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Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21
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Connections
If the Cantar motherboard is CM 2.6+ (the ID appears un-
der the white sheet in the HD housing, and in TECHSET.23
‘Hardware ID’), CantaRem is connected to Cantar through
its SubD15 pin-2. Use a 'SubD15 to Lemo8' cable (Aaton
ref. 594 4090).
If the motherboard is earlier than CM 2.6, the SubD15 pin-2 is not
internally connected to the ASCII port; you must use a 'SubD 15 to
Lemo 8+Lemo 5' Y cable (ref. 594 4191), and connect the Lemo 5
plug to the Cantar timecode-in Lemo5 socket.
• To gang two CantaRems, use the Fischer 4-Lemo 8 cable
(ref. 594 4092). Fischer 4 to the first, Lemo8 to the second
(read 'With Cantarem' p.28, 'RemFaders' below and p.32).
A Lemo 5
TC In/Out (by LTC and ASCII)
B USB
PS2 keyboard
C Fischer 4 PDA power & CantaRem #1 to #2
D Lemo 8
Connection to Cantar & CantaRem #2 to #1
• The CantaRem
USB socket
(80mA max. @5V) can't power
a PDA; it can feed a PS2 keyboard only. But you can use
the +Batt delivered by the Fischer 4 socket: terminate the PDA
delivered car-lighter converter (Batt –>5V) cable with a
Fisch
-
er4M plug
(pin1=Gnd, pin4= +Batt [100mA max.]).
RemFaders' assignment
•
If AUDIO/TC.23 'CantaremCom' is set to '
Non active
',
AUDIO/TC.24–39 assignments (p.32) are not accessible;
to modify them before hand, set AUDIO/TC.23 to '
Auto-
select
'. To modify assignments with CantaRem, press one of
the [ctrl] keys, '
Assign
' appears on the top row of the Cantar
rectangular screen, press and hold a RemFader key (1 to 8),
the RemFader's number is displayed on the middle row;
use the [jog] or [>] to browse the Cantar faders displayed
on the bottom row:
unused, mic1, mic2, mic3, mic4, mic5,
line1, line2, line3, line4, track1, track2, track3, track4,
track5, track6, line-out, foldback.
The assigned fader is the
one displayed just before releasing the key.
note:
Cantarem no longer links lines1-2 or lines3-4; a greater
choice is offered in AUDIO/TC.11.
• To control several mic or line input faders from the same
actuator, link them in the usual AUDIO/TC.10 – 11 way and
assign the actuator to the master only. The slaved
mic faders
can be used for the 'balance', whereas the slaved
line fad-
ers
, totally deactivated, duplicate the gain of the master.
• The last assignment of a CantaRem RemFader previously
linked to another Cantar fader cancels the former link. All
Cantar physical faders are re-enabled as soon as CantaRem
is disabled by setting AUDIO/TC.23 'CantaremCom' to '
In-
active
', or by unplugging the cable. Stored assignments are
displayed on AUDIO/TC.24 – 39.
• To activate the solo monitoring of a mic, line or track, press
the key of the RemFader controlling it
• The 0.6 second delay of Cantar's line faders is more ap-
parent when they are driven by linear actuators which, unlike
the Cantar onboard faders, can be swept from 0 to -60dBFS
in a wink.
• Put Cantar's [MainSelector] on STOP to initialize its clock
by ASCII from an OriginC.
• Cantar remote: [MainSelector] on
PPR
, set AUDIO/TC.23
'CantaremCom' to '
Auto-select
'. Press both [ctrl] keys, and
press [2] Cantar goes to
TEST
, [3] to
PPR
, [4] to
REC
. When
'CantaremCom' is set to '
Forced
', press [1] to
STOP
is also
available.
Design considerations
• CantaRem's Penny+Gilles faders are feather-smooth, but
not as resistant to the elements as Cantar's magnetically driv-
en faders. That is why CantaRem is built with structural trans-
parency, allowing sand and water to freely flow through.
• The precise gain value of each fader is displayed on Can-
tar's rectangular screen, the actuators' 0 to 9 scale is only a
quick positioning aid.
COMPANIONS
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