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...
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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...
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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...
'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...
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[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...
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...
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...
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;...
(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).
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.
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;...
(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...
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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...
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...
: 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...
@ 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...
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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).
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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.
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'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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
(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.
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+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)'.
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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.
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...
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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...
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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...
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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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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).
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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...
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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..
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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...
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.
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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...
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‘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).
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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...
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...
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"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 ...
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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/...
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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).
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(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.
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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.
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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).
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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...
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[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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