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Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21
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Three ways to generate a SoundReport.
1 At call
•
BACKUP.14 'Run Bckp' completed, the SoundReport
is stored with the audio files on the media selected in
BACKUP.06 (DVD-RAM, CF, DVD, CD, Ext.HD).
•
it carries the treatment selected in BACKUP.04/05 (Native
Mono/Poly, Rotate Mono/Poly, etc.).
2 Snap
•
triggered by BACKUP.11 'Snap report', it is stored on the
media used for ISO recording (internal, external or both), as
selected in SESSION.03. It can't go to the backup media.
•
the SoundReport treatment can be different from the one
selected for other purposes.
3 Idle
•
triggered by BACKUP.12 'Idle Report', it is stored (while in
TEST) on the media selected in SESSION.06.
•
Idle report adopts the BACKUP.04/05 'treatment' selected
for the audio files.
REMINDER
: You must manually execute BACKUP.12 'Idle
Report' BEFORE removing the backup media.
Backup 'at call' being done, metadata correction
If your backup is on CD or DVD±R, you can't insert any cor-
rections; redo the burning on virgin media. If your backup
is on a rewritable media (Ext.HD, CF card, DVD-RAM), you
can.
•
FIRST
go to BACKUP.01 'Idle Bckp' and select the media,
go to BROWSE and modify the metadata stored on the
internal drive. Once done, go to TEST, the Idle Bckp pro-
cess transfers your corrections to the backup media.
•
THEN
go to BACKUP.12 'Idle Report' to trigger the new
sound reports (pdf, csv...),
don't forget it !
notes:
If you forgot to select 'Idle Bckp' before your corrections, a
rescue works for DVD-RAM and CF cards only. Go to BACKUP.01
'Idle Bckp', select the backup media, and go to TEST. The cor-
rections are transferred as soon as the drive icon appears in the
modulometer's center (it can take up to 20sec for a DVD-RAM).
Meaning of AAD, AAR, AAN, AAX folders' suffixes.
• while recording the ISO tracks on the int. and ext. HD
selected in SESSION.03, they are stored as monophonic
files in AAD folders.
• when backing up files, depending on their 'treatment',
they are stored in different folders: Direct(mono) go to AAD,
Native(poly) go to AAN, Rotate(poly) go to AAR, and miX
go to AAX (p.39 & p.40).
Idle Bckp completed, make a second backup of the day
• DVD: go to BACKUP.06 'Media type' and select DVD,
then in BACKUP.08 'File to copy' select 'All' to allow Cantar
to burn already archived files again. Then go to BACKUP.14
'Run Bckp'.
•
Ext.HDD: go to BACKUP.06 'Media type', select Ext. HD.
Then go to BACKUP.14 'Run Bckp'.
"No Poly" appears in the rectangular screen.
This reminds you that BACKUP.01 'Prep Poly' has been
activated but you forgot to select a poly treatment in
BACKUP.04/05.
notes:
"End Stor trtmt" tells you the 'Poly' treatment has been
successfully stored in a folder of the internal drive, waiting for
your end of day 'Run Backup'.
From time to time, flush out these provisional files from the
drive (see BACKUP.13 'Clean Polys').
Export track metadata to Avid MC and ProTools.
• Import BWF-Mono into Avid with the 'Autodetect mono-
phonic groups' option turned OFF • Import the ALE generat-
ed by Cantar into an Avid bin • Relink the clips in the ALE bin
• Edit • Export to ProTools
[Job Ter Burg] this way, each channel is first turned into Avid
media, preserving the channel information
inside
the actual
resulting mediafile. If you import BWF-Poly or autodetect the
-M groups, a lot of info will be discarded because of how
Avid MC treats a multichannel clip and the lack of metadata
that ProTools accepts from an AAF (both products are together
causing the issue).
Using the ALE generated with single multichannel clips per
recording (take) make things a lot easier inside Avid, without
sacrificing as much metadata.
I also export external (linked) AAF's from MC, supplying sound
post with a copy of all Avid MediaFiles. Furthermore, I hand
them a copy of all source BWAVs for them to access. You
can even use the Field Recorder Matches function in PT to link
the edit back to the original BWAVs and metadata if you like.
If you use this method, channel metadata (mostly the channel's
content description) will come across to PT.
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