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Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21
p.18
p.18
Track (dis)arming
Monophonic multi-track file recording doesn't waste disk space
by recording empty tracks as is the case with polyphonic. It
is wise to momentarily disarm a track when there is no use for
it. In TEST, press [shift] [track-solo] of the unwanted track. Its
monitor is muted, its track icon blinks and its modulometer is
dashed. Disarmed tracks can't be inadvertantly rearmed by
going to PLAY or BROWSE, you must go to the ROUTING
position and back (or turn 'OFF' the power).
M/S monitoring
The '
m-s
' declaration of a track pair (IN-GRIDS, p.27) causes
them to be decoded as m+s/m–s, i.e. L/R stereo in the phones
and mixdown. If on top of the phones, you want an M/S
recorded track pair (say T5T6) to be sent as L/R stereo to the
Lo, Fb, Do outputs, create an Out-Map in which T5 goes to the
left and T6 to the right, Cantar will
automatically
decode these
M/S tracks as L/R.
This applies to the T1T2 and T3T4 pairs
too, alone or together.
Panning the M track to the left or right,
makes it go there, and the S signal disappears from the mix.
That is a way to mono monitor the M signal.
Headphone level
Protected by [shift], the "Phone"
level is displayed on the rect-
angular screen. Rotating the
fader makes '
<
'
and '
>
' ap-
pear. There is no level change
if [shift] re-activation is done after the fader has been put
back in its 'pipe' ( | ) position. The headphone amplifier
can drive 8-ohm speakers; useful to send playback tracks
to the stage.
Line-out and Foldback levels
In TEST, open LVL&DELAY with [shift] [silver]. The Line-out
and Foldback levels are [jog] adjustable from 0 to -94dB.
Line-out & foldback can be mut-
ed during PLAY and TEST, see
AUDIO/TC.05 - 06 (p.31).
A –18dBFS tone delivers a
–10dBu line-out level. A +12dBu two channel transformer is
available (p.58). CantaRem faders can be assigned to line-
out and foldback levels (p.53).
tip:
insert a 12k ohm resistor in the input path of the Sennheiser
transmitters to avoid oscillation and noise generation.
Check and select the routings
In TEST, PPR and REC, depending on the
[SoloMidPan] slider position, the [routing]
button activates the display of the
In-Grids
input routing templates, or the
Out-Maps
output routing templates. This is done by
pressing the [routing] button or by a short
click to open, another click to close; this
later method liberates the thumb to better grip the crowns.
In-Grids
To check and select
In-Grids,
PUSH
the [SoloMid
Pan
] slider
to the battery side and press the [routing] button. The silver
[config] crown gives sequential access to fifteen In-Grids, the
last in use is displayed first.
To protect the recording's integrity, you can't change In-Grids
while in REC, but you can do it with a trick: go to PPR, press
the [routing] button, rotate the silver [config] crown to the
desired In-Grid, release the [routing] button and go back to
REC, the pre-record buffer gives you up to thirteen seconds
to act... not one single audio sample will be lost between
the two audio files.
Out-Maps
To check and select the
Out-Maps
for each
Ph
,
Lo
,
Fb
and
Do
outputs,
PULL
the [
Solo
MidPan] slider to the Operator's
side, press the [routing] button and rotate the black [monitor]
crown. To browse the preset
Out-Maps
and select one, ro-
tate the silver [config] crown, the active map will be the one
displayed when closing the [routing] command.
You can select different
Out-Maps
while recording
,
this
doesn't affect the recorded signal.
note:
in PLAY, the active
Out-Map
can't be displayed, verify
it on the [MainSelector] ROUTING position.
Play&Rec rehearsal
(read p.48 & p.49)
In BLUE-TEST, the playback tracks Tp1 – Tp6 are internally
sent to the digi1–6 inputs, then routed the standard way. By
pressing [routing] with the SoloMidPan slider onto the adhoc
position, select
In-Grids
and
Out-Maps
tailored to the job.
Rehearse the BLUE-REC navigation with the analog faders,
adjust the levels between the digital play-cards and the live
(analog) inputs. The latest BLUE-TEST played card is the first
to be called when going to BLUE-REC.
TEST
OUTPUT LEVELS
LVL&DELAY 01
LineOut lvl
-20 dB
