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User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28
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Majax
An Aaton software
package for Mac-
OS and Windows
2K & XP, exclusively
devoted to the treat-
ment of Cantar files.
Plays ten tracks, edits metadata
• Through the laptop built-in audio card, Majax plays ten
tracks with ±12dBu level and pan adjustments, with M/S to
L/R decoding and solo listening.
• Majax edits the scene, take, track-names, DayStamp
(audio tape reference) and recordist’s comments within the
BWF metadata iXML field.
• Clicking the 'Slate' or the ‘UM’ icon (left of the ‘Slate’ icon).
sends the cursor to the Autoslate or operator entered marks.
• Majax mixes eight monophonic tracks into two, and inter-
leaves them into polyphonic files.
Generates frame-accurate Sound-Reports
Gathering the iXML metadata generated by Cantar and
the operator, Majax builds a Sound-Report with your ed-
ited metada entries. It is saved in PDF format to be
printed and mailed to the Post Production team, and
in Avid list format (.ALE) which can be opened by any
spreadsheet application.
Q: How to get audio out of a Mac-Intel.
A: Go to Root disk –> Library –> Preferences in which you
delete the file ‘com.AATON.Majax.plist’.
If you re-open the menu in which you see ‘Built-in Mic’,
immediately get out by ‘Cancel’ ! Clicking [ok] would
again corrupt the clean ‘com.AATON.Majax.plist’ that Ma-
jax just rebuilt after the deletion of the corrupted one.
Q: How to edit DVD-RAM discs with a Mac ?
A: Apple is not DVD-RAM friendly ! First install SoftArch
'WriteUDF'
http://www.softarch.com
then if you use a
laptop equipped with an ‘E’ (economic) SuperDrive
(sic), you must either discard it and install a genuine
Matshita UJ 875, or connect a standalone DVD-RAM
burner with patchburn
http://www.patchburn.de
or use
the (TECHSET.01 ‘
Unmount
’-ed) Cantar internal burner.
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, HD and SD images.
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 originals.
The PostChain
Read ‘The PostChain’
http://www.aaton.com/files/can-
tar-post-chain-23.pdf
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
references!
note:
Titan-3 does generate sample accurate audio
conformation lists, provided the
FixSync
process is per-
formed immediately after the EDL driven FlashConform
operations.
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