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Cantar-X User Manual v2.26 (r13) 2009 April 27
p.38
p.38
SESSION 3.
SOUND REPORT 2
Sound-Report – Columns
User configurable columns carry the take specific data.
14 Col Layout
Layout-A Layout-B Layout-C
Three custom operator maintained layouts are available,
they are stored in Cantar's memory and can be modified
by [jog]-ing through the column/field linking positions (see
SESSION.15 below). The first letter identifies which layout
(A, B or C) the selected column is modifying (e.g., A-Col.12,
B-Col.12, C-Col.12).
15 $-Col.02
to
29 $-Col.16
(
$
=
A
,
B
or
C
)
[INS field] [DEL field] Blank Filetag
Seq/Scene Take TC Start TC End Duration
TC Slate A TC Slate B TC Slate C Track rank
Tracks used File Size User-bits
Column '01' displays the recording order; it is not modifi-
able. To assign a different field to columns 02 to 16,
press [ok] and with [>] [<] select one from the available list
(above).
[
DEL field
] eliminates the field assigned to the selected col-
umn and shuffles the fields on the rightside to the left; '
none
'
is displayed on the last column. If you want to activate a
'
none
' column press [ok] to change it to '
blank
', then select
any field for it.
[
INS field
] inserts an empty placeholder ('
blank
') that can
be filled with a specified field; other fields are pushed to
the right... provided there is at least one '
none
' column on
the far right.
Track rank
represents track 1 through track 8.
Sound-Report – Files
(Portable Document Format)
Three independent PDFs are created: '
All'
contains all of
the 'tpwan' take-types, '
Wild'
extracts the 'w' takes, '
Trio
'
displays the takes carrying one or more Linking-Trios (see
p.48).
The PDF files are named using: the calendar date
,
followed
by the take selection
A
,
W
or
T
(All/Wild/Trio) and the
file treatment
D
,
N
,
R
or
X
(Direct multi-mono/Native poly/
Rotated poly/miX poly), e.g. 081224AR.pdf, 081224TD.
pdf. The ‘comment’ field (max: 200 char.) is used as the
take separator. Disarmed tracks carry no track-name.
Paper size is unified @ 21x27.2 cm to fit both 'A4' and
'Letter' formats.
note:
on some Mac firmware, you must open the PDFs with
'Preview' (Aperçu), since Adobe Reader or Acrobat can't
directly print them properly.
CSV* & ALE (Avid Log Exchange)
A CSV tab-delimited table for spreadsheet applications, as
well as an ALE list for editing machines are systematically
generated with the PDF.
These files are named using: the month and day numbers,
followed by the treatment D, N, R or X, and the page
number, e.g. MMDD_R##.ale. A new page ## is opened
each time a new parameter value (fps, sample-rate, etc.)
appears in the sound-report header.
note:
not yet reading the iXML chunk embedded in the
BWF files, Avid MCs only have access to the first 40 char-
acters of the comments stored in the '
aNote
' of the BWF
descriptor.
* Originally CSV stood for 'Comma Separated Values, they
are now, most of the time using tabs instead.
Sound-Report – Generation
For the latest entries of the day to be taken into account, the
last report overwrites the former one. It takes a little more
than one minute to build a twelve page sound-report.
• Any time
Go to
BACKUP.11 'Snap Report',
select the
Dir, Nat, Rot,
miX
status of your choice. Press [ok] to send the Sound-
Report to a YYYYMMDD.AA# folder on the drive(s) in use
as selected in SESSION.03.
note:
to redo a Sound-Report for a preceding day (e.g.
edited with Majax or Cantar), set BACKUP.01 ‘Save Mode’
to ‘Backup@Call’, then BACKUP.02 ‘Day to Copy’ to (the
date), then BACKUP.11 ‘Snap Report’, etc.
• After IdleCopy
Before [eject]-ing the DVD-RAM or removing the external
HDD, set
BACKUP.12 'Idle Report'
to '
Yes
'. The Sound-
Report is sent to the YYYYMMDD.AA# folder where it car-
ries the same Dir, Nat, Rot, miX status as the backup files.
• After Backup@Call
Set
BACKUP.14 'Run Backup' to
'
Yes
'. The Sound-Report
is created when the backup is completed, it is sent to the
YYYYMMDD.AA# folder where it carries the same Dir, Nat,
Rot, miX status as the backup files. (# = D, N, R or X).
