AAton Cantar X1, User Manual

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Cantar-X User Manual v2.26 (r13) 2009 April 27
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User manual
The latest User Manual is on: http://www.aaton.com/prod-
ucts/sound/cantar/usermanual.php ; to read it on iPhones,
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Note: iPhone v2.2.1 supports all PDF's.
Software
Cantar, Arcan, Tarkan, Majax software can be download-
ed from:
http://www.soft.aaton.com/swcantar/
•
first visit
: click 'create an account', enter your details,
don't forget the country. After a few seconds, you will
receive an email with your password. Enter this password
with your email address in the login page.
•
next visits
: forgotten password? Click 'lost password',
it will be sent to your email address.
Cantar software is accessible to registered owners only; beta
versions are not to be used for commercial assignments.
Cantar Users' Group
Exchange tips with other cantarists:
http://ulysse.aaton.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cantar-users
Pictures on the road
Send us your 'Cantar at work' pictures, we will put the best
ones on the gallery:
http://www.aaton.com/gallery/
Post Production helper
Spread the ' CantarPostChain-26 ' tutorial around:
http://www.aaton.com/documentation/
KEEP IN TOUCH
RELEASES
From Cantar-X1 to X2
All Cantar-X1s can be upgraded to X2s.
• The motherboard (CM-5) carries an FPGA (Field
Programmable Gate Array) with increased processing
power. • A-to-D converters (AD-5) provide nine audio delay
buffers (up to 85ms @ 48kHz). • An interface board (ET-1)
brings 100BaseT Ethernet through an RJ45 socket. X1 and
X2 use the same software but the following functions require
X2’s extra power: Rec&Play; DVD-RAM playback; Ethernet;
Differential analog input delays; AutoSlate on line-inputs and
tracks; Wordclock sync of multiple Cantars.
Ray M. Owen's last review: v2.26 (r11).
New Features
– X1 & X2 + X2 only
v2.26
Feb. 2009
–
Fat-32 formatting of CF cards.
–
Idle back-
up can be interrupted while saving T7T8 after a T1-T8 polyrotate.
– Mic3 master of Mic4 & Mic5. – Direct PLAY of the take preced-
ing a deleted one. – SoundReport generated once backup@call
is completed. + Tarkan v1.11 adds CSV to the PDF SoundReport.
+
Tarkan completion menu fits WinXP netbook screens.
v2.24 Nov. 2008 – Windows PCs handle 'unmounted' internal
drive.
–
Simultaneous recording on a mix of internal - external,
P/ATA - S/ATA drives. – Line-in links for Soundfield ST350.
–
PolyRotate by one or two ranks.
–
T8T8 backup.
–
False-start:
take-type 'n' keeps the take # for the next. – Trash a file/Revive
files in BROWSE.
–
Swift access to ROUTINGS with no PLAY/
BROWSE triggering. – Thumb -free check/select In-Grids and Out-
Maps.
–
All letters available for seq./scene.
–
Delayed IdleCopy
activation. – DVD-RAM exact backup space is displayed. – Erratic
behaviour following PDF creation, fixed.
+
Linking-Trios in the CSV
SoundReport. + Tarkan v1.09 brings pan-pot control, T7T8 set-
tings, metadata editing and PDF generation.
v2.15 March 2008 – In-Grids to T7T8 displayed with T1–T6
banks. – Mixdown (+T7) to T8. – Line-out/Foldback gain from
TEST.
–
'So' monitoring of the mix in TEST, REC and PLAY: Xa
(center), Xb (center), Xa Xb (center), Xa Xb (left/right). – One hand
Solo/Filter adjust.
–
3sec. delay protection of limiters.
–
Storage of
project's sound-report headers with 'save setup'. – Clockwise jog
for time and operands.
v2.11 Jan. 2008 – Creation of 'play-cards' with cue in/out from
current and archive 'play-files'.
+
Rec&Play plays up to eight tracks
from int. or ext. HDD, w/ nine analog inputs while recording eight
tracks on the int. HDD.
+ Remix of a recording with dynamic
mixdown and addition of a commentary.
+
ADR for 'hear it, say it'
dialog correction. + Up to eight track incremental re-recording.
v2.06
Dec. 2007
–
Talkback mic sent to line-out and/or fold-
back left (e.g. boom) or right (e.g. director). – Double beep at REC
stop.
–
Two PDF Sound-Reports (ALL for 't p w a n' & WILD for
'w' takes). – ALE and CSV lists added to backups. + Up to 85ms
delay on analog inputs; differential alignment and TC compen-
sation.
+ Wordclock-sync at 48/96kHz (±0.1%) and 44.1kHz.
+
Autoslate detection on mic1–5, line1–4 and track1–8.
v1.87 June 2007 – 'Remote Roll' recording starts upon receiv-
ing running LTC, and stops upon receiving frozen LTC (no TC
overlaps, no interruption on RF transmission drop-outs).
– Remote
STOP, TEST, PPR and REC.
–
Line-out & foldback levels controlled
by CantaRem.