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- Page 1 . 4 8 r . c a n - w p . 4 9 m a j a x p . 5 1 Aaton Cantar-X1&2 www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
B for Barebone p.15 Wake up HDD ! p.25 PostChain, Titan-3 p.51 C for Compensated (Fake) p.15 Play-file indexing p.25 Connectors & Accessories p.52 www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550... -
Page 3: Software Versions
REC stop. – Two PDF Sound-Reports (ALL for ‘t p w a n’ takes & From Cantar-X1 to X2 X2 brings the following hardware improvements : X1 and X2 both work under Aaton-OS in the same low • a CM-5 motherboard carrying an FPGA (Field Programmable power consuming CPU, with the same software versions... -
Page 4: Description 1
(end of slider button) activates track sOlo. [link-lock] (3) Left (un)locks Mixer sliders [track-solo] Right (un)locks Mic/Line faders. [shift] [link-lock] Links Mic 1/2, Mic 3/4. www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550... - Page 5 •• Only use ferrite choke ring equipped high quality Firewire external and internal disks. •• DO NOT plug a cable into the Cantar Firewire socket cables. www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550...
- Page 6 [batt L] or [R] short pressure: battery voltage; Matshita UJ-85J DVD-RAM /±R burner is a slot machine. long pressure: battery on duty. [shift] [batt] in STOP, turns ‘OFF’ Cantar. Status light Eject www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550...
- Page 7 The spatial position of all pan-pots is visible on the circular screens while the dBFS value of the selected pan-pot is dis- played in the rectangular screen (see next page). www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550...
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Page 8: Rectangular Screen
48048 backlight power, see TECHSET.03 ‘Backlight’ (p.33). e.g. SampleRate. bottom row: parameter value, e.g. 48048. www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550... -
Page 9: Triple Crown
(inputs-to-tracks routing) and selects the one shown when the [routing] button is released. In REC, the grids can be checked but not mistakenly changed, see 'T1–T6 routing selection', p.28. www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550... -
Page 10: Operating Positions
REC, PPR, TEST talkback mic to active tracks. * The red button may appear red/gold in PLAY, plays from start of take. **AUDIO/TC.04, p.31 p.10 www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550... -
Page 11: Stop Power
To avoid charging spikes, the battery which remains on-board is not charged, just not The 14.8V/4.2Ah Aaton Li-Ion R-Cells are more powerful and discharged while Cantar is connected to mains power. lighter than their NiMH equivalent (61Wh vs 45Wh, and 560gr vs 695gr). -
Page 12: Workday
Once created, a ‘project name’ regroups all data related to it, such as the days of recording, the tracks and the disks In 1997, the Aaton Indaw multitrack digital recorder used. This name is stored in each audio file, there is no risk introduced the Aaton filename system. -
Page 13: Stop 3
• ASCII initialization (from Aaton OriginC) Sync Time Cantar on TEST, its TCXO clock is set by an Aaton OriginC At startup you will notice a blinking int c or ext c icon, which also initializes cameras and GMT generators. ‘Atc’... -
Page 14: Slaved To An External Clock
RF. You can also initialize TC value, it can thus be used as a master TC to start and several Aaton GMTs (low power, high accuracy, timekeepers), stop another Cantar (‘Remote Roll', p.19). attach them to the cameras and digi-slates and have TC that Method 3 matches the Cantar’s TC. -
Page 15: On Planet Earth
‘C’ mode. See ‘Avid-Recording- count in line with Earth’s time: the frame count jumps over Rates’ www.aaton.com/files/avid-recording-rates.pdf. two images every minute except for every tenth minute. Stored in the BWF metadata, the camera fps is a simple (B) Barebone: '23.98NDF–B', '29.97NDF–B'... -
Page 16: Differential Delays
In 24-bit recording mode, it is Differential delays common practice to adjust the input gain so that a ‘normal’ Cantar-X2 only signal does not go over the -20dBFS level. Limiter activat- Delays inherent to sound propagation (3 ms/m) or induced ed, the 32dBu head-room above the -8dBFS kick-in point by signal processing (up to 3.8 ms in a digital wireless kit) -
Page 17: Mic Coupling
(a key appears in the rectangular screen), balance modification can only be done while pressing the [so-fil-tom] button (2). p.17 www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550... -
Page 18: M/S Monitoring
44 Digi7 Digi8 45 Digi7 Mic5 -10dBu line-output compatible with HD cameras' line-inputs. LVL&DELAY.02 gives access to the Foldback level, [jog] adjustable from 0 to -94dB and Mute. p.18 www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550... -
Page 19: Ppr 1
[red] button. take’s track-names than to carry incorrect ones in the next - Take #: two digits. take. p.19 www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550... -
Page 20: File Splitting
Cantar's idle state (PPR and TEST), after the record- applied later when Cantar is in TEST or STOP position. ing has stopped. p.20 www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550... - Page 21 LTC-in generated by a [r] = REC [g] = IN-GRIDS video camera or an Aaton GMT (see 'GMT-u', p.50). [p] = PPR, [m] = OUT-MAPS Note that the TC which is stamped in the files is Cantar's...
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Page 22: Reference Tone Generator
It is wise to momentarily disarm a track when there is no use for it. Go to TEST, press [shift] [track-solo] of the unwanted track. (see p.18). p.22 www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550... -
Page 23: Record Tally
While in PLAY they are accessible with the [silver] button. cording sample rate, inducing a speed change which can be quite useful on filmed music shows transferred to NTSC. p.23 www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550... -
Page 24: Commands
STOP; if the message 'you were too is NO latency between 'play' and the audio output. fast' appears, go back to STOP for one second. p.24 www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550... - Page 25 Cantar's analog inputs using the 'Otc' mode its previous state; the recording session will use the date, to give them easy to sort dates. time and metadata of this file. p.25 www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550...
- Page 26 02 Day to copy 07 Burn and check 13 Clean Poly files 03 Track selection 08 Files to copy 14 Run Backup * was in AUDIO/TC.19 p.26 www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550...
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Page 27: In-Grids 1
Line-in 1, accept with the [black] button; reject with the tween the two audio files. [red] button. p.27 www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550... -
Page 28: T7 T8 In-Grid Selection
• Digi7 Mic5 A configuration tailored to the last track record- (15) Line2 Xb (30) Digi5 Xb+ (45) Digi7 Mic5 ing of an eight track 're-recording' session (see RR8 p.18). preset T7T8 in-grids p.28 www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550... -
Page 29: Out-Maps 1
[jog] to T6 on the right circular screen, press the [black] but- ton to link Track 6 to the right side of the headphones. * press the [red] button to 'unlink' . p.29 www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550... - Page 30 In- grids. • Pulling the slider toward the operator ears allows changes to the monitoring Out- maps. p.30 www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550...
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Page 31: Audio/Tc 1
88200 95904 96000 96096 Unlocked Locked For Wordclock slaving (Cantar-X2 only), select the Slaved fader status, see ‘Mic Coupling’ p.17. WC prefixed values, e.g. WC 48000, which are the Mic Links same as the non-WC rates (see ‘Sixteen Tracks’, p.28). - Page 32 23.98NDF-A note: in Rec&Play it will be possible to send the eight Playback 29.97NDF-A 23.98NDF-B 29.97NDF-B 23.98NDF-C tracks to Digi1–8 out, through the Aaton-AES mixer (September 29.97NDF-C 2008). In the -0.1% NTSC slow-second world, an A, B or C time...
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Page 33: Techset 1
'Save Setup' and send it to cantar- WARNING: before disconnecting the Firewire cable, support@aaton.com as an attachement to your mail FIRST, eliminate the ‘disc’ icon from the PC or Mac desktop, explaining the problem; this will help maintenance engi- THEN disconnect the cable. - Page 34 08 Clip Detect Factory Bluetooth Beep On Beep Off ‘Factory’ for maintenance techs, ‘Bluetooth’ for PDAs. note: on Cantar-X2, the Ethernet interface is permanently 09 No Ext TC active. Beep On Beep Off FactryReset Activated if the external clock is missing while in External Clock mode.
- Page 35 Set the [MainSelector] to STOP, and restart. 10 Cantar is protected from the installation of corrupted ware key emailed by Aaton. If ‘Unlimited’ appears, go no further, your Cantar is set to work forever. software. Go to TECHSET.25 ‘Softwr Ver.’; if the new ver- sion doesn’t show up, that’s all the message you will get,...
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Page 36: Session 1
HDD’. If Cantar still doesn’t see the disk, most prob- ably it is not formatted with a FAT32 primary partition. Format it with Cantar (see below). p.36 www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550... -
Page 37: Sound-Report
Full Title. note: To work with a DVD-RAM on a Mac, see p.42. To play (max: 39 characters). All of the header entries below are it on a DV40/824, contact Aaton. automatically recalled when re-opening the project. Scan HDD Production (max: 30 chars.) - Page 38 • A = all takes, W = wild takes only. • D = Direct multi-mono, N = Native poly, R = Rotated poly, X = miXer poly. p.38 www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550...
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Page 39: Backup 1
T1 and T2 iso tracks of a multitrack recording there too! p.39 www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550... - Page 40 files have been burned; a way to CD/DVD mid-day copy, this causes the software to look at know why some files, probably burned on another media, p.40 www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550...
- Page 41 360MB < NOT continue to use the HDD. IMMEDIATELY remove it and immediately leave using the and send it to Aaton. Do not use any standard recovery same [ok] button. programs, this is guaranteed to DESTROY any audio that RunBackup automatically inserts a Sound-Report carrying the same ‘Dir’...
- Page 42 That is why can handle up to 2TB, but Microsoft lets it be ‘universal’ it must carry an Aaton mu-metal shield plate (p.52). note: Setting TECHSET.01 to ‘Unmount’ opens access to the below 127GB only; Cantar formatting is thus limited to this value.
- Page 43 (Mic or Line level) can be ganged to one master fader only and monitored to the half dB, Cantar insures total control over the B-format later treatments. p.43 www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550...
- Page 44 Practice 1: Real-time Audio-TC in both machines. The best method to sync Cantar to any video camera is to install a small LTC generator, such as an Aaton GMT, on media but entered by the assistant-editor during the image the camera. A less desirable alternative is to use an RF link import.
- Page 45 [ok]. Press [ok] again to restart etc., stored on external or internal HDDs. from cue-in. Press [esc] to pause, press [esc] to resume play. p.45 www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550...
- Page 46 E 15 E 34 * E 45 Play-file 'E' from the archives, six play-cards (E34 hid- Clone recording Cantar-X2 only den). Note their free and overlaping placement, suitable Select 'Clone (x)' in BLUE-BRWS.21 for 'classic playback' Copy, Remix & Translate To get copies of archive files with note: when going to BLUE-PLAY, take your time while pass- an updated iXML chunk, select in-grid RPA (p.18).
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Page 47: Companions "Ta Rk An
The Cantar mirror position (yellow circled) of Tarkan’s virtual selector (9) changes Through the Cantar-X2 Ethernet connection, Tarkan controls Cantar’s function to what is clicked (becomes red circled). The Cantar’s system configuration, creates on-line and off-line user Rec&Play panel (10) is used to select and activate the play- setups, and edits all of the metadata stored in the recorder. - Page 48 AUDIO/TC.19 is set to ‘Inactive’ AUDIO/TC.20 - 35 will not be accessible. If you want to modify those set- tings before hand, set AUDIO/TC.19 to ‘Active’. p.48 www.aaton.com User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28 +33 4 7642 9550...
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Page 49: Can-W
Jasjar, DELL Axim-51v; HTC X7500 / T-Mobile Ameo. ple rate and bit-depth, rcan-xxx.cab Download from the Aaton web site to a PC internal/external disk re- middle: or Mac and copy it through USB into a folder of the PDA. cording time. - Page 50 •180x90x20mm. 375gr. Time. Press [#] to scan through the To LTC init a machine with SMPTE LTC, Order an Aaton L5-XLR3-SCH cable for display. All fields being set, press [*] to simultaneously press [#] [0]. connection to the recorder's LTC socket.
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Page 51: Majax, Indawpass
By their very nature the Aaton filetags eliminate all TC Q: How to edit DVD-RAM discs with a Mac ? overlaps, and this is a huge advantage over all other... -
Page 52: Connectors, Accessories
Eight 26dBu /10k ohm transformer isolated balanced 1 = Gnd 3 = Li-Ion* 4 = NiMh or Li-Ion w/diode line inputs to Cantar mic & line inputs. See tutorials on *Cantars over # 268 directly receive Aaton http://www.soft.aaton.com/swcantar R-Cell Li-Ion...
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