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Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21
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Majax
A free Aaton application devoted to the treatment of Cantar
files.
Works under Mac-OS and Windows XP.
http://www.aaton.com/documentation/
Plays ten tracks, edits metadata, converts WAV to BWF.
• Through the laptop built-in audio card, Majax plays ten
tracks with ±12dBu level and pan adjustments.
• Decodes M/S to L/R.
• Edits scene, take, take-gender, track-names, DayStamp
(audio reference) and recordist's comments within the Broad-
cast Wave metadata (iXML) fields.
• Starts 'Play' from AutoSlate marks and user's tabs.
• Mixes eight monophonic tracks into two, rotates then inter-
leaves them into polyphonic files.
• Converts any WAV file into a Cantar 'Play&Rec' compat-
ible BWF file (see p.25).
• Corrects Cantar audio files which have been aborted by
a power interruption.
Generates frame-accurate Sound-Reports
Gathering the iXML metadata generated by Cantar and ed-
ited by the Operator, Majax builds a Sound-Report saved
in PDF format to be mailed to the Post Production team. It
also builds an ALE (Avid Log Exchange) file which, when im-
ported before the audio files, brings the metadata (e.g. track-
names), into Avid MCs which can't read the iXML chunk.
note:
to edit UDF formatted DVD-RAM discs with a Mac,
install SoftArch's WriteUDF!
http://www.softarch.com
which works with OS-X 10.4 only. To get a v10.6 update,
mail to [email protected].
In a Mac equipped with an 'E' SuperDrive, replace it with
a genuine Matshita UJ 875, or connect a standalone DVD-
RAM burner, or use the TECHSET.01 '
Unmount
'-ed Cantar
internal DVD burner itself.
IndawPass
Tell your Post Production manager that Aaton's IndawPass is
the
fastest Tape-to-Tape and Audio/Video Sync
machine in
the industry when it comes to syncing audio files to DPX, or
video images.
http://www.aaton.com/products/post/indaw/index.php
Fps agnostic
IndawPass solves all the problems post-production facilities
may encounter in the maze of audio-video-film speeds and
standards.
Transfer-list cleaner
IndawPass also rejuvenates the ALE transfer lists sent to the
Avid with better Keycode matching than the telecine origi-
nals.
The PostChain
Distribute the '
Cantar-Post-Chain
' to the Post people; it will
help them considerably.
http://www.aaton.com/documentation/
Titan-3
For autoconforming with Titan-3
FlashConform
and FixSync
using the Cantar filetags, get the cantar.tsc rules from
Synchro Arts
http://www.synchroarts.com
or send an email
to [email protected].
By their very nature the Aaton filetags eliminate all TC
overlaps, and this is a huge advantage over all other refer-
ences!
note:
Titan-3 does generate sample accurate audio con-
formation lists, provided the
FixSync
process is performed
immediately after the EDL driven FlashConform operations.
COMPANIONS
MAJAX & INDAW-PASS
AVID
FCP
Protools
Pyramix
T1-T8
(24bit)
Nuendo
mixdown
EDL
