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Cantar-X User Manual v2.26 (r13) 2009 April 27
p.31
p.31
01 Sample Rate
44100 47952 48000 48048
88200 95904 96000 96096
For Cantar-X2 'wordclock slaving', select the
WC
prefixed
values, e.g.
WC 48000
, which are the same as the non-
WC rates (see
Sixteen tracks
, p.28).
02 Bit Depth
16-bit
24-bit
Select
16-bit
if you know the final mix will be done in 16-
bits. Dither or truncate to 16-bit from native 24-bit tracks is
available when backing-up the mixdown, see BACKUP.05
'MxDwn Trtmt', p.40.
03 Tone Level
-20dBFS -18dBFS Off
See
Reference Tone generator
, p.22.
04 TalkbackMic
Off Line-out Foldback Lo + Fb
On top of these three routing choices, left/right selection is
made with the [MainSelector] black button.
in TEST or PPR:
[black] continuous: talkback mic goes to
left
channel(s), e.g.
the boom operator.
[black] short, then [black] continuous: mic goes to the
right
channel(s), e.g. the director and script supervisor.
[shift] [black] continuous, mic goes to both left and right, for
talking to both boom operator and director.
in REC:
[shift] [black] continuous, mic goes to all tracks.
05 MixGain Max
0dB
+6dB
Mixer's faders top position gain. In +6dB mode, the 0dB
mark is the indentation in the linear faders’ guide rails.
06 PreRec Dur
1 to 35 sec.
Pre-record buffer duration.
Up to 35 seconds @ 8 tracks, 24-bit, 48kHz.
Up to 17 seconds @ 8 tracks, 24-bit, 96kHz.
07 BalanceLock
Unlocked Locked
Slaved fader status, see
Mic links
, p.17.
08 Mic Links
1>2 & 3>4 1>2.3 1>2.3.4 1>2.3.4.5 1>2 & 3>4.5
The 'sleeping' mic-link presets are activated with the button
between the faders M1 & M2, and M3 & M4. The master
is to the left, the slaves control the ±12dBu balance.
09 Line Links
Off 1>2 & 3>4 1>2 3>4 1>2.3 1>2.3.4
Contrary to the sleeping mic-links, line-links are immediately
activated from the selection menu. Slaved faders have no
balance function, they get their gain value from the master.
The
1>2.3
choice is to be used for the Soundfield ST350
line level outputs (see
Soundfield B-Format
, p.44).
10 ScTk Templt
nnnA / nnA . nn CCCCCCCC.CC
The
nnnA/nnA.nn
template fits the mostly used Sequence/
Scene system. The 'all
C
' tem-
plate is totally open, giving the
operator maximum flexibility (see
Scene and Take
, p.19).
AUDIO/TC 1,
MIC/LINE LINKS
AUDIO/TC
01 Sample rate
02 Bit-depth
03 Ref. tone select
04 Talkback mic routing
05 Mixer gain max
06 Pre-record duration
07 Balance fader lock
08 Mic fader links
09 Line fader links
10 Sc&Take template
11 AutoSlate channel
12 Record by LTC
13 TC source
14 LTC rate
15 LTC gen. output
16 LTC User-bits
17 Rec-Run TC init
18 Operator TC init
19 Digi1–8 Out
20 CantaRem com
21-28 CantaRem-1 assign
29-36 CantaRem-2 assign
AUDIO/TC 09
Line links
1>2 & 3>4
