 54 Aaton CantarX amp 2 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 CONTENTS Keep in Touch Manuals amp software p 3 Cantar User s List Photo Gallery p 3 The PostChain p 3 Software versions p 3 CantarX1 to X2 p 3 Description Permanently accessible faders p 4 Bottom connections p 5 Swiveling front panel buttons fe n Grids and OutMaps p 7 Pan pots p 7 Circular modulometers for TI T6 p 8 Rectangular screen p 8 Triple crown p9 Operating positions MainSelector West p 10 MainSelector buttons p 10 STOP Power Starting and stopping p 11 Twin battery safety p 11 Minimum Maximum voltage ol Battery check ol Power Consumption p 11 Lithium lon batteries ol Flight restriction rules p 11 STOP Files Errorfree filing system p 12 Project creation p 12 Workday p 12 Filename p 12 Operational Problem p 12 STOP Time amp clocks Calendar Time amp Sync Time p 13 Internal Free Run masterclock p 13 Do not power down the master p 14 Internal Record Run clock p 14 Internal clock amp clapstick p 14 Slaved to an external clock p 14 Samp
92. format First insert the CF card go to SESSION O5 Frmat Cdy A UM p 36 press ok CF Format Shift Red is displayed the caddy is not powered the red LED is OFF Then press and hold shifi red buttons together keep them pressed until Formatting appears oe 05 Done is displayed when finished e one platter icon appears on CF card the right circular screen to indicate the CF card is ready for use Press ok or go to STOP note to display the card capacity in MB go to BACKUP 06 Media Type select CF card ok and press EYE p 54 One thing physical to check when the Cantar is on does the CF Tray s LED stay on at all times If so then that will keep the Cantar from formatting the CF The red LED should only come on when the Cantar is accessing the CF tray read write format Michael Paul Technical Director location Sound Corp USA backup At Call Go to BACKUP 10 Media Label depending on the volume of the files to be copied the number of requested cards of the same capacity as the one inserted into the caddy is displayed e g if 6GB of data are to be copied and you insert a 4GB CF the screen will show 1 2 Activate BACKUP 14 Run Bckp Once done go to SESSION to power off the CF caddy then remove card 1 and insert card 2 Go back to BACKUP 10 select 2 2 go to BACKUP 14 Run Bckp If you need several cards to perform the backup At Call it is recommende
93. g 48000 is 48kHz The camera frames per second value should have no influence at all on the audio sample rate frequency unfortunately some vintage NTSC postmachines still impose the use of the disgraceful 48048 or 47952 sample rates to sync realtime audio with drifting time images The frame rate used to express the audio time can be 30 while images are filmed at 24 or 25fps On planet Earth Timecode handling is simple at integer speeds such as 24 25 and 30fps at 29 97DF Drop Frame the frame count jumps over two images every minute except for every tenth minute to keep the count in line with Earth s time Stored in the file metadata the camera fps is a simple reminder and can be changed later and then applied to the audio LIC used in some audio post sync operations Ur Universal 24 00 25 00 30 00 29 97DF In a file digitized at 48kHz the Format stamp indicates the number of samples per realsecond i e 48000 the Time stamp carries the number of samples since midnight using the sample rate value found in the Format stamp the same logic is used in the Barebone mode B for slow planet recordings On the 1 Slow Planet NTSC compatible 23 976fps cameras cannot use the no time drift drop frame system invented for 29 97tps Nobody found a workable counting algorythm In this environment the slow second the time it takes to shoot 30 frames of NTSC video i e 1 001 Earth sec imposes its law
94. gin page e next visits forgotten password Click lost password Cantar X1 vs X2 e Wider FPGA Motherboard CM 5 e Ato D AD 5 provide 85ms 48kHz delays e 100BaseT Ethernet Board ET 1 Firmware history for X1 amp X2 for X2 v2 44 Nov 2011 Corrected take length in ALE lists allows for Mono phonic import with all track names and full comments into Avid MCs v2 43 May 2011 Bug fix correcting MonoRotate Idle backup on CF Ext HD and DVD RAM PPR keyed TapeRef HEX char can go to TC Out U bits U bits manually entered p 32 Backup to internal CF caddy p 54 eye button in Backup 06 amp 14 displays the media remaining space v2 37 Dec 2010 Xa mix to TZ Micl Mic5 to T8 p 28 SoloMidPan middle position enables buttons 1 6 trigger solos of LI to L4 and TZ18 p 4 line out amp Foldback mute in TEST p 31 Creation date set by Cantar if incoming user bits are all zero Sc amp Iake Filetag display pref stored at poweroff HD1080 flag in ALE header Bug fix on PLAY ITC out Off at file end Play amp Rec stiky BLUE over TEST PPR and REC v2 36 May 2010 Error fix on DVD Rotate2mono sound report with long names Rotatel amp 2mono respectively stored in AAL amp AAM folders Tracknames stored as aTRK name for Avid MCs monophonic import v4 amp up Tracknames inserted in T1 T8 columns of ALE lists v2 30 Sept 2009 Line out amp Foldback m
95. gn files v2 26 Feb 2009 Idle Bckp can be interrupted while saving T7T8 after a T1 T8 Rotate2poly Mic3 master of Mic4 amp Mic5 Direct PLAY of the take preceding a deleted one Fat 32 formatting of CF cards SoundReport generated once backup At Call is completed Tarkan v1 11 adds CSV to PDF SoundReport Tarkan completion menu fits WinXP netbook screens v2 24 Noy 2008 PCs handle unmounted internal drives Simultaneous internal external PATA SATA drives Line in links for Soundfield ST350 Rotate poly by one or two ranks T8T8 backup False start take gender keeps same for next take Trash Revive files in BROWSE Swift access to ROUTINGS with no PLAY BROWSE triggering Thumb free check select In Grids and OutMaps Al letters for seq scene Delayed Idle Bckp activation DVD RAM exact space is displayed Erratic behaviour after PDF creation fixed Linking Trios in the CSV SoundReport Tarkan v1 09 brings pan pot control T7T8 settings metadata editing and PDF generation v2 15 March 2008 In Grids to T7T8 displayed with T1 T6 banks Mixdown w T7 into T8 Lline out Foldback gain adj in TEST So monitoring of the mix in TEST REC and PLAY Xa center Xb center Xa Xb center Xa Xb left right One hand Solo Filter adjust 3sec press pro tects limiter activation Storage of project s sound eport headers with save setup Same clockwise jog for
96. gt lt arrows just as easily as withthe jog monitor contig jog 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 9 OPERATING VVEST POSITIONS p 10 MainSelector positions The MainSelector is easy to manipulate even while wear ing heavy winter gloves it gives direct access to all essential functions Standard positions Play amp Rec positions The OPERATING West positions control the recording an notation and playback of audio files REC BLUE REC To get access to the Play amp Rec BLUE positions press and PPR BLUE PPR hold the blue shift button while rotating the MainSelector TEST Il BLUE TEST to the next Operating position p 48 amp p 49 STOP E The OPERAND East positions which establish Cantar s oper PLAY gt BLUE PLAY ating parameters are described on p 26 BROWSE k BLUE BRWS MainSelector buttons silver in REC inserts a marker on the fly shift black REC PPR TEST talkback mic to active tracks PLAY plays from start of take in TEST after routing opens routing creation future PLAY goes to Operator s record markers shift silver in REC triggers AutoSlate detection red in PPR toggles take editor PREV NEXT take in TEST opens LEVEL amp DELAY menu REC PPR BROWSE changes take gender BLUE PLAY inserts a cue out N GRIDS unlinks an input from a track in PLAY goes to AutoSlate marker
97. ia because it updates the backuped files if you modify the metadata of a take it is re saved Archived as Monophonic files smaller than Poly on a CF card all your work will be copied and ready at wrap To interrupt the process press esc until IdleOp Stop is displayed the unfinished copy is erased it will resume upon entering TEST Note that a five second delay lets you go to PLAY through TEST without triggering the process Once Idle Bckp has completed the backup media goes back to sleep Toggling between TEST and PPR displays the remain ing backup space in GigaBytes If at the end of a take the files are too large to be copied within this space Idle Bckp Full will appear Go to STOP insert another media and Idle Bckp will continue from where it previously stopped WARNING UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES remove a DVD RAM until the activity LED is OFF Conversely do not plug nor unplug a CF card while the caddy s red LED is OH p 39 t A e Prep Polys To speed up Run Bckp at the end of the session Prep Polys take advantage of the idle periods to perform polyphonic treatments and to store the resulting poly files onto the internal HD From time to time these files must be flushed out see BACKUP 13 Clean Polys 02 Day to Copy 2007 02 18 The current day is the default but other days can be select ed To simplify archiving the audio and metadata Cantar copies a day per DVD Several days can be copied
98. ic or wild sounds stored in play cards p 24 are played and re recorded or not during the live recording e ADR 1 Known as hear it say it ADR 1 lets the actor re cord his replacement dialog right after listening to his former lines followed by a say it buzz In this mode the TC scene amp take IDs comments and track names are those of the live take the one being recorded Since the playback files carry their own TC a link called Linking Trio must be created between the two files Re corded in the iXML of the live file it stores the TC and file tag of the play back file along with the TC of the live file Linking Trios are used later in the Avid MC to link amp sync the playback sounds with the live ones A message Played filetag s AB1234 XY9753 appears in the comment line of the PDF Sound Report it helps the editor find the original tracks by supplying the filetags to be used in the file search don t forget to send your original files to the editor Because of the Linking Trios subframe accuracy and the command to play zero delay Cantar outperforms the Exter nal Player Music Slate couple Clone mode Selected for e Remix Makes a copy of the original ISO tracks and lets you perform a new mixdown with the onboard mixer or Cantarem Remix also lets you insert a simultaneous transla tion of the dialog e ADR 2 While listening to the guide track text or prere cord
99. iletags _3 A 5 _6 T _8 ail at Recommended settings for these examples BACKUP O1 mode select Idle Bckp BACKUP 03 Track Select select T1 T8 T7T8 BACKUP OA Treatment select MonoRotate2 BACKUP 05 T7T8 treatment select PolyNative You get Monophonics ABC123_N wav in AAL folders for NLEs Tal backen 20 A050 6 70 and a Polyphonic ABC123PX wav two track mix in AAX folders for FOSTEX 824s Cantarem option see p 28 for Xa Xat Xb Xb selection 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 45 TUTORIAL CAMERA SYNC On location To later reunite images and sounds a common TC must be stamped on both 1 Select an AutoSlate channel in AUDIO TC 13 the clap stick sound is detected and the matching TC is inserted into the sound report this TC keyed by the editor on the image of the clapstick will then be used as if the camera was timecoded This is the simplest and most accurate method ever invented You can also use a SmartSlate the recorder L sends its TC to a display filmed at the head or tail of each take but this is not as accurate as the AutoSlate 2 Send the camera s Video IC to the recorder set in Ext Clock mode and tecord slaved by ITC breaks p 21 This method can t work on multiccamera shoots and relies upon a cable or radio transmitter 3 Install an AudioTC generator Ambient or Denecke with trilevel sync to replace the
100. ing Idle Bckp backup lets you put the mixdown on the lower rank filetags thee examples be low SS Aa 1 Single mix on TRI select Input Xb in TZT8 InGrids inputs Mic1 Mic2 Linl Lin2 Dol Mic4 Mich tracks Tl TA 3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 gt modulo sliders 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A te NA ee E EN Na __ ____ gt Xb auto panR renamed S S S filetags _2 3 A 25 6 T _8 1 Recommended settings for this example BACKUP O1 mode select Idle Bek BACKUP 03 Track Select select T1_T8 T8T8 BACKUP 04 Treatment select MonoRotatel BACKUP 05 T7T8 treatment select Poly Native You get Monophonics ABC123_N wav in AAL folders for HE Rei 24 3 A D el H SI anda Polyphonic ABC123PX wav in AAX folders for POSTE 824s Q Why this T8T8 duplication A the Director will not complain one of his TV monitor loudspeakers is dead 2 Mix amp Boom on TRI TR2 select Xa Mic5 in T7T8 InGrids inputs Mici Mea Lin1 SCH Digil Mich Mic5 boom tracks T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 gt modulos Lf sliders 1 SS SS SS 5 6 a H8 outo pon L WM Maa AA N gt Xat lt __ renamed o S NN SN ra S ie filetags 3 4 5 6 7 8 aa T 3 MixL amp MixR on TRI TR2 select Xa Xb in T7T8 InGrids inputs Micl Mic2 Lint king Digit Mic tracks TE T2 T3 T4 Ts T6 T7 ue gt modulo sliders 1 2 3 4 5 6 vA pan L R ko Nei Nees Note Nose ee __ gt Xa __ gt Xb renamed d J x S 5 4 N S f
101. ing to the live mixdown must wait in buffers for the time it takes for the late sound to arrive Cantar automatically applies the value entered on the late sound input to all other inputs In TEST press shift silver to open IWAD I A jog from micl to ned press ok on the input of LVL amp DELAY 07 mic5 delay 78 8ms which the travel time or electronic delay must be compensated for most often the digital wireless mics and their 3 8ms delay jog from O to 85 ms by 0 1 ms increments 7 ms increments by shih jog Fine tune its value by listening to the tracks in double solo see Soloing tracks p 22 An ear protecting mute is applied during modifications 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 16 TEST MIXER The value of the longest travel time is applied to the buffers of all analog inputs but the one being set Digital inputs are unaffected Examplel a wireless lavalier 3 8ms processing lag on line must be aligned with a 6m distant boom 18ms travel time on mic5 Set mich at 18ms and linel at 3 8ms all analog inputs will be buffered by 18ms linel by 18 3 8 14 2ms and mic5 by O Oms Example2 a digital boom 5ms processing on AES in must be aligned with a Ims lavalier on micl Set an unused analog input to 5ms and micl to Ims All analog inputs will be buffered by 5ms mic by 4ms Both the unused input set to the longest travel and
102. iny transformer Preferably connect RF mics to Lineinputs Mic preamps Cantar s mic preamps offer such a wide dynamic range in one single stroke that they don t need any trims Whenever you adjust a fader all inputs for the same kind are displayed in dBFS on the rectangular screen Phantom power Press shift fil tom 2 to toggle that mic s Phantom 48V power ON OFF The default setting is OH Turn it OFF while using a dynamic microphone the preamp gain will be boosted by 12dBu and the triangle below the mic number will disappear from the right circular screen Limiters Press lim inv button 1 to toggle the limiter ON OFF to protect the limiters from mistaken fingers a one second pres sure must be applied While the limiter is turned OH a triangle is displayed below the mic number on the left circular screen If the signal level reaches the limiter zone 8dBFS the tri angle 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 20dBFS level Limiter activated the 32dBu head room above the 8dBFS kickin point gives 24dBu above the no imiter full scale The Operator can count on a 44dBu reserve over the normal 20d BFS level If the signal does reach the IdBFS level a dp icon appears at the end of the modulometer scale and a beep can be sent to the headphones TECHSET O8 Clip Beep To maintain eq
103. k Since THERE IS NO WAY to retrieve such an erased take for your protection the latest position must have been REC and the power must not have been turned OFF The next take will carry the same take as the erased one False start If you are under pressure and not willing to risk an unfor giveable mistake do not erase a false start as described above stay in REC press the red button until n no good is selected in the to w a n take gender list then go to PPR The next take will carry the same take as the ignored one Takes with a take gender of n are grayed in the PDF sound report and carry an aborted false start header in the com ment line but they can nevertheless be used See BROWSE p 25 for another way o trash a take by hid ing it This lets you change your mind later 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 20 PPR REMOTE CONTROL Record by LTC This function is also called Remote Roll Auto load or Remote record depending on the country and manufac turer Select AUDIO TC 14 Rec by Lic p 32 In PPR posi tion 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 Remote roll p 56 note the source for timecode stamped in each audio file is either the Cantar s master TC inte or the remote master clock s TC ext c The remote LT
104. kan see board To stop before reaching the cue out press ok To replay from the cue in press ok To pause press esc to resume press esc BLUE REC Clone Remix ADR 2 and Re Rec Route the digital inputs carrying the playback tracks go to BLUE REC the last selected play card of the Clone X Play file starts playing To abort the on going cloning go to PPR p 48 erase the file Last take erasure p 20 and return to BLUE REC Continuing to record live audio after the end point of the cloned take generates a file which is longer than the original mother file at the risk of overlapping timecode with the next take To get a clone of the same length as the original i e same start and stop TCs go to BLUE PPR and trigger the clon ing with the keyboard ertl alt r the recording will stop on the original file s end You can hide unsatisfactory remixes as well as the original file and only store the good ones onto the backup media go to BROWSE echt and trash If need be you can rescue them later from the day s folder stored on the internal drive Play amp Rec sample rate Play amp Rec only works at 48kHz 0 1 crepancy between the playfile sample rate and Cantar s If there is a dis recording sample rate a message e g PF 47952Hz Rec A8000Hz is displayed You can nevertheless proceed to BLUE REC the playback files will be played at the Live re cording sample rate inducing a spee
105. ks 3 gt 4 5 p 31 Monitoring T3 and T4 mixer faders at 100 you listen to the front stereo T3 mixer fader at O and T5 fader at 100 the monitor output becomes the sum of the S figure ofeight on T4 a ol and of the M rear mic on T5 you listen to the rear stereo lt is thus easy to alternately listen to the front or rear M S or both with 5 1 double capsule headphones Mixing 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 copy track2 S front to track4 which becomes S rear reinject M front onto the surround of the M S front You can also make an extraction for the sub here is your 5 1 sound Soundfield B Format By Phil Vandendriessche Four channels X front back figure ofeight Y left right figure oFeight W omnidirectional Z top bottom figure ofeight seldom used for now since 5 1 is horizontal only The Cantar onboard mixer handles the B Format stereo monitoring with adjustment of the pattern and width S Routing Connect the Soundfield ST350 X output to linel gt T5 Y to lin2 gt T6 T5 amp T m s declared and W to line3 gt T4 panned to center The Mic or Line in gains 1 gt 2 3 ganged are adjusted to the half dB p 17 Monitoring Faders T5 DI and T6 Y at 100 level makes for a Blumlein stereo pair two coincident figure ofeight microphones angled 90 adding some T4 W to
106. l 12 is used to select and activate the play cards Metadata screen For consistency metadata is presented in the Cantar Sound Report lay out except that the most recent takes are on top of the page It is either immediately written in the open Qo ek VS e audio file in REC yellow background in PPR orange background or stored in a buffer if the file is closed or inac cessible red characters gray background waiting to be pushed to the connected Cantar in BROWSE position aan Access to the Metadata screen is allowed on the positions where the MainSelector becomes dark gray double click on the selector itself 33 476429550 www aaton com CantarX p 52 Operands screen This screen gives access to the AUDIO TC TECHSET SESSION and BACKUP parameters TECHSET Save Setup stores the saved parameters in the Cantar memory Sound report A PDF CSV sound report builder is implemented PDFs from Tarkan save time at wrap TCP IP Disable the firewall on a Mac consult the manual the pro cedure is different for OS X 10 4 Tiger and 10 6 Leopard Either allow all connections or allow specific i e Tarkan Make sure that no other TCP IP activity is occurring Turn OFF Bluetooth and WiFi quit Skype your e mail client all widgets and anything else that is scanning the internet A tip by T Whit If you are using your usual laptop for Tarkan instead of turning off internet scanning apps
107. l x template is totally open giving the Operator maximum flexibility see Scene and Take p 19 13 Slate Chanl Mic to Mic5 Off CantarX amp X2 Line to Line4 Tock to Track8 CantarX2 only Selects the AutoSlate detection channel p 23 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 31 AUDIO TC LTC 14 Rec by Ltc Non active Active see Remote Control p 21 In PPR LIC input running Cantar checks the TC coherence for three seconds then goes to record While checking the LTC signal the audio goes to a buffer the file begins right on the running LTC If the LTC input disappears recording is main tained no risk of interruption caused by radio transmission drop outs Only a frozen LTC input can stop the recording 15 Tc Source Int Clock Ext Clock Int Fudge Ext Fudge Internal Cantar is the masterclock External Cantar is slaved to a TC source p 14 Fudge the audiofile time stamps correct the TC flaw of some HD cameras Atc Etc Stc flags become Atc Etc Stc To prevent trouble this choice is not saved at power off note to avoid autoconformation difficulties ISO tracks and backups are both fudged Their preroll must be set to 5sec to get a consistent but not compensated 60ms latency an image shot at 12hO5m01s00ms is unduly TCed as 12hO5m01s 60ms 16 Ltc Rate 24 00fps 25 00fps 29 97df 30 00fps 23 98nd 29 97nd in the non dropframe 0 1 slo
108. left screen signals to be listened to in mono appear on the middle screen and those going to the right ear appear on the right screen All inputs recorded or not useful in Play amp Rec and all tracks can be monitored along different configurations for each of the eight independent output channels Ph Phones Lo Line out Fb Foldback and Do Digital out Twenty six dit ferent output routing maps are available the black monitor crown gives instant access to all of them p 29 Edge n OCT 287 ana mic Gmiter In this Ph d example T5 goes to the left ear T1 T2 go to both ears and T6 goes to the right ear With the SeloMidPan slider pulled toward the Operator s side press the routing button to instantly display the cur rent configurations successively displayed by the monitor crown 3 Pan pots to mixdown Push the SoloMidPan slider toward the battery side press the tracksolo buttons 1 6 to verify and jog the pan pot positions of the T1 T6 tracks The rank of the pan activated track is displayed in the central screen The black dots graphically indicate the tracks contribution to the Xa left and Xb right mixdown channels while the T3 to Xa amp Xb active TA to Xb T1 to Xb left T2 to Xb left T5 to Xb left T6 to Xa right dBFS value of each track contribution is successively dis played in the rectangular screen p 8 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual
109. ling Rate vs Audio TC p 15 On planet Earth p 15 On the Slow planet p 15 A for Avid vill p 15 B for Barebone p 15 C for Compensated Fake p 15 33 4 7642 9550 www aadton com TEST Mic Phantom power p 16 Limiters Inversion p 16 Filters and attenuators p 16 Differential delays p 16 Mic amp Line linking p 17 Stereo pairs amp Surround p 17 Tuning the balances p 17 Mixer panpots and faders p 17 Mixer miXa miXb outputs p 17 M S monitoring p 18 Track disarming p 18 Headphone level p 18 Line out Foldback level p 18 Check In Grids amp Out Maps p 18 Play amp Rec rehearsal p 18 PPR Pre PostRecord Pre recording buffer p 19 Sc amp Take Tracknames p 19 TapeRef Postrec metadata edit p 20 File splitting p 20 last take erasure p 20 False start trash a file p 20 Remote Roll by LTC p 21 Remote control PDA keyboard p 21 REC Record Modulometers p 22 Solos of the inputs and tracks p 22 Locking the faders p 22 Reference Tone generator p 22 Talkback mic p 22 Warning beeps p 22 Take gender p 22 Record tally p 23 AutoSlate p 23 Markers p 23 Record amp Play p 23 PLAY Commands p 24 LTC for VTR chase p 24 Play card creation p 24 BROWSE File handling Find a file p 25 Edit Metadata p 25 Trash Revive a file p 25 Index a Play file p 25 Wake up HD p 25 CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 p 2 Operand positions MainSelector East p 26 Rectangular screen rows p 26 ROUTINGS Set T1 gt gt T6 In Grids p 27 Set T7 T8 In G
110. ltiple changes to each header item are allowed per workday If one header item changes a new PDF and ALE page is started with this information 09 Full Title For consistency the 8 character Project name is automatically inserted in the header before the Operator entered Full Title 39 characters max All of the header entries below are automatically recalled when re opening the project note shift esc clears each of these fields individually 10 Production 30 char max 11 Director 25 char max 12 Sound Mixer 25 char max 13 Locations 25 char max 19 char max 14 Day s Topic 15 Pic Format Pal Ntsc 1080 HD2 Carter GR SOUND REPORT 6 O70828AD Built in easy to read and print PDF report 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 37 SESSION SOUND REPORT 2 Sound Report Columns User configurable columns carry the take specific data 16 Col Templ Layout A Layout B Layout C Three custom Operator maintained layouts are available they are stored in Cantar s memory and can be modified by jog ing 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 Col 12 B Col 12 C Col 12 17 Col 02 1031 Col16 A B or C INS field DEL field Blank Filetag Scene Take TcStart TcEnd Duration TcSlateA TcSlateB TcSlateC Track1
111. ly scan your drives see below SESSION O7 Scan Drive Even if there is only one defective cluster discard the drive 05 Frmat Cdy A CF card FAT32 SESSION 05 1 First insert the CF card press Frmat Cdy A ok CF Format Shift Red is CF card displayed The caddy is not powered the red LED is OFF 2 Press and hold shift red buttons together keep them pressed until Formatting appears Done is displayed when finished 3 The one platter icon appears on the right circular screen to indicate the CF card is ready for use Press ok or go to STOP note as opposed to DVD RAM formatting power is applied to the caddy after CF introduction by the shift red activation 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 36 SESSION SOUND REPORT 1 06 Frmat Cdy B DVD RAM UDF 1 5 format for Mac PC interchangability 1 Press ok D RAM Format Shift Red is displayed Power is sent to the DVD internal burner green LED OH 2 Insert the disk then press and hold shift red together keep them pressed until Formatting appears Done is dis played when formatting is finished up to 60sec 3 The one platter icon appears on the right circular screen to indicate the DVD RAM is ready for use Press ok or go to STOP note a FAT32 pre formatted DVD RAM is Cantar recordable too See p 43 for DVD RAM amp Mac 07 Scan Drive Int drive Eat drive
112. n produces audio files which appear as if they have been recorded in continuity If for some reason Cantar is turned OFF the Record 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 startIC proposed to the Operator will be 02 00 00 The Cantar Record Run mode lets you use the pre record buffer without creating TC overlaps For example if the preceding take ends at 01 45 00 and the pre record buf fer is set at thirteen seconds the next audio file will start at 01 45 02 p 14 two second gap but the LTC emitted by the generator to the camera when hitting REC will be 01 45 15 While Cantar is in Record 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 see Record by LIC p 21 Method 3 int d internal clock AutoSlate on clapsticks If the same TC is not running in Cantar and cameras the only way fo sync pictures and audio is to use clapsticks for get digi slates they have too many drawbacks The Cantar AutoSlate sample accurate clapstick detection function puts a timecode crown over the simplest piece of wood p 23 Method 4 ext d slaved to an external clock An externally slaved Cantar stamps
113. n with its five brothers a sixtrack take 1 2GB media is required In this case Cantar separates the take into its individual tracks while minimizing the number of media The label becomes CD_2_D072 where CD is the media _2 is the track rank and D072 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 1 or 2 099 AAAAAAAA YYYYMMDD CD_T1 6_001 The archive flag is either a space or a Wl to show if only unarchived files have been burned a way to know why some files probably burned on another media are missing 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 40 BACKUP REPORTS Tag typel general mode for DVD burning CD_T1 6_00 T1 6 six mono tracks T1 8 eight mono tracks from the AAD folder MXDN monophonic stereo mixdown from the AAD folder MXBN poly stereo mixdown from AAX folder MxXBC poly stereo mixdown with 24 bit to 16 bit reduction O01 to 999 the 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 690MB CD TK 1 is the track number and OO1 the media name rank 11 Snap Report None IntHD Dir IntHD DirR2 IntHD Nat IntHD Rot IntHD m Snap immediately stores the day s SoundReport into a YYYYMMDD AA folder Dir Nat Rot ml which car ries the same status as the backup files p 3
114. ne take gender and take a suffix that indicates the kind and rank 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 limited to 31 characters e The filetag six character automatically incremented index i e AD1234 differentiates 6 7 million takes a sound mixer s lifetime Indaw generates a 3 letter and 3 number filetag for 17 6 million takes The filetag must remain untouched all the way through the final mix Each Take generates a file group sharing the same scene ID take and filetag the filetag uniquely identities and reunites the native ISO tracks tiles e g ADI234 is the unique filetag of AD1234_1 to AD1234_8 of their associ ated polyphonic file ADI234PR and of their poly mixdown AD1234PX e The descriptor displays the scene take gender and take e g scene Al8 2a take gender t take 04 e The suffix is used to flag the kind of file either multi monophonic 11 _8 or interleaved polyNative PN or interleaved polyRotate PR or poly miXdown PX Examples A short filename AD1234_1 wav A long filename AD1234 A18 2a 104 _ wav uestionable file Geess to their filerepair FTP site lient download the Mac OS http cyberduck ch tip 7 7 www smarifip com Ask Aaton to give y If you don t have an Cyberduck freeware and for Win2K PEs ational problem Go to TECHSET
115. oard C Fischer4 PDA power amp CantaRem 1 to 2 D Lemo8 Connection to Cantar amp CantaRem 2 to 1 e The CantaRem USB socket 3O0mA max 5V can t power a PDA it can feed a PS2 keyboard only But you can use the Batt delivered by the Fischer4 socket terminate the PDA delivered carlighter converter Batt gt 5V cable with a Fisch er4M plug pinl Gnd pin4 Batt 100mA max RemFaders assignment e f AUDIO TC 23 CantaremCom is set to Non active AUDIO TC 24 39 assignments p 32 are not accessible to modify them before hand set AUDIO TC 23 to Auto select To modify assignments with CantaRem press one of the ctrl keys Assign appears on the top row of the Cantar rectangular screen press and hold a RemFader key 1 to 8 the RemFader s number is displayed on the middle row 33 4 76429550 www aaton com CantarX p 53 use the jog or gt to browse the Cantar faders displayed on the bottom row unused mic mic2 mic3 mic4 mich linel line2 line3 line4 trackl track2 track3 track4 track5 track line out foldback The assigned fader is the one displayed just before releasing the key note Cantarem no longer links linesl 2 or lines3 4 a greater choice is offered in AUDIO TC 11 e To control several mic or line input faders from the same actuator link them in the usual AUDIO TC 10 11 way and assign the actuator to the master only The slaved mic faders can be used for the
116. on for about four seconds until the control LED turns off then release it Battery charge LED status 2h charge to 85 reddish ChaScot XLR4 socket 3h charge top up amber 1 batt tully charged green 2 ne 3 batt 16 8V 4 ne 33 476429550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 60 ANNEX CHARGER Charli 3 hour Lithium lon p 61 ref 04 220 10 Cha Li simultaneously charges Technical Specifications two 14 8V 4 2Ah Aaton Lilon e powerin 110 220VAC 50 60Hz batteries e powerout 16 8V 2A per channel On the floor a Penelope battery fan activation internal 45 C ref 04 280 20 lug and lemo socket around 30dBA noise level Plugged into the charger a Cantar e size 180 94 60mm battery ref 20 110 55 rear post no e weight 805gr lemo socket Two hour charge to 90 plus one hour top Up Battery charge status Green colored LED Charging Chali XLR4 socket Charged EE 1 batt Red colored LED 2 ne Faulty e 3 batt 16 8V No batt EE 4 nc 33 A 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 61 ANNEX QUICK GUIDE 1 This quick guide originally compiled by Scott J Farr should be kept in the Cantar bag O Terminology for New Cantarites In followed by STOP TEST PPR REC PLAY BROWSE OUT MAPS IN GRIDS AUDIO TC TECHSET SESSION or BACKUP means to turn the MainSelector to that position p 10 amp p 26 1 Power On Press eithe
117. onto an external HD each day in turn 03 TrackSelect AA e mn 11181778 1718 T1 16 E erg T1 T81818 of interest if T7 or T8 carry a mixdown track the Director will not complain one of his TV monitor loudspeakers is dead 04 TI T8 trtmt treatment for T7T8 see BACKUPO5 Native Mono Rotat2 Mono Rotor Mono Native Poly Rotat2 Poly Rotatl Poly A Native Mono keeps the track rank stored in AAD folders B the Rotate case Rotatel pushes the tracks by one position e g Xb recorded on T8 is renamed T1 and T1 TZ are renamed T2 T8 stored into AAI folders See tutorial p 45 Rotate2 pushes the tracks by BACKUP 04 T1 T8 trtmt Rotat2 Mono two positions T7T8 are renamed T1T2 and T1 16 T3 T8 stored into AAM folders Why is this treatment recommended When importing Xa amp Xb proxies NLEs put them on the AlA2 timelines thanks to Rotate if later on the editor imports the full group the ISOs of Xa amp Xb Xa amp boom will gracefully replace the provisional tracks while the six other tracks will fall naturally into place Rotate adds no delay to backup operations don t go without it 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 39 BACKUP TREATMENTS C the Poly vs Mono case On top of faster Idle Backup Monophonic files offer the advantage of never reaching the FAT32 4GB limit But because vintage NLEs pre
118. orkday which gives a name to the Cantar fold ers the MMDD month day is automatically stored in the User s TapeRef metadata field of each audio file As an alternative to the absolute date some productions do prefer fo enter manually incremented shooting days note2 User s TapeRef Camera side The Camera Operator writes the Videclape six charac ters on his media but instead of an arbitrary name he writes MMDD CamID Cassette examples Date April 18 Camera A Cassette 9 gt 0418A9 Date April 18 Camera B Cassette 1 gt 0418B1 The 1 9 amp A F characters identify 15 cassettes per camera per day long working hours User s TapeRef NLE side The assistant editor keys in the six characters of the standard VidecTapelD when preping the digitization of the cassette they will appear in the TapelD or SoundRoll column of the bin Note that if the VideoTapelD sticker is lost or not exixting it is easy for the assistant to replace it by writing the MMDD of the shooting day followed with an arbitrarily incremented import User s TapeRef final mix side e To perform the auto conforming of the Cantar ISO files to the edited mixdown Titan 3 p 57 first sorts them by comparing the leading MMDD four characters 0418 of the EDU TapelD or SoundRoll column with the User s TapeRef found in the audio files metadata then uses the timecode in and outpoints to finish the job with Pyramix you don
119. out mini XLR 3 5 Do nine user configurable maps IR Z plus the stereo m ixer output to digi out on AES78 amp 8 The headphones also receive the signal sent to the output being selected contigured Config Crown In Grids To check and select the In Grids PUSH the SoloMidPan slider to the battery side and press or clickin click out the routing button The silver contig crown gives sequential access to fifteen In Grids the last in use is displayed first Out Maps To check the OutMaps for each Ph Lo Fb and Do outputs PULL the SoloMidPan slider to the Operator s side and press or clickin click out the routing button with the thumb and rotate the black monitor crown To browse the OutMaps and select another one rotate the silver contig crown the active map will be the one displayed when closing the routing command note selecting a different OutMap while recording doesn t affect the recorded signal p 9 Jog Crown The jog is used to move the cursor in the routing circu lar screens to edit scene take and comments to select high pass filters to adjust the backlight s intensity to con trol the pan pots and to scrub the player in fast forward reverse Both the jog and config crowns increment time and operand values while rotating clockwise nobel shift jog accelerates the speed 10x note2 the Operand s middle and bottom rows of the rect angular screen can be browsed by the
120. phones signals go to a 1 4 jack p 58 Headphone level p 18 So Solos Solos connect the headphones to each of Cantar s ins and outs M1 M5 LI L4 T1 T8 and to the mixdown outputs XA miXa center XB miXb center XC miXa miXb center XX miXa mixb left right The modulos of Xa and Xb appear on the rectangular screen or the right side circular screen by eye So is close to the Ph position for a good reason the last activated solo map is kept in memory and immediately sent to the phones when toggling between Ph and So Here is a tip the So position monitoring the dynamic mix of the PLAYed file you can compare your recorded mixdown Ph A T7T8 center and So XC by toggling between the two this allows you fo evaluate the necessity of a remix with Canttar s Play amp Rec 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 29 ROUTINGS DIGI 1 8 OUT As an alternative to the So positions Micinputs can be instant ly solo ed by pressing their filtom buttons line inputs 1 4 by pressing tracksolo buttons 1 4 while the SoloMidPan switch is moved to its middle position Tracks T1 T6 by pressing track solo buttons the 1 6 while the SoleMidPan switch is pulled Operator side p 22 notel the XX selection lets you output miXa and mb whether or not they are recorded on 1778 note2 Ph Q adds miXa and miXb to the Operator s se lected OutMap e g the L R decoded miXa mixb of
121. play the level of the signals to the tracks The circular modulometers resolution is 1dB in the 35dBFS to 12dBFS working zone The rectangu lar screen modulometers resolution is 2dB in the same zone The ballistics emulate needle modulometers The decay time can be adjusted in TECHSET 12 Meier Speed from 1 ost to 5 slow The peak meters hold period can be adjusted from one half to five seconds in TECHSET 13 Soloing inputs To monitor any input rotate the monitor crown to So and select the desired input You can directly solo a mic by pressing its filtom 2 button or make a short click to toggle 1 KS 2 KR 2 G ea it ON OFF While soloing a Ra E mic its high pass filter can be ene Wee jog modified the locked bal ance action of slaved mics is unlocked Soloing the master of a linked pair causes the master to be sent to the left and the slave to the right channel To directly solo Line in to Line in4 push the SoloMidPan slider in its middle position and press track solo buttons 1 4 Soloing tracks To solo tracks T1 to T6 in both ears pull the SoloMidPan slider to the Operator Press tracksolo buttons 1 6 To solo tracks T7 or T8 move the SoloMidPan slider to its middle position and press track solo buttons 5 or 6 note while maintaining pressure on a tracksolo button press another one You will hear the first soloed signal in the left ear and the second in the right ear
122. powe ting accessories If the plug enters at an angle it will produce a short between the 12V pin and the in out pins and blow up the internal FW driver ee for the MacBookPro 800 FW socket use a 9 to pin cable IE9496 3 ss only use ferrite choke ring equipped high quality FVV cables not the cheap skinny ones 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 5 DESCRIPTION FRONT VIEVV SoloMidPan Mixer faders Cantar X Eye Front panel buttons routing SoloMidPan battery side In Grids routing SoloMidPan Operator side OutMaps esc pause restart from 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 shif 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 toggles T51T6 T7T8 on right side modulo displays help screen in Operands shift eye toggles filetag amp duration scene amp take stored preference TC jam in PLAY shows absolute TC in TEST a 3 sec press sets Syne clock to incoming LTC shifi TC jam in TEST stops the int c reminder blinking batt L or R short pressure displays battery voltage long pressure puts battery on duty shift batt
123. r batt button for 3 seconds To switch batteries press a batt button for 3 seconds To acti vate both batteries press both batt buttons for 3 seconds 2 Power Off In STOP press the shift batt buttons for 3 seconds 3 Check battery anytime Momentarily press the batt button for the battery you want to check A Clear flashing int d Press shift TC jam p 13 5 Jam to external TC Press TC jam p 14 6 False Start take erasure Don t rotate the MainSelector past PPR while in PPR press shift silver then jog to Erase file Press ok then jog to Yes and press ok p 20 7 No Good take While recording repeatedly press the red button until n no good is displayed This file is stored in the trashcan The next take will have the same scene and take p 22 8 Revive trashed files In BROWSE jog to select TRASH jog to select the filetag p 25 9 Erase comment line Press shift esc p 6 10 Choosing take gender t time synced p pick up w wild track a announce n no good Select choice in PPR or REC by pressing the red button p 19 11 Arm Disarm a track In TEST pull SoloMidPan to the Operator Press shift a tracksolo button above the track fader you want to Arm Disarm p 18 p 62 D AutoSlate Press shift silver within six seconds after each slate clap The slates generated by a multitcamera shoot are labeled SA SB SC etc up to 7 p 2
124. rids p 28 Adjust the relative levels of the digital inputs Tp tracks and analog inputs then rehearse your intended BLUE REC navigation see Playback below the last BLUE TEST selected play card is the first to be played TIP in BLUE TEST you can go swiftly from one play card to the next to let the Director verify the hilited segments of a take without scrubbing through the entire file note Play amp Rec works at 48kHz GO IO The play tiles are played at the Live recording sample rate this is quite useful on filmed music shows transferred to NTSC To import MP3s into your archives see p 25 Live recording Select Live all in BLUE BRWS 21 Playback In BLUEREC the analog inputs are recorded the standard way To play the first play card press ok or space on a keyboard To stop before reaching the card s cue out press ok To replay from the cue in press ok To pause press esc fo resume press esc To reach the next card two possibilities I browse the view tagged playfiles with shift gt then select the desired tagged play card with gt 2 connect a PS2 keyboard p 58 and type the successive card IDs B12 F45 AO8 then enter Tarkan p 51 can be of tremendous help here ADR 1 same as above The actor listens to the play card contain ing the lines to be replaced A buzz is heard in the head phones at the play card s end to warn him to start talking Without stopping th
125. rids p 28 AES sample rate converters p 28 16 Track by Word clock p 28 Play amp Rec In Grids p 28 Create Out Map banks p 29 Digil to Digi8 outputs p 30 AUDIO TC Audio parameters p 31 Timecode parameters p 32 TECHSET Save and transfer Setups p 33 Software install p 35 SESSION Project selection creation p 36 Formatting HD CF amp DVD RAM p 36 Sound Reports CSV ALE PDF p 37 BACKUP At Call Idle Bckp Idle Polys p 39 Treatments p 39 File rescuing p 4 Tutorials Backup A Report Avid gt Profools p 42 Drives and Media p 43 Surround Onboard mixer p 44 Camera sync TAy46 REC with simultaneous PLAY zi bp 48 Companions Tarkan SN CantaRem p 53 Compact Flash Caddy p 54 Arcan w SR OriginC GMT p 56 Majax Indaw PostChain Titan p o7 Annex Connectors amp Accessories p 58 Batteries and Chargers p 59 Quick guide sheets p 62 Dimensions p 64 2013 March 28 p 2 KEEP IN TOUCH UPDATES User manual The latest User Manual is on http www aaton com prod ucts sound cantar usermanual php to read it on iPhones use FileMagnet http magnetismstudios com FileMagnet Note iPhone v2 2 1 supports all PDF s Software Cantar Arcan Tarkan Majax software can be download ed from http www soft aaton com sweantar e 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 password with your email address in the lo
126. rive one Project one Day folder containing music songs wild tracks notel to be Cantar playable a file must contain iXML vl 50a headers Majax can update iXML headers of files recorded with a pre v2 11 version note2 To Cantarize files coming from any other WAV pro fessional recorder read Majax manual page 4 note3 to convert 44 1kHz MP3 or FLAC into 48kHz WAV files use Sound Converter http www dekorte com proj ects shareware SoundConverter Live Clone Go to BLUEBRWS 21 TC mode e Live gives access to all available play iles The recording Play amp Rec tutorial p 48 session uses the date time and metadata of the live action 33 4 76429550 www aaton com Current folders CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 BLUE BRWS Q1 Drive Internal BLUE BRWS Q2 Project Shadows BLUE BRWS 03 CAB folder 2008 03 14 BLUE BRWS 04 Index A lt SE1234 ok BLUE BRWS 05 Index B lt SE1205 ok BLUE BRWS 06 CCD folder lt 2008 01 31 BLUE BRWS 07 Index C lt BLUE BRWS 08 Index D lt SE1104 ok BLUE BRWS 09 CEF folder lt 2007 12 24 BLUE BRWS 10 Index E lt SEQ987 ok BLUE BRWS 11 Index F lt SEQ980_ ok Drive set in SESSION not modifiable Project set in SESSION not modifiable Current folder date not modifiable Select a file in above folder ok gives it the A index Select a file
127. rn ok BACKUP 14 un Bckp ok Yes ok Go back to Media Label choose the next one and so on You Run Backup writes three forms of Sound Report once the 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 completion of writing the disk will have to be manu ally ejected When the green indicator starts blinking press the burner s eject button Direct backup from a Mac or PC Once TECHSET O1 has Unmount ed the internal HD is no longer under Cantar s contro but is still powered a FireWire connected MAC PC sees the Cantar HD as any other HD and can copy the files perform selective erasure and edit the metadata with Majax Warning to prevent the destruction of the FireWire input 16 6V max by Mac GXs 33V take out the internal HD shuttle and connect it to the GX its FW input handles up to AOV Mac PC laptops supply a safe 12V FILE RETRIEVAL the disc s FAT is saved every ten seconds In case of power interruption the audio is playable but TC and comments are not saved use Majax to reconform it see p 57 In case of disk crash or accidental erasure do not continue to record do not try any recovery pro gram this will destroy any audio that could have been otherwise saved Contact Aaton
128. ror if you nevertheless use it instead of the absolute date go to the TapeRef field following Comments in PPR echt First thing in the morning right after accepting a new day go there and overwrite the MMDD month day with the day rank e g day twenty five D025 On the camera side the assistant writes DO25 B1 instead of OA418 B1 on the video cassette note3 With Moos you can batch modify the TapeRef by highlighting the concerned files and entering the new value in the bottom right field It is recorded in the iXML metadata and insures that whatever happens to your files e g mono to poly mixdown gathering in a different folder copy to DVD they will keep their TapeRef 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 47 TUTORIAL PLAY amp REC 1 To activate the Play amp Rec BLUE functions press the shift but ton while transitioning to a new MainSelector position hold it for one second after the position has been reached Reminder the BLUE status is stiky i e coming from Blue TEST you don t have to press shift while going to PPR and REC Cantar plays up to eight tracks from the internal or exter nal drive while it records a selection of these tracks routed through the digital inputs along with the live audio coming through the analog inputs p 23 Two different modes are available Live mode Selected for Classic playback Telephone call background mus
129. ry housing 3 carries a retaining lug and a 10A fuse protected Lemo socket for high peak current accessories e g follow focus motors The Cantar battery housing 4 carries a rear post which holds the battery flush to the Cantar case ensuring EMC shield continuity Technical specs e 14 8V 4 2Ah 6 4Ah blue case e pind power through protection diode 60 C SE against NiMH chargers e size 145 73 38mm_ e weight 720gr S Sg e size 145 73 38mm_ e weight 560gr e metallic case user recellable 6 start e metallic case factory recellable r XLR4 plug NiMH e 1 bot ei 2 thermal sensor S 3 thermal sensor A _ batt 33 4 7642 9550 www aadton com an engraved XLR4 plug Li lon white dot reveals 2 o e 3 oe oe a camera battery e i Pa wired to transmit a 1 e 4 2 start start signal 3 batt direct short to ground A batt thru diode p 59 CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 ANNEX CHARGER ChaScot silent 5 hour Li lon p 60 ref 04 220 20 ChaScot can simultaneously charge two Technical Specifications 14 8V 4 2Ah Aaton Li lon batteries in five e powerin 110 220VAC 50 60Hz hours e powerout 16 8V 2A per channel battery on the charger ref 20 110 55 e no fan totally silent rear post no Lemod socket for Cantar e size 160 94 90mm battery on the floor ref 04 280 20 e weight 805gr lug and Lemo socket for Penelope To trigger the charging cycle press the square butt
130. s the display of the In Grids input routing templates or the OutMaps output routing templates This is done by pressing the routing button or by a short click to open another click to close this later method liberates the thumb to better grip the crowns In Grids To check and select In Grids PUSH the SoloMidPan slider to the battery side and press the routing button The silver config crown gives sequential access to fifteen In Grids the last in use is displayed first To protect the recording s integrity you can t change In Grids while in REC but you can do it with a trick go to PPR press the routing button rotate the silver config crown to the desired In Grid release the routing button and go back to REC the pre record buffer gives you up to thirteen seconds fo act not one single audio sample will be lost between the two audio files Out Maps To check and select the OutMaps for each Ph Lo Fb and Do outputs PULL the SoloMidPan slider to the Operator s side press the routing button and rotate the black monitor crown To browse the preset OutMaps and select one ro tate the silver config crown the active map will be the one displayed when closing the routing command You can select different Out Maps while recording this doesn t affect the recorded signal note in PLAY the active OutMap can t be displayed verify it on the MainSelector ROUTING position Play amp Rec rehearsal read p 48 amp
131. same for TZ both ears jog the blinking cursor to TI same for T2 right ear jog to T6 press the black button press the black button to link it to the left and right ears to link it same for T8 2 Inputs directly to Outputs Any input micl to mic5 linel to line4 digi to digi 6 can be sent to the outputs While the blinking cursor jogs on the inner ring of the circular screen it points out the input to be possibly routed to the left both right ears To link the desired input press the black button p 29 The M S case For an m s recorded track pair say T5 T6 to be sent as L R stereo to the Lo Fb Do outputs create an OutMap in which T5 goes to the left and T6 to the right Cantar will automatically decode these M S tracks as L R This applies to the T1 T2 and T3 TA pairs too alone or together Out Map banks Rotate the black monitor crown over the Do Fb Lo Ph So posi tions then the silver contig crown to display the OutMaps Do AES 7 amp 8 out Nine user created R to Z maps and XX miXa mixb Two digital signals go to the AES 78 amp 8 ports p 58 Fb Foldback Nine user created R to Z maps and XX miXa mixb Two analog signals go to a TA 3 socket p 58 Foldback level p 18 Lo Line out Nine user created R to Z maps and XX miXa mixb Two analog signals go to an XLR5 socket p 58 Line out level p 18 Ph Phones Fifteen user created A to Q maps and XX miXa miXb Two
132. se PS2 protocol com patible QWERTY keyboards con nected through USB ike connec tors current under 60mA such as Keysonic ACK 595 C quieter than Cherry G84 4100 PTM EU or an L3 wrist keyboard http www 3sys com wristpc wristpc html DVD RAM shield A mu metal shield must be fastened to DVD RAM drives installed in pre 240 Cantars 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 58 ANNEX BATTERIES 1 ref 04 280 10 w lug amp Lemo6 for XTR 35 IIl NiMH black 2 ref 20 110 50 w rear post no Lemod for Cantar NiMH 12 5V for XTR Xtera and Aaton 35 lll cameras which can t handle the 16 5V start up voltage of Li lon batteries The Camera battery housing 1 carries a retaining lug and a 10A fuse protected Lemo socket for high peak current accessories e g follow focus motors The Cantar battery housing 2 carries a rear post which holds the battery flush to the Cantar case ensuring EMC shield continuity Technical specs e 12 5V 3 8Ah e thermal sensor warns charger if cells reach lemo6 socket Recellable Ni Mh amp Lithium lon p 59 3 ref OA 280 20 wi lug amp lemo6 for Penelope Li lon gray 4 ref 20 110 55 w rear post no Lemod for Cantar Li lon IA DN lighter and more powerful than NiMH batteries 62Wh vs 45Wh a must to drive Penelope cameras with 14 2V low batt warning The Camera batte
133. sn t occupy an audio track of the NLE system It will be used to Autosync imported ISO tracks and to construct the Audio EDL Edit Decision List Read the PostChain htto www aaton com documentation C Differentiate TCs e editing with the Cantar ISO tracks No problem here each audio file carries its own filetag in which it is impossible to find two identical ICH e editing with the camera mixdown There are no filetags in the camera recorded mixdown the only link with the Cantar ISO tracks is the Audio TC But because the CMX Audio EDLs generated by NLE systems don t carry the AudioTC d date the Audio TC h every day shows the same working hours it can t offer a solid auto conform path from the edited mixdown to the original Cantar ISO tracks the only way is the TapeRef solution 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 46 TUTORIAL CAMERA SYNC 2 The TapeRef solution The trick invented by video people is to differentiate identical IC by manually entering the camera s VideoTapelD into the editing databases To avoid this old video cassette minded system notel Cantar uses the date that CMX s EDLs killed by replacing the arbitrary VideoTapelD entries with the MMDD in the TapeRef field no longer bothering the sound recordist with video cassette P2 or SxS IDs it takes care of multiccamera shooting too User s TapeRef Cantar side Using the w
134. t To avoid later Autosync confusion between an original recording and its remixed clones they all share the same TC amp Date go to BROWSE and trash them all but the best remix to be sent to the editing room Since they are kept hid den in the day s folder you can revive them later ADR 2 While listening to the cloned guide track s and watching the images of the original shoot Pte Play TC is used to sync a chasing VTR by LTC the performers re record their dialog on a new set of tracks Re Recording Under In Grid RR1 see In Grids p 28 record your first track in normal REC Go to BLUE BRWS O4 and put the filetag of your best Woch recording not always the latest one under Index A Select Clone A in BLUE BRWS 21 then under In Grid RR2 go to BLUE REC and record track2 as many times as needed then go to BLUEBRVVS 04 and put the filetag of the best recording under Index A and so on up to RR8 You get an eighHrack incremental recording in the last recorded filetag 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 50 COMPANIONS TARKAN 1 Cantar full remote CantarX2 only Installed in a netbook minimum 1024 600 pixels Tarkan controls all of the Cantar s audio flow edits metadata and generates PDF amp CSV soundeports Get TAW Windows or TAM OSX on hitp www soft aaton com sweantar starting up Cantar side Turn OFF Cantar plug a straight or
135. t even need to use Titan Tools Toolset W p 47 Enable Digital Video Out Group Clip Mode CHM l Read Audio Timecode 7 D Autosync e editing with the Cantar ISO tracks Correlated to the Video TC of the images the AudioTC is used to Autosync the imported Cantar ISO tracks and the video pictures Both CN and TC d must match e editing with the camera mixdown Autosync is not applicable since the mixdown has already been linked to the images during their import E EDL generation e editing with the Cantar ISO tracks Once editing is done before triggering the Audio EDL generation the editor selects Filetags filenames as the file sorting mode e editing with the camera mixdown Once editing is done before triggering the Audio EDL gen eration the editor selects the classic TapelD or SoundRoll as the file sorting mode notel A demand to be resisted some producers ask sound recordists to enter the camera cassette IDs in the TapeRef field this is no good 1 quite often the sound recordist is warned too late of the camera cassette change over 2 with video cassettes being replaced by cards it becomes almost impossible to keep track of them 3 on a multi camera shoot there is no provision to enter double or triple camera cassette IDs into the metadata 4 like any manual operation done in a hurry it is error prone note2 The Shooting Day Rank manual entry increases the risk of human er
136. take gender list t time synced p pickup w wild track a an nounce n no good keeps the take for the next file and grays out the take in the PDF sound report false start appears in the comment line note in case of false start stay in REC press red select n in the towan list then and only then go to PPR the next take will carry the same take as the ignored one Going to PPR p 20 you could open the PREVious edit pro cess to do the same and even erase the take to save disk space but this takes more time and this is not recommended in the high pressure short time interval following a false start 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 22 REC BLUE REC Tally amp other recorders REC remote In REC the SubD 15 pin 11 is grounded by an open collec Do NOT use a coil activated device on pin 11 the flyback voltage would kill the transistor tor transistor 40mA max Use an opto coupler see drawing to avoid ground loops 82 K A pin9 Batt 1N914 B pin11 Tally SubD 15 NEC PS 2502 1 R1 82 Me 4 ii Rec Tally AATON CANTAR D SUBILS pPs2s62 1 SD 7 SERIES AutoSlate This is the most precise and simplest method ever invented to sync images and sounds p 46 In AUDIO TC 13 select the slate detection channel While in REC press shift silver within six seconds after a clapstick the most plosive event preceding shift
137. the audio files with the same TC as the one running in the video camera This requires a link from the camera to Cantar Set AUDIO TC 15 Te Source to Eat 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 before the camera so it monitors the Lemo 5 SubD 15 incoming LTC and grabs it when coher ent TC is received That is why extc 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 UC Not Detected warning appears in the rectangular screen and a phone beep is triggered every our seconds The beep is muted during jw wild track tagged takes see Warning beeps p 22 Nevertheless the external TC is grabbed if it is received before the take s end note external LTC breaks can be used to slave the REC start and stop see Record by ITC p 21 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 14 STOP SPLITTING THE SECOND Sampling Rate Camera fps Audio TC These parameters are not correlated The number of audio samples per Earth second Hertz is called the sampling rate e
138. the mix transforms the figure oFeight components to cardioid coinci dent XY stereo pair Faders T5 X and T4 W panned to center at 100 level and T6 Y at 0 you listen to the left component of the stereo pair T6 Y and T4 W at 100 and T5 DI at 0 you listen to the right component http www soundfield com soundfield technology php Mixdown with decoded M S or not The mixer faders and pan pots feed the mixdown Xa Xb tracks The inputs are routed to the six tracks an M S pair is connected to mic3 amp mic4 and routed to track5 amp track6 m s_ declared The Mand S signals are recorded as metered on the T516 modulometers and stereo decoded into the mixdown output If the editor prefers not to get stereo signals in his reference sound pan the M track to one side or the other the S track will disappear from the mix Documentary style with M S background The boom mic on M5 in its island naturally falls under the right hand The active RF mics go to M1 M2 on the front row and the peaceful RF mic goes to Ll The M S pair on M3 amp M4 routed to T5T6 is displayed on the right screen shared with the T7T8 mixdown Boom gt M5 gt T1 RF calm mic gt L T2 RFI active gt MI gt T3 RF2 active gt M2 TA Lor M mic gt M3 gt T5 R or S mic gt M4 gt T6 33 4 7642 9550 www aaton com CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 44 TUTORIAL ONBOARD MIXER 2 The boom and RF mics
139. ting timecode kept in its Sync Clock a Ippm Temperature Compensated X crystal Oscillator TCXO clock accurate to one frame in nine hours This high accuracy Sync Clock makes Cantar the TC reference on set To continuously sync equipment through cables and trans mitters or to quickly jam sync a camera a Cantar or a GMT turn ON the LTC generator in AUDIO TC 17 Ltc Gen Out Aaton GMIs are low power high accuracy timekeepers to be attached to cameras and digi slates Do not power down a master clock Being on a job on which the Free Run time ofday TC is the essence AatonCode camera Digital camera with GMT reference generator smart digi slate never power down Cantar during the workday to avoid the loss of its l ppm reference time While the internal HD is in sleep mode the total power consumption is a mere 270mA Set TECHSET 16 HD Pwr Dwn to After 5min to have the HD sleep five minutes after STOP If you still want to power down Cantar at lunch time the blinking inte icon at power up will remind you to reinitialize all other timekeeping machines on the set Method 2 int d internal Record Run driving clock Go to AUDIO TC 20 RecRunlc In 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 file Cantar will stamp a startIC incremented by two seconds later than the preceding take s endTC This clocking called Record Ru
140. uilibrium between linked channels the same limiter command is applied to ganged preamps p 16 Inversion Press shift lim inv 1 to invert the mic s phase A triangle appears below the mic number on the middle circular screen High pass filters and line attenuators Click the fil tom 2 button of a mic to open the filter selec tion screen another click on any fil tom button closes it In between these two clicks you can jog through the filter selection screen Continuously leaving the finger on the fil tom button simulates both clicks when you remove it the filter screen closes itself Displayed in the rectangular screen three banks offer corner frequencies slopes from O6OHz 6dB to 180Hz 12dB and LFA see p 58 To avoid mic preamp saturation by very low frequencies always insert a high pass filter when mics such as an MKH8050 Shoeps CMIT 5U or Neumann KMR 81 are installed on a moving boom An efficient wind jammer is paramount eMic Level default for all mic inputs eHigh Level an 8dBu command offset puts the fader knobs in the same angular position as when a standard sensitivity mic is used eLine Level a 24dBu attenuator converts mic to line inputs available on SLI preamplifier Cantars from 268 Differential delays CantarX2 Sound speed 0 3m ms or signal processing lag up to 3 8 ms in some wireless kits generate phasing between mics placed around a single source Close sounds contribut
141. ute in PLAY Up to twenty stored setups Take gender resets to t after scene ID change MS jog pan direction identical to others 250MB auto jump keeps eight track polys under 2GB Wrong playLTC after pause fixed Cantarem accidentally dis arming T718 fixed Operands accessible from Tarkan Tarkan s Virtual Cantarem gets access to Cantar s gain controls v2 28 Aug 2009 Absolute TC shift eye displayed in PLAY back to elapsed upon exit Cantarem mixes T1 T7 to Xb T8 or T1 T8 to Fb Line out amp Phones ALE incremental Index replaced by SqScTk first AutoSlate it will be sent to your email address Cantar software is accessible to registered owners only beta versions are not fo be used for commercial assignments Cantar Users Group Exchange tips with other cantarists http ulysse aaton com cgi bin mailman listinlo cantar users Pictures on the road Send us your Cantar at work pictures we will put the best ones on the gallery http www aaton com gallery Post Production helper Spread the CantarPostChain tutorial around htto www aaton com documentation e Play amp Rec Ethernet Differential analog delays TrackAutoSlate and Wordclock sync require X2 hardware TC stored in MarkIn column Fudge in AUDIO TC 14 adds 60ms to the file s TC BattAlert extended to 15V for Lilon batt Improved SATA disk manager No more freeze when playing Majax cantarized forei
142. w second world a JA 1B or 1C stamping method must be selected p 15 17 Ltc Gen Out Off On In PLAY LTC out carries TC fps of the played files not the project s one It can drive a chasing VTR while Play amp Rec is used for Remi and ADR type2 18 LtcUbit Out SndDate BCD Manual HEX TapeRef HEX TapeRef ASC 4 1 Sound Date displayed as DD MM YY 00 2 Manually entered userbits in Audio TC 19 3 Copy of the PPR s keyed TapeRef Reminder you must AUDIO TC 18 only key Hex characters in the i TapeRef e g E89A displayed as LECUDTE OUt 1 00 00 8 9A on standard ITC TapeRef HEX readers and smartslates 4 Copy of the PPR s ASCII characters keyed in TapeRef 0 9 AZ e g XR89 Waning these characters can only be dis played on special readers not on current smartslates 33 4 7642 9550 Www adton com Cantar X p 32 19 Manual Ubit Operator s keyed user bits in HEX characters only i e O to 9 and A to F 20 RecRun Init 01hOOm00s The Record Run clock jumps one hour at each rectangular screen bottom line opening Re Record Run is activated for the full session until another TC Source is selected in this case the clock goes back to its default Free Run mode 21 Opert Init 01hOOm00s The Operator entered TC becomes the next recording session reference Otc is displayed It is disabled as soon as a Free Run TC from an external source jams the internal clock 22 AESI 6 out
143. with lt I gt signs showing in which direction you should rotate the fader to avoid any sud den level change when reactivating its balancing power p 17 Line links The links are selected and armed in AUDIO TC 11 Line Links p 31 For Surround sound d AUDIO TC 11 Line links 1 gt 2 3 recording with a Soundfie ST350 use the linel fader as the master of the two other line g inputs set Une Links to 1 gt 2 3 one Xo dB 14141141 22 Slaved line faders I have no balancing activity they get their gain value from the master MI The T1 16 Mixer The mixer s pan pot and fader controlled outputs are called Xa left and Xb right Pan pots Each recorded ISO track can be sent to Xa or Xb or both Push the SoloMidPan to PAN battery side press the Drock solo button and jog the pan marker toward the left or right side of the circular screen p 7 The value in dBFS of what is left to the other side is displayed on the rectangular screen When a track pair is declared ms its pan markers go to the middle the M amp S signals are recorded as they are but they are L R decoded into the mixdown and the phones For the line out foldback and digi out see M S monitoring p 18 Faders The pan pots being set each ISO track s contribution to the mix is adjusted with the faders The maximum gain can be either OdBu or OdBu see AUDIO TC 07 MixGain Max p 31
144. y GMT u delivered Fischer4 cable Gnd blue DC och white Powerin red Lemo5 l Gnd 2C in 3 ASCII in out ATC out adj level 5 4TC out TTL level Fischer 4 GMT u only 1 lt Gnd 2 White button ZC ot adj 4 Power in Fischer d plug ref S102A053130 p 56 COMPANIONS MAJAX amp INDAVV PASS Majax A free Aaton application devoted to the treatment of Cantar files Works under Mac OS and Windows XP htto www aaton com documentation OD OO NSS l eelef CEET UT Plays ten tracks edits metadata converts WAV to BWF e Through the laptop builtin audio card Majax plays ten tracks with 12dBu level and pan adjustments e Decodes M S to L R e Edits scene take take gender tracknames DayStamp audio reference and recordist s comments within the Broad cast Wave metadata iXML fields e Starts Play from AutoSlate marks and user s tabs e Mixes eight monophonic tracks into two rotates then inter leaves them into polyphonic files e Converts any WAV file into a Cantar Play amp Rec compat ible BWF file see p 25 e Corrects Cantar audio files which have been aborted by a power interruption Generates frame accurate Sound Reports Gathering the iXML metadata generated by Cantar and ed ited by the Operator Majax builds a Sound Report saved in PDF format to be mailed to the Post Production team It also builds an ALE Avid Log Exchange file which when im ported before the audio files brings the metadata
145. y a quick positioning aid User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 p 53 COMPANIONS COMPACT FLASH CADDY CF caddy ref 20 120 70 V1 black faceplate for CF type only 3 3mm opening white faceplate for CF type amp type2 5mm opening CF caddy ref 20 120 70 V2 with retaining screw white faceplate for CF type amp type2 5mm opening Faster than DVD RAM disks CF cards help you get your backup at wrap even more so if you activate the Idle Bckp mode at the beginning of the session Select 30MB s Sandisk Transcend or Lexar cards 64GB max Cantar firmware v2 44 or newer must be installed CF caddy installation Extract the DVD caddy if any remove retaining screw AN see p 5 introduce a ballpoint pen into hole B and push the caddy toward the front opening where you can grab it Introduce the CF caddy and if V2 tighten the retaining screw note V1 is held in place by spring tension only CF card handling Don t un plug a CF card while the caddy s LED is ONT To extract the card grab it by its sides with your thumb and index as levers taking support on the caddy faceplate Useful tip once a CF has been duplicated and reformatted i e available for backup again stick a Ready to Record tape stamp over its connector To insert it into the caddy the tape must be pulled off the card becomes exposed and should not be used in any other device on set FAT 32 formatting FAT32 the MS ubiquitous
146. y initialization is done through GMT low power LTC generator Momentarily initialized from an ASCII masterclock or any LTC source whatever its framerate and attached to a camera its internally adjustable level LTC out is sent to the A3 audio track This bonds the VideoTC of the camera to the free run AudioTC also running in Cantar and other cameras on the set During image import the NLE extracts this AudioTC to Autosync images and audio p 46 Emergency master clock Tum ON GMT press the white button The date generated by a brand new GMT to initialize the clock from hour O1 33 4 7642 9550 www aadton com Remote roll GMT u only e Whatever the initialization mode pressing the GMT u white button for more than three seconds makes the LTC output freeze on the last TC value the four frame rate LEDs blink A short push on the white button unfreezes the LTC Sent by wire or radio this signal stops and starts the Cantar recording p 21 Technical Specifications e 150 or e 63x123x26mm e OV battery 150 hours working e Z to 18 VDC ext supply e OmA consumption e 1 ppm clock TCout 20 to 60dBu amp TTL CantarX User Manual v2 44 r15 2013 March 28 the Lemo5 socket GMs delivered lemo5 cable Gnd blue Doc white LTC TTL red Permanent ITC generation to a video camera should preferably go through the Escher which lets the camera 12V be used instead of the internal 9V batter

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