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Cantar-X User Manual v2.26 (r13) 2009 April 27
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Majax
A free Aaton ap-
plication for OS-X
and Windows
XP, devoted to
the treatment of
Cantar files.
http://www.aaton.com/documentation/
Plays ten tracks, edits metadata, converts WAV.
• Through the laptop built-in audio card, Majax plays ten
tracks with ±12dBu level and pan adjustments, with M/S to
L/R decoding and solo listening.
• Edits the scene, take, take-type, track-names, DayStamp
(audio reference) and recordist's comments within the Broad-
cast Wave metadata (iXML) fields.
• P
lays from Autoslate marks and user's tabs.
• Mixes eight monophonic tracks into two, rotates and inter
-
leaves them into polyphonic files.
• Converts any WAV file into a Cantar 'Rec&Play' compat
-
ible file (see p.25).
Generates frame-accurate Sound-Reports
Gathering the iXML metadata generated by Cantar and ed-
ited by the operator, Majax builds a Sound-Report saved in
PDF format to be mailed to the Post Production team. Majax
also builds an ALE (Avid Log Exchange) file which can be
opened in any spreadsheet application.
note:
to edit UDF formatted DVD-RAM discs with a Mac,
install SoftArch's WriteUDF!
http://www.softarch.com
OS-X
(10.4 only), to get a 10.5 update, mail to support@soft-
arch.com.
In a Mac equipped with an 'E' SuperDrive, replace it with
a genuine Matshita UJ 875, or connect a standalone DVD-
RAM burner, or use the TECHSET.01 '
Unmount
'-ed Cantar
internal DVD burner itself.
IndawPass
Tell your Post Production manager that Aaton's IndawPass
is the
fastest Tape-to-Tape and Audio/Video Sync
machine
in the industry when it comes to syncing audio files to DPX,
HD and SD images.
http://www.aaton.com/products/post/indaw/index.php
Fps agnostic
IndawPass solves all the problems post-production facilities
may encounter in the maze of audio-video-film speeds and
standards.
Transfer-list cleaner
IndawPass also rejuvenates the ALE transfer lists sent to the
Avid with better Keycode matching than the telecine origi-
nals.
The PostChain
Distribute the '
Cantar-Post-Chain
' to the Post people; it will
help them considerably.
http://www.aaton.com/documentation/
Titan-3
For autoconforming with Titan-3
FlashConform
and FixSync
using the Cantar filetags, get the cantar.tsc rules from
Synchro Arts
http://www.synchroarts.com
or send an email
to [email protected].
By their very nature the Aaton filetags eliminate all TC
overlaps, and this is a huge advantage over all other refer-
ences!
note:
Titan-3 does generate sample accurate audio con-
formation lists, provided the
FixSync
process is performed
immediately after the EDL driven FlashConform operations.
COMPANIONS
MAJAX & INDAW-PASS
AVID
FCP
Protools
Pyramix
T1-T8
(24bit)
Nuendo
mixdown
EDL