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Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21
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14 Rec by Ltc
see Remote Control, p.21
Non active Active
In PPR, LTC input running, Cantar checks the TC coherence for
three seconds then goes to record. While checking the LTC
signal, the audio goes to a buffer, the file begins right on the
running LTC. If the LTC input disappears, recording is main-
tained, no risk of interruption caused by radio transmission
drop-outs. Only a frozen LTC input can stop the recording.
15 Tc Source
Int. Clock Ext. Clock Int. Fudge Ext. Fudge
Internal
: Cantar is the master-clock.
External
: Cantar is slaved to a TC source (p.14).
Fudge
: the audio-file time stamps correct the TC flaw of some
HD cameras*. Atc, Etc, Stc flags become Atc+, Etc+, Stc+.
To prevent trouble this choice is not saved at power off.
note:
to avoid autoconformation difficulties, ISO tracks and
backups are both fudged.
* Their preroll must be set to 5sec to get a consistent
but not compensated 60ms latency: an image shot at
12h05m01s00ms is unduly TCed as 1260ms.
16 Ltc Rate
24.00fps 25.00fps 29.97df 30.00fps 23.98nd* 29.97nd*
*in the non-drop-frame –0.1% slow-second world, a -.1A,
-.1B or -.1C stamping method must be selected (p.15).
17 Ltc Gen Out
Off On
In PLAY, LTC-out carries 'TC+fps' of the played files, not the
project's one. It can drive a chasing VTR while Play&Rec is
used for 'Remix' and 'ADR type2'.
18 LtcUbit-Out
SndDate BCD
1
Manual HEX
2
TapeRef HEX
3
TapeRef ASC
4
1
Sound Date displayed as
DD MM YY
00
2
Manually entered user-bits in Audio/TC.19.
3
Copy of the PPR's keyed 'TapeRef'.
Reminder:
you must
only key Hex characters in the
TapeRef, e.g. E89A displayed as
00 00
E8 9A
on standard LTC
readers and smart-slates.
4
Copy of the PPR's ASCII characters keyed in 'TapeRef' (0-9,
A-Z), e.g. XR89.
Warning:
these characters can only be dis-
played on special readers, not on current smart-slates.
19 Manual Ubit
Operator's keyed user bits in HEX characters only,
i.e. 0 to 9 and A to F.
20 RecRun Init
01h00m00s
The Record-Run clock jumps one hour at each rectangular
screen bottom line opening. '
Rtc
' (Record-Run) is activated
for the full session until another TC Source is selected; in this
case the clock goes back to its default Free-Run mode.
21 OperTc Init
01h00m00s
The Operator entered TC becomes the next recording session
reference. '
Otc
' is displayed. It is disabled as soon as a
Free-Run TC from an external source jams the internal clock.
22 AES1-6 out
T1–T6 Mic1-5 L1
The AES 1–6 outputs either transmit the
T1–T6
recorded ISO
tracks or the
Mic 1–5 + line1
signals (p.30).
When in BLUE Play&Rec mode, the Digi 1–6 outputs are
internally redirected to the AES-in 1-6, unless in BLUE-
BRWS.22, 'AES loop' is set to 'external'.
(The AES 7&8 out transmit
Do
selected signals (p.29).
23 CantaremCom
Non active Auto-select
(Forced)
'
Auto-select
' makes CantaRem (p.53) control Cantar until its
cable is disconnected from the SubD15 ASCII port.
The 'Forced' option allows CantaRem to control the STOP,
TEST, PPR and REC functions when the [MainSelector] is
physically set to the PPR position.
24
(
31
)
RemFader A1
(
A8
)
The assignment of the CantaRem
RemFaders to the mic and line-in
rotary faders, to the mixer linear
faders, to the line-out and fold-
back levels can be performed from either the CantaRem
keys or from the AUDIO/TC.24 – 31 menus.
32
(
39
)
RemFader B1
(
B8
)
Available when two CantaRems are connected.
AUDIO/TC
LTC
AUDIO/TC 31
RemFader A8
line 4
AUDIO/TC 18
LtcUbit-Out
TapeRef HEX
