Mirror Card Recording - Zaxcom Nomad Preliminary Manual

Mirror cord recording
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The mirror CF menu controls the recording of the mirro r CF card . Th e mirror ca rd
wi ll record from the selected start segment to the selected end segment. The start
segment
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automat ically increment wit h each new reco rdi ng of the primary
media. The file t ype and th e file resolution are set in the me nu. Th e type of fi le and
resoluti on reco rded is usually determined by post product ion. Broadcast Wave poly
24 bit
is
the most common format. The mirror card is formatted as FAT3 2. All files
reco rded in the mirror d rive is fully comp atible
will
all M ac and PC platforms. All
new m irror card must be formatted in Nomad before use. Nomad can currently
handle any size card up to a 32 GB card.
The mi rror card is generally used as a deliverab le form at to post production.
M irror recording has two operational modes. It can be set to mirror cont inuou sly
(CONTINUOUS) or only when the Nomad is in st op mode (ON) . Contin uous mirror
means when Noma d's primary card is recordi ng the mirror card will record at the
same t ime. Depending on the t rack counts the mirror card may lag beh ind a bit . Not
to worry after you stop the prima ry card fro m record ing the mirror card will catch
up. The ON mode mean s that the m irror recording will st art only when the prim ary
card is st opped . This is useful when h igh track cou nts are mirrored and recorded
fil es are sh ort du ration.
When mirroring you mu st set t he mirror folder number to
the folder you want to mirror. This is not necessarily the
same as the primary folder. If the primary folder and the
mirror folder are not t he same number the wrong audio data
may be mirrored.
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