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- Page 1 CANTAR X3 User Manual Software v 1.113...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Inputs to Tracks....................18 Pan-Pot to Mixdown...................19 Track settings....................20 Declare input as Mixdown..................20 PRE-RECORD (PPR).....................22 Pre-Record functionality...................22 Pre-Record Buffer....................22 Metadata Edit....................22 Previous take trash....................22 Global Screen presentation..................22 Media States......................23 Metadata......................24 Next Record.....................24 Previous Record....................24 Completion.......................25 Audio Trash......................25 Solo........................26 Mic.........................26 Line.........................28 Track.......................28 Cantar X3... - Page 3 Sync Points......................40 Slate Detection....................40 User Marker......................41 Levels........................41 Tone Generator.....................41 Talk........................41 Timecode......................41 TEST........................42 Link Inputs......................42 Inputs Delay......................43 Line Outputs Levels....................44 Idle backup......................44 STOP........................45 Media Free Space....................45 Low Power Mode....................45 Power On/Off......................45 Power ON.......................45 Power OFF.......................46 Dante........................46 Rescue Mode......................46 PLAY........................47 Cantar X3...
- Page 4 Tone & Beep......................57 Tone Level......................57 Beep Level......................57 Record Beep.....................57 Beep Routing....................57 Remote Rec......................58 Slate Mics......................58 Internal slate mic....................58 Jack 3,5 slate mic....................58 Jack 3,5 bias pwr....................58 Talk full duplex....................58 Hdphn safety lvl....................58 Balance Lock......................58 Audio Power......................58 Digital power....................58 Cantar X3...
- Page 5 Tech support......................61 IP Adress......................61 Diagnostic......................61 Save / Load settings....................62 Save.......................62 Load........................62 Load firmware.......................63 SESSION.........................64 Record Parameters....................64 Project......................64 Media......................65 Media erase.....................66 Compressed Proxy.....................66 Report.........................67 Report type.......................67 Setup PDF......................67 BACKUP........................69 Backup settings.....................69 Source and Target.....................69 Process......................69 Backup processing....................70 ANNEXES........................72 Connectors......................72 Cantar X3...
- Page 6 Headphone Jack 6.35mm & Slate Mic Jack 3.5mm..........72 Cantarem Lemo 8....................73 Timecode Lemo 5 (F)..................73 Power XLR-4 (M)....................73 Mic XLR-3(F)......................73 Mic XLR-5(F)......................73 Line-In XLR-5(F)....................74 AES-42 TA-3(F)....................74 AES In/Out Dsub-25..................74 Analog Output Dsub-25..................74 Hi-Rose......................74 Cantar Audio Chain....................75 Software history.....................75 Cantar X3...
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Page 7: Help
This help box is available in the Record, Pre-Record, Test, Play, Browse, Outmaps, Ingrid Menus. Each item may be selected by pressing the Up and Down buttons and more details obtained by pressing the Ok button. ← Pict. 01 Pict. 02 → Pict. 03 Pict. 04 Cantar X3... -
Page 8: Headphone
- In Pict 01, Outmap 'A' : Mixdown Left and Right are sent to both ears. - In Pict 03, Outmap 'C' : Mic 1 is sent to the Left Ear and Mic 2 to the Right Ear. Cantar X3... -
Page 9: Other Main Selector Positions
By pressing the F2 button, you will see the Outmap grid, as for the 6 o'clock position, it can be edited. Pict. 09 In that view it is also possible to go to the previous or next Outmap using the Left Crown. Cantar X3... -
Page 10: Line Outputs
LINE OUTPUTS Cantar X3 has 8 Line outputs. I. Outmaps You can configure up to 26 Outmaps (from 'a' to 'z') each applicable to one or several outputs. NB: Line and AES Outmaps are shared. (Line Outmap 'a' is the same as AES Outmap 'a'). -
Page 11: Output Level
OK button to modify the value. If the Play symbol is de-activated (emptied triangle) the output is muted in Play. In Pict 07, Line outputs 1 & 3 will be muted in Play. Cantar X3... -
Page 12: Beep Mute
Even more, as the Outmaps are shared between AES and Line Outputs it can also modify an AES Output. In Pict 08, Outmap 'a' is applied to Lineout 1 but also to AES-Out 1 to 8 as stated by the warning text at the left of the window. Cantar X3... -
Page 13: Multiple Outmap
Using the Left and Right buttons, loop throught the eleven available Main Selector position. Using the Up and Down buttons, scroll through the 26 available Outmaps (plus the Muted special outmap). Save the modifications by pressing the Ok button or Cancel by pressing the Escape button. Cantar X3... -
Page 14: Output Levels
Outputs levels can be modified while the Main Selector is in the 10 o'clock position (TEST). Pict. 18 Press the F6 button to open the LineOut Level panel. Pict. 19 Using the direction buttons you can select the Line Ouput. Press the OK button to modify the Value. Pict. 20 Cantar X3... -
Page 15: Other Main Selector Positions
When the Main Selector is in the Test (10 o'clock), Pre Record (11 o'clock), or Record (12 o'clock) positions, it is also possible to modify the Line Outmaps by pressing the F2 key and then the F3 key. Cantar X3... -
Page 16: Aes Outputs
AES OUTPUTS Cantar X3 has 8 AES outputs. I. Outmaps You can configure up to 26 Outmaps (from 'a' to 'z') each applicable to one or several outputs. NB: Line and AES Outmaps are shared. ( AES Outmap 'a' is the same as Line Outmap 'a'). -
Page 17: Dante Outputs (Optional)
Master” and “Enable Sync to External” should also be checked. Pict. 21 • In the tab “Device Info”, by double clicking on the Cantar X3 (if the name was changed, refer to Product Type which should be “Cantar X3”, access the Device View where Sample Rate and Device Latency can be set up. -
Page 18: In Grid Routing
Use the direction buttons to move the yellow selection box and select the appropriate Track and the input number. Press the OK button to display the Input choice panel. Pict. 24 Use Up or Down buttons to select the appropriate input in the list and press the OK button. Cantar X3... -
Page 19: Pan-Pot To Mixdown
• other Tracks are not sent to Mixdown (Track 1 and 2 cannot for obvious reason by sent to Mixdown). The F4 button toggles the Left contribution. The F6 button toggles the Right contribution. The F5 button cycles through the L, R, C, X options. Cantar X3... -
Page 20: Track Settings
Ingrid by turning the Jog wheel while holding the Shift button pressed. IV. Declare input as Mixdown In order to have an external source declared as Mixdown track, it is possible to add an input to a track with a Mix-Left or a Mix-Right already routed. Cantar X3... - Page 21 Pict. 26 In this example, the external Mixdown is sent to the Cantar using the Line inputs 3 & 4. Cantar X3...
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Page 22: Pre-Record (Ppr)
• Current Headphone Outmap and Heaphone Level (if Headphone button pressed) ( • Timecode Information ( • Next Record Metadata: Scene – Take – Notes ( • Track Mix Level: according to the Display Track Level option, fields will be replaced by Track Gain. Cantar X3... -
Page 23: Media States
• While 3 Usb ports are available, only one will be used: the first which was plugged and mounted. • If a media fails during a recording (stopped due to speed issue or media filled or media error), record will continue if a mono process is still active on a media. Cantar X3... -
Page 24: Metadata
Select the appropriate field and press OK to edit it. NB: If the Take Type is changed to 'n', the Take is automatically automatically Un-Circled. If the Take Type is modified from 'n' to something else, the Take is automatically Circled. Cantar X3... -
Page 25: Completion
The next Take will carry the same Take Number as the erased one. Pict. 32 • This Trash function is also available in the Browse File Menu. • A trashed Take can be moved back to the day folder in the Backup Menu. Cantar X3... -
Page 26: Solo
'no-limiter' full scale. The Operator can count on a 44dBu reserve over the normal –20dBFS level. If the signal does reach the 0dBFS level, a 'clip' red level appears above the top of the Vumeter scale. To maintain equilibrium between linked channels, the same Limiter command is applied to ganged preamps. Cantar X3... - Page 27 Filters Change Filter with the Up or Down buttons. As a basis, Cantar X3 implements an anti-rumble filter which is a 3 order filter at 30Hz (-3db attenuation and a slope of -18 dB per octave). This is the neutral position.
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Page 28: Line
Left Crown to get to the desired Track Number. Pict. 38 i. Status (Arm/Disarm Track) While being in Solo-Track, pressing the F3 button arms or dis-arms a Track. Monophonic multi-track file recording doesn't waste disk space by recording empty Tracks as it is Cantar X3... -
Page 29: Aes
• The phase inversion applied to the input. • If the input is not assigned to any actuator, the gain is setup using the Jog wheel. • The range of the digital gain is from - ¥ to +12dB. Cantar X3... -
Page 30: Aes-42
• Low cut filter parameter cycles through “Flat”, “40 Hz / -3dB”, “80 Hz / -3dB” and “120 Hz / -3dB”. • Pre-attenuation parameter cycles through “0 dB”, “-6dB”, “-12dB”, “-18dB”. • Digital filter may be setup. (refer to the Mic Solo section) Cantar X3... -
Page 31: Outputs
Solo while holding the Shift button.) Pict. 45 At the top of the Solo panel is displayed is phase-meter representing the phase between the 2 inputs. The left side represents a phase of 180° and the right 0°. Tracks Cantar X3... -
Page 32: Tracks
This feature can be enabled or disabled in the Technical Menu, item “Display Inputs Level”. If enabled, the display precision can be set: ±0,1 dB; ±0,5 dB; ±1dB. ← Pict. 48 → Pict. 49 Cantar X3... -
Page 33: Tracks
Headphone Outmap name. It this part of the screen is not visible (during Solo or in other Menus, a small dialog box will be displayed) The Headphone Level is protected against wrong modification by the Headphone Button, hold it press while rotating the Jog wheel in order to modify the current value. Cantar X3... -
Page 34: Locking Panels
A locked actuator can be temporarily unlocked by holding the Shift button while moving it. Mixer Panel The Mixer Panel is locked or unlocked by holding the Shift + Left buttons pressed during 3 seconds to avoid inadvertent locking. A dialog displays the locking procedure. Cantar X3... -
Page 35: Potentiometer Panel
Left (respectively Right), the last (respectively current item) becomes unassigned. Potentiometer To open the Assignation panel, press and hold the Shift + Potentiometer Solo button. To go to next or previous actuator rotate the Left Crown or press the appropriate Solo button. Cantar X3... -
Page 36: Mixer Fader
Sliders To open the Assignation panel, press and hold the Shift + Slider Solo buttons on the Cantarem II. To go to next or previous actuator rotate the Left Crown or press the appropriate Solo button. Pict. 63 Cantar X3... -
Page 37: Timecode
To remind you to sync other equipment around to the Cantar 'Sync Clock', the icon stays red until you press the Shift + F3 buttons in order to confirm System Time as Timecode. ← Pict. 65 → Pict. 66 Cantar X3... - Page 38 Pict. 69 d. ASCII init (from Aaton OriginC) In the Stop position, the 'Sync Clock' is set by an Aaton OriginC which also initializes cameras and GMT generators. 'ATC' (ASCII-TC) appears in the timecode area. ii. internal Record-Run driving clock Go to the Audio &...
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Page 39: External Source
Before closing the audio file, Cantar stamps the TC by using the latest valid Timecode so as to eliminate spurious transmission errors and false camera starts. If there is no external timecode signal, an 'LTC Not Detected' warning appears. Nevertheless, the external TC is grabbed if it is received before the Take's end. Cantar X3... -
Page 40: Record
If you forget to press the F4 button, AutoSlate detects the most plosive sound of the take with a 95% chance of selecting the clapstick; in this case the Sound-Report's Slate-TC appears in 'Italic' to show it must be either confirmed or ignored. Cantar X3... -
Page 41: User Marker
Press the F6 button to create tabs labeled UM1, UM2... UM10 on wind clicks, boom noise, dialogue slip, etc.. V.Levels Please refer to the Pre-Record section. VI.Tone Generator Please refer to the Pre-Record section. VII. Talk Please refer to the Pre-Record section. VIII.Timecode Please refer to the Pre-Record section. Cantar X3... -
Page 42: Test
If there is more than one slave, the slave's actuator position determines the ±12dB gain applied from it's master value. To display the Link Panel, press the F5 button. Pict. 71 Pict. 72 The group is selected with Left and Right buttons. Editing is enabled through the OK button. Cantar X3... -
Page 43: Inputs Delay
(milliseconds) or in distance unit (meters using a sound speed of 340 m/s). To toggle between units, use the Left or Right button and modify the value by pressing the Up or Down buttons or by rotation the Jog wheel. ← Pict. 74 Pict. 75 → Cantar X3... -
Page 44: Line Outputs Levels
If the idle media is full, insert another media and the Idle Backup process will continue from where it previously stopped. This function is useful, when a media is too slow to work in mirroring. ← Pict. 76 Pict. 77 → Cantar X3... -
Page 45: Stop
To get out of the low power mode, either press the Power or the F1 or the F2 or the F3 buttons or simply change the Main Selector's position. III. Power On/Off 1. Power ON Press the Power ON/OFF button to power up your Cantar. A few LEDs should be illuminated symbolising the startup sequence. Cantar X3... -
Page 46: Power Off
The Cantar X3 logo is then displayed above a progress bar indicating the status of the system startup. Pict. 80 2. Power OFF While in the Stop Menu, press the Power ON/OFF button. Press the OK button to accept the confirmation window. -
Page 47: Play
• “Recorded Mixdown”: Mixdown Tracks, Mono • “Tracks--Mono”: Non-Mixdown Tracks, Mono • User Outmaps “A” to “Z”: Tracks according to User defined Outmap. Tracks are played Pre or Post fader according to the selected mode (Shift + F2 buttons to toggle). Cantar X3... -
Page 48: Recorded Mixdown
Pict. 86 This mode is symbolized on the Headphone Outmap grid by playback Tracks being active, at Center. Tracks are labelled according to the chosen monitoring mode: “P” to emphasize the PostFader property or “T” for PreFader mode. Cantar X3... -
Page 49: User Outmaps
4. Solo Solo of one or multiple tracks is available. Track(s) is(are) played Mono (to both left and right ears), Pre-Fader (Track level as it was recorded). The timeline displays only the waveform(s) corresponding to the selected Track(s). Cantar X3... -
Page 50: Routing
To add another Solo: while holding the Shift button press another Solo button. Pict. 92 Pict. 93 III.Routing Recorded take's routing can be viewed by pressing the F1 button, showing how inputs were routed during record and the way tracks were sent to Mixdown. Pict. 94 Cantar X3... -
Page 51: Sync Points
IV.Sync Points Sync points are displayed on the timeline as vertical dotted lines. • White: Slate sync point. • Black: User marker. To go to the previous or next sync point, press the Left or Right buttons. Cantar X3... -
Page 52: Audio File Browser
° Press the Right and Left buttons or the Jog wheel to change the current selected character (moving before the first character or after the last, changes the active field to the next or to the previous one). • Modifications are applied once the Edit panel is closed. Cantar X3... -
Page 53: Multiple Takes Edition
Depending on how fast is the media, how many modifications are needed, the Cantar will display a progress bar displaying the application of Metadata modifications. Pict. 98 3. Trash • Select one or multiple Takes • Press the Shift + Escape buttons. Pict. 99 Cantar X3... -
Page 54: Fix Files
Pict. 102 For each media, the Report process state is displayed: • Scheduled : at least one Sound folder was found (.AAD, .AAX, .AAN) • Non active : no Sound folder found. • Processing Report • Report process finished. Cantar X3... -
Page 55: Export Snap
To activate this option, press the F3 button. (F3 button again to go back to the simple snap process) Select the Source and Target fields using the Up and Down buttons and validate by pressing the Ok button, a list of choice is then displayed in order to select the desired media. Pict. 105 Cantar X3... -
Page 56: Audio & Timecode
Timecode will be separated with '*'. 4. Timecode Source Internal: Timecode runs on internal precise master clock. External: Timecode will be grabbed from LTC input at each start in Record. 5. Timecode User-bits Define the content of LTC user-bits. Cantar X3... -
Page 57: Timecode Fudged
Double beep is useful to warn you when the video camera stops, while recording in Remote Roll by LTC. 4. Beep Routing Let the user decide whether to route the beeps to the outputs or not. (Line outputs, AES outputs, Cantar X3... -
Page 58: Remote Rec
Slaved fader balance action (see Mic Link). XIII. Audio Power 1. Digital power Toggle AES Inputs & Outputs Power ON or OFF in order to save power. 2. Dante power Toggle Dante module ON or OFF in order to save power. Cantar X3... -
Page 59: Technical
3. Line Level Sets the level of the blue line. 4. Gradian Vumeters are displayed with a smooth color gradient from green to red. When ON, red zone and yellow zone have no more effect. 5. Red one Cantar X3... -
Page 60: Yellow Zone
If “Top of Vumeter” is selected, Track's attenuation will be displayed above Vumeters and Track audio level is not displayed. VI. Light 1. Backlight Adjusts the screen's backlight brightness. Keep in mind high brightness are power hungry. 2. LED Adjusts the brightness of the backlit buttons. VII. Low Power in stop Cantar X3... -
Page 61: External Voltage Limit
Displays Cantar's IP Addresses. 2. Diagnostic Generates a diagnostic file on a designed media. A diagnostic file is particularly useful in case of a problem on the Cantar, sent to the Cantar support team, it will help to solve the issue. Cantar X3... -
Page 62: Save / Load Settings
Change the media by selecting the “Media” field with the Up and Down buttons and then pressing the Left and Right buttons.Select the “Name” field and press the Ok button to display a list of all detected configuration files on the selected media. Pict. 112 Cantar X3... -
Page 63: Load Firmware
XIII. Load firmware Access to the firmware loading Window. 1 – Get the latest Cantar X3 firmware version from the Aaton Support web site. (http://www.aaton.com/software-updates) 2 – The firmware file (extension .csw) is contained in a zip, extract it onto an USB or a SD card. -
Page 64: Session
Create a new project Pict. 118 Opens the New Project dialog to enter the new project's name. NB: If they don't already exist, the Project and Day folders are created the next time recorder goes into Record. Cantar X3... -
Page 65: Media
Example: If Tracks 1, 5 and 8 are recorded, only 3 monophonic files are created but the polyphonic file will contain 8 channels preserving Track 8 on the 8 channel. Please refer to Media State in the Pre-Record section for media icon. Cantar X3... -
Page 66: Media Erase
Two formats are available: Ogg-Vorbis and Mp3. Both formats can contain Stereo Mixdown. Ogg-Vorbis can also contain Polyphonic channels. Each format can be recorded on USB or SD media. Compression is lossy and can be set up between, Low, Middle and High quality. Cantar X3... -
Page 67: Report
• If a 2-cell wide field is placed on the last column, it's painted in red to show that it is not possible (Pict. 91). • To change the customized text of a field, re-select the first cell and apply the same type. • To reset to default settings, press the Shift + Escape buttons. Pict. 125 Cantar X3... - Page 68 Take is the FileID. Circled takes may also be reported in the Pdf report with a red circle around the Filetag field or around the take number field. Pict. 129 Cantar X3...
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Page 69: Backup
The process applied during backup can also be set up: • Copy Monophonic files/Clone: copy files from Source to Target. • Copy Polyphonic files: creates Polyphonic files from the Monophonic ones. • Copy Stereo Mixdown: creates a Stereo Mixdown files from the Monophonic Mixdown files. Cantar X3... -
Page 70: Backup Processing
At the end of the backup, if enabled, are processed the sound reports (only if at least one Take was copied). There is one sound report per Day Folder, gathering information about the takes present in that folder. Cantar X3... - Page 71 Cantar X3...
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Page 72: Annexes
- Other pins: reserved for future use, do not connect. 2. Headphone Jack 6.35mm & Slate Mic Jack 3.5mm Cantar uses: - a generic sound connector for its Jack 6,35mm headphone connector. - a Nokia type headset connector for its Slate Mic Jack 3,5mm, 4 points, connector. Cantar X3... -
Page 73: Cantarem Lemo 8
- 3 Cold 7. Mic XLR-5(F) Symmetrical transformer (max. +24dBu) - 1 Ground - 2 Hot Mic 3 / Mic 7 - 3 Cold - 1 Ground - 4 Hot Mic 4 / Mic 8 - 5 Cold Cantar X3... -
Page 74: Line-In Xlr-5(F)
AES Inputs AES Outputs Channel Pairl Hot + Cold - Channel Pairl Hot + Cold - 11. Analog Output Dsub-25 Output Channel Hot + Cold - 12. Hi-Rose Tension: V-batt. Current limitation: 500 mA, protected by a thermo-fuse. Cantar X3... -
Page 75: Cantar Audio Chain
In PPR position, on "delete last take", a confirmation is now requested before moving the • last take to the trash. In BROWSER position on delete take, you can clean the other media(s) at the same time. • Cantar X3... - Page 76 The main selector management have changed The timecode behavior is improved if several system time initialisation are requested. Space characters were introduced during the scene/take field edition Headphone adjustment was not working in a solo mic dialog box Cantar X3...
- Page 77 When the last take is deleted, monophonic files are moved to the audio trash • and on USB,SD1,SD2 the same take is definitively erased. Arm/Disarm track from IN GRID screen (short press [Shift+solo track]. • Erase in grid configuration (no more M1 M2 by default into the grid). • Cantar X3...
- Page 78 Monophonic audio file recorded on Cantar X1/X2 can be merged into Cantar X3 day • folder (Project name needs to be the same on both equipments). In record position : direct access to Clap detection [F4] and Marker [F6]. •...
- Page 79 (available in multi selection ; change is automatically reflected on all available media Locked panel and disarmed Tracks settings are saved in case of a Cantar Power • OFF/ON. Detection of SD card Lock switch. • Improperly closed audio files (power failure, media error, system error) may be fixed • Cantar X3...
- Page 80 Shortcut in solo mic F4-F5-F6 MS decoding in Mix down Exit by esc key from back light or led level adjustment Close dialog Setup Report using the Main Selector version 1.71 (August 28, 2015) Digital filters/EQ on analog inputs • Cantar X3...
- Page 81 Track name visibility in Previous Edit for Track count of 9 and 17 Solo track input reminder includes Ms type version 1.61 (June 15, 2015) Audio stream control has been improved and new messages have been added in case of • trouble. version 1.53 (June 12, 2015) Cantar X3...
- Page 82 • Bug fix (phase invers link, empty timeline ...) • version 1.43 Slate mic level adjustment. • In solo, unused vumeter are darker. • Bug fix TalkBack release and "black screen" in case of mistake in backup • Cantar X3...
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How do i open the extended menu in the technical screen in order to calibrate knobs and sliders. Thanks a lot. Best regards, Leo. Cantar nr 58.