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  • Page 1 • i n t e r n a l     b a c k u p t o   C F   c a r d p . 5 4 Aaton Cantar-X1 & www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Rectangular screen rows p.26 The PostChain Filters and attenuators p.16 ROUTINGS Software versions Differential delays p.16 Cantar-X1 to X2 Mic & Line linking p.17 Set T1 > > T6 In-Grids p.27 Stereo pairs & Surround p.17 Set T7 T8 In-Grids p.28...
  • Page 3: Keep In Touch

    Post Production helper email address in the login page. Spread the 'CantarPostChain' tutorial around: • next visits: forgotten password? Click 'lost password', http:/ /www.aaton.com/documentation/ Cantar-X1 vs X2 • Wider FPGA Motherboard (CM-5). • A-to-D (AD-5) provide  • Play&Rec, Ethernet, Differential analog delays, Track-AutoSlate  85ms @48kHz delays. • 100BaseT Ethernet Board (ET- 1 ). and Wordclock sync require X2 hardware.
  • Page 4: Permanently Accessible Faders

    Rightside, Mic/Line faders locking. + [routing] displays the inputs to trAcks [shift] [link-lock] Mic linking. + [track-solo] 1 – 6 show track pAn-pots www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 5 FW device, disconnect the cable from the device side, not ••  only  use  ferrite  choke  ring  equipped high quality FW from the Cantar side. cables, not the cheap skinny ones. www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 6 TEST, stops the 'int c' reminder blinking. [batt L] or [R] short pressure displays battery voltage; long pressure puts battery on duty. [shift] [batt] in STOP, turns 'OFF' Cantar. www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 7: Pan-Pots

    (p.8). www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 8: Rectangular Screen

    'Operand', e.g. AUDIO/TC. middle row: pa- backlight power, see TECHSET.05 'Backlight' (p.33). rameter name, e.g. Sample-Rate. bottom row: parameter value, e.g. 48048. www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 9 [config] crown, the active map will be the one displayed when closing the [routing] command. note: selecting a different Out-Map while recording doesn't affect the recorded signal. www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 10: Mainselector Buttons

    BLUE-PLAY, inserts a cue-in. in IN-GRIDS, links an input to a track. in OUT-MAPS, connects sources to outputs. [silver] [black] [silver] [black] [shift] Mechanical MainSelector Contactless MainSelector (zero maintenance) p.10 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 11: Stop Power

    Batt Alert level (TECHSET.14–15, p.34). This allows the tent between them of 25gr max." simultaneous use of a NiMH battery with alert set to 10.8V, At 5.8gr lithium, Aaton R-Cells fall within the first category. and a Li-Ion battery with alert set to 14.2V. Upon reaching Charger...
  • Page 12: Stop Files

    In 1997 , the Aaton Indaw multi-track digital recorder intro- When you rent a Cantar, its project memory should be duced the Aaton filename system. Each filename consists empty;...
  • Page 13: Internal Free-Run Master-Clock

    (from Aaton OriginC) clock) mode selected in AUDIO/TC.15 'Tc Source'. This On STOP, the 'Sync Clock' is set by an Aaton OriginC blinking icon reminds you to verify that the same timecode is which also initializes cameras and GMT generators. 'Atc' running in all of the camera(s) and audio recorder(s).
  • Page 14: Slaved To An External Clock

    Gen Out'. TC value, it can thus be used as a master TC to start and * Aaton GMTs are low power, high accuracy timekeepers stop another Cantar (see Record by LTC, p.21). to be attached to cameras and digi-slates.
  • Page 15: On Planet Earth

    The frame-rate used to express the audio time Format-stamp. can be 30, while images are filmed at 24 or 25fps. Introduced for the AvidMC v11.3.2, the 'A' mode is fading away. See 'Avid-Recording-Rates' in Aaton tutorials http:/ / On planet Earth www.aaton.com/documentation/ Timecode handling is simple at integer speeds such as 24, 25 and 30fps;...
  • Page 16: Differential Delays

    (1 ms increments by [shift] [jog]). Fine tune its value by limiter command is applied to ganged preamps. listening to the tracks in 'double-solo' (see Soloing tracks, p.22). An ear protecting mute is applied during modifications. p.16 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 17 T7T8, their levels are displayed on den level change when reactivating its balancing power. the rectangular screen bargraphs (p.8). p.17 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 18: M/S Monitoring

    12k ohm resistor in the input path of the Sennheiser (analog) inputs. The latest BLUE-TEST played card is the first transmitters to avoid oscillation and noise generation. to be called when going to BLUE-REC. p.18 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 19: Pre-Recording Buffer

    : to allow for a possible entry from a PDA, the generic to 't'. The rectangular screen displays the filetag of the NEXT track-names above are only recorded upon completion of recording. the take. p.19 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 20: Automatic File Splitting

    @ 24-bit / 48kHz), 690MB (700MB CD-R capacity), 2GB (default setting), 4GB (FAT32 max. filesize). The filetag number is incremented but the scene and take IDs remain the same. p.20 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 21 USB-PS2 to SubD 15 converter (p.58). LTC-in and stops recording upon receiving frozen LTC-in Simultaneously press [crtl] [alt] and one of the following: generated by a video camera or an Aaton GMT (see [r] = REC [g] = IN-GRIDS Remote roll, p.56).
  • Page 22: Locking The Faders

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  • Page 23: Autoslate

    While in PLAY they are accessible with the [silver] button. be useful on filmed music shows transferred to NTSC. p.23 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 24: Play Commands

    BLUE-PLAY position, press and hold the appears, go back to STOP for one second. blue [shift] button while rotating the [MainSelector] to PLAY. p.24 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 25: Find A File

    To avoid this mishap, first go to TEST, wait for the 'three- play-files! session uses the date, time and metadata of the live action. platter' icon to show up, then go to BLUE-BRWS. p.25 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 26: Mainselector 'East

    06 Media type 11/12 Snap/Idle Sound-Report 02 Day to copy 07 Burn and check 13 Clean poly files 03 Track selection 08 Files to copy 14 Run Backup p.26 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 27 Being 'm - s' declared, these files are monitored as L/R ste- reo tracks in the outputs and the mix (see Pan-pots, p.17). T3 T4 Aaton Majax (p.57) can decode and replace T1 T2 T5 T6 M/S pairs with L/R pairs for editing machines which can't decode M/S stereo.
  • Page 28 'Clone1'. Loading them for your next session will or T8 is displayed on the rectangular screen. be a great time saver. note2: T7T8 can't be 'm-s' declared. p.28 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 29 To link the two, this allows you to evaluate the necessity of a remix with desired input press the [black] button. Canttar's Play&Rec. p.29 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 30 Digi 1–6 inputs, unless in BLUE-BRWS.22, 'AES loop' is set to 'external'. •  The  Digi 7–8 outputs transmit the Do selected signals (p.29). p.30 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 31 Director's headphones. The Line 1 to Line 4     Track 1 to Track 8 (CantarX2 only). [routing] button instantly cancels the Play Mute action. Selects the AutoSlate detection channel (p.23). p.31 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 32 RemFader B1 A-Z), e.g. XR89. Warning: these characters can only be dis- played on special readers, not on current smart-slates. Available when two CantaRems are connected. p.32 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 33: 26 Software Install

    (the PC power supply directly feeds the HD through the Setup', attach it to your mail to cantar-support@aaton.com 6pin FireWire cable). Reminder: never connect MAC Gx explaining the problem. This will help Aaton engineers pro- desktops which instantly fry the Cantar FireWire interface. vide you with a solution.
  • Page 34 +4°C. To save power, Cantar should Aaton Li-Ion 4.2Ah batteries are 16.5V 'no load', and be in a carrying bag, preferably with insulation. deliver 14.8V under load, it is safe to set the alert @14.2V Set TECHSET.12 to '5 (slow)'.
  • Page 35 CMU software key disabled during this one minute operation. Do NOT touch emailed by Aaton. If 'Unlimited' appears, go no further, your Cantar is set to work forever. anything until 'Success Press Shift' is displayed.
  • Page 36: Session

    FireWire socket, Cantar formats HDs and CF cards (in applied to the caddy after CF introduction by the Sandisk/Lexar readers) up to 127GB, the Microsoft's com- [shift] [red] activation. mercial limit for FAT32. p.36 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 37 Reminder: when trashing an individual file its .wav extension becomes .rip. It is hidden but not erased from the workday folder (p.25). Built-in easy to read and print PDF report p.37 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 38 Paper size is unified @ 21x27 .2 cm to fit both 'A4' and YYYYMMDD.AA# folder where it carries the same Dir, Nat, 'Letter' formats. Rot, miX status as the backup files. (# = D, N, R or X). p.38 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 39: Backup

    Conversely do not plug nor unplug a CF card while the 'Rotate' adds no delay to backup operations, don't caddy's red LED is 'ON' . go without it. p.39 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 40: Treatments

    Select 'Unarchived' before starting some files, probably burned on another media, are missing. a DVD mid-day copy, this causes the software to look at p.40 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 41 GX; its FW input handles up to Poly files of preceding workdays should be erased. 40V. (Mac/PC laptops supply a safe 12V). FILE RETRIEVAL the disc's FAT is saved every ten seconds.  In case of power interruption, the audio  is playable but TC and comments are not saved; use Majax to reconform it (see p.57).   In case of disk crash or accidental erasure, do not continue to record, do not try any recovery pro- gram, this will destroy any audio that could have been otherwise saved.  Contact Aaton.  p.41 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 42 Direct(mono) go to AAD, Native(poly) go to AAN, Rotate(poly) go to AAR, and miX go to AAX (p.39 & p.40). p.42 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 43 PATA • Transcend TS128G PSD320 128GB.  run your disks once a year. SATA • Crucial C300 128GB.  Some SSDs don't work with the Cantar FireWire–>SATA Oxford Media bridge, contact Aaton before buying! CF cards Backup Storage Select 30 or 60MB/s Sandisk or Internal CF card Lexar cards (64GB max. capacity).
  • Page 44 RF1 active –> M1 –> T3; RF2 active –> M2 –> T4 of the pattern and width. L or 'M'-mic –> M3 –> T5; R or 'S'-mic –> M4 –> T6 p.44 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 45 The track renumbring during Idle Bckp backup lets you put the mixdown on the lower rank filetags, thee examples be- folders for FOSTEX-824s. Cantarem option, see p.28 for Xa/Xa+, Xb/Xb+ selection. p.45 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 46 EDL (Edit Decision List). Read the 'PostChain': multi-camera shooting, and leaves the continuous Record- http:/ /www.aaton.com/documentation/ C- Differentiate TCs Run Video-TC (different in each camera) untouched. This is of great value when it comes to batch digitize videotapes • editing with the Cantar ...
  • Page 47 DVD..., they will keep their 'TapeRef'. p.47 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 48: Live Mode

    Playback-file indexing A message, ‘Played filetag(s) AB1234, XY9753’, appears in Cantar-X1 & X2 the comment line of the PDF Sound-Report; it helps the editor Go to BLUE-BRWS (p.25), select audio files needed for find the original tracks by supplying the filetags to be used Play&Rec operation, and convert them into Playback-files by...
  • Page 49 TUTORIAL PLAY p.49 REC [2] & Play-card creation Cantar-X1 & X2 1- Go to BLUE-PLAY (see p.10), then with [shift] [>], choose a Play-file among the A to L  (1) displayed top-left of the Rehearsal rectangular screen. 2- With [<] or [>], select an empty card among the A00..
  • Page 50 TC&Date), go to BROWSE and trash them all but the best remix to be sent to the editing room. Since they are kept hid- den in the day's folder, you can revive them later. p.50 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 51: Companions Tarkan

    Cantar's audio flow, edits metadata, and generates PDF & CSV sound-reports. Get TAW (Windows) or TAM (OS-X) on http:/ /www.soft.aaton.com/swcantar/ starting-up Cantar side: Turn 'OFF' Cantar, plug a straight or cross-wired CAT-5 cable into the RJ45 socket, hold the cable in the canyon shaped clamp.
  • Page 52 Access to the 'Metadata' screen is allowed on the positions takes 4 seconds for Tarkan to talk to Cantar. where the MainSelector becomes dark gray; double click on the selector itself. p.52 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 53 ‘Hardware ID’), CantaRem is connected to Cantar through line1,  line2,  line3,  line4,  track1,  track2,  track3,  track4,  its SubD15 pin-2. Use a 'SubD15 to Lemo8' cable (Aaton track5, track6, line-out, foldback. The assigned fader is the ref. 594 4090).
  • Page 54 Press [ok] or go to [STOP]. note: to display the card capacity in MB, go to BACKUP.06 'Media Type', select CF card [ok], and press [EYE]. p.54 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 55: Arcan-W

    Jasjar / O2 XDA Exec / Orange M5000. DELL Axim- 51v, Fujitsu Loox N560. 3 Physical parameters Download rcan_214.cab from the Aaton web site, copy it •top: battery voltage, sam- into a folder of the PDA, and execute. ple rate, bit-depth, internal/ external...
  • Page 56 "fair" "bad" or "diff-time", followed by the 9V battery.  •180x90x20mm.  375gr.   Prod ID digits, Date and Time. Press [#] amount of drift in frame tenths. Order an Aaton L5-XLR3-SCH extension to scan the display. All fields being set, cable for connection to LTC XLR-3 sockets. SMPTE LTC comm ...
  • Page 57 COMPANIONS MAJAX & INDAW-PASS p.57 Majax IndawPass A free Aaton application devoted to the treatment of Cantar Tell your Post Production manager that Aaton's IndawPass is files. Works under Mac-OS and Windows XP. the fastest Tape-to-Tape and Audio/Video Sync machine in http:/ /www.aaton.com/documentation/...
  • Page 58 1 Gnd, 2 nc, 3 +Batt (Cantar#>268), 4 +Batt note: Battery internal wiring: DVD-RAM shield •Aaton Li-Ion:  14.8V-out to pin-3 and through a A mu-metal shield must be fastened Schottky diode to pin-4 (protection against NiMH to DVD-RAM drives installed in pre chargers).
  • Page 59 (no Lemo6) for Cantar Cantar NiMH 12.5V Li-Ion 14.8V for XTR, Xtera, and Aaton 35-III , lighter and more powerful than cameras which can’t handle the 16.5V start up voltage NiMH batteries (62Wh vs 45Wh), a must to drive of Li-Ion batteries.
  • Page 60 ANNEX CHARGER p.60 ChaScot, silent, 5 hour Li-Ion ref. 04 220 20 ChaScot can simultaneously charge two Technical Specifications: 14.8V, 4.2Ah Aaton Li-Ion batteries in five • power-in  110-220VAC, 50/60Hz hours. • power-out  16.8V 2A  per channel  • no fan, totally silent   battery on the charger: ref. 20 110 55 • size  160*94*90mm  (rear post, no Lemo6 socket) for Cantar.
  • Page 61 ANNEX CHARGER p.61 Cha-Li, 3 hour Lithium-Ion ref. 04 220 10 Cha . Li simultaneously charges Technical Specifications: two 14.8V, 4.2Ah Aaton Li-Ion • power-in  110-220VAC, 50/60Hz batteries. • power-out  16.8V 2A per channel   • fan activation @ internal 45°C   On the floor: a Penelope battery, (around 30dBA noise level) ref. 04 280 20 (lug and Lemo6 socket).
  • Page 62 11 Arm/Disarm a track In TEST, pull [SoloMidPan] to the accelerates letter scrolling x10 (p.20). Operator. Press [shift] + a [track-solo] button above the track fader you want to Arm/Disarm (p.18). p.62 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
  • Page 63 [TC jam]: display player's relative-TC or absolute-TC. slider toward the battery. Press [routing] then rotate the silver [config] crown (p.9) to select a preset. Press [routing] to retain the choice (p.18). p.63 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21 +33 4 7642 9550...
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