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Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21
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01 Bckp Mode
At Call Idle Bckp Prep Polys
•
A
t Call
This mode opens access to the parameters which will be
requested in BACKUP.14 'Run Bckp'. Preferably trigger this
operation at the end of the day. Once started during a
session, any modifification to archived metadata will not be
re-copied with the next Run
Bckp.
• Idle Bckp
This mode can be activated any time, the earlier in the day,
the better. Parameters excluded by previous Operator's
choice(s) are flagged as 'N.A.'. In TEST position, while the
internal HD is not on duty, Cantar incrementally backs up the
audio files onto CF, DVD-RAM or external drive.
Idle Bckp is a better method than simultaneous recording
onto two media because it updates the backuped files; if
you modify the metadata of a take, it is re-saved.
Archived as Monophonic files (smaller than Poly) on a CF card,
all your work will be copied and ready at wrap.
To interrupt the process, press [esc] until '
IdleOp Stop
'
is
displayed, the unfinished copy is erased, it will resume upon
entering TEST. Note that
a five second delay lets you go
to PLAY through TEST without triggering the process. Once
Idle Bckp has completed, the backup media goes back to
sleep. Toggling between TEST and PPR displays the remain-
ing backup space in GigaBytes. If at the end of a take the
files are too large to be copied within this space, '
Idle Bckp
Full
' will appear. Go to STOP, insert another media and
Idle Bckp will continue from where it previously stopped.
WARNING: UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES
remove a
DVD-RAM until the activity LED is 'OFF',
Conversely
do not plug
nor unplug a CF card while the
caddy's red LED is 'ON'.
• Prep Polys
To speed-up Run Bckp at the end of the session, Prep Polys
take advantage of the idle periods to perform polyphonic
treatments and to store the resulting poly files onto the internal
HD. From time to time, these files must be flushed out (see
BACKUP.13 'Clean Polys').
02 Day to Copy
2007-02-18
The current day is the default, but other days can be select-
ed. To simplify archiving the audio and metadata, Cantar
copies a day per DVD. Several days can be copied onto
an external HD, each day in turn.
03 TrackSelect
T1–T8, T1–T8.T7T8*, T7T8*, T1–T6,
T8T8**, T1–T8.T8T8**
*of interest if T7 or T8 carry a
mixdown track. **the Director will not complain one of his
TV monitor loudspeakers is dead.
04 T1–T8 trtmt
(treatment)
for T7T8, see BACKUP.05
Native Mono Rotat2 Mono Rotat1 Mono
Native Poly Rotat2 Poly Rotat1 Poly
A- Native Mono
keeps the track rank (stored in
.AAD
folders).
B- the 'Rotate' case
Rotate1
pushes the tracks by one position: e.g. Xb recorded
on T8 is renamed T1*, and T1 – T7 are renamed T2 – T8*
(stored into
.AAL
folders).
See tutorial p.45.
Rotate2
pushes the tracks by
two positions: T7T8 are renamed
T1T2*, and T1–T6, T3–T8* (stored
into
.AAM
folders).
Why is this treatment recommended? When importing Xa &
Xb proxies, NLEs put them on the A1A2 timelines; thanks to
'Rotate' if later on the editor imports the full group, the ISOs of
Xa & Xb (Xa & boom) will gracefully replace the provisional
tracks, while the six other tracks will fall naturally into place.
'Rotate' adds no delay to backup operations, don't
go without it.
BACKUP
TRACK SELECTION
01 Backup mode
02 Day to copy
03 Track selection
04 T1–TX treatment
05 Mixdown treatment
06 Media type selection
07 Burn and Check
08 Files to copy
09 File name
10 Media label
11 Snap Sound-Report
12 Idle Sound-Report
13 Clean Polys
14 Run Bckp
BACKUP 03
TrackSelect
T1-T8 T7T8
BACKUP 04
T1–T8 trtmt
Rotat2 Mono
