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1. 28 10 POr 16 3 Mark GoTo 10 3 Preroll S as 16 5 5 16 8 Printer 30 25 Mich nosque ciet one 22 3 Projects seen nenne 4 INDEX Index iv 22 2 Publish to AudioBase W ave Export 17 10 5 7 0 A 13 3 E 26 2 R e out esas coto 4 10 6 4 Modes uice sero pone NTC SS 4 10 RangeMenu 4 10 SUD ae 20 3 N O 5 2 Razor seen 6 10 A a Ld 24 2 Rear Panel Connections 28 3 RecOut ADR 16 3 Record ADR 16 2 Record GPI 16 5 Recording 5 6 Reds nah ie Dub Studia 6 5 Reiten ct votes x 18 3 Rehearse 16 2 Removable edia 28 10 Renaming a Project 7 2 Renum Mark 11 3 E AA 19 2 RESE 6 7 Runninga Macro 23 3 S Ss D un as 8 3 SampleRate 5 2 Seen asa 14 3 14 5 tetas ue nee 24 2 SCSI Devices 28 6 AE AN dete 22 3 EN p ELS 7 3 Seed Names 7 3 Select range of tracks 4 5 Select asingletrack 4 5 Semitones 14 4 Set sois 12 2 Si Leid 12 2
2. 21 2 Shadow 9 3 Sli 13 3 Shuttle 4 8 Simple GPI 16 4 Slip Soft Key Function 6 14 Soft Key Functions 6 7 6 14 DOID u Seen 8 2 Sony 9 pin Cable 28 5 INDEX Sony_ID 26 5 Split CUD et 6 7 Split Range 6 9 Stereo amp 42 4 4 Stereo MixMode 12 4 SETBECIT A A eo EDS be 14 2 Subframes 4 6 few e C 9 2 A o ote Stop nts 5 3 Sync 6 14 System Files 26 2 System 26 5 T Lora 6 4 Cim 4 3 rn bs 5 7 5 4 TERP cendi s edo 26 2 TOTO Sr 15 2 Time Mark 11 2 Time Compression Expansion 14 2 4 6 TRACK asar 7 3 BE ACR PR EA 9 2 Track Display 4 2 Track Leve 12 5 Track Selection 4 5 Transport Controls 4 7 THINS aan 6 13 Soft Key Function 6 14 TRIM 12 3 Tim A eus ete eus 12 3 Two handed edit 6 2 6 6 6 8 6 13 6 15 PYPE coe s Dues 5 5 U UndoandRedo 6 5 Upgrading System Software 26 13 Vasen 14 2 VGA 28 5 MM a 5 3 WO a 14 3 W
3. 5 3 Project Menu 32 Selecting A Sync 5 3 Input S Or H Syl Giu EEE 5 3 NAVIGATING THE PROJECT MENU 3 4 Project Frame Rate as 5 Opening and Closing a Domain or Device 3 4 Creating a New 3 4 PATCHING INPUTS TO TRACKS 5 4 Closing a Praject cons enc er en 3 5 Patch Menus cataratas I 5 4 Opening an Existing Project 3 5 Patching A Single Mono Track 5 4 Patching A Stereo Track 5 4 FOLDERS AA cds 35 Patching A Mono 5 5 Creating a New Folder so 3 5 Selecting Input 5 5 Copying Files Or 0 3 5 Selecting Input 5 5 Moving Files or Folders o 3 6 Renaming Projects and Folders 3 6 ARMING TRACKS 5 5 Deleting Projects or Folders 3 6 Armonthe essen 5 6 Metering Input 5 6 Chapter 4 Tracks amp Transport RECORDING emos Ref perra 5 6 Recording 5 6 INTRODUCTION 2 ec00 4 2 ARMOR eda e 5 7 Auto Extend antes rasen 5 7 DISPLAYING 5 4 2 Punch In Punch 5 7 ec esed ee 4 3 Automatic Drop in 5 8 Mono Stereo
4. EXDO 17 9 WaveFiles 17 4 awe pud 5 3 WideBased Disk Drives 28 7 WIEN os AA 4 7 X RE nho dos ess i es 6 19 Index v XP Olbia ns ca bur te Eus 6 19 Z ZOOM AN A 4 6 Z00M FatoBs e eus 4 6 INDEX Index vi INDEX
5. 20 6 Chapter 21 Machine Control INTRODUCTION 21 2 M1 AND M2 5 21 2 Lace Unlace ico er ec 21 2 Lace Time ies deeds aes 21 3 Bee De 21 3 Arm Ik 1 45 en ne ra 21 3 nee 21 3 heed aes 21 3 LTC Synchronization 21 4 EDITING WITH MACHINE CONTROL 21 4 THE OFFSET MENU 21 5 Chapter 22 AudioBase INTRODUCTION rs ob tees 22 2 CREATING A DATABASE 22 2 SEARCHING FOR SOUNDS 22 3 Additional Search Conditions 22 4 Searching the Current Project 22 5 PLACING SOUNDS IN A PROJECT 22 6 MAINTAINING A DATABASE 22 7 Deleting Records 22 7 GUIDE TO AUDIOBASE2 22 8 Alphabetic 5 22 8 NO EXPO ii 22 8 The Line Fields 34 22 8 PUBLISHING WITH TEXT FILES 22 9 How AudioBase Recognises Text 22 10 Whe File sche s tute een 22 10 en E 22 10 Commands Using Text Files 22 10 Using Text 22 11 Editing the 22 13 Chapter 23 Macros INTRODUCTION 23 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS DEFINING LEARNING A MACRO 23 2 NAMING A 23 3 RUNNING A MACRO 23 3 ERASING A 23 3 MACRO FILES 52556
6. D out 1 2 D out 3 4 D out 5 6 D out 7 8 D out 9 10 D out 11 12 D out 13 14 D out 15 16 D out 17 18 D out 19 20 D out 21 22 D out 23 24 D out 25 26 D out 27 28 D out 29 30 D out 31 32 AUDIO I O CONFIGURATION 30 13 32 Analog Inputs 32 Analog Outputs 3 QDC Cards A Out 1 A Out 2 A Out 3 A Out 4 A Out 5 A Out 6 A Out 7 A Out 8 A Out 9 A Out 10 A Out 11 A Out 12 A Out 13 A Out 14 A Out 15 A Out 16 A out 17 A out 18 A out 19 A out 20 A out 21 A out 22 A out 23 A out 24 Digital Inputs QDC Con Digital Outputs QDC Con SPECIFICATIONS 30 14 32 Analog Inputs 32 Analog Outputs continued A out 25 A out 26 A out 27 A out 28 A out 29 A out 30 A out 31 A out 32 Digital Inputs Con AUDIO I O CONFIGURATION tal I Os igi 32 Analog Inputs 32 Analog Outputs 32 D 3 QDC Cards 30 15 A Out 1 A Out 2 A Out 3 A Out 4 A Out 5 A Out 6 A Out 7 A Out 8 A Out 9 A Out 10 A Out 11 A Out 12 A Out 13 A Out 14 A Out 15 A Out 16 A out 17 A out 18 A out 19 A out 20 A out 21 A out 22 A out 23 A out 24 D in 1 2 D in 3 4 D in 5 6 D in 7 8 D in 9 10 D in 11 12 D in 13 14 D in 15 16 D in 17 18 D in19 20 D in 21 22 D in 23 24 D in 25 26 D in 27 28 D in 29 30
7. and COPY to be achieved as a one handed or two hand ed edit To perform a one handed edit hit the edit target key Range Clip Head or Tail to COPY or CUT then hit enter to paste To perform atwo handed edit hold down the edit target key Range Clip Head or Tail to COPY or CUT then release it to paste as described the steps above CUT AND Copy EDIT MODES 6 7 Cut Edit Targets The result of a CUT edit is determined by the target key pressed T he following ex amples illustrate how Cut works using a single clip with one handed editing Range Clip T he entire clip is removed from the track and placed on the clipboard W hen Enter is pressed the clip isplaced on the cur rently selected track Head T he section of the clip from the head to the cursor is cut and placed on the clipboard W hen Enter is pressed the clip is pasted with the cursor positioned at the cut point Tail CUT TAIL functions in the same manner as CUT HEAD except that it works from the cursor to thetail T he section of the clip from the cursor to the tail is cut and placed on the clipboard W hen Enter is pressed the clip is pasted with the cursor positioned at the cut point CUT TAIL can be used to shorten a clip by pasting thetail over theoriginal closer to the head If all you wish to do is removethetail permanently don t paste the waveform Copy Edit Targets The result of a edit is determined by the target key pressed In Cop
8. e 23 4 DISPLAYING MACROS 23 4 Chapter 24 Drive Formatting 24 2 FORMATTING A DRIVE 24 2 FORMATTING OPTICAL DISKS 24 2 MAKING A NEW SYSTEM DISK 24 3 BOOTING FROM EXTERNAL DISK DRIVES 24 3 Chapter 25 Printing INTRODUCTION cue rmm 25 2 SETTING PRINTER CHARACTERISTICS 25 3 Printer 25 3 Printer a ra 25 4 Chapter 26 System Files INTRODUCTION 26 2 WORKING WITH SYSTEM CONFIGURA TION FILES s vs Rs are 26 2 Editing a Configuration File 26 2 Saving Changes to a File 26 2 NETWORK SETUP FILE 26 2 THE MDR CONFIGURATION FILE 26 3 TAESONN IDFILR vu d iu 26 5 THE SYSTEM 26 5 Print Options ies cet a a 26 5 File Display Sorting 26 5 Library File List 26 6 Waveform List 26 6 Meter Settings occ idas aya 26 6 Crossfade from 2 26 6 Fade Def on Butted ClipS 26 6 Distinguish Crossfades 26 6 Auto Update DL File 26 6 Wave Menu Audio Format 26 6 Automatic Extension 26 7 SUPER Tnm 26 7 OS9 COMMANDS 26 8 UPGRADING SYSTEM SOFTWARE 26 13 BLUE KEY FUN
9. A Out 4 A Out 5 A Out 6 A Out 7 A Out 8 A Out 9 A Out 10 A Out 11 A Out 12 A Out 13 A Out 14 A Out 15 A Out 16 A out 17 A out 18 A out 19 A out 20 A out 21 A out 22 A out 23 A out 24 Digital Inputs Con D in 1 2 D in 3 4 D in 5 6 D in 7 8 D in 9 10 D in 11 12 D in 13 14 D in 15 16 D in 17 18 D in19 20 D in 21 22 D in 23 24 D in 25 26 D in 27 28 D in 29 30 D in 31 32 D in 33 34 D in 35 36 D in 37 38 D in 39 40 D in 41 42 D in 43 44 D in 45 46 D in 47 48 D out 1 2 D out 3 4 D out 5 6 D out 7 8 D out 9 10 D out 11 12 D out 13 14 D out 15 16 D out 17 18 D out 19 20 D out 21 22 D out 23 24 D out 25 26 D out 27 28 D out 29 30 D out 31 32 D out 33 34 D out 35 36 D out 37 38 D out 39 40 D out 41 42 D out 43 44 D out 45 46 D out 47 48 SPECIFICATIONS 30 22 inued tal 1 0 cont igi 48 Analog 1 0 48D A out 25 A out 26 A out 27 A out 28 A out 29 A out 30 A out 31 A out 32 A out 33 A out 34 A out 35 A out 36 A out 37 A out 38 A out 39 A out 40 A out 41 A out 42 A out 43 A out 44 A out 45 A out 46 A out 47 A out 48 AUDIO I O CONFIGURATION 30 23 WIRING AND CONNECTION DETAILS T hefollowing information contains all the wiring details to allow users to c
10. D in 31 32 D out 1 2 D out 3 4 D out 5 6 D out 7 8 D out 9 10 D out 11 12 D out 13 14 D out 15 16 D out 17 18 D out 19 20 D out 21 22 D out 23 24 D out 25 26 D out 27 28 D out 29 30 D out 31 32 SPECIFICATIONS 30 16 inued tal 1 0 s cont igi 32 Analog 1 0 32D A out 25 A out 26 A out 27 A out 28 A out 29 A out 30 A out 31 A out 32 AUDIO I O CONFIGURATION 30 17 tal 1 05 2 QDC Cards igi 48 D D in 1 2 D in 3 4 D in 5 6 D in 7 8 D in 9 10 D in 11 12 D in 13 14 D in 15 16 D in 17 18 D in19 20 D in 21 22 D in 23 24 D in 25 26 D in 27 28 D in 29 30 D in 31 32 D in 33 34 D in 35 36 D in 37 38 D in 39 40 D in 41 42 D in 43 44 D in 45 46 D in 47 48 D out 1 2 D out 3 4 D out 5 6 D out 7 8 D out 9 10 D out 11 12 D out 13 14 D out 15 16 D out 17 18 D out 19 20 D out 21 22 D out 23 24 D out 25 26 D out 27 28 D out 29 30 D out 31 32 D out 33 34 D out 35 36 D out 37 38 D out 39 40 D out 41 42 D out 43 44 D out 45 46 D out 47 48 SPECIFICATIONS 30 18 tal 1 Os 2 QDC Cards igi 16 Analog Inputs 48 D 1 Ain2 Ain 3 Ain4 Ain5 A in 6 A in 7 A in 8 A in 9 A in 10 Ain 11 A in 12 A in13 in 14 Ain 15 16 Analog Inputs QDC Con
11. name password Options n Operate in non interactive mode super user only MAKDIR Function Create a directory Syntax makdir lt opts gt dir name lt opts gt Options x create directory in execution directory 7 get list of dir names from standard input z lt file gt get list of dir names from lt file gt MOVE Function M ove D ata from one Folder to another SyntaX MOVE pathlist source lt pathlist destination PD Function Display current directory Syntax pd RENAME Function Rename file or directory Syntax rename lt opts gt path name lt opts gt Options x path starts from execution dir SCSIDM Function T est Sectors on a disk Syntax SCSIDM SCXO T histest can take up to 45 minutes depending on the size and content of the drive T hetime resting and percentage are displayed once the command is executed 059 COMMANDS 26 13 SETIME Function Set system date and time SyntaX setime opt yy mm dd hh mm ss am pm O ptions d don t display time s setime for battery backed up clocks TCOPY Function Copy an entire folder SyntaX TCOPY Name of the Source folder Name of the des tination folder gt UPGRADE Function Utility to Install an M FX release from File or T ape Version 1 15 Syntax upgrade lt options gt Options f file Absolute Pathlist to MFX3 Software Image d lt device gt Search Root of lt device g
12. 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 17 16 15 14 13 T2 11 10 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 Analog Outputs QDC Con D in 1 2 D in 3 4 D in 5 6 D in 7 8 D in 9 10 D in 11 12 D in 13 14 D in 15 16 D in 17 18 D in19 20 D in 21 22 D in 23 24 D in 25 26 D in 27 28 D in 29 30 D in 31 32 D in 33 34 D in 35 36 D in 37 38 D in 39 40 D in 41 42 D in 43 44 D in 45 46 D in 47 48 Digital Inputs QDC 1 Con 17 16 15 14 17 16 15 14 33 32 31 30 25 24 23 22 33 32 31 30 25 24 23 22 25 24 23 22 25 24 23 22 50 49 48 47 42 41 40 39 50 49 48 47 42 41 40 39 42 41 40 39 42 41 40 39 D out 1 2 D out 3 4 D out 5 6 D out 7 8 D out 9 10 D out 11 12 D out 13 14 D out 15 16 D out 17 18 D out 19 20 D out 21 22 D out 23 24 D out 25 26 D out 27 28 D out 29 30 D out 31 32 D out 33 34 D out 35 36 D out 37 38 D out 39 40 D out 41 42 D out 43 44 D out 45 46 D out 47 48 Digital Outputs QDC Con 4 1 2 13 12 11 10 1 2 5 4 3 2 2 2 13 12 11 10 2 2 5 4 3 2 2 3 5 4 3
13. After recording and editing has taken place within a Project unwanted audio clips can start to take up valuable disk drive space U nwanted audio can be audio that has been erased from dips audio that has been trimmed from clips audio that is covered over by another clip T he Space M enu is used to remove and delete unwanted audio clips from the Project H old the BLUE key and press the Space key to access the SPACE menu Space Key Figure 39 Space Key Dispose DISPOSE removes waveforms that have no clipsin the Project If any part of a waveform is used by a clip the waveform will not be affected W ave forms will haveno clipsif they have all been erased or if the UNDO key was pressed after a recording If DISPOSE isused immediately after a recording has been undone the next recording will usethis free space NOTE After DISPOSE you will not be able to recover the waveform with the Rw Re cover W aveform command See later in this chapter Step 1 H old down the BLUE key and press the Space key Step 3 Press the DISPOSE soft key Step 3 Press the Enter key Commit COMMIT removes sections of waveformsthat are not heard and clipsthat are buried Only clips under the cursor or highlighted in a Range on selected tracks are com mitted MANAGING DISK SPACE 18 5 Pack U nderlying clips except for sections used in crossfades are removed A waveform may be broken up into smaller waveforms if sec
14. Beat marks are placed at the beginnings of all bars starting from the current timecode and are named barl bar2 etc T hey can all be deleted by typing DBM lt RETURN gt delete beat marks 12 W henever M ark is selected on a soft M enu or the Edit M arks M enu is entered the M arks display is shown on the video screen You can also display it at other times by typing BLUE 9 Or lt esc gt M When the transport is in motion the marks display automatically scrolls to show the last mark reached 13 M arks are not the best way to create edit points on thefly if theedit isto be done immediately T he best way isto usethe From and To keys see Edit ing 14 M arks 0 Project head and 999 Project tail cannot be deleted EDITING MARKS 12 1 NOTES 12 2 Chapter 12 Level INTRODUCTION The LeveL M enu allows clips to be amplified and attenuated by up to 99dB The gain changes are performed by the system in real time as the audio is output from the machine Applying a level to a clip does not affect the waveform on disk T he level function can operateon multipletracks on clipsthat lie beneath thecursor and also within Range T he gain shown for a clip is relative to the original waveform Level Key Figure 25 Level Key Applying a Level Change Step 1 Press the Level key Step 2 Locatethe cursor over the clip s or definea Rangethat whol ly containsthedips T helevel of aclip isshown in the edit dis pla
15. RESTORE T hisopensaBU file and usesit to mark the files for restoring COPY Copies all the marked files from their current locations to the destination MOVE M oves all the marked files from their current locations to the destination EJECT Ejects removeable media such as exabyte tape Backups performed as a background task T his enables the Satellite to continue working asnormal with the backup process being suspended when theopen Project needs to play or record W hen backing up or restoring to and from tape drives files cannot be added to the end of existing tapes Backing up to atape will always erasethe previous contents of the tape INTRODUCTION 19 3 BACKING UP T hefollowing procedure is run from the Backup M enu Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Pressthe BACKUP soft key Select the destination deviceand folder It is possibleto create a folder using the New FOLDER soft key Press Enter TypetheBackup BU filename when prompted T he default for this name isthe current date and time Press Enter U se the jogger wheel and the marx soft key to select the files for backup Pressthe START BACKUP Soft key A window will appear prompting Do you wish to verify your backup If Y Yes is selected the backup files will be verified against the original files T his will take longer but will ensure that valuable files are safely stored Projects can be unmar
16. Searching the Current Project AudioBase can be switched to search the currently open Project instead of the clip database It does not matter whether it has been published or not To enter Project mode hold down the Shift key on the keyboard and press the SEARCH Soft key Oncein Project mode AudioBase will stay there until you repeat Shift SEARCH soft key The AudioBase M enu and the Search submenu change to show the new status W hilein Project mode none of the editable fields are shown T his is because the screen is displaying clipsin the Project and they contain none of the Category De scription or U ser Fields For the samereason it isnot possibleto enter the Edit Sub menu whilein Project mode At the end of the Found Records list you will find a list of M aster Recordings that are not being accessed by any clips T his can happen for example when you erase adip but do not dispose of the M aster Recording see Space M enu for details of disposing 22 6 PLACING SOUNDS IN A PROJECT Beforeusing AudioBaseto import a clip park thetransport at the sync point in your Project T his can be done with a 9 pin machine online Matching Clips List Figure 44 Placing Clips Step 1 After searching the database a list of matching clips is dis played Ensure the transport is in STOP then usethe jogger wheel or and keysto highlight the clip you want Step 2 Pressthe AUDITION soft key T hiswill play the
17. erwisethe ethernet connection can be made via a hub or other network infrastruc ture The maximum length for the ethernet cable is 90 metres Sony 9 pin Cable ENGINE INSTALLATION 9 pin cable connects the Engine to a Sony 9 pin protocol machine T he recom mended maximum length for this cable is 30 meters T he Engineis supplied with a 5 meter cable Again it is recommended that the power be switched off at one end when connecting to protect the drivers 28 6 VGA Cable T he video cable connects the VGA output from the Engine to the attached M oni tor It isa 15 way shielded RGB and sync 75 O hm cable with high density D type connectors at each end A maximum length of 20 meters is typical The Fairlight Engineissupplied with a 10 meter cable which has been found to besuitablefor the majority of monitors Analogue Audio Cable Standard shielded pair audio cable is suitable Digital Audio Cables D igital audio cables connected to the Engine system must be 110 O hm shielded pair digital audio cable CONNECTING THE VARIOUS SYSTEM COMPONENTS ncecabling issues have been dealt with the various system connections need to be made 1 Connect an IEC power lead to the back of the Engine 2 Connectthe 15 way D connector of the video cableto the VGA 1 connector on the system I O panel on the rear of the Engine 3 Connect the console controller cable to the connector on the system I O panel located on the rear of the Eng
18. u unformatted listing x directory is execution dir z get list of dir names from standard input z path getlist of dir names from path DISKINIT Function Initialise a disk drive Syntax diskinit device lt size gt device device name size total sectors D D dec or hex O ptions a number of allocated sectors b Search for bad blocks before initialization That might take few hours on larger disks c sectors cluster default 1 d min sectors in root dir f initializes partition as FAT32 Only options b e and n from the above list can be used with f ff As f above but format fixed disks as if they were removable media i device is image file m max sectors in bit map n volume name default Blank p partition start sector dec or hex q quiet do not prompt user r do not read device s do not display parameters v logical block size in bytes x do not use old DD parameters z read DD TOT from scsi drive w initializes partition as FLFS 24 Gb Only options n q s from the above list can be used with w ED Function Edit a file U Sage ED opts filename options 059 COMMANDS 26 11 SYSTEM FILES t disable TABS h enable hex math d enable tvt debug output ERRM ESG Function Translate error message USag amp errmesg options errorcode lt errorcode gt options errmes
19. By default the first two are activated and you can change their names from USER 1 and USER 2 to anything you like T o edit their names use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the correct place use the BACK or DEL key to remove characters and usethe alphanumeric keyboard to insert characters You can also determinehow many characters will beshown on the screen theactual fields can take up to 24 characters Thelines listing USER 3 and USER 4 have asterisks in front which deactivate the fields Removing these will activate them but not put them on the screen T here is also an area for the titles of these user fields which you may edit T he last section contains the screen layout Each line lists the fields that will be dis played A field beginning with F isfrom thefirst section whileone beginning with U isa user field You may change what is displayed on each line but please remem ber that only 80 characters will fit on to the screen If you ask for more the extra ones will simply not appear savethefileand return to work press the BLUE key and then 2 on the keyboard or Esc Z 22 14 PUBLISHING WITH TEXT FILES 23 1 NOTES 23 2 Chapter 23 Macros INTRODUCTION M acros are used to replay sequences of key strokes on the console M acros can record any keys but not the jogger wheel M acros can be used to automate often repeated command sequences for common studio tasks A total of 27 M acroscan be reco
20. Clip Info 00 00 45 00 Figure 3 Monitor Graphical Display Shell Command Prompt T his is the command line interface for typing system commands from the PC board Project Information T he Project Information D isplay showsthe name of the current project the frame rate and sample rate Track Display T he track display shows the 24 hour timeline on which audio clips can be placed T he amount of time displayed can be adjusted by pressing the Zoom key and turn ing the og wheel T he number of tracks visible can be selected using the blue track view keys to the right of the Binnacle Status Line The Status Line displays messages and prompts associated with current edit mode or menu selected Clip Information In normal play mode clip information is displayed including layer name location and source of the clips In arm mode this area of the display contains input track level meters 2 6 STARTING THE SYSTEM Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Power on theQ DC Engine first pressthe switch on the rear of the Engineto the right a red light will appear N ext press and hold the button on thefront of the Enginefor 5 seconds a beep will be heard and the system will start to power on Sat ellite Console and video monitor Comprehensive startup di agnostics are displayed on the video monitor Power on the C onsoleby pressing theswitch on the rear of the unit downwards T he bottom left Blue key will
21. FADE DEF OM BUTTED CLIPS DISTINGUISH CROSSFADES AUTO UPDATE DL FILE WAVE MENU SAMPLE SIZE AUTOMATIC EXTENSION SUPER TRIM Figure 48 System Page Print O ptions M any of the fields on the S Page concern the operation of the printing software T hese are described fully in Setting Printer Characteristics on page 25 3 File Display Sorting Allows you to choose the order in which files are displayed on the F Page T his may be done by the last Edit D ate the File Creation date or alphabetically T he right hand field determines the direction of the sort SYSTEM FILES 26 6 Library File List Filter A list of the current library files i e Projects from which the current Project is bor rowing clips can be displayed by typing BLUE L T helist can be filtered to show only libraries that are offline which meansthey cannot be found on the network connected to this machine and therefore cannot be opened T his filtered list is use ful because you can see immediately which files must be restored to the system be forethe borrowed clips in the Project will play properly Waveform List Filter A list of all M aster Recordings W aveforms used by the current Project can be dis played by typing BLUE w T helist can be filtered to show only waveforms which have no clips referencing them choose N OT USED with the mouse Meter Settings TheM eter Calibration Law sets different curves for the channel meters T here are two
22. TheN ameM enu allows you to renameProjects tracks and clips and to setup seed names using the alphanumeric keys W hen a namefunction is selected the original name appears in the upper console display You can then usethe BACKSPACE key to edit the original name Name Key Figure 19 Name Key Step 1 Press the NAME key Step 2 Select the required name function by pressing a soft key Step 3 Edit the name in the upper console display with the PC key board d Step 4 Press Enter RENAMING A PROJECT To rename a Project whilst it is open select the PROJECT soft key in the N ame M enu then enter the new name NAMING TRACKS T hetrack names of a Project can be changed to help organise Projects Select the required track and pressthe TRACK soft key in the N ame M enu Enter the new name NAMING CLIPS All clipsin aProject can begiven an individual name A clip can be copied and given adifferent nameto theoriginal D ifferent clips also be given the same name name a clip locate the transport so the cursor lies over the clip selecting the appro INTRODUCTION 7 3 NAME priate track if necessary then pressthe soft key in the N ame M enu Enter the new name on the PC keyboard SEED NAMES Seed names are given to all new recordings in a Project You will noticethat record ings are given an incremental number for each new clip Seed names allow you to enter a name that will be given to each new recordi
23. W hen the Enter key is pressed or when the target key is released whilst in the EDIT mode the contents of the clipboard are pasted on to the currently selected tracks Clips can be pasted multiple times by pressing the Enter key repeatedly If other dips are cut or copied to the clipboard the previous contents of the clipboard are lost regardless of whether they were used or not A Ghost isa representation of the clipboard stop layer A ghost is shown as a float ing white image at the cursor position T he ghost display is automatically removed after pasting or when a new M ode 15 selected Whenever the Copy or ERASE modes are current the Ghost soft key can be used to toggle the ghost clip display on or off Using Cut or Copy Follow these steps to perform a CUT or Copy edit Step 1 Press either the Cut or Copy key to select the edit mode Step 2 Select the desired track s If only onetrack isto be edited double press its track key to ensure no other tracks are selected Step 3 Locate the transport so the cursor lies over the desired edit point Clips that will be edited are highlighted in red Step 4 H old down the required edit target key Range Clip Head or Tail on the left hand side of the Binnacle Step 5 Locate the transport so the cursor lies over the destination edit point Select an alternative destination track if desired Step 6 Let go of the edit target key to pastethe clip s Binnacle editing allows
24. key T his is already selected when the machine is powered up Close any previously opened Project Select thedomain deviceand folder where you would likethe new Project to be created Press the NEw soft key on the console T ype the name you wish to give the new Project T he name appears in the console s LCD display as you type Press the Enter key T hetop section of the video screen display shows information about the currently open Project Project N ame of current Project NAVIGATING THE PROJECT M ENU 3 5 Frame Rate T he frame rate currently set for the Project Sample Rate sample rate currently set for the Project Date and Current date and time Time Closing a Project Step 1 Press the Proj key on the console Step 2 Press the CLOSE soft key O pening an Existing Project Step 1 Press the Proj key on the console Step 2 Highlight the desired Project Step 3 Pressthe Enter key O pening a Project will close any currently open Project FOLDERS Folders are a useful way to group Projects together Folders can also be created with in other folders Creating a New Folder Step 1 Press the Proj Key Step 2 Press the NExT soft key Step 3 Select the domain deviceand folder where you would likethe new folder to be created Step 4 Pressthe NEW FOLDER Soft key Step 5 Typethe name you wish to givethe folder NOTE appears the console s LCD display as you type Step 6
25. movethe cursor to the desired location and start typing T ext is always inserted never overwritten To removetext usethe DEL or BACKSPACE key T ype ESC to view the command options Saving Changes to a File W hen you havethefile exactly the way you want type ESC zv T his will closethe file and save your changes If you want to abandon editing without saving changes type ESC ov To return to the Disk Recorder program type sar RETURN NETWORK SETUP FILE W hen starting up theQ D C engineautomatically loadsthe latest version of console software on to the console via T CP IP over the ethernet cable For thisto occur the addresses must be setup correctly on both the Q D C Engineand theSatellitecon sole To enable communication the subnet mask must bethe same on both console and engine T he console and engine IP address must be within the same subnet range T heSatellite console bootup menu providesa config softkey menu for specifying thelP addresses of both the console and the engine and thesubnet mask Commu nication may be tested by using the P ING softkey W hen pressed the button will go amber if communications are established the button will return to it s green state if not it will go red briefly INTRODUCTION 26 3 T o configure the networking setup on the engine quit to the hash prompt and type setup Under the Web section edit the IP_ADDRESS and Mask values for the QDC engine De
26. 12 A Out 13 A Out 14 A Out 15 A Out 16 AUDIO I O CONFIGURATION 30 7 tal 1 05 1 QDC Card igi 24 D D in 1 2 D in 3 4 D in 5 6 D in 7 8 D in 9 10 D in 11 12 D in 13 14 D in 15 16 D in 17 18 D in19 20 D in 21 22 D in 23 24 D out 1 2 D out 3 4 D out 5 6 D out 7 8 D out 9 10 D out 11 12 D out 13 14 D out 15 16 D out 17 18 D out 19 20 D out 21 22 D out 23 24 SPECIFICATIONS 30 8 tal 1 Os 1 QDC Card igi 8 Analog Inputs 24 D D in 1 2 D in 3 4 D in 5 6 D in 7 8 D in 9 10 D in 11 12 D in 13 14 D in 15 16 D in 17 18 D in19 20 D in 21 22 D in 23 24 Digital Inputs Con D out 1 2 D out 3 4 D out 5 6 D out 7 8 D out 9 10 D out 11 12 D out 13 14 D out 15 16 D out 17 18 D out 19 20 D out 21 22 D out 23 24 AUDIO I O CONFIGURATION 30 9 24 Analog Inputs 24 Analog Outputs 2 QDC Cards A Out 1 A Out 2 A Out 3 A Out 4 A Out 5 A Out 6 A Out 7 A Out 8 A Out 9 A Out 10 A Out 11 A Out 12 A Out 13 A Out 14 A Out 15 A Out 16 A out 17 A out 18 A out 19 A out 20 A out 21 A out 22 A out 23 A out 24 Digital Inputs QDC Con Digital Outputs QDC Con SPECIFICATION S 30 10 tal I Os igi 24 Analog Inputs 24 Analog Outputs 24 D 2 QDC Cards
27. 1289 Fax 1 212 819 0376 France Fairlight France 41 43 Rue des Peupliers 92100 Boulogne Billancourt Paris France Te 433 1 4610 9292 Fax 433 1 4610 9295 Japan Fairlight Japan Inc 3 3 11 Ikejiri Setagaya K u Tokyo Japan 154 0001 Tel 81 3 5432 4151 Freecall Japan only 0120 213 643 Fax 81 3 5432 4533 MANUAL ERRORS AND OMISSION To help ensure that Fairlight provides the most accurate and comprehensive docu mentation please report any errors or omissions to documentation fairlightesp com au 111 Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Jump 5 4 9 INTRODUCTION 4 Td ABOUT THIS MANUAL ju aN psu pus Selecting a Range using Cursor Position 4 10 Range Menu iii 4 10 Setting Range Modes 4 10 hapter 2 Satellite O peration Jumping to To and From Points 4 11 2 2 PLAY MENU 4 11 USER INTERFACE A ee 2 2 RECORD 4 11 Satellite Console Features 2 3 Monitor Display 2 5 STARTING THE 5 5 2 6 Chapter 5 Recording INTRODUCTION aaa 5 2 Chapter 3 Projects PROJECT SET UP oae vc Guten di 5 2 Project Sample Rate 5 2 INTRODUCTION 3 2 Recording Bit
28. 30 3 tal 1 05 1 QDC Card igi 16 D D in 1 2 D in 3 4 D in 5 6 D in 7 8 D in 9 10 D in 11 12 D in 13 14 D in 15 16 Digital Inputs QDC Con D out 1 2 D out 3 4 D out 5 6 D out 7 8 D out 9 10 D out 11 12 D out 13 14 D out 15 16 Digital Outputs QDC Con SPECIFICATIONS 30 4 tal 1 Os 1 QDC Card igi 8 Analog Inputs 16 D D in 1 2 D in 3 4 D in 5 6 D in 7 8 D in 9 10 D in 11 12 D in 13 14 D in 15 16 Digital Inputs Con D out 1 2 D out 3 4 D out 5 6 D out 7 8 D out 9 10 D out 11 12 D out 13 14 D out 15 16 AUDIO I O CONFIGURATION 30 5 tal 1 0 5 igi 8 Analog Inputs 16 Analog Outputs 8 D 1 QDC Card A Out 1 A Out 2 A Out 3 A Out 4 A Out 5 A Out 6 A Out 7 A Out 8 A Out 9 A Out 10 A Out 11 A Out 12 A Out 13 A Out 14 A Out 15 A Out 16 Digital Inputs QDC Con Digital Outputs Con SPECIFICATIONS 30 6 ital I Os igi 16 Analog Inputs 16 Analog Outputs 16 D 1 QDC Card Digital Inputs Digital Outputs QDC Con QDC Con A Out 1 D in 1 2 D out 1 2 A Out 2 D in 3 4 D out 3 4 A Out 3 i D in 5 6 D out 5 6 A Out 4 D in 7 8 D out 7 8 A Out 5 D in 9 10 D out 9 10 A Out 6 D in 11 12 D out 11 12 A Out 7 D in 13 14 D out 13 14 A Out 8 D in 15 16 D out 15 16 A Out 9 A Out 10 A Out 11 A Out
29. A Z a z 0 9 underscore 9 If aRange has been created all clips that are wholly inside it can be named with one command SEED NAMES 8 1 NOTES 8 2 Chapter 8 Solo and Mute INTRODUCTION ThesoLo and MUTE functions operate in a similar manner to those on a mixing console SoLo mutesall tracks except for soloed tracks M UTE silencesonly the mut ed tracks Both thesoLo and MUTE functions can be activated by pressingthe Solo or Mute key then selecting the desired tracks Solo Key Mute Key Figure 20 Solo and Mute Keys T hereis also a useful feature where you can hold down the Solo or Mute key while selecting thetracksto automatically bring you back to the previous menu when you release the keys SOLOING TRACKS Step 1 Press or hold the Solo key Step 2 Select tracks to 5010 5010 function can be toggled on or off with the first soft key T his will switch between soloing the selected tracks and monitoring all tracks Indicators next to the track numbers show orange for soloed tracks and bluefor remaining silent tracks SOLO FOLLOWS EDIT TheSoLo FOLLOWS EDIT function automatically puts selected tracks into SOLO as you edit Step 1 Toggle the FOLLOW function on or off with the second soft key Step 2 Press the Solo key INTRODUCTION 8 3 MUTING TRACKS Step 1 Step 2 Press or hold the Mute key Select tracks to mute T he M UTE function can betoggled on or off with the first
30. Importing Wave Files Step 1 H old down the BLUE key and pressthe Import key Step 2 Pressthewav Files soft key Step 3 A database form will appear on the video display T hisisused to enter search criteria for importing multiple W AV files U sethe Up arrow and D own arrow keys on the console to move the cursor up and down the list U sethe and keys on the console or arrow keys on the PC keyboard to select items on the form Step 4 Select the path for wherethe W AV files are located Step 5 Select a sub folder if required Step 6 Select a filename Step 7 Select a sample rate Step 8 Select a form and then press Enter to begin the search Step 9 A list will appear of all the WAV filesfound by the search Se lect either Borrow Or Keep and the clips will be imported into the current open Project NOTES W hen importing multiple W AVE files clip is created for each file T hese clips are arrayed down the selected tracks and if there are more clips after that they are placed at thetails of the already placed clips N o morethan 249 borrowings can occur for any Project IMPORT EXPORT 17 6 Search O ptions SEARCH IN D etermines which disk drive and optional subdirectory is the place to begin the search U sethe Up and Down arrow keys to switch between the drives in the QD C system If you want to add a subdirec tory to the search criteria type a forward slash after the disk drive name and
31. Off Line It is recommended to use this option if you know that the files containing the clips returned by the search are on line asa Search may take tens of seconds just to check the file O n Line status T his option is also available in AudioBase 1 PUBLISHING WITH TEXT FILES AUDIO BASE AudioBase can work with text files in two ways 16 D uring publication it can take data from a text file and place it into editable fields in the database T he fields into which data can be placed Cate gory D escription and U ser fields 17 It can output as part of the publication process a text file containing all the editable information about the clips from the Project that was just published This file can be written to your M FX3 48 hard disk or can be exported to another computer using FT P The Text File Format W hen AudioBaseoutputs afileas part of the publication theformat of thefirst line is as follows Project Project Name Project Identification Number Between each entry thereisatab and at theend of the line there is a carriage return This line is used during subsequent republication to identify the Project to which thetext file refers Each subsequent line represents one clip in the Project It is set out as follows AudioBase Number Clip Name Category Description User 1 User 4 Between each entry thereisatab and at theend of thelinethereisa carriage return TheAudioBaseN umber is written with a
32. Press the Enter key and the new folder will be created Copying Files Or Folders Step 1 Press the Proj key Step 2 Press the NExT soft key Step 3 Select the source file or folder PROJECTS Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 3 6 Press the copy soft key Select the destination Press the oxay soft key Edit the namefor the new file or folder Press Enter T he copy will begin Moving Files or Folders Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Press the Proj key Press the NExT soft key Select the source Project Press the move soft key Select the destination Press the okay soft key You will be prompted to confirm the move process if it is across different devices In this case the move process may take a few minutes depending on the size of the Project Renaming Projects and Folders Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Press the Proj key Press the NExT Soft key Select the Project or folder you wish to rename Press the RENAME soft key T ypethe new name Press Enter D eleting Projects or Folders Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Press the Proj key Select the Project or folder you wish to delete PressthepELETE Soft key Press the Y key to confirm the delete when prompted Other feature of the Project M enu are described in Project M anagement on page 18 2 FOLDERS 3 7 PROJECTS NOTES A folder containing other folders is shown
33. Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Press the Setup key Pressthe TC FORMAT soft key Turn the jogger wheel to select the desired timecode format Press Enter Select N on D rop or Drop Frame if applicable INTRODUCTION 20 3 Setup Menu O ptions Display Choose units for displaying time timecode T C Feet and timecode Framesin 16mm format F F 16 Feet and Frames in 35mm format F F 35 or H ours Feet and Framesat either film for mat F F 16 and F F 35 Use and or jog Press En ter to confirm selection All feet and frames measurements are based on a 24 frame per second film speed regardless of the timecode format you have actually set TC Format Setstheframeformat for video sync or chasing timecode U se the and keys jogger to choose 24 fps 25 fps NT SC D ropFrame D F or NTSC N on D rop Frame N D Press Enter to confirm your selection NTSC When ND or DF is selected for the previous soft choice this allows you to determine whether the correct frame rate is 29 97 or 30 frames per second T hisfield determinesat which framerate your selected sample rate will be accurately reproduced For example if you choose a sample rate of 44100 z and you set this field to 30 the system will run at precisely 44100 Hz when 30 frame timecode is used for synchronization But if you use standard N T SC video at 29 97 fps asa sync source the system will run down to 44056 H z T his may be desirable if you pl
34. Targets T heresult of a RANGE FADE is determined by the target key pressed Range Clip Appliesan Auto In and Auto Out fade to all the clips wholly contained within the Range Head Creates a new M aster Recording bounce over the Range and sets afadeup from its beginningto itsend Also splitstheclips underneath so that no unexpected crossfades occur Tail Creates a new M aster Recording bounce over the Range and sets a fade down from its beginning to its end Also splitsthe clips underneath so that no unexpected crossfades occur Layers On ALL LAYERS ON isnot supported in Fade M ode Razor On RAZOR ON is not supported in Fade M ode Fade D efaults Every clip has a small fade at the head or tail to make it sound smoother T his is called the default fade and you can control its length ne way isto typerper n RETURN on the PC keyboard wheren isthelength you want in sub frames T hismethod lastsonly duringthe current session and isnot remembered by the Project or the machine Creating Level Changes By pasting a copy of a section of a clip onto itself you are ableto change the level of the copy to create a level change If the copy is cross faded with the original a smooth level transition results W hen using the copy and PASTE functions be sure to bein STOP otherwise a slight movement of thejogger wheel may result in phasing during the fades FADES EDIT MODE 7 1 NOTES 7 2 Chapter 7 Name INTRODUCTION
35. VARIOUS SYSTEM COMPONENTS 28 7 5 5 EN OA Kingston or Exabyte Drive Bays Additional 3 5 Drive Bays System Boot Drive Figure 52 Configuring D isk D rives CONFIGURING DISK DRIVES For instructions on formatting storage devices see D rive Formatting on page 24 2 External Hard Disk Drives An additional SCSI controller can be added to the system and fitted in one of three PCI slotson thePXY main processor board W ith the controller physically installed an additional seven SCSI devices can be connected to the system Wide Based Disk Drives T he ultra wide single ended SCSI specification is used within the internal and ex ternal SC SI busses T his allows for ultra fast transfers speeds from a disk drive up to 40 megabytes a second T he SCSI controller comes configured with a single ended 68 pin configuration connector Only a Fairlight supplied SCSI controller can be installed and config ured with the Engine Single Ended Ultra Wide SCSI Buss SCSI Controller Wide Disk Drive Wide Disk Drive Wide Disk Drive ENGINE INSTALLATION 28 8 Figure 53 Wide SCSI Device Connection All cabling to SCSI devices must be kept as short as possible T he maximum length for the entire bus must not exceed morethan 1 5 meters It is
36. arrow keys to move between choices If Other is chosen another field appears allowing you to enter anew file name of up to 8 characters PUBLISHTO AllowsW AVE filesto be published to AudioBase at the same AUDIOBASE timeas creating them T his is a very useful way of publishing asingle sound or group of soundsto AudioBase without pub lishing the whole Project NOTES VA TheBWF format is 100 compliant with normal W AV players which simply play the files as normal W AV files without recognizing the extra data chunks in the BW F format BWF compatible WAV players however are able to make use of the extra data incorporated in the exported file T his data incorporates the following e Description cipname from track no in Project name gt e Origination D ate OriginationT ime T he time and date of export e Originator Fairlight lt N ame of the machine performing the Export Originator Reference T he name of the current open Project from which the Export was made Timereference of the exported BW F isderived from the current timecode of the head of the original clip EXPORT NOTES 18 2 Chapter 18 Project Management INTRODUCTION T ofurther enhance Project M anagement within the Satellite thefollowing features within the Project M enu are available Project Navigation Keys Figure 38 Project Keys ADDITIONAL PROJECT MENU ITEMS Press the Proj key then press the more ke
37. be accessed directly from an H TM L browser running on the M ediaLink Server or any PC connected to the network Several HTML pages provide functions to search and edit clips and files Several clips may beamended or deleted at the sametime T hesefunctionseliminate the need to export the database as a text file modify it with Excel and re import it as with AudioBase 1 T o export an existing AudioBase 1 database into AudioBase2 typeexportab1 at the command line AudioBase is designed to service a whole network of DREAM and M FX worksta tions and istherefore capable of handling very large sound libraries When a search yields a large number of results it produces very significant network traffic to download all the information to the M FX workstation that initiated the search T o prevent this happening only the first group of 100 found records are downloaded but asthe list is scrolled more records are found inside the database and downloaded automatically keeping the flow of information coming smoothly Alphabetic Sort AudioBase2 sorts all records alphabetically by name beforedownloading them from the server to the Satellite workstation while AudioBase does not No Export Because AudioBase2 works in the PC environment no export procedure is provid ed The SQL database can be interrogated and edited directly on the PC whereit is running using tools supplied with the AudioBase2 package The Line Field AudioBase2 allowst
38. changeit temporarily while the system is running T he number is set in time units which are equivalent to sample periods at 48 kH z A table shows you the equivalents in subframes at various frame rates 9D itherO utput 24 26 4 Thisallows you to set the dithering of the digital and analog outputs n most cases this should be left at 24 but if you are outputting to a digital system where only 16 or 20 bits are going to be used you should set the dither accordingly 9D efaultinputType 1 T his will set theinput type for newly created Projects immediately upon power up Once a Project has been loaded or created all new Projects created after it will in herit the patching and input typefrom it T henumbers of the different input types can be seen in the file you are editing N otethat the mixer also has a default input type and that each T itle will overwrite the settings of the inputs to match their state when the T itle was saved GPlayInhibitThreshold 24 W hen you are recording a large number of tracks at once Satellite may sometimes havedifficulty keeping up with thedisk playback bandwidth requirements T urning on this function by setting it to the number of tracks you are recording tells the Satelite not to try to load playback buffers on the tracks you are recording T his means when you exit Record there will be no audio loaded to provide playback but this would have happened anyway if you are recording a lot of track
39. directory file integrity SyntaX dcheck opts lt devnam gt O ptions d num print path to dir num deep r rebuild allocation map from file structure _ y answer y to all questions in repair mode DEL Function D elete files Syntax del lt opts gt lt file gt lt opts gt Options e erases the disk space that the file occupied f delete files with no write permission p show file name and ask before deleting x delete files from execution directory z getlist of file names from standard input z path getlist of file names from path DELDIR Function D elete a directory Syntax deldir lt opts gt lt dir gt lt opts gt Options q delete directories without asking questions f delete files with no write permission z getlist of directory names from standard input z path get list of directory names from path DF Function Print D isks T ape D rives Found and M ounted on T he System Syntax lt opts gt O ptions e Debug Listing t name Only display info with devices with file manager type name z Debug Enable 26 10 DIR Function D isplay directory contents Syntax dir opts dir names lt opts gt O ptions a show all files d show directories with a slash e extended dir listing n treat dirs like files r recursive dir listings r num recursive dir listing to depth num s unsorted dir listing
40. disk recorder Gen LTC generator output Step 3 U se the jogger wheel or numeric keypad to enter the preroll Range 1 to 99 seconds Step 4 Press Enter ADR GPI Loop GPI MENU 16 4 GPI means General Purpose Interface sometimes known as GPO General Pur pose O utput It refersto eight logic interface outputs in the GPI connector at the rear of theQ D C Enginewhich can be used to trigger events external to the Satellite TheGPI is used for tally lights and other studio automation tasks GPOs switch at specific timecodes or upon certain events Each GPO isgiven a type which determines what type of event triggers it T hefirst eight track keys on the console represent the eight GPO s when the GPI M enu is active O nly one can be selected at a time Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Type OFF D escription Type ON D escription Examples Type Simple D escription Examples Time Pulse Copy Fire Press the BLUE key and then the GPI key on the console to ac cess the GPI M enu Select which of the eight available outputs you wish to use via the track keys Press the first soft key turn the Jog wheel and press Enter to select oneof the12 possibleG PO types D epending on which is chosen additional soft key settings will be displayed GPO is inactive GPO isalwaysON Example Recording session in progress tally light GPO fires at a given timecode Starting a device Timecode when the GPI
41. fires Sets the length of time the GPO remains ON M ay set to a number of milliseconds or set to HELD where the GPO Stays on until the transport stops Copies the value the TIME field to the numeric Register where it may be used for another operation FiresaGPO immediately for testing purposes If pulse is set to held theGPO switcheson and off asthe key is pressed and released MENU 16 5 Type Record Type PRERO LL ADR GPI Loop D escription Examples Timecode Pulse Fire D escription Examples Timecode Pulse Fire GPO remains on whilethe transport is in Record W arning lights tallies indicator lights for artists GPO remains ON whenever the transport is insidethe ADR M enu Record Range If Command is chosen the GPO turns on only when the transport is in Record Only available if T imecode is set Sets the length of timethe remains ON M ay be set to a number of milliseconds or set to HELD wherethe GPO stays on until the transport stops Firesa GPO immediately for testing purposes If pulse is set to held the GPO switcheson and off asthe key is pressed and released GPO remains on while the transport is Prerolling Indicator lights for artists GPO remains ON whenever the transport is insidethe ADR M enu Record Range If Command is chosen the GPO turns on only when the transport is in Record Only available if T imecode is set Sets the length of t
42. flash if the unit has been switched on After 45 seconds the name of the software build will appear on theL CD screen and theunit will be ready for use Log on by typing m x and then press Enter At the prompt type sat on the keyboard and then press Enter T he system should now launch the main disk recorder appli cation Itispossibleto havethe Satellite automatically launch the main editing application every time the QD C Engine is powered on Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Power on theQ DC Engine Satellite and SVGA monitor Log in by typing mfx and then press Enter At the prompt type be sat Enter N ow each time the Engine is powered on the main applica tion will start automatically To revert to the original state where a user hasto login and manually launch the application repeat steps 1 and 2 and at Step 3 type be login Enter N ow each time the Engine is powered on the user will be asked to log in Follow the instructions in thefollowing chapters to quickly learn all the operating procedures necessary for completing audio production tasks with theD REAM Sat ellite STARTING THE SYSTEM 3 1 NOTES 3 2 Chapter 3 Projects INTRODUCTION Satellite uses the concept of Projectsto store work performed on the disk recorder All audio recordings editing and file imports are done within Projects A project contains all the audio data and edit information Edits performed
43. inoperative If not confident do not proceed Call your Fairlight distributor for assistance M ost commands will provide help on syntax and options by typing the command name followed by the option ATTR Function Display or change file attributes Syntax attr lt opts gt lt path gt opts permissions Attributes d s pw pr e wr turns attribute on n turns attribute off O ptions a do not print attributes after changes x directory to search is execution directory z get list of file names from standard input z path get list of file names from path CHD Function Change current directory Syntax chd path COPY Function Copy data from one path to another SyntaX copy lt opts gt srcpath dstpath lt opts gt O ptions a abort on error b size buffer size f rewrite destination files with no write permission p don t print file names copied with w option only r rewrite destination v verify integrity of files written w dir name wild card copy to dir name x look in execution directory for source z get list of file names from standard input z path get list of file names from path 059 COMMANDS 26 9 SYSTEM FILES DATE Function D isplay system date and time SyntaX date lt opts gt Options j print day seconds past midnight in julian time m print hour minute sec in military format D check Function Check
44. key is pressed while learning a macro the contents of that key will be re corded by the new macro Changing either macro will not affect the other All numeric values and menu selections must be entered with the numeric keypad W hen entering numbers press the Clear key then type the number and Enter Soft key menu parameters that are normally scrolled with the jogger wheel can be select ed with the 0 to 9 keys To invoke a delay in a macro hold down the Ctrl key and press one of the numeric keys T he delay will be the approximate value of the key in frames e g 5 will be 5 frames with O being 10 frames 23 4 MACRO FILES M acros can be saved to and loaded from disk A macro fileis a snapshot of all the function keys acros are saved to file T he following procedure is performed in the Edit M acro M enu Step 1 Presstherile soft key Step 2 Select one of the macro file functions as listed below TheFile M enu performs similar functionsto aPC or M acintosh file menu LOAD Load allows you to select a macro file from one of the drives and load it into the system T his will erasethe previous set of macro keys SAVE Save will update the currently loaded fileto include changes SAVE AS T his will save the current set of macro keys asa new file T he System will prompt you for a destination and name UNLOAD U nload will clear all macro keys DISPLAYING MACROS T hecontents of a M acro can be displayed on the LCD b
45. material to live as you enter Record exactly as though you were erasing the existing audio You are preserving all that has been recorded and may bring any of it back later on 5 8 Automatic D rop in Pre determined drop in and drop out points may be activated using the M achine Control section of the console See AD R Chapter later in this manual for further details O utput Submenu TheO utput Submenu is used to select what type of digital outputs come from the System Step 1 H old down the BLUE key and press Digi Step 2 Select pap to change the audio level of all outputs to bere duced or increased in the digital domain RECORDING 6 1 NOTES 6 2 Chapter 6 Binnacle Editing INTRODUCTION Binnacle Editing introduces a new and more ergonomic editing control panel for increased efficiency and easeof use It iscommon to all of Fairlight s DREAM fam ily of products It is designed to achieve the following Universal availability no matter where the you navigate to in the system the basic editing functions are always available on dedicated keys T his allows a user to learn the keystrokes like a musical instrument and achieve phenomenal speed Two handed operation Allowsthe user to employ both hands thus increasing efficiency and speed T heterm Binnacleisa reference to the compass housing on the bridge of aship On a Satellite console it refers to the area which includes the Jog wheel and the sur rou
46. press a key to select that track only T o select a range hold down thefirst key and double press the last track in the range Soft Keys Soft keys provide access to the menu options displayed on the LCD console display T hereare two rows of soft keys upper and lower LCD Console Display TheLCD display provides status information and displays the menu options asso ciated with the M enu Keys M enu options are displayed immediately above or be low the Soft used to select the option SATELLITE O PERATION 2 4 Menu Keys TheM enu Keys to the left and right of the LCD display provide access to a range of system and signal processing functions M ost keys havetwo functions the names of which are displayed in colour on the button cap T o activate the function dis played in blue press and hold one of the three BLUE keys while pressing the menu key Transport Keys T hetransport keys provide standard tape transport functions plus og Shuttle selec tion and a range of play options under the Play Menu T o enter Record pressthe Play and Record keys together old down the Jog Shuttle key for a menu of J og Shuttle settings H old down the Record key for a menu of record options Macro Keys M acro keys can be programmed to play back sequences of keystrokes T here are three banks of nine macro keys Edit Target Keys T hese keys modify the effect of each edit For instance a Cut may be performed on a Range a Clip the He
47. selected tracks If a level has been applied to a clip the fade will start or finish at this level All clips have small default fades to prevent clicks T hese can been seen at the heads and tails of clips at Zoom 16 Fades are shown as shaded ramps on the clips Fade In Cross fade point Fade Out YADE MENU Set Fades Cres PROJECT FRAME SAMPLE RATE Fade displayed on clip Figure 18 Fade Display Using Fade Step 1 Press the Fade key Step 2 Locate the transport to the fade point and select the desired tracks Step 3 U se the soft keys and jog wheel to set the fade parameters if required Step 4 Press the required edit target key Range Clip Head or Tail on theleft hand side of the Binnacle Cross Fades If afadeisplaced on aclip and thereisanother clip layered underneath a cross fade between the two will automatically be invoked C ross fade parameters can be mod ified with the soft key menu functions FADES EDIT MODE 6 19 Fade Targets The result of a FADE is determined by the target key pressed Range Clip Appliesan AUTO IN and AUTO Our Fadeto thehead and tail of all selected clips See below for details on Auto In and O ut Head Fades from the head of the currently selected clip s to the current cursor position Tail Fades from the current cursor position to thetail of the cur rently selected clip s Fade Soft Key Functions Auto In Sets a value in frames for an Automati
48. soft key T his will switch between muting the selected tracks and monitoring all tracks Indicators next to the track numbers show bluefor muted tracks T racks can be put into SAFE mode to prevent accidental editing or recording H old down the BLUE key and press the Safe key Select tracks to bein SAFE mode T he SAFE function can be toggled on or off with the first soft key T his will switch be tween having the selected tracks safe and no tracks safe Indicators next to the track numbers show green for safe tracks T racks can be disabled for playback waveform display and editing SAFE Step 1 Step 2 DISABLE Step 1 Step 2 SOLO AND MUTE H old down the BLUE key and pressthe Disab key Select tracks to bein DISABLE mode T he DISABLE function can betoggled on or off with thefirst soft key T his will switch between having the selected tracks disabled and no tracks dis baled 8 4 DISABLE 9 1 NOTES 9 2 Chapter 9 Track amp Takes INTRODUCTION T heT rack M enu is used to copy and move clipsto other tracks without affecting their position in time T racks may also bere numbered All T rack functions except NUMBERS use a Range and affect all layers of clips T heT akes M enu provides the PoP function which moves clips on lower layers to thetop Clipsthat lie beneath the cursor are listed in the upper display Takes Key Track Key Figure 21 Takes and Track Keys TRACK MENU Step 1 H ol
49. t0 Reconfigure The System Setup CONFIGURING DISK DRIVES 28 9 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Press Enter until the cursor has moved down to the 11th line Slot 1 SCSI Wide At this point you will need to know which PCI slot the SCSI controller card has been fitted in Looking attheEnginefrom the rear will show which slot the card isin Slot 1 isthe top most slot Slot 2 isthe middle slot e Slot 3 isthe bottom slot U sethe Enter key on the console keyboard to move down the list to the correct slot N ext press 0 on the console keyboard to change from Wide to N arrow use Then press Enter until the following message appears on screen NVRAM Configuration is complete System will now restart Press Enter on the console keyboard The configuration is now complete Mixing Wide And Narrow Disk Drives It is not recommended to mix wide and narrow based disk drives on the same SC SI bus at the same time use two separate SC SI busses instead Checking for Newly Installed SCSI Devices Once you have mounted all external and internal SCSI devices the following pro cedure will aid you in determining if they are all detected ENGINE INSTALLATION Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Ensurethat the Engine is completely reassembled and that there are no loose cables Power up the Engine and Console Pressthe Space Bar oncea gray display isseen If you missthe time window
50. the Sony B port this port is common to both sex con nectors LTC Synchronization Locking to LTC Tolock to LTC Longitudinal timecode either M 1 or M 2 usually M 2 must be configured to read one of the LTC input ports Step 1 Press M2 or M1 depending on configuration Step 2 Press Play IftheLTC sourceis not locked to the same sync sourceas the Satellite set LOCK TO MASTER ON in the Digi M enu Enabling the LTC Generator TheLTC generator will output the current timecode when in PLAY and output a short burst of timecode when locating the transport Press GEN to toggle the generator on or off EDITING WITH MACHINE CONTROL All the transport controls and locating methods operate with a 9 pin remote ma chineonline T hefollowing procedureis used to placenew recordings or previously used clipsto picture PresstheM 1 key to togglethe9 pin machineon or off T heSatellites transport will locateto the timecode from the 9 pin machine T he system defaultsto M 1 control ling 9 pin Port A Placing Sound to Picture Step 1 With M 1 online locate the video at the desired frame Step 2 T ake M 1 offline Step 3 en so the cursor lieson the sync point of the dip Step 4 CUT or coPY theclip to the clipboard Step 5 PlaceM 1 online thetransport will relocate to the video at the desired frame Step 6 Press Enter to paste the clip EDITING WITH MACHINE CONTROL 21 5 Itisalso possibleto CUT or COPY the clip before
51. then the name of the subdirectory INCLUDE D etermines whether subdirectoriesof the search start point will be searched or not M oveto thisfield and usetheUp and Down arrow keysto toggletheswitch on and off If you chooseto search subdirectories the search may take much longer FILENAME You may narrow the search by specifying a match string that ends a restricted set of files All the AudioBase search characters may be used see Searching for Sounds on page 22 3 SAMPLE RATE Allows you to search for files with only one sample rate T his field is automatically set to your current Project sam ple rate T o change it use the Left and Right arrow keys M oving past the left of all sample rate buttons turns them all off meaningthereisno limitation and filesof all sample rates will befound FORMAT Allows you to limit the search to only mono or only stereo files U sethe Left and Right arrow keysto change the set tings M oving past theleft of all buttonsturnsthem all off mean ing that both mono and stereo files will befound Broadcast WAVE Broadcast W ave files include a timecode location contained within the file Import ed BW Fs can be placed at their sync time on the timeline Importing a Single Broadcast WAV File If the imported file is detected as a BWF file the user can select to either import it to its sync position as defined in the BW F s timecode reference or to the current cursor position W hen the software d
52. with a sign Locked files have an L indication T his usually meansthat another user has the file open T hereis no way to open a file other than by pressing the Enter key N amesfor Foldersand Projects should contain no morethan 18 characters only the following characters A Z a z 0 9 _ underscore can be used Although Satelite will allow entry of some other characters you are advised NOT to usethem asthey may cause problems in exchange with other audio workstations 3 8 FOLDERS 4 1 NOTES Chapter 4 Tracks amp Transport INTRODUCTION Satellite can support up to 48 tracksinternally and 48 analog and digital inputs and outputs Each track ishard wired to a corresponding output If no output hardware isfitted for a channel thetrack can contain clipsalthough no waveform will appear A stereo output mode can be used to sum together all tracks as a stereo signal and appear on all output pairs See Stereo M ix M ode on page 12 4 for moreinforma tion on how to usethis feature DISPLAYING TRACKS T racks are displayed on the video screen Select the number of tracks to display by holding down the BLUE key and pressing one of the numeric keys labelled 1T 2T AT 8T 16T 24T 32T and 48T Step 1 H old down the BLUE key Step 2 Press the desired Track Display key Figure 7 Track Display Keys INTRODUCTION 4 3 Track numbers correspond to the track output out of the Satellite Figure
53. 1 20 19 18 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 Digital Inputs QDC Con Digital Outputs QDC Con Pins SPECIFICATIONS 30 20 32 Analog Inputs 48 Analog Outputs continued A in 25 A in 26 A in 27 A in 28 A in29 A in 30 A in 31 A in 32 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 A out 25 A out 26 A out 27 A out 28 A out 29 A out 30 A out 31 A out 32 A out 33 A out 34 A out 35 A out 36 A out 37 A out 38 A out 39 A out 40 A out 41 A out 42 A out 43 A out 44 A out 45 A out 46 A out 47 A out 48 4 1 2 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 2 1 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 2 3 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 GND 25 24 23 22 21 20 25 24 23 22 21 20 25 24 23 22 21 20 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 Digital Inputs Digital Outputs QDC Con Pins AUDIO I O CONFIGURATION tal I Os igi 48 Analog Inputs 48 Analog Outputs 48 D 3 QDC Cards 30 21 A Out 1 A Out 2 A Out 3
54. 2 2 1 5 4 3 GND 29 28 27 26 21 20 19 18 29 28 27 26 21 20 19 18 29 28 27 26 21 20 19 18 46 45 44 43 38 37 36 35 46 45 44 43 38 37 36 35 46 45 44 43 38 37 36 35 AUDIO I O CONFIGURATION 30 19 32 Analog Inputs 48 Analog Outputs 2 QDC Cards Port Ain1 A in 2 A in 3 in4 Ain5 A in 6 A in 7 A in 8 A in 9 A in 10 A in 11 A in 12 A in13 A in 14 A in 15 A in 16 A in 17 A in 18 A in 19 A in 20 A in 21 A in 22 A in 23 A in 24 Analog Inputs QDC Con 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 GND 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 A Out 1 A Out 2 A Out 3 A Out 4 A Out 5 A Out 6 A Out 7 A Out 8 A Out 9 A Out 10 A Out 11 A Out 12 A Out 13 A Out 14 A Out 15 A Out 16 A out 17 A out 18 A out 19 A out 20 A out 21 A out 22 A out 23 A out 24 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 GND 25 24 23 22 2
55. 8 48 Track Display Clips show the amplitude of the waveform Figure 9 1 Track Display The Clip W hen audio is recorded or imported into the Satellite it is displayed as a clip T he dip isareferenceto theaudio data stored on disk Clipscan becut copied or moved without affecting the original audio data W hen new clipsarerecorded or pasted above existing clips the clips become layered one abovethe other O nly thetop clip is heard during play back T heleft most end of theclip is known asthe head T heright end isthetail Clips also contain information about the original timecode location of the audio data when recorded and the current timecode location of the displayed clip Ifaclip showsonly a portion of the associated audio data on disk it may betrimmed to show more TRACKS amp TRANSPORT 4 4 Layered clips only exposed portions are heard Figure 10 Layered Clips Mono and Stereo Clips M ono clips are output only on the track upon which they appear Stereo clips are displayed on a singletrack but are output with the left channel on the track where the clip is displayed and the right on the next track For example a stereo clip on track 3 will have its left output on track 3 and its right output on track 4 Stereo clips can be identified by the black line along the centre of the clip T his line separates the left waveform on the top and the right on the bottom Mono Clip Stereo Clip Figure 11 M
56. 899099005 00 o 99900 90599000000009920960 00000005005 00 950090 90002900900009000000 296096 I 0000000050000 09005900599000000000990090 9002900990000000099925096 69906900959906000000099609 0006970962900 009 06 20 000000009750 990009009900000000009900 D 2 O 0000000000000 000000000 000000000 00000000000000 000000000000000 0000 000000000 00000 00000 000000000 000000000 Figure 49 QDC Engine front view Step 1 Remove the front facia which is fixed with five pop out retaining studs by gripping the edges and pulling firmly Step 2 To mount the Engine into the rack insert four rack screws on to both the left and right rack mounts O nce this is done reattach the front facia MECHANICAL INSTALLATION 28 3 Retaining Rack Screws Pop out Retaining Studs Front Facia Figure 50 QDC Engine and Rack Mounting Details ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION T he Engine is designed to run from a single phase power source with one of its cur rent carrying conductors at or near ground earth ground potential the neutral con ductor nly the line live conductor is fused for over current protection Systems that have both current carrying conductors live with respect to grou
57. A Out 1 A Out 2 A Out 3 A Out 4 A Out 5 A Out 6 A Out 7 A Out 8 A Out 9 A Out 10 A Out 11 A Out 12 A Out 13 A Out 14 A Out 15 A Out 16 A out 17 A out 18 A out 19 A out 20 A out 21 A out 22 A out 23 A out 24 Digital Inputs QDC Con D in 1 2 D in 3 4 D in 5 6 D in 7 8 D in 9 10 D in 11 12 D in 13 14 D in 15 16 D in 17 18 D in19 20 D in 21 22 D in 23 24 D out 1 2 D out 3 4 D out 5 6 D out 7 8 D out 9 10 D out 11 12 D out 13 14 D out 15 16 D out 17 18 D out 19 20 D out 21 22 D out 23 24 AUDIO I O CONFIGURATION 30 11 tal 1 Os 2 QDC Cards igi 32 D in 1 2 D in 3 4 D in 5 6 D in 7 8 D in 9 10 D in 11 12 D in 13 14 D in 15 16 D in 17 18 D in19 20 D in 21 22 D in 23 24 D in 25 26 D in 27 28 D in 29 30 D in 31 32 D out 1 2 D out 3 4 D out 5 6 D out 7 8 D out 9 10 D out 11 12 D out 13 14 D out 15 16 D out 17 18 D out 19 20 D out 21 22 D out 23 24 D out 25 26 D out 27 28 D out 29 30 D out 31 32 SPECIFICATION S 30 12 tal l Os 2 QDC Cards igi 16 Analog Inputs 32 D D in 1 2 D in 3 4 D in 5 6 D in 7 8 D in 9 10 D in 11 12 D in 13 14 D in 15 16 D in 17 18 D in19 20 D in 21 22 D in 23 24 D in 25 26 D in 27 28 D in 29 30 D in 31 32
58. A RANGE Rangeallows a group of clips across one or multiple tracks to be selected M any functions provided by Satellite requirethe use of a Range U setheFrom and To keys on either side of the J og wheel to set ranges Range mode may be turned on or off by pressing the Range ON key to the right of the Binnacle or by double pressing a Binnacle edit key Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Selecting a Range using Cursor Position Locate to thetime at which you wish to start the range Pressthe From key Some functions start with FROM auto matically Locate to the time at which you wish to end the range Press the To key T he duration of the range is indicated on the screen time display above the track display and the range is high lighted on the track display M any functions start making a range as soon as you enter the function To change the FROM point just press the From key at any time Range Menu To access the Range menu options press and hold either the From or To key and select the desired menu option by pressing the associated soft key T hefollowing functions operate the same for both From and To TIME MARK LAST NEXT GAP PROJECT HEAD TAIL Entry a timecode value using the numeric keypad and press Enter Select a mark by turning the og wheel and press Enter Thelast FROM or TO point is used SetstheFROM orTo pointsto thenext pointsof silence before and after the cursor respectivel
59. Algorithm 14 3 14 5 All Layers 6 10 Alternate 200 4 6 dox Vs 5 5 ArmKeyDelay 26 3 Audio Cable 28 6 22 2 Audition 22 6 AUTO rado ads 5 3 Auto Extend ss 5 7 A races 6 19 Auto Out 6 19 B aio 6 9 B FWD Fill 6 9 Backup es beet inet SEN 19 2 BEEPS 16 7 BeepsFrequency 26 4 BeepsT rackN umber 26 4 BeepsVolume 26 4 Bit 5 3 DOMO M EVE 17 2 BOUNCE ch er 6 9 Broadcast WAVE 17 6 Browse Import 17 2 C CableLength 28 5 28 5 Capture H ead 6 19 Capture Tall ES xU 6 20 ES 26 3 14 3 NR NER 23 3 ei 9 ME NE 4 3 6 4 Clip Clip Level 12 3 Clipboard 6 6 COMME e ea dto a as 15 3 18 4 Configuration Files 26 2 CONS at E 2 3 Control Cable 28 5 29 3 INDEX Copy Cross Fades Crossover Cable CueMute GPI Cursor D Database DefaultinputT ype Deete Mark D
60. CHANICAL INSTALLATION 29 2 INTERCONNECTING THE CONSOLE AND ENGINE Rn 29 3 The Control 29 3 The Ethernet 29 3 CONSOLE CONFIGURATION 29 3 Network 29 4 Chapter 30 Specifications AUDIO VO CONFIGURATION 30 2 WIRING AND CONNECTION DETAILS 30 23 General Purpose Interface 30 23 te rester toe TEE 30 24 Controller serri ep ea Peat 30 24 Ethernet naeh 30 25 Printer EAR Ep Taek de eee UC IAE 30 25 PMA LA irm ee etate b d eun S 30 26 Q PIN a2 reheat nc ERG SEES SE MS 30 26 9 Pin Slave i es taka Re RESI 30 26 Meo rein 30 27 Serial 30 27 MDO Ad te ened ade ste ira 30 28 AES SYNC VO ni ee a an 30 28 an egt ios 30 28 VOAR a 30 29 Word Glock 1 30 29 Video Syne AN uet eme sea 30 29 Word Clock 30 29 SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS 30 30 Analogue Inputs and 30 30 AES EBU 30 30 AES EBU 30 30 Synchronisation 30 30 ENGINE DIMENSIONS 30 32 ENGINE POWER REQUIREMENTS 30 32 SATELLITE CONSOLE DIMENSIONS 30 32 SATELLITE CONSOLE POWER REQUIRE
61. CTIONS 26 14 Chapter 27 Installation INTRODUCTION 27 2 SECTION SUMMARY 27 2 SYSTEM OVERVIEW 27 2 UNPACKING 4 254222 ect Ry xn hs 27 2 EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED 27 3 STATIC PRECAUTIONS rg 27 3 ENVIRONMENT oes uae eet 4444 27 3 Chapter 28 Engine Installation MECHANICAL INSTALLATION 28 2 ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION 28 3 ae eR 28 5 EXTERNAL CABLE LENGTH CONSIDER eis E a rex RR AY A 28 5 Control Cable ei ers 28 5 Ethernet 100BaseT 28 5 Sony 9 pin Cable u aan eae 28 5 VGA Cabl oen mehr ner I Ida 28 5 Analogue Audio Cable 28 6 Digital Audio 28 6 CONNECTING THE VARIOUS SYSTEM COMPONENTS ee 28 6 INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SCSI DEVICES iii aa AE 28 6 CONFIGURING DISK DRIVES 28 7 External Hard Disk 28 7 Wide Based Disk Drives 28 7 Narrow Based Disk Drives 28 8 Configuring The Engine For Narrow Use 28 8 Mixing Wide And Narrow Disk Drives 28 9 Checking for Newly Installed SCSI Devices 28 9 SETTING UP REMOVABLE MEDIA DEVICES 28 10 ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 28 10 Cleaning The Monitor Screens 28 10 Cleaning The Engine Air Filter 28 11 Eilters tata ex tae 28 11 Chapter 29 Console Installation ME
62. Clips 4 4 5 5 8 SELECTING 5 4 5 Chapter 6 Binnacle Editing TIME SCALE AND DISPLAY ZOOMING 4 6 Alternate Zoom 4 6 INTRODUCTION 6 2 TRANSPORT CONTROLS una pa o 6 3 Hee Oe EX e 6 3 LOOP JOG AND LINEAR JOG ud Edit Options 6 3 E Edit Targets css TRE 6 4 aani Transport and Selection Keys 6 4 UMP eerie ae Sam ea 4 8 One and Two handed Editing 6 5 Undo and 6 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS V Single Track or Multitrack Editing 6 5 SIE UT 6 5 CUT AND COPY EDIT MODES 6 6 The Clipboard e cosas iex EEE 6 6 Ghost uta laa PESE 6 6 Using Cut or Copy 6 6 Cut Copy Soft Key Functions 6 7 GutiEdit Targets earns 6 7 Copy Edit 6 7 Cut and Copy Edit 6 8 ERASE EDIT 6 11 Erase 2555 vend rra 6 11 Erase Edit Options 6 11 TRIM EDIT 6 13 Trim Edit 6 13 Trim Soft Key Functions 6 14 Trim Edit 6 14 SLIP EDI 6 15 Slip Edit Targets condi RR RE
63. DREAM Satellite Installation and User Manual Software Version 16 5 Part No DSE1100 A Document No 189 DIGITAL AUDIO SOLUTIONS Important Notice COPYRIGHT The material in this document is copyright to Fairlight ESP Pty Ltd and may not be quoted or reproduced in any form without written permission from the compa ny LIMITED WARRANTY POLICY All the software and hardware provided with or purchased especially for Fairlight products has been tested for functionality Fairlight ESP Pty Ltd will make ts best efforts to correct reported defects for future releases subject to technical practicabil ities Fairlight ESP will also replace any defective media on which software has been delivered provided that the item to be replaced is returned to the dealer who sup ported the product within 90 days of purchase Fairlight ESP Pty Ltd makes no warranty or representation either expressed or im plied with respect to the system s performance or fitness for a particular purpose In no event will Fairlight ESP Pty Ltd beliablefor direct or indirect damagesarising from any defect in the product or its documentation Further Fairlight ESP Pty Ltd Will not accept any liability for any programs sounds audio recording or sequences stored in or used with Fairlight products including the cost of recovery of such data T he warranties remedies and disclaimers above are exclusive and take precedence over all others oral or written expr
64. ED 6 15 Slip Edit 6 16 NUDO c ole 6 16 Nudge with Range 6 16 APPLYING FADES 3545 23 hir REX 6 18 Er ss Fades iia lee 6 18 Rade Targets eck cues eet Le 6 19 Fades with a Range 6 19 Fade Soft Key 6 19 Fade Options esce peru PIE EYES 6 20 Creating Level Changes 6 20 Chapter 7 Name INTRODUCTION ss gau ip 7 2 RENAMING A PROJECT 7 2 NAMING 5 7 2 NAMING 5 7 2 don na de 7 3 Chapter 8 Solo and Mute INTRODUCTION 2 54 uu era een 8 2 SOLOING 8 2 SOLO FOLLOWS EDIT 4 it eww aes 8 2 MUTING TRACKS 222 sek tk Ea 8 3 SAFE a ee edid 8 3 DISABLE ERR e 8 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 9 Track amp Takes INTRODUCTION 22 22 2222 9 2 TRACK MENU 9 2 SWAP Sipe emer de ke DOR asco 9 2 Numbers 9 2 9 2 9 3 Shadow usc coe E Roe aid 9 3 TAKES 9 3 Chapter 10 GoTo 10 2 GO TO A TIMECODE LOCATION 10 2 10 3 FAST MARK LOCAT
65. EG Pair Pb pb W N N 9 Pin D Type Connectors 232 PIN 2 232 PIN 5 232 PIN 3 232 PIN 5 422 PIN 3 422 PIN 4 422 PIN 2 422 PIN 1 WIRING AND CONNECTION DETAILS 30 25 Ethernet Connector RJ45 Printer SPECIFICATIONS PIN 1 PIN 2 PIN 3 PIN 6 Cross over Cable RJ45 1 PIN 1 PIN 2 PIN 3 PIN 6 Rx Tx Tx Signal Rx Rx Tx Tx RJ45 2 PIN 3 PIN 6 PIN 1 PIN 2 Connector 25 pin D female PIN 1 PIN 2 PIN 3 PIN 4 PIN 5 PIN 6 PIN 7 PIN 8 PIN 9 PIN 10 PIN 11 PIN 12 PIN 13 PSTROBEn PDRO PDR1 PDR2 PDR3 PDR4 PDR5 PDR6 PDR7 PRACKn PRBUSYn PRERROR PRSELECT PIN 14 PIN 15 PIN 16 PIN 17 PIN 18 PIN 19 PIN 20 PIN 21 PIN 22 PIN 23 PIN 24 PIN 25 PRAUTOFDn PRFAULTn PRINTITn PRSELIN n GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GN 9 Pin A Connector PIN 1 PIN 2 PIN 3 PIN 4 PIN 5 PIN 6 PIN 7 PIN 8 PIN 9 9 Pin B 9 pin D Female GND 9ARxA 9AT xB GND NC GND 9ARxB 9AT xA NC Connector 9 pin D Female PIN 1 PIN 2 PIN 3 PIN 4 PIN 5 PIN 6 PIN 7 PIN 8 PIN 9 9 Pin Slave Connector PIN 1 PIN 2 PIN 3 PIN 4 PIN 5 PIN 6 PIN 7 PIN 8 PIN 9 GND 9BRxA 9BT xB GND NC GND 9BRxB 9BT xA N 9 pin D Female GND 9BT xA 9RRxB GND NC GND 9BT xB 9BRxA GND 30 26 WIRING AND CONNECTION DETAILS 30 27 LTC 1 0 Connector 9 pin D M ale Input Level 20dbm to 10dbm Output Level Odom Unbalanced loads conne
66. EPTH DeviceDisplay Digital Aud Dimmer io Disk Button o d eI D iskinit Display Display Display Level Dispose DithierO tpe Drive Form Early In ED 42 Edit M acro Edit M odes SUNG ee Edit Options nee Edit 5 Editing Eject Electrical In Erase Erasing a M Ethernet Export Extend External SC F Factor Formatting Frame Rate Frequency stallation LS NI TET SI Deices a Drive Index iii G MDR rta iet s 26 3 M echanical Installation 28 2 Gain RETURN OR Se 5 5 13 3 Meter Settings 26 6 C HD A 15 2 M etering 5 6 A MUR 21 2 e ENE 4 66 6 7 inSegmentD uration 26 4 2 EE ode Level Mode 12 3 102 M ode Leva ROW e 12 3 PRA A C pss 4 4 GPI sss ee MOVE nn ceras 9 2 19 2 GIO 5 5 Multitrack Editing 6 5 8 3 15 2 E 2 2350 153 N ame M AK EE 11 2 ACE oF Naming DS ois tar esa nO ated 7 2 17 2 e s o oaa tapes aa 7 2 Imp
67. EXPORT MENU Export WAY Files Al RATER Figure 37 Wave Export T o export clips to a Broadcast WAV File Step 1 Select the clip or clips to be exported Ranges of clips also be selected with each clip entirely within the Range being ex ported to a Broadcast W av file Step 2 Press the Export key on the console and select wav EXPORT soft key Step 3 A menu will appear in the top of the video screen prompting for the destination and name of the Broadcast W AV file that will be created Use the Up arrow and D own arrow keys on the console to move the cursor up and down thelist Use the and keys on the console or arrow keys on the PC keyboard to select items on the form Selecting the Publish to AudioBase box will publish all the created W AV files into AudioBase Step 4 Press Enter to perform the export All the clips selected will now appear as separate Broadcast W AV files in the folder specified IMPORT EXPORT 17 10 File Export O ptions UNIT Sets the destination drive U sethe Up and Down arrow keys to move between the available drives on your system FOLDER If desired you can add a directory name where you would like these W AVE filesto be placed TheW AVE Import page can search for them and find them in this directory but they can not be borrowed successfully from it only kept see Import M enu for details FILE NAME Determineshow theW AVE files will be named U sethe Left and Right
68. ION 10 3 COTOMAST 2 23 A 10 3 10 3 ALPHANUMERIC SORTING 10 4 Chapter 11 Marks INTRODUCTION 2s ek x ete et 11 2 CREATING A 11 2 EDITING MARKS 11 2 Chapter 12 Level INTRODUCTION 12 2 Applying a Level Change 12 2 LEVEL SOFT KEY FUNCTIONS 12 2 Selina e ep GU DUE E RR 12 2 TERR iere pk Rp a UR 12 3 Modes uv t 12 3 Info ae eet eR en an 12 3 STEREO MIX 12 4 Stereo Mode Level Soft Key Functions 12 4 Trackkevel eei ats 12 5 eek 12 5 Chapter 13 Equalisation INTRODUCTION vik 2d eem 13 2 Applying EQ 2 E ER 13 2 EQ DISPLAY Sa ee 13 3 Selecting 5 13 3 Numeric Enttyz x4 coim nme ee UE 13 3 NeW or Old sei eem ens 13 3 MOF cui nen 13 3 Copying an 22 ee 13 4 Chapter 14 Time Compression amp Ex pansion INTRODUCTION RR 14 2 PERFORMING TIME COMPRESSION EX PANSION dades 14 2 STRETCH AND 14 3 Selecting an Algorithm 14 3 Selecting the Scale 14 3 a arta 14 3 Target TIME SA aR 14 4 Pitch using Varispeed 14 4 RN 14 4 PETG Ne 14 5 Chapter 15 Gate Menu INTRODUCTION
69. Importing Multiple Broadcast WAV Files 17 7 Importing Other File Formats 17 7 Ber lola 17 8 Exporting Other File Formats 17 8 WAVE EXpOrt iR ook Rb wes 17 9 File Export 17 10 Chapter 18 Project Management INTRODUCTION are DN sx 18 2 ADDITIONAL PROJECT MENU ITEMS 18 2 Password Protection 18 2 Extend Sein rigen 18 3 Refresh nen nee 18 3 MANAGING DISK SPACE 18 4 DISPOSES i pct ad er 18 4 Soup ET T eum 18 4 eu do uiu Made daa 18 5 Keep Borrowed Clips 18 5 More About Committing 18 6 Chapter 19 Backup and Restore INTRODUCTION 19 2 BACKING UP eoa ex 19 3 RESTORING ne iR ees 19 3 COPYING AND MOVING 19 4 Chapter 20 Timecode Setup 20 2 Setup Menu 20 3 SYNCHRONIZATION 20 4 POSITION a s arr Mak as ger SU EA EUR es 20 4 MOtIOD ar E ence Reliq PES 20 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS vii How Satellite Synchronizes 20 4 Digital Synchronization Conflicts 20 4 Pull up and 20 5 Control of Sony Machines 20 5 Conflict 20 6 COMPATIBILITY WITH 2 AND MFX3 20 6 Backwards Compatibility
70. LIP NAM E function T he same search text is used as the default setting for both theGo TO CLIP NAM E and JUMP TO cLIP namefunctions Changing the search text in onefunction will also causethe text to change in the other JUMP TO CLIP NAM E Will locate the transport to the next clip with a matching name on any track POINT or Thetransport will locateto thehead tail or sync point seebe FADE low of a clip or the start or end of a fade described later on the selected track or tracks POINT T hetransport will locate to the head tail or sync point of a dip on the selected track or tracks MARK T hetransport will locate to the next mark VA NOTES A sync point of a clip defaults to the head of a clip unless changed with the T rim Slip menu see T rim Edit M ode on page 6 13 JUMP TO POINT and JUMP TO POINT OR FADE Will only work on selected tracks H olding down the Shift key and pressing a Jump key will override the Jump M enu and JUMP TO POINT H olding down the Ctrl key and pressing a Jump key will override the Jump M enu and JUMP TO MARK olding down the BLUE key and pressing either Jump key will locate the trans port to the start or end of the Range LOCATOR FUNCTIONS Rapid navigation through the project is achieved by using the Go menu func tions and by making M ARKS on thetime line For moreinformation see GoT o on page 10 2 and M arks on page 11 2 TRACKS amp TRANSPORT 4 10 SELECTING
71. LUE key and pressthe s1 ip soft key to set SLIP as the default mode Sync PressingtheTrim Sync soft key creates a sync marker within the selected clip s at the cursor position TheJUMP TO POINT or JUMP TO POINT OR FADE functions will then land on this point It can beused to quickly jump to afrequently used sync point within a clip It also determines where a clip is refer enced when using AudioB ase To change the sync point select TRIM sync at the new lo cation T hereisonly onesync point per clip T hissync marker should not be confused with theterm sync point used throughout this manual except in the section on JUM P Trim Edit O ptions Trim is usually applied to a single clip or selections across tracks therefore no op tionsare available Range On RANGE ON is not supported in T rim M ode Layers On ALL LAYERS ON isnot supported in T rim M ode Razor On RAZOR ON is not supported in T rim M ode TRIM EDIT MODE 6 15 SLIP EDIT MODE SLIP mode moves clipsto a new timelocation Slipping the head movesthe head of aclip to the cursor while maintaining the position of thetail Slipping thetail moves thetail of a clip to the cursor while maintaining the position of the head T hese com mands alter the length of the clip Using Slip Step 1 Press the Trim Slip key and then the s1ip soft key if not in SLIP mode Step 2 Select the desired track s If only onetrack isto be edited double click its tracks key to ensu
72. MEIN TS rr oet ce Et ue ed 30 32 Index ii TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 1 NOTES 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction INTRODUCTION T he Satelite is part of a new family of products from Fairlight which marries to gether DC processing with an ergonomic physical control surface in a combina tion that hasa significant impact on productivity and efficiency T he Satellite interface incorporates a dedicated editing console a unique graphical user interface and powerful database capabilities T hese tools allow the operator to work quickly and efficiently without impeding the creativity of the recording and editing process T he Satellite offers a number of unique benefits through its adap tation of D SP and proprietary technology to the audio environment ABOUT THISMANUAL TheDREAM Satellite Installation and U ser M anual provides all the information necessary to rapidly become proficient at operating the system in a professional au dio environment T hismanual isdesigned to familiarize sound editorsand engineers with thefacilities provided by the Satellite T heterminology and concepts used in this manual assume areasonable knowledge regarding audio principles and studio procedures Chapters 2 to 24 describethe procedures used to manage workflow and perform re cording editing signal processing and playback operations C hapters 27 to 29 provide a complete reference for installation of the system Chapter 30 includes complete specifi
73. N 6 GND PIN 7 GND PIN 8 GND PIN 10 GND PIN 11 GND PIN 12 NC PIN 13 HSYNC PIN 14 VSYNC PIN 15 NC Word Clock In Connector BN C Input O ptically Isolated Input Impedance 75 O hms Video Sync In Connector BN C Input Levd 1V p p Input Impedance 75 O hms T erminated Word Clock Out Connector BN C Output Level 4 3V TTL O utput Impendence 75 O hms SPECIFICATIONS SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS 30 30 Analogue Inputs and O utputs Input impedance Output impedance Maximum input level Maximum output level Standard operating level Input signal to noise Output signal to noise Through system signal to noise Through system THD Bandwidth 25dB AES EBU Inputs Minimum differential Input impedance Channel status AES EBU Outputs Output level Output impedance Channel status Synchronisation System sample rates Run Up Run down sample rates SRC range with optional SRC I O module gt 10k Ohms 55 Ohms 24dBu 24dBu adjustable from 14dBu to 24 dBu gt 113dB A weighted A D conversion gt 113dB A weighted A D conversion gt 110dB A weighted lt 0 0008 20Hz to 20kHz 200mV 110 Ohms transformer isolated insensitive to channel status 4V 110 Ohms transformer isolated professional normal audio source locked sample frequency locked to project sample rate stereophonic 24 bit word length 32 44 056 44 1 48 96kHz 44 044 44 056 47 952 48 048 95 904 96 096
74. RD MENU All the Record M enu functions preroll the transport Step 1 Press the REC Key Step 2 Press the desired soft key function HEAD Records from the head of the clip under the cursor and con tinues until stopped CLIP Records from the head of the clip under the cursor and stops at thetail HERE Recordsat thecurrent cursor location If a Preroll isactive the transport will locateto and play from the Preroll point then drop into record at the point which the HERE soft key was pressed AGAIN Records the same as the last record command For details on setting pre roll and post roll see Setting Preroll and Postroll on page 16 3 TRACKS amp TRANSPORT 4 12 RECORD MENU 5 1 NOTES 5 2 Chapter 5 Recording INTRODUCTION Satellite can record up to 48 simultaneous tracksto disk T hefollowing chapter de scribes how to configure and then record audio into the system e es Files Digi Menu Key 7 Figure 16 Digi and Proj Menu Keys PROJECT SET UP Step 1 Start a new Project by selecting the Proj key and then the new soft key Step 2 U sethe keyboard to type a namefor the Project and press En ter Project Sample Rate T hesample rate for a Project is fixed after thefirst recording is made It istherefore very important to check this before recording Step 1 old down the BLUE key and press the Digi key Step 2 Pressthe RATE soft key Step 3 T urn the jogger wheel to select the desir
75. RINTER CHARACTERISTICS PRINTING To change printer characteristics display the System Page typeBLUE s You may now usethe mouse to choose 9 24 or 48 pin printers You may also set the size of your paper if you want to print two pages of tractor feed paper with no header at thetop of the second page set the page length to double U sethe mouseto click on individual fields thus changing the displayed value T hese are explained below LOAD SAVE DEFAULTS FILE DISPLAY SORTIN WAVEFORM LIST FILTE METER CALIBRATION LA METER RED LEVEL PRINTER HEAD DENSIT INTER PAPER WIDTH lt INCHES gt PAPER LENGTH INCHES gt PRINTER COMPRESSION FACTO PIXEL DENSITY AXIS PIXEL DENSITY AXIS N CLIPS i CLIP ATTRACTION IM FRAMES NTER MODES PRINTER SMPTE FORMA ROSSFADE FROM ZER DISTINGUISH CROSSFADE r ee a gt lt 7 m m 70 Iz co A 4 m Mi PRINTER COMPRESSION PIXEL DENSITY AXIS gt ME PIXEL DENSITY AXIS JOI AUTO UPDATE DL FIL WAVE MENU SAMPLE SIZI AUTOMATIC EXTENSIO TRI 7 D m BO m m _ 2 m m e El 1 CO O O Figure 47 System Page Print O ptions Printer Compression Removes vertical space where nothing is happening i e no clip isstarting ending or being labelled T he lower this number the more space is
76. Sets the length of timethe remains ON M ay be set to a number of milliseconds or set to HELD wherethe GPO stays on until the transport stops FiresaGPO immediately for testing purposes If pulse is set to held the GPO switcheson and off asthe key is pressed and released Type MARKS D escription Examples Pulse Fire 16 8 GPO fires when the transport reaches each M ARK in play and record Track starts for CD recorders Only available if Timecode is set Sets the length of time the GPO remains ON M ay beset to a number of milliseconds or set to HELD wherethe GPO stays on until the transport stops FiresaGPO immediately for testing purposes If pulseis set to held the GPO switcheson and off asthe key is pressed and released Type CUE MUTE Description beset ON orOFF independently for thePREROLL and POSTROLL periodsof theADR M enu Examples Controls whether the original track is heard during each stage of the ADR recording Ahead If toggled ON isON during the Preroll section IN If toggled ON isON during the record section Fire Firesa GPO immediately for testing purposes If pulse is set to held the GPO switcheson and off asthe key is pressed and released NOTE When aGPO issetto the BEEPS type Satellite can also output audio beeps from one of its channels T his is controlled from a configuration file called mdr cfg which is discussed in the configuration ch
77. Step 2 Select the O utput M enu with the first soft key When in STEREO M ix mode track and clip based panning and level becomeavailablein the Level menu T o prevent clip ping it may be necessary to apply an output pad using the PAD soft key in the Digi M enu Step 3 Press the STEREO soft key to toggle between MIX ON or OFF Stereo Mode Level Soft Key Functions Pan With STEREO ON the pan soft key in the Level M enu is availablefor panning TRACKS or CLIPS T he behavior of thePAN depends on the target as follows Clip T heselected clipsarepanned If aclip ispanned thisoverridesany TRACK panning CLIP PAN can beturned ON or OFF using BLUE and BLUE Track All clips on the track that have CLIP PAN turned OFF are panned SrEREO MIX MODE 12 5 LEVEL Track Level Range T rack level may also betrimmed or set in STEREO mode T hetrack gain is added to the clip gain of clips on that track T he following procedure can be performed with STEREO M Ix turned ON Step 1 Pressthe Level key Step 2 Pressthe Pan soft key Step 3 U sethe jogger wheel or and keysto adjust the pan W hen in CLIP mode use BLUE to turn PAN OFF Step 4 Press Enter to make the change permanent A number of clipscan bealtered at the sametimeusing a Range and track selection A range is created using the From and To keys as described in Selecting a Range on page 4 10 W hen using a Range only clipsthat are entirely within the Range a
78. Step 3 D efine a Range of clips and tracks Step 4 Align the cursor position in the library to the required sync point in the Project Step 5 Select KEEP Or BORROW T he clips will beimported to the Project on their original tracks 17 4 LO CKING A LIBRARY TO PICTURE When the Import M enu is selected M 1 will automatically go offline It is possible to put M lonline with an offset to the current library position by using the LOCK function This enables you to audition a sound to picture before importing Step 1 Step2 Press the Lock soft key to audition to picture Pressing the Lock key again will turn off the lock function T his enables you to locate to a different sound for audition ing IMPORTING WAVE FILES WAVE Files can be imported into a current open Project either by borrowing or keeping them Importing a Single WAV File Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Position the cursor at the point at which the clip needsto be placed H old down the BLUE key and press the Import key Browse to the WAV file you wish to import Press Borrow OF Keep Select which track to place the clip onto T heclip will now be imported at the cursor position If aWAVE clip needsto bekept at a later time after aBORROW usethekEEP BOR ROWED soft key within the Space M enu LOCKING A LIBRARY TO PICTURE 17 5 Importing Multiple WAV Files IMPORT MENU Import WAY Files SAMPLE RATE Figure 35
79. T hepurpose of this section of the manual isto provide all thetechnical information required to design a suitable installation for the Satellite console and engine and to fit and connect the units It is assumed that the installer is familiar with both analog and digital audio signals For full operational instructions please refer to chapters 2 27 of this manual SYSTEM OVERVIEW T he Satellite is made up of four interconnecting components e Satellite Console QDC Engine Video Monitor Keyboard UNPACKING It is advisablethat before any installation work is attempted that the system be un packed and the contents verified A sizeable area approximately three meters square should be suitable U sing the basic packing list attached record the items you have received having the relevant details logged in your Installation M anual will help you if you haveto make an enquiry in the event of a packing omission At this stage do not power up the System nor remove electronic modulesfrom the system as damage may occur if not handled correctly INTRODUCTION 27 3 EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED Engine Console M ouse Keyboard Installation and User M anual STATIC PRECAUTIONS Please take note that all Fairlight manufactured electronic modules are static sensi tiveand should behandled under anti static conditions W hen working on a system always ensurethat you havean anti static lead
80. TION T heSatelliteprovides powerful D SP functions which can befound within theW ave M enu All of the WAVE functions create a new waveform on disk A new clip is cre ated and the original is not altered or erased Wave Key Figure 30 Wave Key PERFO RMING TIME COMPRESSIO N EXPANSION Step 1 To enter the W ave M enu press the WAVE key Press the soft key Step 2 Usethejogger wheel or and keys to select the desired function Step 3 Press Enter The functions available are STRETCH VARI and PITCH as described above STRETCH Stretching and compressing clips in time while maintaining pitch VARI Stretching and compressing clips by varying the pitch PITCH Changing the pitch without changing the duration INTRODUCTION 14 3 STRETCH AND VARI Selecting an Algorithm ThesrRETCH and PITCH functions use algorithms which must be selected and op timized depending on signal content for the best results Step 1 Pressthe Algorithm soft key Step 2 Usethejogger wheel or and keysto select the desired algo rithm Step 3 Press Enter The algorithms are as follows VOICE1 Deep male voice VOICE2 Female voice or high male voice POP 1 Percussive Pop music POP 2 Pop music CLASSIC 1 Percussive Classical music CLASSIC2 Classical music T hereare optional third party plug in algorithms available C ontact your distribu tor for more details Selecting the Scale ThesrRETCH and PITCH algorithms have a Scale
81. able when this type of record ing is selected allows the specified number of framesto be ex posed at the head of the recorded clip using TRIM HEAD please read the T rim Edit M ode on page 6 13 for further details Recording replaces audio that is already on the disk T hisis destructive and cannot be undone Clips lying under cur sor or the next ones along are replaced on armed tracks T herecording continues past the end of the original clip un less the tail of the clip does not show all the waveform due to the clip being subject to functions such as CUT TAIL Or TRIM TAIL In this case the recording will stop RECORDING 5 7 RECORDING TAPE If recording is commenced where there are no clips lying un der the cursor on an armed track a new clip is created If re cording commences wherethere is an existing clip the clip is over written using the same method as for O VER TheWIN DOW parameter available when thistypeof record ing is selected allows a gap of up to 999 frames to occur be tween when the track went into record and the next clip If recording is commenced within this gap the recording will start at the head of the next clip ARM Mode T he fifth soft key in the Arm M enu enablestracksto be set to READY or THRU In THRU mode tracks can be set to monitor their input at all times Armed tracks show the input highlighted in red on the meters display on the video screen Through tracks show t
82. abytes Available space in megabytes Available space in mono track time at the current sample rate D isk usage indicator On the left of the screen is the Folders display T his shows the Fairlight worksta tions domains drives and folders available to the Satellite Pathlist T he pathlist displays details of the currently selected path Files On the right of the screen is the Files display T his shows the files stored on the se lected device along with information regarding the size of the file dates they were last modified their sample rates etc T he selected file is always highlighted 3 4 NAVIGATING THE PROJECT MENU open the Project menu press the Proj Project key T his is already selected when the machine is powered up To move up the selection bar and up and down the Project M enu usethe Up and Down Arrow keys on the console or alternatively use the jogger wheel T o select a fileor folder presstheFiles Folders key on the Satellite console Project N avigation Files Keys Figure 6 Project Navigation Keys O pening and Closing a Domain or Device Step 1 Step 2 UsetheFiles Folders and arrow keysto select the desired domain or device so that it is highlighted Press the Folder Or Folder icon key on the console depending whether you want to open or close the domain device or folder Creating a New Project Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Press the Proj Project
83. ad of a clip or the Tail of a clip Enter Key T heenter key function isassociated with both completing some edits and with con firming some menu selections Binnacle Editing Keys and Jog Wheel TheBinnacleisat the heart of the Satellite s advanced editing interface D edicated edit functions are associated with these keys In addition to normal J og Shuttle transport operations the jog wheel is used for zooming and parameter selection in soft menus Edit O ption Keys T heedit option keys modify the effect of each edit An edit can be performed on All Layers on atime Range and can insert or delete time via Razor mode Numeric and Track View Keys TheN umeric Keys are provided for entering timecode locations or parameter val ues By pressing and holding oneof thethree BLUE keys theT rack V iew K eys select the number of tracks visible on the monitor track display Project and Machine Control Menu Keys T he Project menu Key and the directory navigation keys provide access to the Sat ellite sfilesystem M achinecontrol keyslock thetransports of external V T Rs Other menu and transport location functions are provided by the menu keys in this sec tion USER INTERFACE 2 5 Monitor Display Features Shell Command Prompt Project Info Track _p Display SATELLITE O PERATIO T he graphical display provides status information clip and waveform display and visual feedback for editing functions Status Line
84. ad or Tail on the left hand side of the Binnacle T he selection should now be erased BINNACLE EDITING 6 12 Erase Range Targets Range Erasesall clips on the top layer from the beginning of the Rangeto the end of the Range Head Erases all dips on thetop layer from the beginning of the Rangeto the current cursor position Tail Erases all dips on thetop layer from the current cursor posi tion to the end of theRange Erase with All Layers On O verlapping clips are arranged in layers W hen the AII Layers key is selected after pressing either the Erase key the target will consist of all clips on all layers W hen rangeis off and you press All Layers or Razor a rangeis created that encloses the selected clips if any T hisrangeis bounded by the head and tail of thetop clip under the cursor If thereis no clip on the selected track the Range will be set to zero width and an error will result if you try and execute a cut or copy command Range Clip Erasesall layers from thebeginning of the Rangeto the end of the Range Head Erases all layers from the beginning of the Range to the cur rent cursor position Tail Erases all layers from the current cursor position to the end of the Range Erase with Razor On Edits performed with Razor O n insert or removetime from the selected tracks em ulating a tape edit performed with a razor blade Range Erasesall layers from thebeginning of the Rangeto t
85. an to return the audio to a 30 fps environment later Often Projects that are finished on film or for CD mastering require a setting of 30 but Projects finished on video normal ly use 29 97 Range D etermines what happens to Ranges when changing menus M odes In Auto M ode Ranges are always switched off when entering a new mode unless the new mode must have a Range In M anual M ode Ranges are always preserved unless the new mode cannot have a Range Also in M anual M ode pressing the current Mode key again togglesthe Rangeon and off keeping the last timecode values that it had NOTE VA Always set the correct sample rateand frame rate before making your first record ing this will avoid problems later TIMECODE SETUP 20 4 SYNCHRONIZATION Satellite can track the position and motion of external transports such asa video tape recorder timecode striped audio tape or a timecode generator T he disk recorder will play in time with the M aster T imecode source so that sound and picture coin cide Position This is an absolute location reference to a sequence of pictures or audio It is used to determine whether the disk recorder is playing the right part of its Project For video position reference is usually provided by 9 pin Sony protocol from an RS 422 port For audio tapes LT C is normally used though 9 pin is also a possibility Motion T he motion of an external machineis a measure of its speed and t
86. apter within this manual SETTING LOOP MODE TheLoop M enu placesthe transport in a continuous loop T hetransport will repeat the loop until Stop or another transport key is pressed Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Press the Loop key Set theloop start and end points using the From and To keys on the Binnacle Press the Enter key T he Loop should now begin T o end the Loop press the Stop key SETTING LOOP MODE 16 9 ADR GPI Loop 16 10 SETTING LOOP MODE 17 1 NOTES 17 2 Chapter 17 Import Export INTRODUCTION Satellite has a number of featuresto allow the import and export of audio clipsand Projects IMPORTING CLIPS Page Files AE Page Folders Down e Figure 34 Import Key It is possible to import clips from other Projects on the system with the same sam ple rate as the main Project O pening a Project as a Library Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 H old down the BLUE key and press Import Press the BROWSE soft key Select the desired library Project usingthefile navigation keys and Jog wheel Press Enter opened the Project will stay open as a library until another library is opened Pressing any editing key will return you to the main Project but returning to the Import M enu will display the last library from which a clip wasimported Theimport menu gives you the option of KEEP or BORROW when importing clips Importing clips does not affe
87. ase key T heBinnaclewill remain in ERASE mode until another edit mode key is pressed U nlike copy and CUT the ERASE edit is completed at the moment of striking the target key U sing Erase Step 1 Pressthe Erase key Step 2 Select the desired track s If only onetrack isto be edited double click itstrack key to ensure no other tracks are selected Step 3 Locate the transport so the cursor lies over the desired edit point clips that will be edited are highlighted in red Step 4 Pressthe required edit target key Range Clip Head or Tail on the left hand side of the Binnacle Erase Edit Targets T he result of an ERASE edit is determined by the target key pressed Range Erases all clips the top layer which touch the cursor on se lected tracks Head Erasesthe heads of all clips which touch the cursor on selected tracks Tail Erases thetails of all clips on thetop layer which touch the cursor on selected tracks Erase Edit O ptions T he Binnacle options for ERASE are RANGE ON ALL LAYERS RAZOR ON Erase with Range On To perform an ERASE with RANGE on follow these steps Step 1 Press either the Erase key Step 2 Select the desired track s If only onetrack isto be edited double click its tracks key to ensure no other tracks are selected Step 3 D efine a Range using the From and To keys or press Range On to recall the last range set Step 4 Press the required edit function key Range Clip He
88. ate timecode format can be changed at any time but should be set to the local standard Step 1 Press the Setup key Step 2 Pressthe TC FORMAT Soft key Step 3 Turn thejogger wheel to select the desired timecode format Step 4 Press Enter Step 5 Select N on D rop or D rop Frame if applicable VA NOTE 3 The sample rate is also fixed if an import from another Project is performed Refer to the Import Export Chapter later in this manual 4 Thesample rate and frame rate jogger wheel selection can also be performed using the and keys on the numeric keypad or the numeric keys to 4 PATCHING INPUTS TO TRACKS Satellite can be configured with up to 48 input channels in blocks of eight The Patch M enu allowsthese inputs to be patched to different tracks Patch Menu Step 1 Press the Arm key Step 2 Select the INPUT soft key Patching A Single Mono Track Step 1 Select destination track s Step 2 Press PATCH Step 3 Select input on track keys Patching A Stereo Track Step 1 Select destination track s Step 2 Press PATCH Step 3 H old down the track key for the LEFT input and press the track key for the RIGHT input PATCHING INPUTS TO TRACKS 5 5 Patching A Mono Group Step 1 Select the Range of destination tracks Step 2 Press GROUP Step 3 Select the Range of inputs Selecting Input Type Each input can be configured to analog 4 analog 10 AES EBU or SPDIF Step 1 Select a track patched t
89. by pasting another clip Clip B on top Goto the Space M enu move the transport so that Clip A is touching the cursor and press N ow erase Clip B and it can be seen that the part of Clip A that was un derneath Clip B has been removed T his part of the data on disk has now been re moved minus the andle T histime do the samething but make a copy of Clip A on another track After committing the original Clip A and erasing Clip B Clip A has now been trimmed as before but can still beextended usingtherRIM command T hisis because when ever there isa clip anywhere in the Project that references the same M aster Record ing even partially the M aster Recording will not betouched allowing the uncommitted clips to be trimmed out to their fullest possible extent MANAGING DISK SPACE 18 7 PROJECT MANAGEMENT NOTES D isposing and Committing create blocks of free space that can be used by the Project T hey cannot however be used by any other Project or file becausethe blocksareinaccessiblelittle islands in themiddleof theProject Packing shoves all the data down towards the beginning of the file so that it occupies continu ous block and then gives back the empty piece at the end To regain the maximum possible disk space highlight the whole Project from M ark zero to M ark 999 then DISPOSE COMMIT and PACK T he first two oper ations are virtually instantaneous All Space M enu operations ar
90. c Fade at the head of a dip or clips within a Range Pressing any other key accepts the entered value immediately Pressing Auto In followed by Enter executes an Auto In fadeto the head s of any clips touched by the cursor on selected tracks Auto Out Sameasfor Auto In but executed for tails of clips X Level T hese soft keys allows level and time characteristics for fades to be adjusted T his enables you to se sudden or gradual X Point fades The fade curve is shown on the upper graphics display Capture Capturesthefade parameters from the head of the current clip Head NOT available when RAN GE activated Capture Captures the fade parameters from the tail of the current clip Tail NOT available when RAN GE activated Capturing Fade Parameters Itispossibleto copy thefade parametersfrom a clip so they can bereapplied to other clips or adjusted and reapplied to the same or other clips Step 1 Press the Fade key Step 2 Select the clip from which you want to copy the parameters Step 3 Press the HEAD Or TAIL soft keys to capture the parameters from the corresponding fade Fade O ptions Range On Follow these steps to perform a fade on a range Step 1 Pressthe Fade key Step 2 U se the From and To keys to select a Range or press RANGE On to recall the last range set BINNACLE EDITING 6 20 Step 3 Press the required edit target key Range Clip Head or Tail on the left hand side of the Binnacle Range Fade
91. cations and connector detailsfor the DREAM Satellite System Read through the chapters in the order presented to learn all the features of the sys tem or usethe T able of Contents or Index to find the specific information you re quire INTRODUCTION 2 1 NOTES 2 Chapter 2 Satellite O peratio INTRODUCTION Satellite isthe latest generation digital audio workstation from Fairlight offering ex ceptional power and speed for recording and editing audio Satellite is made up of five interconnected hardware devices 1 QDC Engine 2 Satellite Console 3 Keyboard 4 Mouse 5 SVGA Graphics M onitor U SER INTERFACE Improved ease of use and operator efficiency is achieved through advanced ergo nomic design of the user interface Figure 1 Satellite U ser Interface INTRODUCTION 2 3 Satellite Console Features T heconsolecontrol surface incorporates the various hardware user interface features indicated below Track Selection Keys Soft Keys am onsole Project and Display r Control Keys Menu Keys Transport Keys gugp Numeric and Track View Keys Macro Keys Edit Edit Target Option Keys Keys Enter Key Binnacle Editing Keys and Jog Wheel Figure 2 Satellite Console Features Track Selection Keys T heT rack Selection Keys are used for selecting tracks and clips for editing and for arming tracks Press a track key to add a track to the current selection D ouble
92. clip usingthe currently selected track W hen auditioning the Project re mains stationary Step 3 f necessary usethetransport keys including Jog and Jump to locate the clip to the correct location Step 4 Press the PASTE soft key to place the clip in the Project NOTES Itisalso possibleto PASTE thehighlighted clip immediately without auditioning VA This will placethe sync point of the clip at the cursor T his will bethe head of the clip unless a sync point has been set usingtheTRIM function on theBinnacle All clipsimported using AudioBaseare borrowed T o keep theclips usetheKEEP ALL BORROWED function in the Space M enu PLACING SOUNDS IN A PROJECT 22 7 MAINTAINING A DATABASE The N ame Category Description and U ser fields can be edited to add additional dip information T hefollowing fields can be edited Step 1 U sethe AudioBase search functionsto highlight the required dip record Step 2 Pressthe EDIT soft key Step 3 Press the Prev and Next Keys to highlight a field you wish to edit Step 4 T ypethetext you wish to enter Step 5 Press Enter NOTES Itisalso possibleto simultaneously changethe selected field for all theclipslisted VA from a search T o do this edit the desired field as described above except hold down the BLUE key when you press Enters The swap soft key toggles the contents of the selected field between what you have just typed and the previous contents It is
93. connected and that the system is con nected to ground through an earth lead N ever work on the system while powered up unless you are authorized by Fairlight to do so Asa matter of practice always touch the external chassis of the system be fore opening the front panel If cards are not handled under anti static procedures your machine may sustain damage which could either cause a complete failure or may cause intermittent crashes and subsequent system failure W hen handling cards please ensurethat they are placed in anti static bags when not in the system For shipment purposes electronic modules should be placed in an anti static bag and then suitably surrounded with loose packaging materials in a sol id card board box Cards shipped to Fairlight without the correct anti static pack aging will havetheir warranty voided If you haveany enquirieson this matter please feel freeto contact your local Fairlight office or distributor ENVIRONMENT INSTALLATION T hesystem is designed to be operated in a clean air conditioned environment G en erally an area comfortable for people 20 C 21 C should be suitable T he rack mounted unit uses fans for ventilation U sers may find it desirableto install these units away from the operator console location M akesurethat the rack unit has access for cool air to flow through the opening on thefront of the QD C Engine and expel warm air from the back As with all computer systems the DREAM Sat
94. ct the library Project in any way BORROW BORROW places a clip the Project that references the wave form from the library W hen the clip plays it actually plays from thelibrary Project For your Project to play correctly the library Project must be present INTRODUCTION 17 3 KEEP KEEP copies the waveform from the library into the Project T his makes it a permanent part of the Project as if it was re corded in using disk spacein the process It is possible to keep clips that have previously been borrowed by using the Space M enu described in M anaging D isk Space on page 18 4 Importing a Single Clip Step 1 Locate the transport so the cursor lies at the point you want the clip to go this can be done with M 1 online Step 2 H old down the BLUE key and press Import pen a library if one is not already open Step 3 Locatethetransport so the cursor lieson thesync point of the dip Also check that only one track is selected Step 4 Select KEEP BORROW Step 5 Select the desired target track it is a good idea to makea note of the destination track before using the import menu Theclip will be placed on the destination track with the sync point under the cursor Importing a Range of Clips IMPORT EXPORT Step 1 Locate the transport so the cursor lies at the point you want the Range of clips to go Step 2 old down the BLUE key and press Import pen a library if oneis not already open
95. cted to LTC OUT should NOT ground the LTC OUT NEGATIVE signal PIN 1 PIN 2 PIN 3 PIN 4 PIN 5 PIN 6 PIN 7 PIN 8 PIN 9 Serial Port Connector 9 pin D Male SPECIFICATIONS PIN 1 PIN 2 PIN 3 PIN 4 PIN 5 PIN 6 PIN 7 PIN 8 PIN 9 GND LTC ANEGATIVE LTC OUT NEGATIVE GND LTC B POSITIVE LTC A POSITIVE GND LTC OUT POSITIVE LTC NEGATIV SER_DCD SER Rx SER Tx SER DTR GND SER DSR SER RTS SER CTS NC 30 28 MIDI I O Connector 9 pin D Female PIN 1 NOT CONNECTED PIN 2 MIDIIN NEGATIVE MIDI IN DIN PIN 5 PIN 3 MIDI OUT NEGATIVE MIDI OUT DIN PIN 5 PIN 4 GND MIDI DIN PIN 2 THROUGH PIN 5 MIDI THROUGH POSITIVE MIDI DIN PIN 4 THROUGH PIN 6 MIDI POSITIVE MIDI IN DIN PIN 4 PIN 7 GND MIDI OUT DIN PIN 2 PIN 8 MIDI OUT POSITIVE MIDI OUT DIN PIN 4 PIN 9 MIDI THROUGH NEGATIVE MIDI DIN PIN THROUGH AES Sync 1 0 Connector 9 pin D Male PIN 1 GND PIN 2 AESIN NEGATIVE PIN 3 AES OUT POSITIVE PIN 4 BIPH ASE TACH PIN 5 BIP DIRECTION PIN 6 AESIN POSITIVE PIN 7 GND PIN 8 AES OUT NEGATIVE PIN 9 NOT CONNECTE Modem Connector 9 pin D Male PIN1 DCD PIN2 MOD MOD TX PIN4 MOD PINS GND PING MOD DSR PIN7 RTS PINS MOSCTS PINS N WIRING AND CONNECTION DETAILS 30 29 VGA Connector 5 pin H igh Density D Female Resolution 1024 H x 768 V Frequency HSYNC 60khz VSYNC 75hz SVGA STANDARD PIN 1 RED PIN 2 GREEN PIN 3 BLUE PIN 4 GND PIN 5 GND PI
96. d down the BLUE key and pressthe Track key Step 2 D efine a Range not applicableto the NUM BERS function Step 3 Select the source track Step 4 Select the desired function Step 5 Select the destination track Swap After Sw AP has been selected the defined Range will be swapped on the source and destination tracks Numbers Then um BERS function swapstheentiretrack including thetrack name It doesnot use a Range and is not reversible using the UNDO key Move MOVE removes the clips in the Range on the source track and places them on the destination track Any clips on the destination track will be buried INTRODUCTION 9 3 Copy COPY places a copy of the clips in the Range onto the destination track Any clips on the destination track will be buried T he source track is not changed Shadow The audio on the destination track is erased where there are clips on the source track T hisisuseful for splitting audio to different tracks for example telephone and perspective splits T he sourcetrack is not changed TAKES MENU W hen new clips are recorded or copied above existing clips in atrack only the top dip can be heard T heT akes M enu allows you to select a clip from several clips that have been layered and bring it to thetop Clipsthat lie beneath the cursor are listed in the upper display Clip Layers Under Cursor EDIT MENU Cut amp Paste Clips FRAME Ri PROJECT Figure 22 Takes Display S
97. des or cross fades the selection Oncean edit mode is selected it remains current until another edit mode or system mode is selected T he most recently pressed edit mode key is illuminated in amber red for slip mode T he selection of a Binnacle edit mode causes the LCD to switch to a display con taining soft key functions relevant to that mode Pressing an edit mode key twice will toggle between Range on and off if it is rele vant to that mode on page 4 10 for information on setting ranges 6 4 Edit Targets T hetarget for a Binnacle command isthe set of audio clips or parts of clipsthat are going to be affected by the command Pressing thetarget key executes the edit com mand T he possible targets are e Clip when RANGE is off the target consists of all clips on selected tracks under the cursor he current clips that will be affected are highlighted in RED on the video screen Range when RANGE ison the target consists of all clips and parts of clips on selected tracks lying insidethe Range T he current clips and parts of clips that Will be affected are highlighted in RED on the video screen Head if RANGE isoff thetarget consists of the parts of the clips on the selected tracks touching the cursor and lying to its left If RANGE ison the target consists of the clips and parts of clips on the selected tracks lying between the Range start and the cursor In both cases the pieces that will be affect
98. during which the Space Bar must be pressed simply reboot and try again At the displayed prompt select a boot method from the M enu From the prompt type SCAN Enter O bserve that all SCSI devices are detected You may need to run this command a couple of times as some drives are much slower to boot than the Engine 28 10 Step 7 If aSCSI deviceisnot seen power down the system and check all SCSI ID sand that theSC SI and power cables are connect ed SETTING UP REMOVABLE MEDIA DEVICES To set up optical drivesfor use on thesystem it isnot necessary to format the media All that is required isthat the following command be run on the media DISKINIT tdwx w n name isthe PCI xistheSCSI ID T his command must be run from the shell so you will need to quit from the main application to the shell See D rive Formatting on page 24 2 for more details on formatting storage devic 65 W hen mediaisnot in use it isstrongly recommended that the media is ejected from thedriveto ensurethat the media has not deteriorated dueto the level of heat in the drive itself CAUTION KEEPM EDIAAWAY FROM STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS VA AND DIRECT SUNLIGHT ASTHISCAN DAMAGE THE DISK T hesystem automatically detects new SC SI devices For example if an optical drive is connected at boot up and the media is not present the device will be seen on the Project page however it will indicate no media O n placing a suitableformatted me d
99. e can support a range of third party file formats For further information regarding file export please read the latest version of the Fairlight File Exchange M anual To access the File Exchange M enu press the Export key on the console Export Key Figure 36 Export Key Export Menu Soft Key O ptions Dubber Export Exports a file to the root of the current disk drive which can be read by Fairlight s DaD D ubber product T hefile will be named XXX D L whereXXX M T isthenameof thecurrently open Project FileExchange Exports a file to the root of the current disk drive which can be read by Fairlight s File Exchange partners T he file will be named XXX M L whereXXX M T isthenameof the currently open Project WAV Export O pensthe WAV Export submenu used for turning Satellite audio into WAV files EXPORT 17 9 Pro Tools Initiates export to a ProT oolsfile First you must choose a des tination on the network or on a local drive then press Enter to begin All recorded media are copied to the file For more information regarding exporting Pro T ools files read the Fairlight File Exchange M anual V3 or above WAVE Export TheWAV Export function may use either the red clips under the cursor or if a Rangeis present clips that are wholly included Real timeaudio features such as EQ level and fades areignored only the raw wave form data is exported All exports from the WAV Export M enu arein BWF format
100. e drive X isthe PCI bus 0 inter nal 1 external Step 5 You will beasked to verify that you wish to go ahead with this operation If you confirm the initialisation takes only a few seconds A reboot is necessary after initialisation FORMATTING OPTICAL DISKS Formatting optical platters is exactly the same as formatting hard disks INTRODUCTION 24 3 MAKING A NEW SYSTEM DISK A new system disk may be setup using the upgrade command Quit to the hash prompt T ypeupgrade at thehash prompt Follow theon screen promptsto select a target device and initialize if necessary BOOTING FROM EXTERNAL DISK DRIVES It is possibleto boot the Q D C engine from an external bootable system disk T o enablethis the N VRAM settings must be modified Follow this procedure Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Restart the Q D C and at the autoboot countdown press any key Type rc RETURN You will be asked Do you want to use the recommended NVRAM configuration Y N Q Typen RETURN You will be presented with 4 options A Reconfigure All of NVRAM B Reconfigure Booting Preferences C Reconfigure System Setup D Quit this menu and reboot Type c RETURN Press RETURN until you seethe option SCSI Controller Slot for Boot 0 Board SCSI 000 003 000 Once you see this option you then have to type in the PCI SLOT NUMBER that you want to boot from You must have a SCSI card in this SLOT PCI sl
101. e permanent N o UNDO W hen Committing nothing will happen to the M aster Recording that a clip is referencing unless the selected Range contains all clips that reference it It isa very good ideato dispose often during recording sessions Each time a use lessrecording is made UN DO itto removeit from sight then dispose T henext recording will immediately occupy the freed disk space Committing with H andles set to ALL is a way of removing the parts of the clips that are not heard but preserving the M aster Recordings entirely T his can be used for example when a stack of clips have been placed on top of each other to simplify the edit structure down to one layer effectively without losing any re corded audio data MANAGING DISK SPACE 19 1 NOTES 19 2 Chapter 19 Backup and Restore INTRODUCTION The Backup M enu allows multiple Projects and macro files to be transferred to an Exabytetape or another disk T he backup device can beany hard disk optical disk and Exabyte connected to the system either directly or via a network To enter the Backup M enu hold down the BLUE key and pressthe B Up key Backup Key Figure 40 Backup Key T he functions provided in the Backup menu are as follows BACKUP T hisisthesameascopy but a BU backup fileisalso created TheBU file lists the files backed up and the locations they came from T hisis stored in the destination where all the marked files have been copied to
102. e same for both CUT and COPY modes For details on selecting ranges see Selecting a Range on page 4 10 To perform aCuT or Copy with RANGE ON follow these steps Step 1 Press either the Cut or Copy key Step 2 Select the desired track s If only onetrack isto be edited double click its tracks key to ensure no other tracks are selected Step 3 D efine a Range using the From and To keys or press Range On to recall the last range set Step 4 H old down the required edit target key Range Clip Head or Tail on the left hand side of the Binnacle Step 5 Locate the transport so the cursor lies over the destination edit point Select an alternative destination track if desired Step 6 Let go of the selected edit function to paste the Range To do aone handed edit hit the edit target key to copy or cut then hit enter to per form the paste To do atwo handed edit hold down the edit target key to copy or cut then release it to perform the paste as described in the steps above Cut Copy with Range O n Targets Range Clip Copiesall clips or parts of clips within theRangeinto the clip board W hen Enter is pressed the rangeis pasted with the cur sor positioned at the copy point Head Copies all clips or parts of clips from the beginning of the Rangeto thecurrent cursor position into theclipboard W hen Enter is pressed therangeis pasted with the cursor positioned at the end of the range Tail Copies all clips or parts o
103. eR RR 15 2 GATING 15 2 GATING DURING 15 3 Chapter 16 ADR GPI Loop INTRODUCTION 16 2 USING THE ADR MENU 16 2 SETTING PREROLL AND POSTROLL 16 3 GPI MENU 16 4 Type OFF core RR nee ees 16 4 sem ded eee deeds weeds 16 4 Types Simple er age 16 4 16 5 PREROLL 16 5 16 6 Type ADR 16 6 Type ADR PLAY 16 7 Type 16 7 PREREC 16 7 MARKS 2 2 0 feu 16 8 CUE 16 8 SETTING LOOP MODE 16 8 vi Chapter 17 Import Export INTRODUCTION 02464444 es 17 2 IMPORTING 17 2 Opening a Project as a Library 17 2 Importing a Single 17 3 Importing a Range of Clips 17 3 LOCKING A LIBRARY TO PICTURE 17 4 IMPORTING WAVE FILES 17 4 Importing a Single WAV File 17 4 Importing Multiple WAV Files 17 5 Search 17 6 Broadcast 17 6 Importing a Single Broadcast WAV File 17 6
104. ed by the command arethe RED parts lying to the LEFT of the cursor e Tail if RANGE is off the target consists of the parts of the clips on the selected tracks touching the cursor and lying to its right If RANGE ison thetarget consists of the clips and parts of clips on the selected tracks lying between the cursor and the Range end In both cases the pieces that will be affected by the command arethe RED partslyingto theRIGHT of the cursor O ne and Two handed Editing TheBinnacle allows Cut Copy and T rim operations to be performed with one hand or two depending on the operators preferred style and the details of the par ticular edit Each edit is described in both modes below copy edit is a two handed edit when the target key is pressed and held with the left hand to start the edit the right hand is used to changethe track selection or transport position then the target key is released to paste and finish the edit A onehanded edit is performed by pressing and releasing thetarget key to copy then pressing the Enter key to paste U ndo and Redo Satellite provides 64 levels of undo and redo Pressing the Undo key once will undo the last edit Pressing the key multipletimes Will allow you to progressively step backwards through previous edits U se the Redo key to reinstate edits that you have undone Redo is only available immediately after an U ndo U ndo is not possible after any SPACE M ENU functions the N UM BERS
105. ed sample rate Step 4 Press Enter INTRODUCTION 5 3 RECORDING Recording Bit D epth T he bit depth for each recording is selected using thefollowing steps U nlikethe Project rate the bit depth can be made changed every time a recording is made into a Project T he available bit depth rates are 16 20 and 24 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Pressthe Digi key Pressthe DEPTH soft key Turn the jogger wheel to select the desired bit depth Press Enter Selecting A Sync Source T he Satellites sample rate clock can be referenced to one of several sync sources Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 H old down the BLUE key and press Digi Press the sync soft key U sethe jogger wheel to select the desired sync source Press Enter T he sync sources are as follows INT AES WCLK VIDEO INPUT Internal sync uses crystals to generate the clocks T he sync istaken from the AES sync input on the back of the QDC Engine T he sync is taken from the WORD CLOCK input on the back of the QD C Engine T he sync is taken from the VID EO input on the back of the QDC Engine T he sync is taken from theDIGITAL IN PUT of the selected track key Input Sync Or House Sync The np sync soft key in theD igi enu is used to sync the system to the lowest numbered armed digital input The AUTO modeis used when a digital audio source is not referenced to the same sync source as the Satellite 5 4 Project Frame Rate Theframer
106. ellite will operate more reliably if static generating floor coverings are avoided D o not fittheQ D C Engineinto a closed environment except where ducted cool air isforced through theU nit D o not run theunit whilst it ison or near the ground as it will accumulate dust which may eventually cause a failure Please Avoid FittingtheQDC Engine or console where air circulation will be restricted 27 4 Installing QD C Engine or console close to heat source Installing in dusty or damp area Installing in area subject to vibration Installing in area with strong magnetic or electric fields ENVIRONMENT 28 1 NOTES Chapter 28 Engine Installation MECHANICAL INSTALLATION TheQDC Engineunit takes up 8 RU when fitted into a 19 rack It operatesfrom either 100 120v or 200 250v 50 60H z with the mains inputs being auto switch ing as such there are no switches to be set At least two peopleare required to fit the Engineinto a 19 rack asthe unit weighs approximately 31kg If available it is suggested that a third person guidethe Engine into the rack from the rear TheEngine should befitted so that there are no restrictions to the ventilation at the rear of theunit If external SCSI devicesareto beconnected it isrecommended that these be placed on a rack tray above or below the Engine 000900009 0990
107. ency of the band gain cut or boost at that frequency and Q factor sharpness of the band or whether it is a high or low shelf INTRODUCTION 13 3 EQ DISPLAY EQ Parameters Level Overload L PROJECT E INTR 3E FREO L HIGHEST 489 In Out Old New Figure 29 EQ Display Frequency The centre frequency of each band Q or Shelf ThisdisplaystheQ of the band or indicates the type of shelf Range 0 99 Gain T he gain of the band Range 99 to 20dB Old or New ShowsiftheEQ istheold or new setting Overload T his shows red when digital clipping is occurring Level T he gain adjustment applied to the EQ Range 20 to 200 or Out Showsif EQ isswitched in or out Selecting Shelf changea 0 parameter to a shelf hold down the BLUE key and press the or keys on the numeric keypad Numeric Entry To enter the values for the EQ parameters as numbers press the NuMBER soft key and usethe numeric keypad O therwise thetwelve numeric keys map to the twelve EQ parameters New or Old W hilst adjusting an EQ parameter it is possible to toggle between the new and old settings using the NEw OLD soft key until you press Enters In or Out Togglethe EQ on and off with the zx our soft key EQUALISATION 13 4 Copying an EQ TheEQ parameters of a clip can be copied to another clip or Range of clips Step 1 Press the EQ key Step 2 Locate the cursor over the
108. ensure that power is off at either the Engine or the console The Ethernet Cable The100BaseT ethernet connection is required for automatic update of console soft ware during boot up If no network is present the console can be connected to the QDC engine with a cross over wired ethernet cable If a network is present the eth ernet cable can be connected via a 100BaseT hub or other network infrastructure See Ethernet on page 30 25 for wiring details CONSOLE CONFIGURATION CONSOLE INSTALLATION On startup the Console LCD display provides the following soft key options LCD Contrast Pressthe Contrast soft key and turn the jog wheel to adjust the LCD contrast Console Communications Press the soft key to toggle between Serial and TCP IP Select Serial Network Config Press the config key to enter the etwork setup menu 29 4 Network Configuration Ifthenetwork configuration has changed the console and engine TCP IP addresses must be setup W hen the console boots up press the config soft key Select the P address for the console and QD C engine Presstheup and Down soft keysto movebetween addresses Pressthe 1 to 4 softkeys to move between IP subnet fields U se the jog wheel or numeric keys to enter the addresses Default QDC IP ADDRESS 192 168 0 11 Default QDC NET MASK 255 255 0 0 Default Console IP ADDRESS 192 168 0 21 Default Console NET MASK 255 255 0 0 Thismenu providesaPing opc soft key to test communicati
109. es and cents hundredths of a semitone T hefunction is performed as soon asthe pitch is Range entered Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Locate the cursor over the source clip Pressthe MEASURE soft key to toggle between t ime and pitch Press the SEMITONES soft key Enter the pitch using the jogger wheel or numeric keypad N ote H olding down the BLUE key and pressing the and keys will increment in whole semitones Press Enter ThesrRETCH and VARI functions can be activated by defining a target Range for the clip The function is performed as soon asFIT RANGE isselected The FIT RANGE Soft key appears when a Range is defined Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 D efine a Range for the destination clip with the From and To keys Locate the cursor over the source clip this does not have to bein the Range Pressthe FIT RANGE soft key STRETCH AND VARI 14 5 PITCH ThePITCH function can be activated by entering the pitch shift in semitones and cents hundredths of a semitone T hefunction is performed as soon asthe pitch is entered Adjust the A1gorithm and Scale as described above Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Locate the cursor over the source clip Pressthe SEMITONES soft key Enter the pitch using thejogger wheel or numeric keypad N ote H olding down the BLUE key and pressing the and keys will increment in whole semitones Press Enter NOTES T he audio format for the ne
110. es supplied as standard may not belong enough for your installation in which case you must provide longer cables T hefollowing informa tion givesspecific wiring detailsand highlights any special requirements however as with all equipment not supplied with the system it istheinstaller sresponsibility to ensure that these cables comply fully with the applicable safety and EM C regula tions EXTERNAL CABLE LENGTH CONSIDERATIONS Poor cabling can bethe bane of a good system Earth loops floating inputs and out puts and extended runs are just some of the issues to be addressed when planning an installation Control Cable T he Satellite Control C able connects the C onsoleto the Engine T he cable carries RS232 and RS422 signals and is limited to a maximum length of 30 meters pro viding correct attention is paid to signal pairing using twisted pair cable Ensure suf ficient slack is left at the C onsole end to ensure movement of the C onsole does not cause undue stress on the connector or causethe connector to partially disconnect which can damagethe serial drivers W hen fitting or reconnecting the cable ensure that power is off at either the Engine or the Console Ethernet 100BaseT Cable The ethernet cable connects the Satellite to the Q D C engine T he ethernet connec tion is required for automatic software configuration of the console If no network is present the console can be connected to the engine with a cross over cable O th
111. escribed later in the Space M enu The COM MIT process can be performed at any time later so leave this turned off for now O nce a Gate has occurred the clips can be trimmed using the TRIM command to adjust the hands and tails Original Clip Clip after Gating un kunst Figure 31 Gating GATING DURING RECORD GATE MENU UsingtheGare function described above will take time to scan the clip s It is pos sibleto se the gate parameters prior to making a recording so the gate is instanta neous if used after the recording is complete T hethreshold and gate indicators are displayed on the level meters T hese can be turned off by setting the TH RESH OLD to 99dB Threshold Gate Indicators ila 3 4 Sl e vi 8 Figure 32 Gate Meter Display The indicators are coloured as follows Green Thesignal level is above the threshold Yellow Thesignal level has fallen below the threshold Red T hesignal level has stayed below thethreshold for longer than theH OLD time T his meansthat the recording will be gated 15 4 NOTE 19 T he gating information gained during recording is based on thethreshold and hold values set at the time of the recording If you change those values and then issuethe gate command the audio will be re scanned 20 W hen you have armed tracks for recording and the meters are displayed a traffic light display shows you the gating activity 21 When COMMIT is toggled ON the system will a
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113. etering Input Levels T heinput levelsto the armed tracks are shown as vertical bargraphs at thetop of the screen T hese are seen on the video screen as soon as you enter the Arm M enu For tracks that are not armed for record meters show the playback levels T hebehaviour of the meters can be changed so that the background colour changes to warn you when a certain input level has been reached T hisisdoneby setting the M ETER RED LEVEL field on the System Page Pressthe BLUE key and the S key then usethe mouseto changethe value of RED or type RED level ENTER where level isthe desired audio level with or without a minus sign Themeter scaling can also bechanged T hisisdoneby setting theM eter Law which affects the Range of the meter and its linearity M eter Law can be changed on the System Page or by typing LAW n ENTER wheren is a number from 1 to 6 RECORDING Step 1 Step 2 Recording Types Locate thetransport to where you want to start recording then press PLAY and RECORD together Press STOP or PLAY to end the recording It is also possible to drop tracks in and out of record using the track keys the Arm M enu Recordings can be made using the following different recording modes NEW OVER A new clip is created for each recording T his will result in new layers on top of previous recordings T his isthe default and isthe safest way to record when learning to use a Satellite TheHAN DLE parameter avail
114. eterminesthat a file selected for import isa BW F a dialog pops Up Place broadcast wave at sync time Press Y or N T henameof theresultant imported clip isderived from theBW F sdescription field truncated to 24 characters if necessary If the imported fileisa normal WAV file it will be placed on the track selected with the head of the clip at the cursor position IMPORTING WAVE FILES 17 7 Importing Multiple Broadcast WAV Files When the first BWF is encountered the following popup box will appear on the video screen Place broadcast waves at sync times Yes BW F only to be placed at its sync time subsequent BW Fs will repeat the dialogue Cursor Places the BW F at the current cursor position subsequent BW Fs will repeat the dialogue All Places all imported BW Fsat their sync times N ever Places all imported BW Fsat the current cursor location Importing Other File Formats If the optional connectivity software has been purchased the Satellite can support a range of third party file formats For further information regarding file importation please read the latest version of theFairlight File Exchange M anual IMPORT EXPORT 17 8 EXPORT T he Export M enu is used to allow audio to be exported from a Project in thefol lowing formats WAV Broadcast WAV e Fairlight ML Fairlight DL ProTools Exporting Other File Formats If theoptional connectivity software has been purchased the Satellit
115. f clips from the current cursor posi tion to the end of theRangeinto the clipboard W hen Enter is pressed therangeis pasted with the cursor positioned at the beginning of the range AND Copy EDIT MODES 6 9 BINNACLE EDITING Range Soft Key Functions W hen the Cut Copy or Erase keys are selected on the Binnacle and a RANGE is selected the following additional LCD soft key options are available Split Range Fill B FWD Fill Overlap Bounce Fill TheriLL function is used to automatically repeat a section of audio to fill a Range on atrack to create background fills or buzz tracks T he audio used for thefill isthe dip currently on theclipboard from thelast CUT or coPv function TheO VERLAP Splits clips at the beginning and the end of the Range If no dips lies at a Range end then no split is performed at that point U ses the current contents of the clipboard to fill the current Range A Backward Forward Fill is performed using the contents of the clipboard to fill the current Range D efines the amount of O verlap to be used to auto fade the loops in operation Bounce mixes audio from all clipsin a Range and creates a new clip on a destination track which you are prompted to enter Bounce includes EQ s levels and fades T o interrupt a bounce once started press CTRL o parameter can be set to cross fade the clips Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Copy or CuT the desired audio to t
116. fault IP_ADDRESS 192 168 0 11 Default NET_MASK 255 255 0 0 Under the Console section edit the server address of the console Default IP_ADDRESS 192 168 0 21 Default NET_MASK 255 255 0 0 C heck the bottom of the setup screen for details on the various sections of the setup file A Cross over Ethernet cable must be connected between the Satellite and theQ D C Engine See N etwork Configuration on page 29 4 for more details on configuring the console THE MDR CONFIGURATION FILE A SYSTEM FILES T his file contains many settings that are used by the M ultitrack D isk Recorder pro gram M DR To open it when Satellite is running type CFG RETURN CAUTION TheMDR Configuration File contains many thingsthat you should not change If you do some operations of the system may become unstable or not work at all DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING that is not described fully here T hefollowing lines may be changed ArmKeyDelay on N ormally there is a delay in the reaction time of the track keys to allow for the pos sibility of double clicking Change this setting to off in order to remove this delay useful when using the track keysto put individual tracks into record W hen it isoff double clicking does not work FadeDefault 72 Every clip is played with a fade at both ends unless it is butted up to another clip even when you do not specify one T hevaluehereisused every timethe system pow ers up you may
117. function in the T rack M enu or the KEEP function in the Import M enu EDITING 6 5 Single Track or Multitrack Editing Editing may be performed on single or multiple tracks M ultitrack edits are per formed on all selected tracks W hen pasting from the clipboard the number and or der of tracks is retained Selecting a different destination track moves the entire selection Clip Layers W hen clips are recorded or pasted on top of each other they become layered one abovetheother O nly thetop clip is heard T o movea clip from alower layer to the top usethe PoP TAKES function by pressing the Takes key See T akes M enu on page 9 3 for more details Transport and Selection Keys TheBinnacle includes several keys located within easy reach of one hand designed for fast transport control and Range selection For more information on transport and track selection see T racks amp T ransport on page 4 2 T hetransport and range features include BINNACLE EDITING Jogger Wheel thisis used for many functions including moving thetransport and scrubbing the audio To and From these keys are used to set the beginning From and end To of the Range Pressing and releasing one of these keys sets the Range to start or fin ish at exactly that point H olding down one of the keys allows various menu options and other keys to be used for setting the Range extremities Play Jog if the transport is not in Jog this key will put i
118. g squeak would enablethe listing of mouse squeak and door squeak This places an equals sign in the search text to replace any one character T his places a question mark in the search text to replace any one character or no character A bar is placed in the search text to add another name Clips with names containing either search string will belisted For example typing door s1am Will list clips with names containing door as well as clips with names containing slam T his will list door squeak and door slam but not mouse squeak An ampersand amp is placed in the search text to add another name Only clips with names containing both search names will be listed For example typing aoor amp squeak would list only theclipswith namesincluding both door and squeak T his will list door squeak but not mouse squeak or door sam ALPHANUMERIC SORTING 11 1 NOTES 11 2 Chapter 11 Marks INTRODUCTION A mark is a stored time location in a Project indicated by a yellow pointer on the timescale T he Satellite can store 1000 marks with each Project including 0 and 999 which automatically indicate the area you have worked in i e the head and tail of the Project M arks can be given names and can be used as location points for scenes and sync points or beats and bars Mark Key Figure 24 Mark Key CREATING A MARK To create a mark locate the transport to the desired po
119. g num num Where num num istwo decimal numbers errmesg num Where num isa single decimal number If asingle number is prefixed by then that number is used as a full 16 bit H EX error code T he program can be madeto exit with the supplied error code with x ESPFIND Function Searches directory structure starting at start root for file names that match match string usage dd USR CMDS espfind lt opts gt start root match string O ptions d N don t descend beyond the Nth directory level default 0 no limit FIND Function Find a file Syntax find lt opts gt lt root directory file Options d show directories searched a find all occurrences FREE Function Report free space on disk SyntaX free opts device opts Options b size buffer size FTP Function Connect to a remote internet site and transfer files Syntax ftp lt opts gt lt host gt lt opts gt Options d Turn on debug mode g Turn off wildcard expansions name globbing n Disable Auto login to host r Overwrite the existing file on get command s Do not pre extend file on received data v Verify verbose mode is enabled 26 12 LIST Function List a file Syntax list lt opts gt lt path gt lt opts gt Options z get list of file names from standard input z path get list of file names from path LO GIN Function Provides system login security SyntaX login opts
120. groups from 1 to 3 hasa lower limit of 54 dB and from 4 to 6 hasa lower limit of 72 dB Within each group the lower numbered curves devote more meter length to the higher levels You can changethe meter calibration law at any timethe meters are displayed by typing law number RETURN Wherenumber isthe me ter calibration law you wish to use M eter Red Leve allows you to set the level at which the meter elements coloured red You can also changethis at any time the meters are displayed by typing red number RETURN wherenumber isthe audio level where the meters to turn red You may includethe minus sign or not just as you prefer Crossfade from Zero T his is used when you have set a crossfade that is longer than one of the clips in the overlapping region When ON is chosen the short clip will fadein such a way that it will reach a level of xat the edge of the clip even if the crossfade is not at an end When OFF ischosen theclip will fadein thenormal way asdictated by thecrossfade parameters and then it will stop playing at its end with the level still up Fade D ef on Butted Clips T his option allows you to decide whether fade defaults are used at butted clips It is generally a good idea to leave it switched off if the audio is continuous across your edits Distinguish Crossfades If thisis set to ON crossfades are shown on the video screen using black shading Auto U pdate DL File Allows you to have Satell
121. he Line field to havethe value Any which means records are found whether they are online or offline T he reason for thisisthat with the very large number of records that could be present in AudioBase2 it could take a long time to find out if each of them has audio on a disk somewhere on the network GUIDE TO AUDIO BASE2 22 0 T hisisparticularly trueif you are searching for individual WAVE files because each one s presence on the network must be verified each time you search for it other Wise someone else might have deleted it sincethe last time If the value Any is entered in the Linefield before the search the verification time will be saved and the search results will arrive quickly W hen the records are audi tioned any that are offline will not play and an error message will be displayed NOTES 13 W ith AudioBase2 running the Import and Export soft key enus have been removed from the AudioBase M enu T hese functions are performed using a separate H T M L browser such as Internet Explorer using an M edi aLink Server 14 In AudioBase 1 the colour of an active field when you put search criteria into is either grey or blue In AudioBase2 they are always blue 15 A new value AN Y has been added to the criterion LIN E W hen selected the search routine does not check whether the files containing the clips matching all other criteria n Line i e on machines which are on line at the time of the search or
122. he clipboard T he cur sor s sync point will be maintained Create a RANGE encompassing the area to be filled Press the ovERLAP soft key and enter a value frames Press the FILL soft key B F Backwards Forwards FILL PresingtheB r FILL Soft key will fill the Range as per the normal FILL function except every second clip will be reversed 6 10 Cut Copy with All Layers O verlapping clips are arranged in layers W hen the All Layers key is selected after pressing either the Cut or Copy keys the target will consist of all clips on all layers W hen rangeis off and you press All Layers or Razor arangeis created that encloses the selected clips if any T hisrangeis bounded by the head and tail of thetop clip under the cursor If there is no clip on the selected track the Range will be set to zero width and an error will result if you try and execute a cut or copy command Range Clip Copies all layers from the beginning of the Range to the end of the Range into the clipboard A ghost of the uppermost clipsis presented T he cursor may be moved and completing the edit causesthe contents of the clipboard with all its layers to be pasted at the new location Head Copies all layers from the beginning of the Range to the cur rent cursor position into the clipboard A ghost of the upper most clips is presented T he cursor may be moved and completing the edit causes the contents of the clipboard with all its layers to be pas
123. he disk recorder must move at the same speed to remain in sync T histranslates into producing the correct number of samples every second which is called the M aster C lock rate T his can be locked to a D igital W ord Clock a video signal an AES EBU signal by the internal crystal atimecode source or a digital audio source which is being recorded If thePosition Reference and M otion Referencesare not the same it is possiblethat they will drift apart over time T his will be shown by a warning at thetop of the Satellite s video screen which indicates when an inconsistent timecode frame was en countered How Satellite Synchronizes Satellite goes through a number of steps in achieving synchronization in play mode 5 Read the position reference and start loading up the corresponding audio on all active tracks 6 When ready start playing but with the outputs muted U se variable speed to reduce the error between the Satellite position and the Position Reference until it is very small 7 Switch to the M otion Reference for continued playback T he system is said to be locked oncethis switch is made and the audio is unmuted 8 Warn of error status if the sync error increases if a reference signal is lost ec Digital Synchronization Conflicts W hen you arerecording a digital source it must besynchronized to the sameM aster Clock Reference as the Satellite or an overflow too many samples or underflow too few samples may occu
124. he end of the Range togeher with the associated track time Head Erases all layers from the beginning of the Range to the cur rent cursor position together with the associated track time Tail Erases all layers from the current cursor position to the end of the Range together with the associated track time ERASE EDIT MODE 6 13 TRIM EDIT MODE Trimming allows clips to be resized T rim commands are used to set the head and tail of clips to determine how much of the original recording is played by the clip Trimming may shorten a clip or extend a clip if the original recording is longer than the displayed clip This will be the case if the clip was imported with handles or if the original clip has been edited Using Trim Step 1 Press the Trim key Step 2 Select the desired track s If only onetrack isto be edited double click its track key to ensure no other tracks are selected Step 3 Locate the transport so the cursor lies over the desired edit point clips that will be edited are highlighted in red Step 4 H old down the required edit target key Range Clip Head or Tail on the left hand side of the Binnacle Step 5 Locatethe transport so the cursor lies over the destination edit point Step 6 Let go of the selected edit function to trim the clip s Binnacle editing allows TRIM to be achieved as a one handed or two handed edit To perform a one handed edit hit the edit target key to TRIM move the cursor if
125. he input highlighted in green on the meters display on the video screen Auto Extend Itispossible whilerecording to reach the limit of Project size which is4 Gigabytes approximately 12 hours of 16 bit audio If this happens while the transport is actually in record the Satellite will try to au tomatically create a new Project and continue recording T his can only happen if there is additional free space on the SAM E DISK DRIVE on which the system is currently recording Atthe point wherethe Project is extended there will bea split in theclipsthat were currently recording T he new Project borrows audio from the earlier Project in a read only operation which means that T ape M ode and O verwrite mode cannot replace that audio by re cording Also no operation in the Space M enu which is used to free disk space will operate on the borrowed audio For more information about borrowing please see the Import menu AutoExtend may be turned off using the mouse on the System Page BLU E S Punch In Punch Out It is possible to record to disk while playing back from disk on the Satellite W hileplaying start recording by pressing the RECORD and PLAY buttons together To drop out of Record press the PLAY STOP JOG REW or FF buttons Each time you enter Record you will create a new clip on each armed track T hese clips are placed over any other clips that they encounter on the same tracks T he monitoring switches from recorded
126. hese conditions istrue AudioBase will ask you to choose which Project goes with thistext file at the time you start publication AudioBase has two ways to associate the text describing a particular clip with the same clip in the Project H ere they are in order of priority TheAudioBase number in thetext file matches one in the Project file TheClip N amein the text file matches one in the Project file this is unreliable if there is morethan one dip in the Project with that name AudioBase will choose the first one it finds Commands Using Text Files Publish a Text File After pressing the Publish soft key you are invited to browse and select a file If you select a text file it is incorporated into the publication process First AudioB ase will look at the text file and see if it matches a Project fileon one of your hard disks If it does the publication proceeds automatically If a match cannot be made Au dioBase will ask you to select the Project which you do by browsing and then press ing lt Enter gt D uring publication AudioBase tries to match text entries with clipsin the Project W herever a match is made a Clip Record is made from the clip and the data from thetext fileisinserted into the appropriate fields If thereareclipsin the Project that arenot matched by anything in thetext file they areinserted into the database with PUBLISHING WITH TEXT FILES 22 11 AUDIO BASE no editable data except their names If
127. highly recommended that drive enclosures with an active backplane be used to reduce cable lengths Some disks have SCSI terminating resistors in place and these should be checked and resistors removed when extra disks are being added to the system The last disk drive at the end of the chain must be terminated using an active ter minator Lower transfer rates and SCSI errors will result if the bus is not correctly terminated SCSI ID scan be 0 through to 6 SCSI ID 7 is reserved for the SCSI controller Narrow Based Disk Drives N arrow based SCSI disk drives may be attached to the bus but must always bethe last in the chain after any wide disks are connected A quality 68 pin to 50 pin adaptor must be used when connecting from the SCSI busto a narrow disk drive T heend of the bus must beterminated using an active SCSI terminator plugged into the last drive in the chain W hen using narrow based disk drives along the SCSI busthe Engine must be con figured for narrow use only Configuring The Engine For Narrow Use Step 1 Connect disk drives to external SCSI bus port Step 2 Power on the disk drives and Engine Step 3 W hen the BIO S screen appears press the Space Bar before thePress Key To Display Boot Menu Countdown ends Step 4 U nder Booting Procedure press RC and press Enter Step 5 A message should appear next on screen asking Do you want to use the recommended NVRAM Configuration Press N Step 6 Press then Enter
128. ia in the drive the device will become available for use H ard drives will also be automatically detected if they are installed correctly Please avoid connecting external devices by breaking the SCSI chain whilethe sys tem isrunningasit can either crash the system or if a Project isopen lead to Project corruption ROUTINE MAINTENANCE You should clean theunits often enough to prevent dust or dirt from accumulating D irt acts as athermal insulating blanke that prevents effective heat dissipation and may provide high resistance electrical leakage paths between conductors or compo nents in a humid environment Clean the dust from the outside by wiping with a soft cloth or small brush A brush is especially useful for removing dust from around connectors and cooling grilles U seacloth dampened in water that contains 5096 isopropyl alcohol to removehard ened dirt You should not use abrasive cleaners Cleaning The Monitor Screens T he Graphics M onitor has a special coating on the screen which prevents glare A cleaning cloth should be supplied with the G raphics M onitor and the instructions given in the monitor manual should be followed SETTING UP REMOVABLE M EDIA DEVICES 28 11 Cleaning The Engine Air Filter A To ensure good airflow through the Engine the air filter in the front panel must be periodically cleaned It is usually sufficient to simply remove accumulated dust us ing a vacuum cleaner to suck it out of thefron
129. imethe remains ON M ay be set to a number of milliseconds or set to H ELD wherethe GPO stays on until the transport stops Firesa GPO immediately for testing purposes If pulse is set to held the GPO switcheson and off asthe key is pressed and released 16 6 Type POSTROLL Description GPO remainson whilethe transport is Postrolling Examples Indicator lights for artists Timecode GPO remains ON whenever the transport is insidethe ADR M enu Record Range If Command is chosen turns on only when the transport is in Record Pulse Only available if Timecode is set Sets the length of time the GPO remains ON M ay beset to a number of milliseconds or set to HELD wherethe GPO stays on until the transport stops Fire FiresaGPO immediately for testing purposes If pulseis set to held the GPO switcheson and off asthe key is pressed and released Type ADR REH Description GPO remainson whilethe ADR M enu isin Rehearse mode Examples Indicator lights for artists Timecode GPO remains ON whenever the transport is insidethe ADR M enu Record Range If Command is chosen turns on only when the transport is in Record Pulse Only available if Timecode is set Sets the length of time the GPO remains ON M ay beset to a number of milliseconds or set to HELD wherethe GPO stays on until the transport stops Fire FiresaGPO immediately for testing purposes If pulse is set to held theGPO switches
130. ine 4 Connect the ethernet cable to the PCI ethernet card on the system 1 0 panel 5 Connect any external SCSI drivesto the external SCSI card if fitted and ensure that the last device is terminated Ensure that the SCSI ID s are not in conflict with each other 6 Connect all synchronization cables such as LTC Word Clock Video Sync ec 7 Connect all audio input and output cablesto the Q D C cards located on the rear of the Engine INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SCSI DEVICES TheEngineunit has been designed to accept two 3 5 drivesand two 5 5 drivebays internally which can take either Kingston T echnology removable drive enclosures or an Exabyte tape drive enclosure T he system typically comes configured with one system disk which containsthe O S9 O perating System and D REAM software T hisallowsfor two media drivesto be fitted internally in the system W ith a second SCSI Controller installed within the Engine an additional seven SCSI devices can be attached externally T ypically Exabytetape drives should beset to ID 5 when connected on either SCSI bus O ptical based devices should be set to ID 3 when connected on either SCSI bus Itisrecommended that a rack tray befitted either aboveor below the Engineto hold external SCSI devices T he last device on the chain should be terminated with all other devices being looped through T he cables should be the shortest length possi bleto avoid SCSI bus corruption CONNECTING THE
131. int and pressthe Mark but ton M arks are shown as yellow indicators on the timescale EDITING MARKS To edit a mark hold down the BLUE key and pressthe Mark button T heselected mark ishighlighted in the upper video display showing mark informa tion Mark number Mark name Timecode When in the EDIT MARK mode the console soft keys perform the following func tions NUMBER Pressthiskey and usethejogger wheel or and keysto select a mark T he last mark you created or selected will bethe de fault when you enter this menu TIME Enables entry of a new timecode value with the numeric key pad NAME Allows you to enter a namefor the mark using the alphanu meric keyboard DELETE D eletes the mark from the Project INTRODUCTION 11 3 MARKS RENUM Renumbers the marks into correct timecode order NOTES 10 M aking and naming marks can be done during recording no other form of editing is allowed at that time You can enter the Edit M arks M enu press the Mark key to create a mark then immediately press the Name soft key type a name and press Enter because the newly created mark is always the current one for naming 11 You can create special Beat M arks for musical uses by typing the following IBM number beats tempo RETURN Where IBM nsert Beat M arks number number of bars required beats number of beats per bar tempo beats per minute RETURN Enter key in the alphanumeric keyboard
132. ion from your supplied database into the same Excel file T o do this will require first loading it into a different Excel file then copying the infor mation across to the first file 7 Arrangethe information so that the data from the received database lines up with the data from AudioBase T his would mean that each line other than the first con tainstwo clip names which must bethe same T helatter half of thelineshould con tain category and description information from the received database 8 Remove one set of clip names and all other fields such as duration etc supplied in thereceived database so that you have on each lineafter thefirst thefields listed above under T ext File Format in the same order 9 Repeat step 6 from Example 1 T histime AudioBase will not ask you to find the Project file becausethelD and N ame are written into the first line of the text file PUBLISHING WITH TEXT FILES 22 13 AUDIO BASE Editing the Form T he AudioBase Form can be changed from its default setup by editing a file which defines its layout T ype lt Enter gt This brings up an 0 S9 shell or text interface chd dd usr mfx lt Enter gt ed abase form lt Enter gt N ow you will see a screen layout depicting thefields their names and sizes T hefirst part liststhefields provided by theSatellite You cannot changetheir namesor sizes and should not interfere with this part of the file T he second part shows user definable fields
133. is text file You may chooseeither Browse to find thefilein theusual way Auto to tell Satellite that the required identification data can befound in thetext file you are sending in or C to Cancel Oncethis situation has been clarified you will be asked to choose thetype of computer that will be sending the data and to confirm that your com puter is ready to transmit data After confirming you should start the transmission from your computer After thetransfer iscompleteAudioBasewill attempt to match it to the appropriate Project and if successful the publication will proceed as usual Afterwards the imported text file is removed from your hard disk U sing Text Files Example 1 Sometimes you might want to put a CD Library or other stored sounds into and there may be some database information supplied already In this situation you will need a computer running some kind of software that handles databases or ta bles For thesake of this description we will describethe use of M icrosoft Excel on aPC 1 Record the sound into the Satellite 2 Using the GATE function or by editing divide the recording into individual sounds 3 Namethe dips exactly as on the supplied database 92 12 4 Load the information from your supplied database into an Excel file 5 M akesurethat the data is are Ranged in successive cells in the order N ame Cat egory Description U ser 1 U ser 4 the user fields may contain any kind of info
134. ite create a D ubber file automatically whenever a Project is closed O ptions are N EVER ASK you will be prompted each time a Project is closed or ALWAYS Wave Menu Audio Format Allows you to choose whether W ave M enu operations T ime Stretch etc produce new M aster Recording in theoriginal format of the clips being processed or in the current system bit depth THE SYSTEM PAGE 26 7 Automatic Extension When causes anew fileto be created automatically if the 4 Gigabyte maximum filesizeisreached whilerecording T hisfileisan extension of the previously existing file and all clips marks and names are carried forward into the new file Super Trim When ON is selected the user is shown when the full length of a clip when trim ming Seethe Binnacle Editing Chapter earlier within this manual SYSTEM FILES 26 8 059 COMMANDS T he Satellite system runson the high performance multi user multi tasking real timeindustrial operating system called O S 9 Satellite systems are supplied fully configured It is not usually necessary to operate the system at operating system lev el However during installation configuration or upgrade the advanced user may need to modify the configuration files described above CAUTION T hefollowing O 5 9 command details are included to assist the advanced user or systems administrator M odifying aspects of the operating system setup may cause your system to become unstable or
135. itional sorting criteria are provided by pressing the relevant key on the key board T heseare as follows ANY T his places an asterix in thesearch text T heasterix can be replaced by any number of characters For example typing squeak would enable listing of mouse squeak and door squeak ANY ONE Thisplacesan equals sign in the search text to replace any one character ONE OR T his places a question mark in the search text to replace NONE any one character or no character AND amp An ampersand amp is placed in the search text to add another name Only clips with names containing both search names will be listed For example typing door amp squeak would list only the clips with names including both door and squeak T his will list door squeak but not mouse squeak or door slam OR A bar is placed in the search text to add another name Clips with names containing either search string will belisted For example typing door slam will list clips with names containing door as well as clips with names containing slam T his will list door squeak and door slam but not mouse squeak SEARCHING FOR SOUNDS 22 5 AUDIO BASE NOT A tilde is placed in the search text to add another name T his will exclude the specified text For example typing door amp squeak would list the clips with names including door except those also containing squeak T his will list door slam but not door squeak
136. kHz Input 0 33 to 3 0 x system sample rate with range limits of 8kHz to 108kHz SYSTEM SPECIFICATION S 30 31 SPECIFICATIONS Clock references Output current system sample rate converted to any other possible system sample rate internal AES reference WCLK any dig ital input video reference LTC input Clocks may be derived from an external WCLK or AES sync that is running at either the system sample rate 0 5 or 2 0 x system sample rate Thus the system may be run at 96kHz locked to a 48kHz reference or at 48kHz locked to a 96kHz reference for example SRC O P sample clocks may be be inde pendently locked to any of the available references except digital inputs Where O P sample rates are exactly 2 0 or 0 5 x system sample rate the output rate is automatically sample locked to the sys tem rate 30 32 ENGINE DIMENSIONS H eight 360mm Width 500mm D epth 460mm ENGINE POWER REQUIREMENTS Input 82 275 Vac 49 63 Hz 300VA Fuse 10A 110V 6 3A 240V SATELLITE CONSOLE DIMENSIONS Front Height 18mm Rear Height 100mm Width 420mm Depth 455mm SATELLITE CONSOLE POWER REQUIREMENTS Input 85 264 Vac 50 60 Hz 60VA Fuse 2A 110V 240V ENGINE DIMENSIONS 30 33 SPECIFICATIONS Index i NOTES INDEX Index ii Index Numerics 9 pin Cable eii 28 5 A ADR atado 16 2 ADR REH GPI 16 6 MES a de 5 3 Air Filters 28 11
137. ked by pressing the unmark soft key If you mark a Project that has borrowed clips you will be prompted to select the libraries if required RESTO RING T hefollowing procedure is run from the Backup M enu Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Select the required backup BU file Pressthe RESTORE soft key U sethe jogger wheel and the marx soft key to select files for restore You will be prompted to confirm the destination or select new ones Pressthe START RESTORE soft key Projects can be unmarked by pressing the unmark soft key When restoring from Exabyte it ispossibleto mark individual files t is not necessary to restorethe whole tape BACKUP AND RESTORE 19 4 COPYING AND MOVING T hefollowing procedure is run from the Backup M enu Step 1 Press the copy or MOVE soft keys Step 2 Select the destination device and folder Step 3 Press Enter Step 4 U sethe jogger wheel and the marx soft key to select the files to be copied or moved Step 5 Pressthe START COPY Of START MOVE Soft key It is possi ble to create a folder using the NEW FOLDER soft key COPYING AND MOVING 20 1 NOTES 20 2 Chapter 20 Timecode Setup INTRODUCTION T heSetup M enu is used to configurethe Project s timecode format Theframe rate timecode format can be changed at any time but should be set to the local standard Setup Key Figure 41 Setup Key Follow these stepsto change the frame rate Step 1 Step 2
138. lighted under the cursor is nudged Nudge with A Range Follow these steps to perform a NUDGE with a range selected Step 1 Press the Nudge key to the left of the LCD Step 2 Use the From and To keys to select a Range that includes all clips to be nudged Step 3 Press the variable One Frame nudge soft keys to slip the clip s by the selected amount W hen a Range is selected all layers of clips within the Range are nudged including those which are completely buried NUDGE 6 17 BINNACLE EDITING NOTES N udging is possible while the transport is in play It is possible to nudge the sync of clips by holding down the Shift key and press ingtheNudge key T heN udgeM enu will then nudgethe waveform within clips without affecting heads and tails H old down the Shift key and press the Nudge key to return to normal operation W hen nudging a Range clips not wholly within the Range are not affected H owever sincethe Range itself is also nudged it is possiblefor the Rangeto move so asto wholly enclose a clip in which casethe clip will then be nudged with the rest of the Range 6 18 FADES EDIT MODE T he Fade key on the Binnacle allows fades to be applied to the heads and tails of dips T hefades are performed by the system in real time asthe audio isoutput from the machine Applying a fadeto a clip does not affect the waveform on disk Fades are applied from the cursor position to the head or tail of clips on
139. ling machine with a device ID N ormally this isset to theofficial Fairlight ID which isFA But many editors do not recognisethis device name because it is too recent and it isthen useful to be able to give a device name that is familiar to the editor or other controller To open Sony ID for editing first QUIT then type ED DD USR SYS SONY ID RETURN T o change the systems device name edit the last linein the file OxFA OxAO0 ChangethisID tothelD for any Sony device that the controlling machine knows All the Sony devices listed in this file have their corresponding ID at the beginning of the line which can be copied over the Satellite ID T his will not affect the ability of another system to recognise it THE SYSTEM PAGE T his page is used for setting some system parameters T o reach it press BLUE s Your mouse is used to make changes on this page then save them to disk if neces sary W henever you wish to savethe current configuration click on the save icon To return to thetrack display type BLUE LOAD SAVE DEFAULTS FILE DISPLAY SORTING LIBRARY FILE LIST FILTER WAVEFORM LIST FILTER METER CALIBRATION 1 METER RED LEVEL dB gt PRINTER HEAD DENSITY PRINTER TYPE PAPER WIDTH lt INCHES gt PAPER LENGTH CINCHES gt PRINTER COMPRESSION FACTOR PIXEL DENSITY X AXIS gt MOl PIXEL DENSITY AXIS MEMO JOIN CLIPS 2 CLIP ATTRACTION IN FRAMES PRINTER MODES PRINTER SMPTE FORMAT CROSSFADE FROM ZERO
140. lip or W av file can be used in AudioBase it must be published Publishing a Project addsthe details of all its clips to the database which is stored on the system It is possibleto publish individual files or all the Projects and W av files contained within a directory Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Press the AudioBase key Press the FILE soft key Press the PUBLISH soft key U se the jogger wheel or and keys to select a Project W file or directory Press Enter T he top of the video screen displays the various fields stored in the database INTRODUCTION 22 3 Clip Name Audio FROJENT Source Project Category Sample Rate Stereo Mono Duration Base MENU Access Audio Dat RATE Description Project Availability User Fields Figure 43 AudioBase Clip Data All the clips will be added to the database but no waveforms are copied For the clip to be used the Project containing that clip must be present on the system T he ad ditional description and user field can be added later as described below in M ain taining a D atabase on page 22 7 SEARCHING FOR SOUNDS AUDIO BASE AudioBase can use various search criteria to filter the fields of the database to find clips T he Search O ptions determine how the database will be searched Step 1 Pressthe AudioBase key Step 2 Pressthe SEARCH soft key Step 4 Pressthe MATCH and FIELDS soft keys repetitively to scroll through the op
141. locating to the desired frame THE OFFSET MENU MACHINE CONTROL Each machine on the system can be given an O ffset T his is the amount by which its timecode position exceeds the Satellite console s displayed time W hen the disk recorder is offset its position which is shown on the video screen Will differ from the Console position which is normally shown in the upper right of theLCD T hereare two ways of entering offsets O neisto specify a machine s offset and the other is to specify its desired position A toggle in the menu allows you to choose which you prefer In this menu the upper portion of the LCD shows the current position or offset of all the machines in the system Restore Restores the machine s offset to the valueit had beforeit was selected for changing effectively UN D O ing an offset change Capture M akes the offset equal to the current position relative to the M aster time display T he device being offset must be offline during this process or it would always locate to its existing offset Step 1 Pressthe OFFSET key Step 2 Select the soft key for the desired machine Step 3 Enter the offset value or press the cAPTURE soft key POSITION Thefifth soft key toggles between offset and position modes T he position mode displays the actual position of each ma chine T his allows you to enter known timecode references rather than calculating offsets 21 6 NOTES 9 The postion of any
142. ly one master can be selected an any onetime Step 1 H old down the BLUE key and press M1 or M2 Step 2 Select the desired soft key parameter as detailed below Lace Unlace This determinesif video machines will remain in shuttle or unlaced wind when a FASTWIND FFwd Rew command is issued W hen LaceisO theREW and FF commands send shuttle at maximum speed T his keeps the picture on the heads during rewind or fast forward for some machines INTRODUCTION 21 3 which would otherwise unlace e g Sony 9800 W hen LaceisO FF themachineis given aREW or FF command which will causethetapeto unlacein some machines In other machines however eg BetaC am SP these commands do not unlace the tape but give a very fast shuttle in the desired direction W hen issuing aGO TO command to the machine if the distance over which it isto be shuttled is greater than thistime the machine is given a REW or FF command regardless of whether Laceis ON or OFF Setting thistimeto zero guarantees that the slave will be given a goto Lace Time If aJUMP or GO TO command is issued that requires the transport to locate further than thetimeshown video machines will unlacethetapefrom theheadsand go into fast wind Lock LOCK offerstwo modes CHASE T he Satellite continuously tracksthetimecode from the9 pin machine RUN T he Satellite gets the location from the 9 pin machine and then runsfrom the selected sync source C hanges in timecode a
143. machine when online is defined as Satellite s position plus offset So if for example you give a machine a 30 second offset it will immediately locate forward 30 seconds unless it isthe M aster in which case all the other machines will locate backwards by 30 seconds 10 T he Satellite will display the time M aster minus M aster O ffset when the M aster is online 11 0 nly positive offsets are allowed so if you want a minus one hour offset put in a 23 hour one Or CLEAR theN umeric Register type the number press the minus key and then Enters 12 To capture an offset between a Sony machine and the disk recorder first move the Sony machine to a timecode and take the disk Offline by Disk N ow movethe Sony machineto another timecode Select the O ffset M enu then Disk and pressthe capture soft key to produce a new offset for the disk which keeps it in sync with the Sony machine s current position THE OFFSET MENU 22 1 NOTES 22 2 Chapter 22 AudioBase INTRODUCTION AudioBaseisa clip database which allows you to search for sounds across all devices in a Satellite system O ncea sound clip has been found it may be auditioned and then imported into the current open Project AudioBase allows searches to be made in a network environment using a M edi aLink server AudioBase creates and maintains a central database of clips from many Projects Figure 42 AudioBase Key CREATING A DATABASE Beforea c
144. n additional feature is increasing the fast forward and rewind speeds by pressing the respective keys multiple times starting from 16 times play speed T o enter record press the REC and PLAY keys together SHUT REW FF PLAY REC Play JOG lt lt D gt gt Menu Figure 14 Transport Control Keys T he play command can be accessed also by pressing the PLAY key on the Binnacle See Binnacle Editing on page 6 2 for more details LO OP JOG AND LINEAR JOG TRACKS amp TRANSPORT Pressing the JoG key when stopped enters theJ og mode olding down the JOG key brings up a menu the lower console display T he val uefor each parameter can be changed by pressing its soft key and turning the jogger wheel or typing a value on the numeric keypad T he menus function as follows LOOP LINEAR Loop repeats a section of audio before and up to the cursor at play speed Linear behaves like a tape machine when scrubbing au dio WIDTH T he width of the loop when in Loop J og U sually set to 1 frame Range 1 50 frames FACTOR T he gearing between the jogger wheel and the track dis play A high value will give a lively feel while a low value will be slower Range 1 16 Thisis also linked to the zoom factor Pressing Zoom and Jog together at the same time sets the Factor number equal to the Zoom number DIMMER T heattenuation applied when in Loop Jog Loop Jog can be irritating at high levels T hisis usually se
145. nd such as phase to phase in multi phase systems are not recommended as power sources It is recommended that both the Engine and Console are connected to the same electrical supply or ring main which ideally should be regulated and smoothed If the power sourceis likely to be unexpectedly cut then both theunits should befed from a backed up power source such as a U PS Referto EN GIN E Power Requirements on page 30 32 for more details on power requirements ENGINE REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS ENGINE INSTALLATION The Engine rear is split into two distinct sections the System 1 0 Panel located to the right and the QDC Card Audio I O section located to the left 28 4 x NO 295999 QDC Card System I O Panel Figure 51 QDC Engine Rear View T he System 1 0 Pane contains all the synchronization needed to allow communi cation with external devices including 9 Pin RS 422 M achine Control for external VT Rs etc Word Clock I O for synchronisation Video Sync In for synchronisation Longitudinal Time Codel O for synchronisation AES Syncl O for synchronisation T he System I O Panel also contains Controller for connection to the Satellite console 100BaseT Ethernet for connection to the Satellite console Ge
146. nding keys as illustrated below JOG gt gt Edit Targets Edit Options Figure 17 The Binnacle T he Binnacle is designed so that a user can have one hand operating the og wheel and the surrounding keys while the other hand can roam the console INTRODUCTION 6 3 EDITING T here arethree basic stepsto a Binnacle edit sequence Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Edit Modes The six Binnacle edit modes are selected on the outer ring of keys Edit O ptions The Binnacle options are Range ON All Layers and Razor ON T he options have an influence on what happens when a Binnacle command is issued T his varies ac cording to the edit mode and target of the command Refer to Selecting a Range BINNACLE EDITING Select an Edit M ode from the six Edit M odes available T hese are Copy Cut Erase Trim amp Slip on onekey and Fade Set the options on the O ption keys on the right hand side of the Binnacle T hese are Range On All Layers and Razor On Executethe edit using theTarget keys on the left hand side of the Binnacle T hese are Clip Range Head and Tail In Copy Cut Trim and Slip modes there are two stages to this step e g Cut and Paste Erase and Fade mode edits are finished with just one key stroke Copy copiesthe selection to the clipboard Cut cutsthe selection to the clipboard Erase erases the selection Trim amp Slip on one key trims or slips the selection Fade fa
147. necessary then hit Enter to trim the clip Hitting Enter again will trim the clip again To perform atwo handed edit hold down the edit target key to T rim movethe cur sor then release the target key to trim the clip W hen trimming the head or tail of a clip pressing the target key once executes the TRIM M ovethe cursor and hit Enter to TRIM the head or tail again if required Trim Edit Targets BINNACLE EDITING Theresult of a TRIM edit is determined by the target key pressed Range Clip ovesthehead and tail of the selected clip s while maintain ing the position of the waveform Theclip movesin sync with thecursor whilethe waveform re mains fixed T his exposes a different section of the waveform without changing the length of the clip T heclip can be trimmed as long asthe original recording extends beyond the desired head or tail locations Head T rims the head of the selected clip s to the cursor while maintaining the position of the tail of the waveform 6 14 Tail Trims the tail of the selected clip s to the cursor while main taining the position of the head of the waveform Trim Soft Key Functions W hen the Trim key isselected on the Binnacle thefollowing LCD soft key options are available Trim Selects TRIM mode when the Trim Slip key is pressed H old down the BLUE key and press the Trim soft key to set TRIM asthe default mode slip Selects SLIP mode when the Trim Slip key is pressed H old down the B
148. neral Purposel O for connection to tally lights and ADR systems Serial port for connection to serial printers and other serial devices SVGA Output for connection to a video display unit TheAudio I O Section can contain up to a maximum of four D C cards which perform all analog and digital 1 0 connections and processing T he Q D C cards can be configured with a variety of analogue and digital 1 0 options Each QDC card can contain a maximum of 16 analog inputs and outputs and 16 digital inputs and outputs 32 analog outputs and 16 digital inputs and outputs 8 analog inputs and outputs and 32 digital inputs and outputs 16 analog inputs and 32 digital inputs and outputs 16 analog outputs and 32 digital inputs and outputs ENGINE REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS 28 5 CABLING D epending on what configuration is ordered the system can allow for moreQD C cards to be configured Please contact your local Fairlight office or distributor for further information regarding the maximum inputs and outputs which can be con figured within the system Please refer to the Audio 1 0 Configuration on page 30 2 for further details on the Audio 1 0 and System 1 0 Panels Oncethe mechanical installation of the Engine is complete a number of cables must be connected Some of these connect various components together and may have been supplied with the system others provide connection to external studio de vices T heinterconnecting cabl
149. ng which will include an incre mental numeric suffix In the ame enu the last soft key allows you to toggle between GLOBAL and TRACK seed modes T o enter a seed name first select GLOBAL or TRACK then select the SEED soft key and enter the name T he descriptions for these modes are as fol lows GLOBAL T he global seed name is given to every new recording in the Project followed by an incremental number For example if a global seed name V oice O ver isentered thefirst recording will be named Voice O ver 1 The numeric suffix will incre ment automatically for each recording e the next recording will have the name Voice O ver 2 If more than onetrack is recorded at the same time the recordings on each track will have an incremental number TRACK In thetrack mode each track can begiven an individual seed name T hisisdone by selecting atrack key beforeenteringthe name W hen in the track mode recordings on tracks with seed names will be given the track seed name followed by an incremental number If a track has no seed name it will be given the global seed name NOTES PA 5 Thesystem defaultsto a null GLO BAL seed name T his resultsin recordings being given names with numbers only 6 To clear seed names select the desired name function then type a new seed number and press Enter 7 To start recording at a specific number edit the seed name s numeric suffix 8 Useonly the following characters in names
150. o not want to compromisethe quality of your final product by using sample rate conversion at the moment it leaves Satellite for the last time You should make these choices at the very beginning of the Project and then you may use any other combination that suits your purposes temporarily during the re cording and editing process Control of Sony Machines TIMECODE SETUP Sony machines arethose conforming to the Sony 9 pin transport protocol Satellite can control one of these machines which should be connected to 9 pin Port A or B It is best if that machine is being referenced by the same house sync signal as the Satellite normally video If this is not possible the Satellite and the Sony machine are essentially free wheeling and the Satellite will relocate if a relative drift of more than one frame occurs This will cause a dropout in the audio 20 6 Conflict of Sync If Satellite is being told to synchronize to one of its digital inputs see Selecting A Sync Source on page 5 3 and is also being told to chase LT C there is a natural conflict If ever this condition arises the Satellite will issue an error message COMPATIBILITY WITH MFX2 AND MFX3 Any Project created under M FX2 M FX3 M FX3plus M FX3 48 can beloaded into the Satellite where it will be converted to a Project with full facilities Backwards Compatibility M FX3plus systems can load 24 track projects via file exchange export Other systems are no
151. o the input Step 2 Press TYPE Step 3 Select input type with jogger whed Step 4 Press Enter Selecting Input Gain Each input can have up to 16dB gain or up to 99dB attenuation applied Step 1 Select a track patched to the input Step 2 Press GAIN Step 3 Select input gain with the jogger wheel Step 4 Press Enter O bserve input levels on level meters when setting gain T he selections made with the jogger wheel can also be made with the and keys or the numeric keypad ARMING TRACKS RECORDING An input can only be recorded on onetrack at a time If an input is patched to more than onetrack arming one of these tracks will disarm any other track patched to this input T hetransport must bein STOP to monitor the inputs T o arm a track Step 1 Press Arm Step 2 Select track s to be armed Any number of tracks can be armed at the sametime aslong as your system contains enough channels to play them You may patch one input to as many tracks as you like but only onetrack at a time can record it T he system will prevent you arming two tracks if they have the same input Arm on the Fly 5 6 N ormally tracks are armed before you put the system into record but it is possible to arm them whilethe system isin record and thetrack goes into record immediate ly If theinput patching for thetrack is not unique i e it tries to record an input that is already being recorded on another track the first track disarms M
152. on a level horizontal surface along with the mouse and keyboard Place the Console at a suitable location closeto the mixing desk NOTE VA Care should be taken to provide the operator with a comfortable seating posi tion T hiswill reducefatigue improve efficiency and minimizethe possibility of strain injury Figure 54 Satellite Console MECHANICAL INSTALLATION 29 3 INTERCONNECTING THE CONSOLE AND ENGINE U Mouse Keyboard GA Ethernet RS232 RS422 GPI GPO Figure 55 Satellite Console Rear Panel Connections On the rear of the console connect 1 The Controller cable to the RS232 and RS422 ports 2 Theethernet cable to ethernet port 3 Themouseto the mouse PS 2 port 4 Thekeyboard to the keyboard PS 2 port 5 An IEC mains power supply cable to the power supply inlet port nceall connections have been made to the Console it can be powered up safely by pressing the switch located on the back panel The Control Cable T hecontrol cable connects the consoleto the Engineunit T he cable carries RS232 and RS422 signalsand islimited to a maximum length of 30 meters providing cor rect attention is paid to signal pairing using twisted pair cable Ensure sufficient slack is left at the console end to ensure movement of the console does not cause undue stress on the connector or causethe connector to partially dis connect which can damage the serial drivers W hen fitting or reconnecting the ca ble
153. on and off asthe key is pressed and released MENU 16 7 Type ADR PLAY D escription Examples Timecode Pulse Fire Type BEEPS D escription Examples Spacing Pulse Fire Type PREREC ADR GPI Loop D escription Examples PreTime Pulse Fire GPO remains on whilethe ADR M enu isin Play mode Indicator lights for artists GPO remains ON whenever the transport is insidethe ADR M enu Record Range If Command is chosen the GPO turns on only when the transport is in Record Only available if T imecode is set Sets the length of timethe GPO remains ON M ay be set to a number of milliseconds or set to H ELD wherethe GPO stays on until the transport stops Firesa immediately for testing purposes If pulse is set to held the GPO switcheson and off asthe key is pressed and released GPO firesthreetimesleading up to a programmed recording Cueing for artists Time between beeps Only available if T imecode is set Sets the length of timethe GPO remains ON M ay be set to a number of milliseconds or set to H ELD wherethe GPO stays on until the transport stops FiresaGPO immediately for testing purposes If pulse is set to held the GPO switcheson and off asthe key is pressed and released GPO fires once at a given time leading up to a programmed recording Streaming lights Set atimein frames by which the GPI precedesthe recording Only available if T imecode is set
154. on the audio data are non destructive and are represented by clips which refer to pieces of audio data within the project Projects are continually updated and written to disk while cording and editing is being performed therefore there is no need to save a project T heProject D isplay isthefirst screen displayed when the system is started or when the Project M enu is selected by pressing the Proj key Project Menu Display Device Display P Pathlist A mm Displa Folders piay Display Ms Files Display Figure 4 Project Menu Display Device Display T hedevice display showsthe storage device currently available on the system with the selected device highlighted Device number SCSI ID UHIT amp Partition Name VOLUME Disk Manufacturer POE DISK SIFE 3 Disk Size EREE E Available Space FREE HET Disk Usage Figure 5 Device Display INTRODUCTION 3 3 PROJECTS UNIT SC03 VOLUME VENDOR DISK SIZE FREE SPACE FREE TIME BAR GRAPH Folders D evice display shows the devices currently available on the system with the selected device highlighted D evice number is used to referencethe device on the Project and Backup M enu SCSI ID showsa devices SCSI ID and the SCSI busto which it is connected In thiscaseit isID 3 on SCSI bus 0 thein ternal bus Thisisthe partition name D isk manufacturer D sk sizein meg
155. onnect peripheral devices to the back panel of the Engine General Purpose Interface SPECIFICATIONS Connector 37 PinD Male Input TTL CMOS Logic Hi Z Output TTL Level CM OS Logic Hi source 15mA max Lo sink 48mA max PIN 1 PIN 2 PIN 3 PIN 4 PIN PIN PIN PIN N u PIN PIN 10 PIN 11 PIN 12 PIN 13 PIN 14 PIN 15 PIN 16 PIN 17 PIN 18 GND GPIOBOUT6 GPIOBOUT5 GND GPIOBOUT2 GPIOBOUTI GND GPIOIN6 GPIOIN5 GND GPIOIN2 GPIOIN1 GND GPIOOUT6 GPIOOUT5 GND GPIOOUT2 GPIOOUTI PIN 19 GND PIN 20 GPIOBOOUT7 PIN 21 GND PIN 22 GPIOBOUTA PIN 23 GPIOBOUT3 PIN 24 GND PIN 25 GPIOBOUTO PIN 26 GPIOIN7 PIN 27 GND PIN 28 GPIOIN4 PIN 29 GPIOIN3 30 GND PIN 31 GPIOINO PIN 32 GPIOOUT7 PIN 33 GND PIN 34 GPIOOUTA PIN 35 GPIOOUT3 PIN 36 GND PIN 37 GPIOOUTO Mixer Connector 25 pin D Female PINT GND PIN2 RxFFN RxCLKN PIN4 RxDATN PIN5 RxWRN PING NC PIN7 NC PINS TxFFN PINS TxCLKN PIN 10 TxDATN PIN 11 TXWRPN PIN 12 HSSLDETn Controller PIN PIN PIN PIN PIN PIN PIN PIN 20 PIN 21 PIN 22 PIN 23 PIN 24 PIN 25 30 24 SYNCN RxFFP RxCLKP RxDATP RxWRP NC GND TxFFP TXxCLKP TxDATP TxWRP GND SYNC Connector 25 pinD Femaleon Engine 9 pin D Female RS232 on Console 9 pin D Female RS422 at Console 25 Pin D Type Signal Connector PIN 5 CONTx PIN 7 GND PIN 3 CONRx PIN 1 GND PIN 10 CONTxPOS PIN 23 PIN 11 CONRxPOS PIN 24 CONRXN
156. ono and Stereo Clips DISPLAYING TRACKS 4 5 SELECTING TRACKS T racks may be selected for editing or armed for recording T he Satellite has dedicat ed keys for track selection 1 32 are selected by simply pressing the desired track key For track selection from 33 48 first pressthe Tks 33 48 key and then usethe second row of track selection keys numbered 33 48 Selected tracks are highlighted on the video screen and the track keys are illuminat ed To add atrack to the current selection press the desired track selection key To select arangeof tracks pressand hold down thefirst track select key and double click the last track selection key you wish to be active All other selections will be deselected T o select a singletrack double click on the desired track selection key All other se lections will be deselected T hetrack selection may also be changed by holding the Track Sel key to the left of the jog wheel and turning the jog wheel or pressing the or keys This is useful for moving selections from one track to another TRACKS amp TRANSPORT Tracks 33 48 Key Figure 12 Track Selection Keys 4 6 TIME SCALE AND DISPLAY ZOOMING T hetrack display represents 24 hours T he timescale can be zoomed from a six frame display to an eight hour display T he bluetime scale graduations above the tracks give a reference in hours minutes seconds frames At all times the cursor position indicates the c
157. ons between the con sole and the engine A successful PING will causethe soft key to light green A fail ureto communicate will result in a red soft key If the PIN G fails check the cabling and confirm that both devices have the same subnet mask and that the P addresses fall within the appropriate range Refer to N etwork Setup File on page 26 2 for configuring theengineT C P IP net Work settings CONSOLE CONFIGURATION 30 1 NOTES 30 2 Chapter 30 Specifications AUDIO 1 0 CONFIGURATION TheQ DC enginecan beconfigured for arangeof different O options Each Q D C card can be loaded with 1 0 daughter boards as shown below T here are three dif ferent I O daughter board options Analog input Analog O utput and D igital 1 0 QDC Card Daughter Board Analog Input or Output 8 channels Con 1 Daughter Board Analog Output or AES I O 8 channels Daughter Board AES I O 8 channels 4 stereo pairs Con 2 Daughter Board AES I O 8 channels 4 stereo pairs Daughter Board Analog Output or AES I O 8 channels Con 3 Daughter Board Analog Input or Output 8 channels Figure 56 QDC 1 0 options This allows the following I O pin connections depending on what configuration is fitted T hetables below detail Q D C cards numbered from left to right viewed from therear connectors numbered 1 to 3 from top to bottom and pin numbers 1 to 50 on each 50 pin D type AUDIO I O CONFIGURATION
158. ons to select the release file and target device Proceed by following the on screen instructions and restarting the sytem as required BLUE KEY FUNCTIONS movebetween the various video display windows pressthe BLUE key or ESC key and any of the following keys AArm display input track meters DDrives display device list EEQ display EQ window FFolders display path KClip layers display clip layers LLibrary status display library info MMarks display marks PPatch display input patch SSystem display system screen TTrack display normal track display WUnreferenced waveforms XCrossfades display crossfades BLUE KEY FUNCTIONS 27 1 NOTES 27 2 Chapter 27 Installation INTRODUCTION T he Satelite is part of a new family of products from Fairlight which marries to gether DC processing with an ergonomic physical control surface a combina tion that hasa significant impact on productivity and efficiency T he Satellite interface incorporates a dedicated editing console a unique graphical user interface and powerful database capabilities T hese tools allow the operator to work quickly and efficiently without impeding the creativity of the recording and editing process and can now be fully utilized in the professional audio suite T he Satellite offers a number of unique benefits through its adaptation of D SP and pro prietary technology to the audio environment SECTION SUMMARY
159. or pushed under it as required Tail T hetail of the clip is slipped to the position that the cursor is at when the edit is completed T he head remains stationary with audio being moved out from the head or pushed under it as required 6 16 Locating the cursor over theclip and typing RTB Enter will slip theclip to itsorig inal recording time RT B stands for Return T o Birthday Slip Edit O ptions NUDGE Slip is usually applied to a single clip or selections across tracks therefore no options are available Range On RANGE ON is not supported in Slip M ode Layers On ALL LAYERS ON isnot supported in Slip M ode Razor On RAZOR ON is not supported in Slip M ode Although not a Binnacle editing function the N u DGE function is closely related to SLIP The NUDGE function slips clips by a predetermined amount of time NUDGE can operateon oneor many tracks affecting clipsthat lieunder the cursor or within aRange N UDGE can operatein fixed stepsof plus or minus oneframe or in variable steps from 1 to 99 sub frames a sub frame is 1 80th of a frame key is located to the left of the LCD display Using Nudge Step 1 Press the Nudge key to the left of theLCD Step 2 Locate the cursor over the clips and select the appropriate track s Step 3 Pressthe variable One Frame nudge soft keys to slip the clip s by the selected amount W hen there is no Range selected only the top layer of clips high
160. orting WaveFiles 17 4 NET MASK 26 3 za tee een 12 3 Network Configuration 29 4 INP SYNC AA 5 3 N e amp wo rk Setup 29 3 Input aSo 5 3 a put ve e 5 6 Input Gain oss voee pd en 5 5 ee ed 6 16 Insert Space 6 10 Number Mak ses 11 2 Installation Numbers oss ies nia 9 2 Electrical 28 3 d Offset ee 21 2 Internal and External SCSI D evices 28 6 CST COU aan ae mde 2 20 8 24 2 26 2 J 059 Commands 26 8 2 ase en ar 4 7 ORT EEE N 5 6 A cat a 4 8 4 9 VDE wien nanan dod 6 9 K P K eep uos rra t SA ile 18 5 NDOT ara 17 3 Pal an 12 4 Keep Borrowed 18 5 Sides por 12 4 Keep Playing 16 3 Password Protection 18 2 ee 5 4 ne 14 2 14 5 SOI ee 23 2 PLAY GPI 16 7 Level osi Lern t sd 12 2 Play Menu 4 11 Einer ne 4 7 Playback ADR 16 2 oTa o een 16 8 PlayInhibitThreshold 26 4 4 7 Pop ae 9 3 14 3 E AA 16 3 Ma 21 2 Postroll 88 RO 21 2 16 7 Macro EROS en en i 2322 PreRoll 252524 21 2 Maintenance
161. ot zero is the onboard SCSI and as a general rule if you have an extra PCI SCSI card it should be in PCI slot 1 Network interface cards should be in slot 2 or if you have TWO external PCI SCSI cards put the NIC in slot 3 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Enter the PCI slot number you want boot from and press RETURN Respond by pressing RETURN until you get the 4 options A B C and D as above ChooseD Type RETURN to restart the Q D C engine and it should now boot from the external PCI card To reurn to booting the internal boot disk follow the procedure above and select the appropriate disk DRIVE FORMATTING 24 4 BOOTING FROM EXTERNAL DISK DRIVES 25 1 NOTES 25 2 Chapter 25 Printing INTRODUCTION ThePrint M enu allows a track sheet or dubbing chart to be printed based on the layout of the clipsin a current open Project T heSatellite supports serial or parallel printers A printout shows the selected tracks and the start and end timesfor each clip Print Key Figure 46 Print Key Step 1 H old down the BLUE key and press Print Step 2 D efine a Range and select the desired tracks Step 3 Presthe PRINT CHART SOft key T he other soft keys operate as follows PAGE D etermines how page numbers shown x or x of Y BAUD Selects the baud rate for the printer 9600 or 38400 PORT Selects port used for the printer MODEM Or PRINTER STOP CHART Stops printing INTRODUCTION SETTING P
162. own T he normal sample rates used by the digital audio industry are 32 000 44 056 44 100 48 000 and 96 000 samples per second T he normal frame rates are 24 25 29 97 and 30 T hese last two may cause confusion when used together Satellite can alter its sample rates far enough to accommodate the small speed change caused by going from 30 to 29 97 frames per second and back again In other words if you slow down theframe rate from 30 to 29 97 the Satellite can slow its internal sample rate to match T his is called Pull up or Pull down depend ing in which direction you are taking the speed W hen you choose a frame rate you are telling Satellite what frame rate to expect T o put it more accurately you aretelling it the frame rate at which the chosen sample rate will be accurately reproduced For example if you tell the Satellite that the NTSC frame rate is 30 in the Setup M enu and the sample rate is 44 100 it will automatically pull down the sample rateto 44 056 if you feed in timecodeat 29 97 If however you changethe N T SC field to 29 97 the Satellite will play at 44 100 at 29 97 frames per second and will pull up to a sample rate of 44 144 when time code runs at 30 frames per second It is advisable to choose a sample rate at which you want to make the final transfer of the Project T hen record your material at whichever frame rate is going to be used during that final transfer T he importance of this choiceisthat you d
163. parameter which must be opti mized for the best results Start adjusting around 50 and increasethe valueto reduce frequency wobble or decreaseto reduce flanging and phasing Step 1 Press the SCALE soft key Step 2 U se the jogger wheel or numeric keys to enter the desired scale Step 3 Press Enter Percent ThesrRETCH and VARI functions can be activated by entering a valuefrom 25 to 400 100 is no change The function is performed as soon as this value is en tered T he location of the cursor on the selected clip will be maintained with the new clip Step 1 Locate the cursor over the source clip Step 2 Pressthe PERCENTAGE Soft key Step 3 Enter a percentage value using the jogger wheel or numeric keypad Step4 Press Enter TIME COMPRESSION amp EXPANSION Target Time ThesrRETCH and VARI functions can be activated by entering a target length for the clip T he function is performed as soon as the time is entered Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 14 4 Locate the cursor over the source clip Press the TARGET Soft key Enter a target time using the jogger wheel or numeric keypad T he target time appears in the upper console display Press Enter Pressing the TARGET Soft key repeatedly brings up target durations corresponding with someuseful ratios such as 24 to 25 and 44 1K to 48K and thesecan befurther edited Pitch using Varispeed Thevar function can be activated by entering the pitch shift in semiton
164. possibleto import and export AudioBase data with a PC database See later in this C hapter for details Deleting Records T o delete records from the database follow the steps below Step 1 U sethe AudioBase search functions to display the required dip record s Step 2 Press the EDIT soft key Step 3 Pressthe DELETE soft key Step 4 T ypethe first letter of one of the options displayed on the screen as detailed below O OKAY D eletes the record highlighted at the top of the list from the database L LIST D eletestherecord from the displayed list but not from the da tabase A ALL D eletes all the displayed records from the database 1 CANCEL Abortsthe DELETE operation AUDIO BASE 22 8 T o deleting all the records from a particular Project follow the steps below Step 1 Press the AudioBase key Step 2 Press the FILE soft key Step 3 Press the PURGE Soft key Step 4 U se the jogger wheel or and keys to select the desired Project Step 5 Press Enter GUIDE TO AUDIO BASE2 AudioBase2 isthe networked version of AudioBase In most ways its operation is ex actly the same as AudioBase but its installation is very different T his is beyond the scope of this manual but is covered in the AudioBase2 Installa tion M anual WhileAudioBaserunsinsidetheSatellite computer AudioBase2 runs on a M ediaLink server using a commercial database called M icrosoft SQL Server TheAudioBase2 SQ L database can
165. r mation you like but they cannot contain more than 24 characters 6 Load a terminal program on the PC and get it ready to send the file you just saved Go to the AudioBase M enu and press the ri 1e soft key N ow press Import and when the Satellite is ready send the text file from the PC 7 After the Satellite has received the file it will ask you to find the Project with which to publish the text file Select the Project where you recorded the CD and press Enter Example 2 T hetask here is exactly the same but thistime we will allow Satellite to create a text file which isthen merged with the supplied database information 1 Record sound into Satellite 2 Using the GATE function or by editing divide the recording into individual sounds 3 If you want the clips named in the Project namethem exactly ason the supplied database If you will only ever access the sounds through AudioBase thereis no need to name the clips as long as they have been recorded or edited into the same order as they appear in the supplied database 4 Goto theAudioBaseM enu press Fi 1e then Export ChoosePC asthe export type making surethe PC isrunning its terminal program and is ready to receive T he Project will be published and the text file will be transferred to the PC 5 Oncethefileis on your PC load it into Excel as a text only file with tab delim iters You will now beableto edit the Clip Record information 6 Load the informat
166. r at theinput T his causes a characteristic periodic form of digital distortion called a whisper A whisper sounds likea brief glassy or metallic buzz and occurs about once every few seconds depending how fast the samples are overflowing or underflowing O ne way to guarantee digital synchronization is to choose the digital input signal itself asthe M aster Clock Reference for the Satellite T hisisdonein the Digi M enu by selecting INPUT under the Sync soft key or under the Inp Sync soft key T hislatter sourceof timing will only beused when a digital input isarmed with the normal H OU SE sync used at other times SYNCHRONIZATION 20 5 A side effect isthat the word clock rate of all digital outputs will also sync to the dig ital input which may cause digital synchronization conflicts downstream from the Satellite For example trouble may occur if at the same time as recording your dig ital input your outputs arefeeding the inputs of a digital console If you chooselN PUT the digital console will be required to sample rate convert all of Satellite s outputs or synchronize with its M aster Clock T hebest solution to digital sync conflictsisto drive all digital devices from a single studio wide word clock signal T hen all devices will have identical word rates so whispers never occur and digital interconnections may made with ease In this in stance the sync H OUSE option is always used Pull up and Pull d
167. rded across three banks containing nine M acro keys each Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Figure 45 Macro Keys DEFINING LEARNING A MACRO Press the Edit Macro key Select the function key you wish to define N ote H olding down Shift or Ctrl will access banks 2 and 3 re spectively Pressthe LEARN soft key Press Enter Perform thefunctionsto be recorded any keys except thejog ger wheel T heconsole beeps as each key isrecorded into the macro H old down the BLUE key and press the Edit Macro key to stop recording the macro INTRODUCTION 23 3 NAMING A MACRO M acros can be given names to allow identification when in the Edit M acro M enu If not already in the Edit M acro M enu pressthe Edit Macro key Step 1 Select the desired macro key Step 2 Pressthe NAME soft key Step 3 T ypethe name Step 4 Press Enter RUNNING A MACRO M acros can berun in two ways 1 Pressing one of the macro keys from within any menu except the Edit M acro M enu will run the macro 2 From the Edit M acro M enu as follows Step 1 Select the desired macro key Step 2 Pressthe RUN soft key ERASING A MACRO MACROS Learning a macro will erase any previous macro for that key It is sometimes desira bleto erase a macro and leaveit vacant to prevent it from being accidentally pressed Step 1 Select the desired macro key Step 2 Pressthe ERASE soft key Step 3 Pressthe Enter key If a macro
168. re affected NOTES It is possible when using the Level M enu to push the level of a clip over digital maximum Check the meters to set the level for just part of a clip then usethe SPLIT command to break it into the right sized pieces then set the appropriate levels To create a ramp between different levels in one clip first copy the section whose level isto be changed using the Edit M enu then paste it back on top of its source Change its level as desired then usethe Fade M enu to create fades at ei ther end of the clip T his will cause it to crossfade with the source clip under neath which will be playing at the original level 12 6 SrEREO MIX MODE 13 1 NOTES 13 2 Chapter 13 Equalisation INTRODUCTION Satellite provides four band parametric Equalisation with shelving which can be applied to asingle or range of clips within a Project EQ is performed by the system in real time asthe audio is output from the Satelite therefore applying an EQ change does not affect the audio data on disk Applying EQ Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 EQ Key Figure 28 EQ Key Press the EQ key Locate the cursor over the clip or define a Range of clips Press the EDIT soft key U sethe numeric keypad to select the appropriate EQ param eter Adjust the parameter using the jogger wheel Press Enter Each equalisation band has three parameters you can change T hey are centre fre qu
169. re no other tracks are selected Step 3 Locate the transport so the cursor lies over the desired edit point clips that will be edited are highlighted in red Step 4 H old down the required edit target key Range Clip Head or Tail the left hand side of the Binnacle Step 5 Locate the transport so the cursor lies over the destination edit point Step 6 Let go of the selected edit function to trim the clip s Binnacle editing allows SL p to be achieved as a one handed or two handed edit To perform aone handed edit hit the edit target key to SLIP movethe cursor if nec essary then hit Enter to slip the clip H itting Enter again will trim the clip again To perform atwo handed edit hold down the edit target key to Slip movethe cur sor then release the target key to slip the clip W hen slipping the head or tail of a clip pressing the target key once executes the SLIP M ovethe cursor and hit Enter to SLIP the head or tail again if required Slip Edit Targets BINNACLE EDITING T he result of a SLIP edit is determined by the target key pressed Range Theentireclip isslipped from its current position by an offset defined by the difference between the cursor position when the key was pressed and the cursor position when the edit was completed Head T he head of the clip is Sipped to the position that the cursor is at when the edit is completed T hetail remains stationary with audio being moved out from thetail
170. red so to prevent this from happening deselect and disable thetracksthat you do not want involved in any way in the print process 6 To stop printing type lt ctr1 0 gt Then presstheki11 Que soft key 7 To split the name of a clip include an ellipsis in its name T he first part will print at the top of the clip and the second part at the bottom 25 6 SETTING PRINTER CHARACTERISTICS 26 1 NOTES 26 2 Chapter 26 System Files INTRODUCTION Satellite uses a number of filesto store setup information T heseare normally set to sensible values at the factory but in some cases you may need to change them The Configuration files are stored in O S9 partitions on the boot drive T he names of the files which are given below include the disk partition and all el ements of the directory tree that is needed to access them Some options are only taken into account when the machine boots up T herefore to ensure your changes take effect restart the machine by switching it off and on WORKING WITH SYSTEM CONFIGURATION FILES It is always necessary to accessthe operating system in order to edit a configuration file and thereforeto QUIT from the disk recorder application First type QUIT RETURN wait for the hash prompt to appear Editing a Configuration File ED filename RETURN wherefilenameisthe nameof thefile you want to edit M ovethe cursor around the file using the arrow keys T o add text
171. removed therefore the more Project time will appear on each page W hen compression is set to zero the maximum space is removed PRINTER H EAD DENSITY Sets more or fewer dots per inch M ore dots per inch will give you a smaller picture PIXEL DENSITY X Axis Controls the number of dots used M ore dots will give a wider picture PIXEL DENSITY Y Axis Similar to X Axis JOIN CLIPS T his feature is designed to prevent the printing of large numbers of small clips that have been edited together to make a composite sound It works to gether with the M inimum G ap parameter to print a single shape for many clips W hen set to ALW AYS ittreats clipsthat are butt ed together or overlapping as just one clip T he name of the earliest clip is used SAME NAME joins butted clips together only if they have the same name 25 4 CLIP ATTRACTION IN FRAM ES TheJoin Clips software will treat clips as though they are butted together as long as they are closer than this minimum gap It also hasthe effect of quantisingtheprint output so that events starting within a window of this gap will appear to start at the same time Click on thisfield to choose which timecodefields will be printed TIMECODE FORMAT Printer Types Parallel Printers he Satellite printer output is a standard PC compatible parallel printer port T he System will support most Epson compatible parallel printers Serial Printers TheM outpu
172. rethen ignored Arm Tk 1 4 T his allows you to arm tracks on the9 pin machine using the track keys T he menu can scroll to arm digital tracks 1 24 and 25 48 T he9 pin machine will go into record when the Satellite transport is placed in record It isnot necessary to have any disk recorder tracks armed N ote Be careful not to inadvertently leave the 9 pin machine armed asthis can re sult in accidental erasure of tapes W hen a track on a9 pin machine is armed a red box with aV is displayed above the T rack 1 label on the track display Master When M 1 or M 2 are selected to chase timecode M AST ER is used to generate the sample clock from the incoming code T his should beON if thetimecode source is not referenced to the same sync source asthe Satellite See Synchronization chapter for further details LTC A O ption appears only when M 1 M 2 isan LT C machine If switched on the system M aster Clock will be driven by the incoming timecode when M 1 M2 ison line Generally it is better to use video or AES EBU asa M aster Reference MACHINE CONTROL 21 4 Select the type of machine that will come on line when M 1 or M 2 is pressed C hoic es are Sony Aor Givesyou control over any Sony 9 pin transport It is always Sony B the timecode M aster see options below LTC A or CausesSatelliteto chasethetimecodecoming either port A LTC B or B 9 pin Rem SatelliteemulatesaSony 9 pin machine and can be controlled from
173. s simulta neously for morethan about 10 seconds This parameter does not normally need to be altered unless you are doing a lot of recording with morethan 16 tracks armed BeepsTrackN umber If you are using the ADR M enu and you have set one of the GPIsto BEEPS you will also get audible beeps from one of the outputs T his parameter allows you to choose the track that the beeps will output It may bethetrack you are recording on if you want BeepsVolume Sets the audio level of the beeps Set it to 99 if you do not want any beeps BeepsFrequency Sets the frequency of the beeps in H ertz 9M inSegmentD uration 0 Sometimes a large amount of editing can result in lots of tiny clips sandwiched be tween larger ones T hese clips are played but not really heard and can absorb a lot of disk bandwidth by requiring a single disk seek to fetch only a few inaudible sam ples By setting this parameter to a non zero number these unnecessary seeks are avoided In addition any filesthat are being passed to the D aD will play much bet ter if this parameter is set to 16 or more samples THEMDR CONFIGURATION FILE 26 5 THE SONY ID FILE T he Sony ID file tellsthe system about the characteristics of different 9 pin devices such as how many analog and digital tracks it has and whether it is a fast or slow machine T hereisonelineof importancethat you can change W hen Satellite is emulating a 9 pin device it replies to the control
174. sk you to confirm by press ing the Enter key before anything destructive happens W hilethe computer is waiting for confirmation you may play the audio to check whether it is okay before pressing Enter To escape at this point press any soft key or mode key GATING DURING RECORD 16 1 NOTES 16 2 Chapter 16 ADR GPI amp Loop INTRODUCTION Satellite provides the ability to automate recording using In and O ut points with a simple interface The ADR menu includes functions for setting pre and post roll and features for automatic dialogue replacement GPI ADR Key Preroll Key Loop Key Figure 33 GPI ADR and Preroll Keys USING THE ADR MENU Step 1 Arm the desired tracks Step 2 Press the ADR key Step 3 Se the IN and OUT points using the From and To keys Step 4 Select the desired mode Step 5 Press the cYCLE soft key T he soft keys function as follows REHEARSE Selects REH EARSE mode When is pressed the trans port loops continuously between the Preroll and Postroll points Armed tracks will switch to input between theIN and OUT points RECORD PLAYBACK toggles between the following modes RECORD When is pressed the transport locates to the preroll point and does one pass to the postroll point with the trans port dropping in and out of record atthelN and OUT points PLAYBACK When cyc te is pressed the transport locates to the preroll point and plays to the postroll point Bo
175. source clip Step 3 Press the copy soft key Step 4 T he five soft keys enable deselection of bands if required Step 5 Locate the cursor over the destination clip or define a Range of clips Step 6 Press lt Enter gt VA N otes Parameter Display Current EQ parameters are always shown at the top of the screen when the EQ menu isactive helping to see what is active and what values are current T he lay out of the parameter values is exactly the same as the layout on the numeric key pad A graph helps you to see what is going on EQ In O ut UsetheEQ In out Soft key to toggletheEQ on or off at any time T his action will affect the clip under the cursor or all clips in the Range if any T he on off position of this switch is stored in the clip along with the settings of the EQ pa rameters 15 W hile you are changing parameter values with the jogger wheel the actual sound is updated every 25 sec 16 Turning the wheel faster increases the steps between values 17 T hereisno limit to the frequency Range for each band so you can have your low frequency higher than your high frequency if you want 18 W hen you are using a Range it is possibleto change one or more bands for theentireRange whileleaving other bands asthey were So for example the dips might have different settings for LOW EQ but the same setting for HIGH EQ EQ DISPLAY 14 1 NOTES 14 2 Chapter 14 Time Compression amp Expansion INTRODUC
176. t for release files n lt name gt Name to Give new disk if and when it is formatted default MFX3 t Use tape device default mt0 s Don t sort release files when browsing g Don t OSOGEN don t make disk bootable disk U PGRADING SYSTEM SOFTWARE SYSTEM FILES CAUTION System upgrades are normally performed by your Fairlight distributor T his in formation is provided for system administrators and advanced users only Please refer all queries to your Fairlight distributor Software upgrades are made available on the internet from the Fairlight web site www fairlightesp com au Follow thelinks on the support pages to locate the latest release T he software release is distributed as gz archivefile e g 16 5 21a gz Each release is accompanied by detailed release notes in PD F format Carefully read the release notes for any release specific or upgrade issues prior to starting the upgrade T he release file may be transferred to the dd REL EASE directory on the QD C en gine by making an FT P connection to the QD C enginefrom a locally TCP IP net worked computer W hen making an FT P connection to the QD C engine login as mfx No password is required some FT P applications may make it necessary to enter a single space as a password TheQD C engine sIP address is specified in the setup file see N etwork Setup File on page 26 2 26 14 Type upgrade at the hash prompt and follow the onscreen instructi
177. t at around 10dB Range 0 99dB T o activate the jog function at any time just press the JOG key T he system will re main in jog until another transport key is pressed U se STOP to mutethe machine in Loop J og Jog mode can also be accessed by pressing the Play Jog key on the Binnacle H olding the BLUE key while jogging increases the jog speed by four times SHUTTLE JUMP 4 8 Toshuttlethetransport hold down the BLUE key and press Joc T hejogger wheel will then increase and decrease the transport velocity in forward and reverse T he PLAY key will illuminate in a steady state when play speed is reached T he Jump keys provide a fast method of locating forwards and backwards through a Project T he Jump keys are located on the Binnacle left and right of the Play Jog key SHUT PLAY JoG gt Figure 15 Binnacle Transport and Editing Keys SHUTTLE 4 9 Jump Methods olding down one of the Jump keys displays the Jump menu in the lower Console display Selecting one of these menu items will take effect when the Jump key is released and will remain asthe jump method until a different method is selected T he methods are as follows VARIABLE This enables you to use the jogger wheel or numeric keypad to enter the number of frames the transport will be moved each time a Jump key is pressed Range 0 999 frames CLIP NAME Thisenablesthe entry of search criteria the same manner as for the GO TO C
178. t back compatible COMPATIBILITY WITH MFX2 AND MFX3 21 1 NOTES 21 2 Chapter 21 Machine Control INTRODUCTION Satellite can communicate with industry standard Sony 9 pin serial controlled ma chines with a timecode reader installed providing control over external video or audio machines directly from the console Satellite can control two machines M 1 and M 2 plusthedisk recorder and generates timecodes at all frame rates T hefollowing menus on the console are used to configure and control external de vices Setup U sed to set systems frame rate time display format and NTSC rundown PreRoll U sed to set preroll times for automatic recording and play back Offset U sed to set offsets for M 1 M 2 Disk and Gen M1 Button T akes first external machineon and off line W hen used with the BLUE key it opens a menu for setting parameters for M a chine 1 M2 Button T akes second external machine on and off line W hen used with the BLUE key it opens a menu for setting parameters for M achine 2 Disk Button Takesthe disk recorder on and offline W hen it is offline it does not locate nor is any sound heard from it Gen Button Switches the timecode generator on and off W hen used with the BLUE key it opens a menu used to choose outputs for the generator M1 AND M2 SETUP T he master machines M 1 and M 2 can be configured to select 9 pin port A 9 pin port B 9 pin slave LT C input A or LT C input B On
179. t into Jog If it isin Jog this key will put the transport in Play T his is designed to allow the most common transport commands used during editing to be accessible without moving the hand Jump Left and Jump Right these keys allow location of thetransport to impor tant features in the Project such asthe next clip next mark start or end of the Project and many more H olding down a Jump key causes display of a menu on the LCD that selects and locks one of the Jump choices Zoom the Zoom key is used to changethe horizontal time scale of the video display T o useit hold it down while rotating the og wheel Enter the Enter key is used to complete many editing and menu selection operations BLUE the BLUE key modifies the function of any key with bluetext To select a blue function hold the BLUE key while pressing any other key Track Sel Holding the Track Sel key and turning theJog wheel will changethe selected track 6 6 CUT AND COPY EDIT MODES Cut and copy commands can operate on either selected clips or a Range of clips or aRange within clips In CUT mode the selected clips are removed from atrack and held on the clipboard In CoPv mode theclipsareleft unchanged but copies of the clips are passed to the clipboard The resulting content of the clipboard is the same for both CUT and Copy modes The Clipboard Ghost W hen clips or sections of clips are cut or copied they are placed on the clipboard
180. t panel grille From timeto time how ever the front panel will haveto be removed to givethe filter a thorough clean or even replace it altogether T he front dress panel should removed to allow access to the air filter 1 Gently lift the dress panel away from the Engine 2 Undip the air filter and remove it from the front facia of the second panel 3 Oncethe air filter has been removed clean it thoroughly by washing it in warm water with mild detergent M ake sure it is completely dry before reinstalling it 4 Reversethe above steps to attach the front dress panel back into place CAUTION DO NOT ALLOW WATER TO GET INSIDE ANY ENCLOSED ASSEM BLY OR COMPONENT DO NOT CLEAN ANY PLASTIC MATERIALS WITH ORGANIC CLEANING SOLVENTS SUCH AS BENZENE TOL UENE XYLENE ACETONE OR SIMILAR COMPOUNDS BECAUSE THEY MAY DAM AGE THE PLASTIC CAUTION DO NOT USE CLEANING FLUIDS OTHER THAN THOSEMEN TIONED IN THE GRAPHICSMONITORMANUAL TO CLEAN THE SCREEN THE SPECIAL COATING COULD BE DAMAGED New Air Filters ENGINE INSTALLATION If the filter cannot be cleaned properly or is worn out anew one should be ordered Please contact your local Fairlight office or D istributor 28 12 ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 29 1 NOTES 20 2 Chapter 29 Console Installation MECHANICAL INSTALLATION T heSatellite console provides a control surfaceto allow an engineer to work quickly and efficiently The console should be placed
181. t supports serially connected Epson compatible machines of the 9 pin or 24 pin protocol Example EPSON 101170 with IF C 82305 or C82307 serial interface card Baud rate 9600 or 38400 8 bits 1 stop bit no parity DTR handshake Pin 2 Pin 2 SW 1 lon SW 1 1 Pin 3 Pin 3 SW 1 20n SW 1 2 Pin 4 Pin 5 SW 1 3 off SW 1 3 off Pin 5 Pin 7 SW 1 4 off SW 1 4 off Pin 8 Pin 20 SW 1 5 off SW 1 5 off SW 1 6 off SW 1 6 off SW 2 1on SW 2 1 SW 2 20n SW 2 20n SW 2 3 off SW 2 3 off SW 2 4on SW 2 4 SW 2 5 off SW 2 5 off W hen Satellite prints a dubbing chart the length of each clip is not necessarily shown in proportion to its duration Instead it depends on the space needed to dis play all the clip information start timecode name and end timecode plus the space needed to show other clips that start or end while the first one is playing SETTING PRINTER CHARACTERISTICS 25 5 PRINTING If many clips start or end during a clip s playback that clip will be very long in the printout NOTES 4 Dubbing chart printing always takes a Range 5 Dubbing charts print only the selected tracks T he durations of clips on the non selected tracks are however taken into account so you can print 12 tracks in one pass and the other 12 in another pass and thetwo prints will join side by sideto make one large display T his may spread your dub chart more than desi
182. ted at the new location Tail Copies all layers from the current cursor position to the end of the Range into the clipboard A ghost of the uppermost dipsis presented T hecursor may be moved and completing the edit causesthe contents of the clipboard with all its layers to be pasted at the new location Cut Copy with Razor On Edits performed with Razor O n insert or removetime from the selected tracks em ulating a tape edit performed with a razor blade W hen the Razor On key is selected after pressing either the Cut or Copy keys the following will occur Cut With Razor On Audio is removed from the selected tracks and inserted at the cursor Audio after the Range is then moved in time to the start of the Range Paste With Razor On T he contents of the clipboard are inserted at the cursor Audio to the right of the cursor is moved along to the right Using Razor On Mid Edit RAZOR modecan beturned on in between the CUT and PASTE stagesof an edit For example you may perform a cut with RAzOR off leaving thetime line intact then press RAZOR ON to insert time when pasting Razor Soft Key Functions W hen Razor On is selected an additional soft key M enu is available on the LCD Insert Silence will beinserted from the start of a Rangefor the dura Space tion of the Range AND Copy EDIT MODES 6 11 ERASE EDIT MODE The ERASE mode commands remove clips and parts of clips from the Project Toenter ERASE mode pressthe Er
183. tep 1 Locate the transport so the cursor lies over the clip Step 2 H old down the BLUE key and press Takes Step 3 U se the Jogger wheel or and keys to select desired clip Step 4 Pressthe pop soft key TRACK amp TAKES 9 4 TAKES M ENU 10 1 NOTES 10 2 Chapter 10 GoTo INTRODUCTION TheGoToM enu is used to locate to SM PT E times marks stored timecode points or named clips After thetransport has located to the target you will be re turned to the mode you were in before the Go TO command GO TO commands areterminated with the Enter key if you want to locate or with thePlay key to preroll the selected point and go into play immediately see Setting Preroll and Postroll on page 16 3 Go To Key Figure 23 The Go To Key GO TO A TIMECODE LOCATION Step 1 Press the GO TO key T hetimecode location is displayed in the lower half of the upper console display Step 2 Editthetimecodelocation if necessary using numeric keypad Use cLEAR to set this value to 00 00 00 00 Step 3 Press Enter T he TIME soft key isthedefault mode for the Go TO function Theco TO TIME function locates the transport at a specific timecode point T he output of each track is dis played on the level meters INTRODUCTION 10 3 GO TO A MARK Theco TO MARK function locates the transport at a mark For details on entering and editing marks see M arks on page 11 2 Step 1 Pressthe GO TO key Step 2 Pressthe mark soft ke
184. th of the above modes return the transport to the Preroll point on completion INTRODUCTION 16 3 CYCLE Starts the transport in one of the above modes PREROLL Locates the transport to the preroll position MORE T oggles to a second soft key M enu T he second soft key M enu functions as follows EARLY IN Thetransport drops into record as soon as this key is pressed T his enables dropping in during the Preroll period REC OUT Selects between one of the following modes PROG Thetransport drops out of record at theO UT time OPEN Recordings continue until stopped by the operator KEEP T hetransport drops out of record at the OUT time but con PLAYING tinues playing without stopping at the Postroll point BACK Returns to the first soft key M enu NOTES PA 22 T heAuto Record functions also control the armed tracks on a 9 pin machine if it isonline 23 Countdown beeps and relay closures for ADR can be set up using the M enu SETTING PRERO LL AND POSTROLL T hehighest value preroll and postroll of the machines currently online will be used for RECORD and PLAY functions T hisincludesM 1 M 2 DISK and LT C Generator Step 1 To enter the Preroll M enu hold down the BLUE key and press the Preroll key T hen press the Pos TROLL soft key if you are setting the POSTROLL Step 2 Select the soft key for the desired machine Available ma chines are M1 external machine 1 M2 external machine 2 Disk internal
185. there are lines in thetext filethat are not matched by clips in the Project they are ignored Export T hedifference between EXPORT and PUBLISH isthat Export also outputs a text file after publication You may choose a Project or a text file as the target of the com mand and the first part will go exactly the same as Publish T he text file is created during publication and can be directed to a choice of destinations Before starting the process AudioB ase will ask you for the destination You have four choices File Macintosh Unix These are chosen by typing the first letter of the choice If you choose File the text file will be saved to the same hard disk wherethe Project is located Its name will be the same as that of the Project except for its txt suffix If you choose any of the computer types the text file will be sent out of the modem port using Z M odem protocol to any computer that is connected T o makethis happen you must have your computer connected via a serial cable between one of its communications ports and the QD C Engine modem port T he computer must be running a terminal program and be ready to receive data You will be asked to confirm that this is the case before the command starts Import Importing is similar to publishing text file except that first the file is brought in from another computer After issuingthecommand you will asked to identify which Project will be published with th
186. tilde at the beginning to distinguish it from other text It is used to identify a clip in the Project 22 10 W hen you make your own text files you can omit the first line or just the Project identification number and still publish using this file TheAudioB ase number at the beginning of each line and thetab separating it from the next part is also optional you can still usethe data without this identification How AudioBase Recognises Text When you tell AudioBaseto publish atext file it must match thefileand its con tents correctly with a Project It will do this automatically if the information is correct The File Clips For AudioBase to recognise a text file it must have a name of the format X XX txt where XXX is any string of up to 15 characters not including illegal ones space amp 1 7 N an underscore is shown as a space on the video screen T he system recognises no difference between upper and lower case AudioBase has three ways to associate a particular text file with a particular Project H erethey are in order of priority Project Identification number matches the one in the Project e Project Name on thefirst line matches the Project N ame this is unreliable if there is morethan one Project in your system with that name AudioBase will choose the first one it finds T henameof thetext file isthe same asthat of the Project not counting the suffixes ditto If noneof t
187. tions described below MATCH This specifies how your search text is matched to the fields the data base T his parameter affects all the fields being searched WHOLE Your search text must match all thetext in a database field PART Your search text only hasto match any part of a database field START Your search text only has to match the start of a database field FIELD S T his specifies if all the fields you search haveto match or if only one or more fields have to match ALL All the selected fields must match ANY Clipsare returned if any of the fields match 22 4 To start using AudioBase set the M AT CH parameter to PART and the FIELDS parameter to ALL Step 1 Press the AudioBase key Step 2 Press the SEARCH soft key Step 3 Pressthe Prev F8 on thekeyboard and Next F9 on thekey board to highlight afield you wish to search 9 to 15 provide AudioBase functions Selected fields are highlighted in blue Step 4 Enter your search text Pressthe cLEAR key to clear text from the field If the field is left cleared it will not be included the search Step 5 T o add morefieldsto your search repeat steps 3 and 4 Oth erwise press Enter to start the search Additional search conditions can be added to the text T hese are described on the following page Additional Search Conditions Additional search parameters can be added to field searches in a similar manner to theGO TO CLIP NAME function Add
188. tions of it are unused Step 1 H old down the BLUE key and pressthe Space key Step 2 D efine a Range and select tracks Step 3 Press the soft key Step 4 Pressthe Enter key After COMMIT you will not be able to trim the heads or tails of the affected clips W hen commit doesn t commit 1 If only a small section of a waveform is unused it may be left whole as breaking it up will actually use more disk space 2 If the waveform is used by another clip that was not selected The PACK function shuffles the data in a Project to flush out the empty spaces re sulting from the DISPOSE and COMMIT functions T he free space generated is avail able for use by any Project Use PACK at any time after DISPOSE and COMMIT Besure not to inadvertently Switch the machine off during PACK asthis will destroy your Project Step 1 H old down the BLUE key and pressthe Space key Step 2 Pressthe pack soft key Step 3 Pressthe Enter key T heProject is packed into the smallest possible area of disk releasing the remainder for general use T his may take some time because the audio on the hard disks will be moved around Keep Borrowed Clips 2 PROJECT MANAGEMENT heKEEP BORROWED function copies borrowed clips permanently into the Project After KEEP BORROWED theProject will no longer need to accessthelibrary Projects or Projects from which it was extended TheH AN DLES parameter determineshow much extra of the original wa
189. urrent play point 00 00 45 00 Figure 13 Time Scale Display Step 1 H old down the Zoom Key Step 2 Turn the jogger wheel to zoom in and out Sub frames can be toggled on or off by holding down the BLUE key and pressing the SUBF key on the numeric keypad T rack display selection and zooming is possible while playing and recording T hezoom factor can also be entered by holding down theZoom key and typing the desired zoom factor on the numeric keypad T his is useful for making macros For information on M acros refer to M acros on page 23 2 T here are 16 scales with larger numbers indicating more detail less time Zoom can be increased or decreased by holding the Zoom key and pressing or on the numeric keypad Alternate Zoom Factors It is possibleto set two different Zoom factors to allow for alternate views of the track display Step 1 Select a Zoom factor by holding down the Zoom key Step 2 Select a different Zoom factor by again holding down the Zoom key and turning the jogger wheel Step 3 Pressthe Zoom key the previous Zoom will be shown on the T rack display Pressthe Zoom key again and the alternate Zoom factor will be displayed Itisalso possibleto move the horizontal position of the cursor by holding down the BLUE and Zoom keys and turning the jogger wheel TIME SCALE AND DISPLAY ZOOMING 4 7 TRANSPORT CONTROLS The PLAY STOP FF and REW controls work in a similar manner to a tape ma chine A
190. used in a single session on the machine and the only way to make the machine forget these passwords is to restart it Extending a Project creates a new Project with all the clips borrowed from the orig inal T he extended Project also inherits all thetrack names and marks Projects can be extended for several reasons 1 The current drive is full Extending the Project to another drive will enable more recordings 2 The current Project is full Projects have a 4 Gig limit extending the Project will enable more recordings 3 Theoriginal Project is a pre edited and labelled bed T hisallows Projectsto be used as a templates 4 To create new versions T his will allow further recording and editing without affecting the original Project W hen working on an extension the original Project can be regarded the same as a library Project i e all theclips are borrowed It is not possibleto perform an O ver write record on borrowed clips W hen using libraries and extensions be very careful with what you do to theoriginal Projects and libraries Erasing clips or Projects that are used by other Projects will result in missing audio Extending A Project Step 1 Press the Proj key Step 2 Press the EXTEND soft key Step 3 Select the desired destination Step 4 T ype the new name Step 5 Press Enter Pressing the Refresh soft key will updated the directory view for the current folder drive or domain 18 4 MANAGING DISK SPACE
191. veform if available is copied from libraries T his will determine how much a clip can be trimmed later TheH AN D LES parameter can beset to 0 to 99 seconds or to ALL which will copy the entire waveform NOTE T o keep just one clip usethe Edit M enu to cut the clip then hold down the BLUE key and press Enter T his will copy the waveform shown in the clip with no handles 18 6 Step 1 H old down the BLUE key and press the Space key Step 2 Enter aH ANDLES valueif required then press Enter Step 3 Pressthe KEEP ALL BORROWED Soft key Step 4 Press the Enter key OnceaKEEP BORROWED has been performed on a Project back ups can be made with the knowledge that all originally borrowed audio clips are now stored in one place More About Committing Examples of committing to clarify its operation are A 30 second recording has just been made and then the first ten seconds are trimmed off Go to the Space M enu and press while the cursor is touching this clip with andles set to zero T he effect will beto remove the first ten seconds of audio data with that disk space becoming free Attempting to enlarge the clip us ingtheTRIM command will fail because there is more data the M aster Re cording If H andles are set to 2 seconds only the first 8 seconds of data would be removed A 30 second recording has been made and this timethe last 15 seconds of the re sulting clip Clip A are covered
192. w M Recordings created by the W ave M enu may be chosen on the System Page T heoptions include processing in the clips original bit depth or in the current Project bit depth TIME COMPRESSION amp EXPANSION 14 6 PITCH 15 1 NOTES 15 2 Chapter 15 Gate Menu INTRODUCTION TheGateM enu automatically edits clipsto remove sections that fall below a given level Gating can be set to occur during recording and playback of audio GATING CLIPS Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Gate Key H old down the BLUE key and the GATE key Locate the cursor over a clip or define a Range of clips Enter the parameters described below Pressthe GATE soft key The Gating soft key parameters are as follows GATE Executes the gating function THRESHOLD Thisisthelevel thesignal has to fall below for gating to occur HOLD HANDLE Range 99 to 1dB U setheJog wheel or numeric keypad to enter the value T he duration in framesthat a signal must remain below the threshold before gating will occur Range to 999 frames U se the Jog wheel or numeric keypad to enter the value T helength in framesthe clip will be extended at the head and the tail to allow for slow attack and decay Range 0 to 99 frames U setheJog wheel or numeric keypad to enter the val ue INTRODUCTION 15 3 COMMIT Turning COMMIT on will giveyou the option of permanently removing the gated audio from your Project T his process is d
193. y Sets the FROM or TO pointsto the Project H ead or Project T ail marks Setting Range Modes T here aretwo options for range behaviour as described below Stepl Step 2 Range AUTO Press the Set Up key Pressthe Range soft key to toggle between the functions list ed below Ranges are automatically cleared when an editing mode key is selected unless the function must have a range to operate Pressing the Range On key turnsthe last Range on or off SELECTING A RANGE 4 11 Range Ranges are retained when selecting edit mode keys unless the function cannot use a Range Pressing the key again will tog glethe Rangeon or off D ouble clickingthekey will select the menu without a Range MANUAL Jumping to To and From Points H olding down the BLUE key and pressing either Jump key will locatethe transport to the start or end of the Range PLAY MENU T he Play M enu enables soft key selection of various transport selections Step 1 Pressthe Play Menu transport key Step 2 Press the desired soft key function All the Play M enu functions preroll the transport HEAD Plays the head of the clip under the cursor If there is no clip under the cursor the next clip is played TAIL Plays the tail of the clip under the cursor If there is no clip under the cursor the next clip is played EDIT Plays the last edit FADE Plays the fade out AGAIN Plays from the same place the transport last went into play RECO
194. y Step 3 Select SET or TRIM and usethejogger wheel numeric keypad or the and keysto set the desired level to enter a negative value type Clear T he output level changes in real time Step 4 Press Enter to make the change permanent T he output of each track is displayed on the level meters Press BLUE a on the PC keyboard to display the meters LEVEL SOFT KEY FUNCTIONS Set Theser soft key sets the level of all selected clipsto the value that was entered For example if three clips were already set to levels of 6 0 and 4dB Using the SET function at 2dB would change the levels of all three clips to 2dB INTRODUCTION 12 3 Trim The TRIM soft key adds the entered value to the existing level of all selected clips For example if three clips were already set to levels of 6 0 and 4dB using the TRIM function at 2dB would change the levels of the clips to 4 2 and 6dB re spectively Mode Themone soft key switches the Level M enu between CLIP level and DISPLAY lev el If thesystem isin STEREO M ix mode it will also allow switching to TRACK mode seethe section on Stereo M ix on the following page for more details W hen in DISPLAY mode the waveforms displayed in clips can be scaled for easier viewing whilst editing T hisdoes not changethelevd of theclip only the displayed waveform Clip Press the c1ip soft key to select the clip as the target for the level change Display Press the display soft ke
195. y Step 3 Stored marks are listed on the video display Select the desired mark using the jogger wheel and keys or typethe mark number on the numeric keypad Step 4 Press Enter FAST MARK LOCATION Step 1 Pressthe GO TO key Step 2 Press one of the track keys It is possible to quickly locate to the first 24 marks using the track keys GO TO LAST Locates the transport to last place you located to using the Go To M enu GO TO CLIP NAME TheGo TO CLIP NAME function locates the transport to the head of the desired clip It also incorporates an alphanumeric search function to help sort through clips by name Step 1 Select GO TO Step 2 Select CLIP NAME Step 3 Clipsarelisted on the video display Select the desired clip us ing the jogger wheel or by typing the name of the clip using the alphanumeric sort facility described below Step 4 Press Enter GoTo 10 4 ALPHANUMERIC SORTING Whentheco To CLIP NAME Soft key is pressed the display lists all clipsin the Project If you start typing letters on the alphanumeric keyboard the list is short ened to show only clips starting with matching letters T he name you type appears in the upper console display Additional logical sorting criteria are provided by the soft keys T hese are as follows ANY ANY 1 1 OR NONE OR AND T his places an asterix in thesearch text T heasterix can be replaced by any number of characters For example typin
196. y mode the original clip is not altered but the contents of the clipboard are the same as for CUT Range Clip copy of the clip is placed on the clipboard W hen Enter is pressed the clip is placed on the currently selected track Head T he section of the clip from the head to the cursor is cut and placed on the clipboard W hen Enter is pressed the clip is pasted with the cursor positioned at the copy point Tail Copy TAIL functions in the same manner as COPY HEAD except that it works from the cursor to thetail T he section of the clip from the cursor to thetail is placed on the clipboard W hen Enter is pressed the clip is pasted with the cursor posi tioned at the copy point Cut Copy Soft Key Functions W hen the Cut Copy or Erase keys are selected on theBinnacle the following LCD soft key options are available Split Splitsthe clip at the current cursor position into two clips Clip Reverse Reverses the clip Ghost On or Off displays or hides the last clipboard tem BINNACLE EDITING 6 8 Cut and Copy Edit O ptions T heBinnacle edit options for C ut and Copy are RANGE ON ALL LAYERS RAZOR ON Cut Copy with Range On TheCur and Copy commands offer additional functions when a Range is selected In CuT mode theselected rangeisremoved from atrack and held on theclipboard In CoPv mode therangeisleft unchanged but a copy of the rangeis passed to the clipboard The resulting content of the clipboard is th
197. y pressing the To Panel key MACRO FiLES 24 1 NOTES 24 2 Chapter 24 Drive Formatting INTRODUCTION Satellite supports two different disk file systems RBF Random Block File isthe nativefile system of O S9 theoperating system used by Fairlight e FLFS Fairlight File System and was invented by Fairlight to handle devices larger than 4 Gigabytes It must be used for these large devices Only a Fairlight approved disk drive should be used with Satellite A list of suitable drives can be downloaded from http www fairlight net FORMATTING A DRIVE Step 1 Attach thenew disk driveto the system with the power OFF Its SC SI address must be different from that of any other disk or tape drive already attached N ote its SC SI address Step 2 Power on theQDC Engine and console Step 3 C heck that the disk is seen when the SCSI bus is scanned f necessary type quit to return to the hash prompt Step 4 Toinitialisea disk in RBF format type at the prompt diskinit tdXY v 1024 c 128 z RETURN Y isthe SCSI address of the drive X isthe PCI bus 0 inter nal 1 external OR Toinitialisea disk in FLFS format necessary if the driveis larger than 4 G Bytes type diskinit tdXY w RETURN Y isthe SCSI address of the drive X isthe PCI bus 0 inter nal 1 external OR Toinitialisea disk in FAT 32 format for compatibility with M icrosoft operating systems diskinit tdXY f RETURN Y isthe SCSI address of th
198. y to alter the amplitude scale of the display W hen in DIS PLAY mode the waveforms displayed in clips are be scaled for easier viewing whilst editing T his does not changethe level of the clip only the displayed waveform Clip Before Level Change Clip After Level Change Figure 26 Display Level Change Step 1 Press the Level key Step 2 Locate the cursor over the clip s or define a Range that wholly contains the clips Step 3 Press the soft key to change to DISPLAY mode Step 4 Select SET or TRIMand usethejogger wheel numeric keypad or the and keys to set the desired display T he clip display changes in real time Step 5 Press Enter to make the change permanent Info Additional information can be displayed in clips on the track display When Info ison the clip display includes the status of the LEVEL PAN EQ and BIT DEPTH if greater than 16 associated with each clip LEVEL 12 4 Press the Info soft key to toggle between on and STEREO MIX MODE Additional Level M enu features are available when the system is used in STEREO mode W hen STEREO isturned ON all tracks are summed together as a stereo signal and appear on all output pairs T his is useful where no mixer is present for monitor ing By default mono clips are panned centre and stereo clips areoutput as normal pairs STEREO mode is selected the Digi menu Digi Key Figure 27 Digi Key Step 1 old down the BLUE key and press the Digi key
199. y to reveal the extra menu items Password Protection Any Satellite Project may have a password which restricts access to the material W hen thereisno password onecan be applied by anyone who opensthefile T here are three levels of access available to a file with a password one of which must be chosen when the password is created T hese are Public Any user can open the file and change any part of it A pass word is not requested upon opening the file Play Only user can open thefile and play the audio but cannot change anything A password is requested when first opening thefileand if noneis supplied read only permission is grant ed Extendingthefilewill then create a new unpassworded file ex tension which can be edited as required without changing the original file If the correct password is supplied when opening the file then full write delete rename and move permission is granted Private N o user can open thefileat all without supplying the correct password Even a file which has Public W rite access cannot be deleted renamed or moved Any attempt to perform these operations will result in the system requesting a pass word INTRODUCTION 18 3 Extend Refresh PROJECT MANAGEMENT Once you have opened a file using its password all other Projects with the same password will be opened without the machine requesting you supply the password again T his may apply to several passwords that have been

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