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Cantar

Mini

User

Manual

Software v 2.37

Summary of Contents for Cantar Mini

Page 1: ...Cantar Mini User Manual Software v 2 37...

Page 2: ...Cantar X3 2...

Page 3: ...20 Cantarem II 20 Sliders 20 Function Buttons C1 to C4 20 A Box 21 Setting up Tracks 22 Ingrid routing 22 Current Ingrid 22 Name 22 Inputs 22 Add input 22 Declare input as Mixdown 23 Remove input 23...

Page 4: ...OUTPUTS 34 Outmaps 34 Output Level 34 Play Mute 35 Beep Mute 35 Current Configuration 35 Edit Outmap 35 Name 35 Inputs 35 Talk 36 Multiple Outmap 36 Other Main Selector Positions 36 Setting up Output...

Page 5: ...nerator 47 Talk 47 Slate Detection 47 User Marker 47 Levels 47 Inputs 47 Tracks 48 Locking Panels 48 Linear actuator Panel 48 Low Power Mode 48 Trash 49 Send to Trash 49 Restore from Trash 49 Delete f...

Page 6: ...Talk to Headphones 58 Hdphn safety lvl 58 Balance Lock 58 Audio Power 58 Digital power 58 TECHNICAL 59 Scene Take Template 59 File naming 59 Vumeter Settings 59 Mxdn Shifted 59 Grid 59 Line Level 59...

Page 7: ...64 Test the setup 65 Pre Record 66 Record 66 Clone Mode 66 Select the files to play 66 Play cards 67 Test Ppr 67 Record 67 ANNEXES 68 Connectors 68 Mini Delta Ribbon 68 Headphone Jack 6 35mm Slate Mi...

Page 8: ...INPUTS 4 Mics 4 TA 3 Cold Hot Gnd 3 2 1 2 Lines 2 TA 3 same wiring as above 2 Aes 42 pairs Sub D 15 HD Pair A1 A2 Pair A3 A4 Cold Hot Gnd Cold Hot Gnd 4 14 6 5 15 7 Cantar X3 8...

Page 9: ...OUTPUTS 6 35 mm HP 3 5mm HP Slate 8 Lines Sub D 25 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 hot cold gnd 2 Aes pairs Sub D 15 HD Pair A1 A2 Cold Hot Gnd 1 11 8 Pair A3 A4 Cold Hot Gnd 2 12 9 Cantar X3 9...

Page 10: ...to format your media using the Cantar It is done in the SESSION menu while the Main Selector is in the 2 o clock position Select the field beneath the appropriate media to format it and press the OK b...

Page 11: ...progress is displayed as a percentage NB Red or orange may appear at the very start of a Take but should not long WARNING Cantar monitors the filling of its internal Audio buffer so that if a safety l...

Page 12: ...utomatically switches instantly without power break from one to another The Cantar draws power from the sources in this order XLR 4 then Battery 1 then Battery 2 I Power ON Press the Power ON OFF butt...

Page 13: ...ption with the Plus and Minus buttons and press the OK button to execute it II Power OFF Powering the Cantar off is possible while the Main Selector is in the Stop position 9 o clock Stop symbol Press...

Page 14: ...anel Below that panel on the front side of the Cantar are located the jacks a 6 35 mm Headphone jack and a 3 5mm jack for Headphone Slate On the left of the Front panel is the embedded Talk Slate mic...

Page 15: ...r DC in and a mechanical locking port Fader Solo button Power out HiRose Wifi Antenna Light Sensor Linear Actioner Panel Screen Mic Line inputs Line Outputs Power On Off Pot Solo Button Solo Line Aes...

Page 16: ...ck help Menu is available by pressing three times the Shift button This help box is available in the Record Pre Record Test Play Browse Outmaps and InGrid Menus Each item may be selected by pressing t...

Page 17: ...ition 1 Selection On the first line of parameters named Recording Project using the directional keys select the first field and press the OK Button to display a list of the already existing Projects o...

Page 18: ...d PolyPhonic file Polyphonic file of all Tracks interleaved Two modes are available original Polyphonic format where the number of channels is determined by the highest Track number used and all unuse...

Page 19: ...f the tracks affected by the Track Gain Cantar has 8 analog outputs Line out 4 digital outputs 2 Aes 3 pairs On those outputs may be routed all the colored rectangle of the Cantar Audio Chain all the...

Page 20: ...es unassigned I Linear Fader To open the Assignation panel press and hold the Shift Linear Slider Solo button To go to next or previous actuator press the Ctrl Plus or Minus button or press the approp...

Page 21: ...hift button on the Cantar a potentiometer Solo button on the A Box To go to next or previous actuator press the Ctrl Plus or Minus button or press the appropriate Solo button Assignation is changed by...

Page 22: ...nput 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 Use Plus or Minus buttons to...

Page 23: ...n be removed by holding the ESC button 4 Pan Pot to Mixdown Each Track can contribute to the Mixdown through the PanPot Pan pot is represented on the last row and indicates each Track contribution to...

Page 24: ...d tracks by pressing the Shift F2 buttons II Track Metering On the right part of the Record PPR and Test screens Vumeters are automatically displayed according to the number of Track used in current I...

Page 25: ...d Plus or Minus buttons to obtain a Track Solo and then pressing the Control and Plus or Minus buttons to obtain the desired track Or While in Ppr or Test positions by displaying the Ingrid panel by p...

Page 26: ...o do a Solo of the first routed input by pressing the Left or Right button while the EQ panel is not active and a field highlighted 7 Double solo Phase Meter In order to compare 2 Tracks it is possibl...

Page 27: ...no actuator It is possible to open the Solo panel by Opening the Solo panel of any input and then pressing the Shift Control and Plus or Minus buttons to obtain the desired input type Solo and then p...

Page 28: ...hen three banks offer corner frequencies slopes from 60Hz 6dB to 180Hz 12dB 5 Attenuators Cycle through Mic Level High Level Line Level with Shift Plus or Minus buttons Mic Level default for all mic i...

Page 29: ...onal buttons and rotate the Jog wheel to edit it The graph is updated as soon as the value is not modified anymore NB Copy and Paste By pressing the F1 button the current Digital Filters setup is copi...

Page 30: ...is detected unlocked no valid digital stream During an AES 42 Solo you can set the AES 42 Phantom Power ON OFF by pressing the Shift F4 buttons NB The general digital Power is automatically switched O...

Page 31: ...mic in samples 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...

Page 32: ...lding the Headphone Button pressed and then by pressing the Shift Button When disabled the headphone symbol is painted in White whereas once the safety is enabled the symbol is painted in Yellow How t...

Page 33: ...ore or after gain can be routed in an Outmap These versions are symbolised by the letter representing the input type being capital or not for example a is for the input before gain and A is for the in...

Page 34: ...n of the Output with letter name and routing In the previous picture Pict Lo 1 Line Out 1 has the Outmap a which is named T1 Track 1 is sent to Line Out 1 You can select a row by using the Plus and Mi...

Page 35: ...ted A special Outmap is placed before the a outmap the Muted outmap where no input is routed It is also possible to select an Outmap using the Left and Right buttons or the Jog wheel in order to move...

Page 36: ...tor position Press the Shift OK buttons to display the Multiple Outmap window A Main Selector is represented with an Outmap letter on each position except the Stop position where nothing is routed to...

Page 37: ...tmaps are shared AES Outmap a is the same as Line Outmap a Outmaps can be modified while the Main Selector is in the 6 o clock position In that position Headphone Outmaps are displayed but by pressing...

Page 38: ...the F2 button Pre Post fader monitoring press the Shift F2 buttons Edit Metadata press the F4 button View Take s Ingrid press the F1 button II Waveform Modes In PLAY position several waveform vertica...

Page 39: ...ording to the Outmap Tracks are played according to the Monitoring Mode selected Pre or Post Fader NB On top of the Vumeters is displayed Track s attenuation If no actuator is assigned to a played Tra...

Page 40: ...is 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...

Page 41: ...ared at the end of the Take Changing the Scene resets the Take Number to one 1 The Take Number is automatically increased after each Take Take type t time synced p pick up w wild take a announce n no...

Page 42: ...ght 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 Modificat...

Page 43: ...the IP adress previously noted 2 Using the App The Web App is a reflection of the Audio Browser Menu of the Cantar it scans the current day folder and displays takes information in a similar way to th...

Page 44: ...s displayed Previous entries may be edited select the desired entry with the Plus and Minus buttons and press the Ok button or deleted select the desired entry with the Plus and Minus buttons and pres...

Page 45: ...he Shift F3 buttons in order to confirm System Time as Timecode ii Operator Init If you want to set the Sync Clock with your own time go to the Audio Timecode Menu and choose Set Operator Tc OTC Opera...

Page 46: ...ps the audio files with the same TC as the one running in the video camera This requires a link from the camera to Cantar Set TC Source to Ext Clock in the Audio Timecode Menu The E Timecode icon will...

Page 47: ...ng the Shift Control Left or Right buttons also sends the Talk stream to the Tracks IV Slate Detection This is the most precise and simplest method ever invented to sync images and sounds In the Audio...

Page 48: ...ain Selector is in the Pre Record and Test positions the Linear actuator panel can be locked Once locked every actuator is disabled and the position at the time of the locking is saved Actuator may be...

Page 49: ...folder Select one or multiple Takes Press the Shift Escape buttons Deleting from Audio Trash is definitive the files will be erased 4 Fix Files When a Take is improperly closed upon power failure syst...

Page 50: ...buttons to edit the take filter It will display a menu where selected take type are checked Using the Plus and Minus buttons to select the take type and the Left and Right buttons to check or uncheck...

Page 51: ...field or around the take number field II Generating the report s Reports are automatically generated at the end of a Backup procedure while the Main Selector is on the 1 o clock position It is also po...

Page 52: ...ect or deselect by pressing the Left and Right buttons Validate the setting by pressing the Ok button Press the Control F1 button to start the process NB Project Report The Snap Report Process may sca...

Page 53: ...e list of days Pict 94 A project report if enabled is generated at the end of the backup The current Project is displayed in the top middle part of the screen it can be changed in the Session Menu or...

Page 54: ...in Selector is in the TEST position if the recording media is not on duty Cantar incrementally backs up the audio files onto idle target media s SD card and or USB Note that a three seconds delay lets...

Page 55: ...top Menu in the top left corner example 16MP0001 The credentials are User cantar and Password mini NB If the Cantar is directly connected to the computer without a DHCP server in between the Cantar wi...

Page 56: ...Pre Record position III Timecode Settings 1 LTC Out Generator Enable or disable LTC output generator duplicates the in coming TC in Record or generates audio files Timecode during Playback 2 LTC Out...

Page 57: ...add an analog gain 6dB when the Phantom Mic Power is ON VII Polyphonic Mode Choose between Original Unused or disarmed tracks between used ones are embedded in the Poly file as emtpy preserving tracks...

Page 58: ...the current headphone monitoring stays active if OFF during a talkback only the talkback is sent to the headphones 5 Talk to Tracks Select how the Shift talkback activation impacts the tracks choose b...

Page 59: ...e Take Type indicator If without is chosen the Take indicator will still be available but won t appear in the filename or in the Sc Take metadata Bext chunk iXML II File naming Sets the way Cantar nam...

Page 60: ...aced when the Track attenuation is changed The Track Audio Level is in that case displayed above the Vumeters If Top of Vumeter is selected Track s attenuation will be displayed above Vumeters and Tra...

Page 61: ...o IP In the meantime it is not possible to connect it to the Cantar XI Wifi Set the Wifi connection On Off and its parameters XII Tech support 1 IP Adress Displays Cantar s IP Addresses 2 Diagnostic G...

Page 62: ...meters setting is selected a reboot of the Cantar will be automatically performed at the end of the Loading procedure XIV Load firmware Access to the firmware loading Window 1 Get the latest Cantar Mi...

Page 63: ...ACK AND REC BROWSER PLAY TEST PPR AND RECORD hold the Shift Button pressed while rotating the Main Selector in the desired position Playback and Rec Menus have a dark green background instead of the r...

Page 64: ...represents the Record Tracks When assigning a source track on a column you decide which Track of your Bank will be sent into a Track of your Next Record This example show sources tracks T3 T4 T5 being...

Page 65: ...lly in order to be able to play the file freely outside the card boundaries Pressing the Left and Right buttons automatically goes back to card selection Switch between Playback banks a b c d e by pre...

Page 66: ...ed tracks in the Playback grid are displayed T3 T4 T5 in the example bellow Play pause by pressing the Ok button Move from one card to another by pressing the Left and Right buttons III Clone Mode The...

Page 67: ...t want to add them to the played ISO tracks 2 Play cards In Clone mode the Play cards are not available assuming the whole file will be played 3 Test Ppr In a similar way to Live Mode Test may be use...

Page 68: ...On Off 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 headse...

Page 69: ...air Hot Cold Gnd Channel Pair Hot Cold Gnd 1 2 4 14 6 1 2 1 11 8 3 4 5 15 7 3 4 2 12 9 7 Analog Output Dsub 25 Output Channel Hot Cold Gnd 1 24 12 25 2 10 23 11 3 21 9 22 4 7 20 8 5 18 6 19 6 4 17 5 7...

Page 70: ...creens Bug Fix on The EQs were not working on the analog inputs 3 4 5 6 Mini The input delays panel was adapted to the Mini hardware capability The displayed headphone limiter status was not initializ...

Page 71: ...ecode mode the initialization was not correct at startup Save Load settings were not handled correctly files with spaces in the name The mixdown was sent in outputs Line Aes Aes42 even when Play out w...

Page 72: ...ntar side Snap Report Multi reports according to take types same as in backup Using file network acces the write premission is enabled on both SD cards Wifi status added in the stop position Bug Fix o...

Page 73: ...98dB The warning is not diplayed on mixdown tracks The message is automatically removed by a main selector movement or by a call to any solo track mic line Wifi can be activated The channel used and t...

Page 74: ...uble solo was activated by error after startup The slate detector needed two times F4 to be activated Using open template the minus character was missing from scene field An error was returned when er...

Page 75: ...some situations interface crash while modifying the Pdf Header or at startup Going from customisable field to single not customisable one was leaving the custom text version 1 103 May 02 2016 Compati...

Page 76: ...be shifted to the right of the screen This function is useful for a friendly interface when Mixdown tracks are located on Tracks 1 2 see TECHNICAL SETTINGS Vum mdxn shifted for setup Delay and Phanto...

Page 77: ...e seconds delay lets you go through TEST without triggering the process A percentage of completed idle process will be displayed in green above the media icon up to End when it s finished The process...

Page 78: ...the new digital gain Use the Left right buttons to make your choice into IN GRID Drive Internal SSD and SD card access from your computer through Ethernet socket See TECHNICAL SETTINGS File network a...

Page 79: ...a data field navigation Right key at end of field select next field Left key at start of field select previous filed Into edit fields OK validate and select next field F4 F6 validate and close the cor...

Page 80: ...one at before removing the media when recording in mirror Avid compatibility on track name into bext for numbers over 9 At start up with new day accepted Tape id is automatically setup as MMDD month d...

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