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GX9000 User Manual

Rev 2.1

Working with Media

Genex Audio Inc

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Compatible Hard Drives

Most 10k SCSI hard-drives are suitable. We recommend using Seagate Cheatah, Fujitsu MAP, MAS
or MAP drives or IBM Ultrastar drives

Inserting a Drive

Removing a Drive

Magneto-Optical and DVD Drives

Compatible MO Drives

1.

Sony SMO-F551/S: 5.2GB MO-drive

2. Sony SMO-F561/S: 9.1GB MO-drive
3. Panasonic DVD-RAM drives

Note that both of these drives require a special “audio” version of firmware loaded. Contact Genex for
more details.

Installing a Drive

Inserting a Disk

Removing a Disk

Tape Drives

Compatible Tape Drives

1. Sony AIT-2 and AIT-3 drives are suitable
2. Hewlett Packard LTO drives

Installing a Tape Drive

Inserting a Tape

Removing a Tape

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Summary of Contents for GX9000

Page 1: ...Genex Audio Inc GX9000 User Manual ...

Page 2: ... 12 Displaying and Navigating the Menu 12 Changing Menu Levels 12 Changing the Value of a Menu Option 13 Working with Media 14 Blanking Plates 14 Hard Drives 14 Magneto Optical and DVD Drives 16 Tape Drives 16 Configuring Storage Devices 17 Formatting Media 21 Projects and File Handling FAT32 Format Only 22 How Do I Create a Project 22 How are Project Files Named 23 How to Locate Project Files on ...

Page 3: ...ions 40 Storing a Timecode in a Locate Memory 41 Using Headphones 43 Audio Recording 45 Making Initial Recordings 45 Record Modes 46 Punch In Recording 49 Rehearsal 49 Setting the Pre Roll and Post Roll Times 49 Auto Punch 50 Timecode 51 The Take Logging System 55 Entering Cue Points 56 Presetting Cue Point Counters 56 Metering and the Display 59 System 61 Upgrading the GX9000 with New Software 63...

Page 4: ...d during Fast Forward and Fast Reverse The Fast Forward and Fast Reverse buttons are not disabled when in record the unit will drop out of record and start spooling 10 Seconds Press the 10 button to advance the unit 10 seconds in the forward direction Press the 10 button to retard the playback position by 10 seconds If the unit is stopped when either button is pressed the unit is parked at the new...

Page 5: ... the Rotary Wheel The following options are available 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 9 0 10 0 11 0 12 0 13 0 14 0 51 0 16 0 17 0 18 0 19 0 20 0 25 0 30 0 35 0 40 0 45 0 50 0 Turn the Rotary Wheel clockwise to select forward motion Turn the Rotary Wheel counter clockwise to select reverse motion Playback automatically stops at 24 00 00 00 in the forward direction and 00 00 00 00 in the reverse d...

Page 6: ...LED adjacent to the Timecode button shows the selected Timecode source The interpretation of ABS REL and EXT is different depending on the disk format of the selected volume Disk Format Genex FAT32 ABS Time elapsed since 00 00 00 00 The first cluster of the disk corresponds to 00 00 00 00 Time elapsed since midnight REL Time read from Timecode track on disk Time elapsed since previously stored rel...

Page 7: ...t Locate to the timecode required to be the relative origin Press and hold the Clear button while simultaneously pressing the Enter button to mark the point The display will now show 00 00 00 00 Absolute vs Relative Timecode in Genex Disk Format Absolute vs Relative Timecode in Genex Disk Format The Genex disk format is a linear format where the current time is directly proportional to the physica...

Page 8: ...nly there are no displayed frames The Time Remaining display counting down at a similar rate to the timecode display counting up is a useful verification that data is being recorded to disk properly Cue points are records of events that happened during a recording An event could be music starting a wrong note the start of a new page a false start etc The GX9000 allows you to log each type of event...

Page 9: ... display parameters or values are shown in the lower display The menu is three layers deep and the current menu level is indicated by dots in the upper left hand segment one dot indicates one level down two dots indicates two levels down The top level of the menu is a selection of functional groups arranged in alphabetic order no values are available at this level Select a heading group in the cur...

Page 10: ...h of the available values for a chosen menu heading use the Value Up and Value Down UV buttons For some menu headings you can enter values using the numeric keypad Press the Enter button to confirm the change The lower alpha numeric display will momentarily indicate STORED if the operation was completed successfully ...

Page 11: ...ing frame is installed the ID is repeated on the Kingston frame Blanking Plates The GX9000 is supplied with one Front Panel blanking plate as standard fitted to the lower drive bay If only external drives are to be used with the GX9000 a second blanking plate must be fitted to ensure adequate cooling of the unit If only one SCSI device is to be fitted mount the device in the upper drive bay When f...

Page 12: ...ev 2 1 Working with Media These pictures show how to connect the SCSI ID cable supplied with the Kingston caddy to a Hard Drive so that the SCSI ID information is passed all of the way to the drive Genex Audio Inc Page 15 ...

Page 13: ...Optical and DVD Drives Compatible MO Drives 1 Sony SMO F551 S 5 2GB MO drive 2 Sony SMO F561 S 9 1GB MO drive 3 Panasonic DVD RAM drives Note that both of these drives require a special audio version of firmware loaded Contact Genex for more details Installing a Drive Inserting a Disk Removing a Disk Tape Drives Compatible Tape Drives 1 Sony AIT 2 and AIT 3 drives are suitable 2 Hewlett Packard LT...

Page 14: ...l mounted drives or any external SCSI storage device 3 SCSI T 3 Primary 2 I You can change the selected primary drive via the Setup menu Press the Setup button Use the Rotary Wheel to select the SCSI menu Press the Parameter Down button and use the Rotary Wheel to display the Primary menu The display shows all drives connected to the SCSI bus Each character position on the lower display represents...

Page 15: ...ll contain the full ADL The GX9000 will automatically Stop when the Expansion Drive is full The GX9000 will automatically Stop when the Expansion Drive is full To select an Expansion Drive press the Setup button To select an Expansion Drive press the Setup button Use the Rotary Wheel to select the SCSI menu Use the Rotary Wheel to select the SCSI menu Press the Parameter Down button and use the Ro...

Page 16: ... To allocate a drive as an Insurance Drive press the Setup button To allocate a drive as an Insurance Drive press the Setup button Use the Rotary Wheel to select the SCSI menu Use the Rotary Wheel to select the SCSI menu Press the Parameter Down button and use the Rotary Wheel to display the Insure menu heading Press the Parameter Down button and use the Rotary Wheel to display the Insure menu hea...

Page 17: ...rrently selected drive is also shown as a blinking character Occasionally you may have to use the Value buttons to move the cursor over a dash unavailable SCSI ID to determine which ID is the currently selected Mirror Drive Use the Value Up and Value Down buttons to select an alternative SCSI device Note that the cursor is shown as a blinking character which can be confusing as the currently selec...

Page 18: ...matted before use New media connected to the unit generally needs to be formatted before use Press the Setup button Press the Setup button Use the Rotary Wheel to select the Format menu Use the Rotary Wheel to select the Format menu Press the Parameter Down button and use the Rotary Wheel to display the DiskFmt menu Press the Parameter Down button and use the Rotary Wheel to display the DiskFmt me...

Page 19: ...in DSD and is selected through the AES31DSD File Format The diagrams below illustrate the differences in the ADL formats How Do I Create a Project You don t have to The recorder automatically creates a project for you when you drop into Record with some tracks in record ready That s unless there is already an ADL Project open in which case the recorder will automatically add information to the ope...

Page 20: ..._ccc CPT Cue Point File Key x Channel identifier r Random number based on internal timer c Creation Count auto increments for each new file folder How to Locate Project Files on a Disk Volume You can scan through all of the files on a disk volume using the Projects Open menu To speed up the search and to avoid scanning through a large number of files that aren t relevant program the Projects Filte...

Page 21: ...should be selected to step back up and out of this folder If the folder is corrupt this arrow may not be visible In this case the drive should be relogged via the SCSI menu which will bring you back to the root directory Press the Enter button to navigate to the folder above the current folder The messages Opening Folder and Folder Opened will be displayed Opening an ADL Project or Audio File To o...

Page 22: ...WAV file An entry is made in the ADL file so that the two files will append on playback Delete Project Press the Setup button Use the Rotary Wheel to select the Projects menu Press the Parameter Down button and use the Rotary Wheel to display the Delete menu Press the Value Left and Value Right buttons to select a file to delete The root of the filename will be shown in the lower display You may h...

Page 23: ...u Press the Parameter Down button and use the Rotary Wheel to select the Time menu Press the Enter button The colon delimiters will flash to indicate edit mode and the fields that are not being edited are blanked out Press the Value Left and Value Right buttons to select a field to be changed Use the Rotary Wheel to change the field Repeat the previous two steps as required Press the Enter button ...

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Page 28: ...alue Down buttons to select an input source Press the Enter button to select the source PCM I O Card 3 Audio T 3 Inp Src T UV DT AES3 Selects the 25 way D Type on the rear of the I O card and expects to see AES3 formatted data BT AES3id Selects the BNC Transition Panel and expects to see AES3id formatted data XT AES3 Selects the XLR Transition Panel and expects to see AES3 formatted data MADI Avai...

Page 29: ...cts to see SDIF2 formatted data BT SDIF3 Selects the BNC Transition Panel and expects to see SDIF3 formatted data XT AES3 Selects the XLR Transition Panel and expects to see AES3 formatted data MADI PCM Available only if one or more optional MADI cards are fitted Selects input from the MADI card or cards and expects to see PCM data Routing will depend on the selected sample rate and the configurat...

Page 30: ...a XT AES3 Selects the XLR Transition Panel and expects to see AES3 formatted data MADI PCM Available only if one or more optional MADI cards are fitted Selects input from the MADI card or cards and expects to see PCM data Routing will depend on the selected sample rate and the configuration of the MADI port See the System menu for more details MADI DSD Available only if one or more optional MADI c...

Page 31: ...d Value Down Buttons to select a clock source The table below shows the available selections 3 Clocks T 3 Clk Src T UV Master The unit generates clocks internally AES Inp Use in PCM mode only The unit automatically locks to the first available AES audio input Ext Clk The unit locks to a word clock fed into the External Clock Input BNC connector on the rear panel Vid The unit locks to a Black and B...

Page 32: ...onfirm the selection Press the Enter button to confirm the selection Genex Format Genex Format When a non blank disk is loaded the sample rate is automatically switched to match the sample rate on the disk You can then select any sample rate for playback but the SmplRte heading will flash to indicate that the selected sample rate does not match the originally recorded disk sample rate When a non b...

Page 33: ... rate converters if the sample rate converter is in circuit you can adjust the playback clock rate and the I O clock rate independently The sample rate menu heading SmplRte in the Clocks menu sets the I O clock rate and the playback clock menu PlayClk determines the playback speed of the unit Each audio channel is fitted with a sample rate converter that can change the sample rate of the output au...

Page 34: ...eading Press the Parameter Down button and use the Rotary Wheel to select the Playclk heading Use the Value Up and Value Down Buttons to select an output clock rate Use the Value Up and Value Down Buttons to select an output clock rate Press the Enter button to confirm the selection Press the Enter button to confirm the selection 3 Clocks T 3 Playclk T UV 32000Hz 42336Hz 44046Hz 44100Hz 44144Hz 45...

Page 35: ...GX9000 User manual Rev 2 1 Clocks Genex Audio Inc Page 38 Word Clock Output The word clock output rate at the rear of the GX9000 follows the output sample rate of the unit set from the SmplRte sub menu ...

Page 36: ... Down button to display the Open File menu Press the Value Left and Right buttons to select a DFF or DF0 file Press the Enter button to open the file The display will show the messages Opening File and Scanning Files meaning that the recorder is checking the audio files for errors The unit locates to the first time code in the file A DSDIFF file is an interleaved file that can contain between one ...

Page 37: ...er a timecode value Press the Enter button to park the recorder at the selected timecode or press Play to start playback from the selected timecode Relative Locate Press the Locate button once to display a locate timecode in the lower alpha numeric display Press the Clear or Store button to start a positive or negative offset Use the Numeric Keypad to enter an offset Press the Enter button to park...

Page 38: ...toring a Timecode in a Locate Memory Press the Store button to grab the displayed timecode ready to be stored in one of the 100 locate memories Press the Number buttons to select a memory location Only locations from 10 to 99 are available for user storage Turn the Rotary Wheel to adjust the grabbed timecode if necessary Press the Enter button to confirm the stored timecode Adjusting Locate Memori...

Page 39: ...ed in thePunch In Recording section In PCM mode and DSD AES31 mode these cross fades are non destructive and the cross fade length stored in the ADL to be recreated on playback In DSD IFF mode the crossfade is recorded to disk The Punch cross fade length refers to the length of cross fade at punch in and punch out points and is decribed in thePunch In Recording section In PCM mode and DSD AES31 mo...

Page 40: ...utton also displays fader and pan settings in the alpha numeric displays Use the Jog Dial to adjust the gain of the channel 00dB represents unit gain Press the Value Left and Value Right buttons to alter the pan position The pan position varies between full left represented by L centre represented by and full right represented by R Press the Store button to phase invert the selected channel Phase ...

Page 41: ...ss the Value Left and Right buttons to select a gain value Press the Enter button to store the setting Press the Enter button to store the setting Adjusting the Mixer Bit Depth Adjusting the Mixer Bit Depth The bit depth of the mixer output can be toggled between 16 and 24 bits to allow copying to lower resolution media such as DAT The bit depth of the mixer output can be toggled between 16 and 24...

Page 42: ... Right buttons to select a clock source Press the Enter button to store the selection Check that the Clock Source LED is solidly lit and not flashing Disk Format Press the Setup button Use the Rotary Wheel and Parameter Up and Parameter Down buttons to select the Format DiskFmt menu heading Use the Value buttons to select the FAT32 file format Press the Enter button to format the disk At the promp...

Page 43: ... Verify that the time remaining display is counting down at the same rate as the timecode display is counting up The Time Remaining display is driven from writes to the disk drive and is a useful indication that the recording is progressing normally Record Modes Now that you know how to record some audio data you need to know how the data is stored on disk what files are generated and how to inter...

Page 44: ...will be generated The GX9000 has three record modes accessible from the Record menu The different record modes are relevant to the AES31 and AES31 DSD file formats only In addition if no ADL Project file is open is open all Record modes behave identically and the following sequence occurs on dropping into Record If all ADL Project Files are Closed A new folder is generated to hold the ADL and Audi...

Page 45: ...de III Copy ADL A copy of the currently open ADL Project File is generated in the current folder The open ADL is closed and the copy ADL is opened Newly recorded audio files are generated in the current folder and corresponding event entries are appended to the copy ADL This mode is similar to Mode I Current ADL but offers protection by keeping a copy of the previous work Press the Setup button Us...

Page 46: ...e the Punch In point Press Play Press Play At the Punch In point press the Rehearse button The monitoring for record armed tracks will switch to input The timecode will be stored as the In Point At the Punch In point press the Rehearse button The monitoring for record armed tracks will switch to input The timecode will be stored as the In Point At the point where you want to Punch Out press the Re...

Page 47: ... by pressing the Stop button Cross Fade length Cross Fade length There are two types of definable cross fades anti click and Punch There are two types of definable cross fades anti click and Punch 3 Record T 3 PunchXF UV 0 5011ms The anti clickcross is decribed in the Audio Playback section The anti clickcross is decribed in the Audio Playback section The Punch cross fade length refers to the leng...

Page 48: ... The start value is the current value of the generator which is usually the count reached after the last recording The value can be overridden using the TC Set menu heading described below T O D The generator runs counts only in record The start value is the Time of Day read from the internal clock generator chip Setting the time and date is described in section Ext Inp The timecode count from the...

Page 49: ...ce for the timecode generator This heading displays the rate and count sequence for the timecode generator 3 Sync T 3 TC Rate UV 24F 25F 29DF 29NDF 30NDF The TC Rate heading will blink if the selected timecode rate does not match the rate for a currently open project or recording The TC Rate heading will blink if the selected timecode rate does not match the rate for a currently open project or re...

Page 50: ...nce lock is achieved Press the Setup button Press the Setup button Use the Rotary Wheel and Parameter Up and Parameter Down buttons to select the Sync Flywh l menu heading Use the Rotary Wheel and Parameter Up and Parameter Down buttons to select the Sync Flywh l menu heading Press the Value Up and Value Down buttons to select a flywheel gap size 30fr is a good choice for most applications Then th...

Page 51: ...cations The modes are differentiated by how the GX9048 behaves when transitioning from Record to Stop The GX9000 can operate in two different Chase modes to suit different applications The modes are differentiated by how the GX9048 behaves when transitioning from Record to Stop In Regular Chase mode the detection of invalid timecode will cause the unit to enter Stop mode The detection of valid i e...

Page 52: ...and started playing but shortly afterwards at timecode 00 23 21 00 the orchestra broke down and started again You would press the False Start button to log a false start at 00 23 15 00 and the point at 00 23 21 00 would be re labeled Take See the table below Cue list before False Start entered take 001 00 08 04 00 take 002 00 15 33 00 take 003 00 23 15 00 Cue list after False Start entered at 00 2...

Page 53: ...mber shown in the alpha numeric display represents the number that will be entered when the Take button is next pressed Use the Numeric Keypad to enter a new cue point number Use the Numeric Keypad to enter a new cue point number Press the Enter button to make the change Press the Enter button to make the change Auto Cue Auto Cue The GX9000 can be programmed to automatically add cue points while r...

Page 54: ...ete CuePnt appears Press the Enter button to confirm the deletion If no action is taken for approx 4 seconds the confirmation prompt disappears The Delete operation is not reversible Renumbering Cue Points The Cue Point list can sometimes get out of sequence and disorganized if extra Cue Points are added during playback or many Cue Points are deleted The GX9000 allows you to renumber the Cue Point...

Page 55: ...display the number of the current Reference Cue Point type based on the time code position of the unit Similarly the Current Cue display accessed by pressing the Time Remaining Current Cue button will display the number of the current Reference Cue Point type based on the time code position of the unit Press the Setup button Press the Setup button Use the Rotary Wheel and Parameter Up and Paramete...

Page 56: ... Delay is selected peak bars remain on until a delay period has elapsed The delay period is factory set to 3 seconds The Overload LED s on the PPM display override all settings under this menu heading If triggered they will remain on until cleared by the Clear Peak Hold button PPM Over The Overload LED s light upon continuous detection of digital Peak Level for the number of samples selected here ...

Page 57: ... the centre pixel flashes until the incoming level matches the alignment level If the incoming level is outside of the expanded range the bottom or top pixel stays lit to indicate the direction of the error Expand mode can be cancelled by selecting Normal Expand mode can be cancelled by selecting Normal Press the Setup button Press the Setup button Use the Rotary Wheel and Parameter Up and Paramet...

Page 58: ...n Revision 3 System T 3 FPGARev 3 FWarRev xx xx xx Vx xx xx xx xx xx You can use this setting to identify what revisions of software are currently installed in your GX9000 There are two separate revision numbers the FPGA revision and the Firmware Revision All software can be user upgraded as features are added to the operating system Upgrades and other software can be found on the Genex Audio web ...

Page 59: ...two menu settings will configure the internal digital sine wave generator The generator can be used for calibration of internal and external devices and can be routed to any or all tracks from the ROUTING section of the setup menu 3 Diagnose T 3 SineGen T 3 3 Rate Level Hz dB At present the sine wave generator is only available in PCM mode IT should not be used in DSD mode At present the sine wave...

Page 60: ... download fails for any reason you may need to use the recovery utility To download a new release of GX9000 firmware Connect a PC running the GDU download utility to the GX9000 using a USB cable Unzip the supplied gx9000 zip to extract a file called gx9000 p Run the GDU download utility Use the Browse button to specify the file GX9000 p Click the GX9000 button A confirmation window will appear Cli...

Page 61: ...ect a PC running the GRU download utility to the GX9000 using a USB cable Unzip the supplied gx9000 zip to extract a file called gx9000 p Run the GRU download utility Use the Browse button to specify the file GX9000 p Click the GX9000 button A confirmation window will appear Click OK The message Erasing Sector will appear on the front panel of the unit for a few seconds followed by the Download Pr...

Page 62: ...nd pin 3 Cold Pin connections for the rear panel RS422 connector as viewed from the rear of the unit are shown below The RS422 connector uses the Sony P2 protocol for machine control The female rear panel connector is wired as a controlled device a one to one cable will allow the recorder to be controlled by an external controller To control an external device use a cable that swaps transmit and r...

Page 63: ...DSD OUTPUT 7 20 GND 8 DSD OUTPUT 8 21 GND 9 13 N C 22 25 N C 1 DSD OUTPUT 1 14 GND 2 DSD OUTPUT 2 15 GND 3 DSD OUTPUT 3 16 GND 4 DSD OUTPUT 4 17 GND 5 DSD OUTPUT 5 18 GND 6 DSD OUTPUT 6 19 GND 7 DSD OUTPUT 7 20 GND 8 DSD OUTPUT 8 21 GND 9 13 N C 22 25 N C AES I O AES I O 1 1 2 IN A 14 1 2 IN B 2 1 2 IN GND 15 3 4 IN A 3 3 4 IN B 16 3 4 IN GND 4 5 6 IN A 17 5 6 IN B 5 5 6 IN GND 18 7 8 IN A 6 7 8 I...

Page 64: ... CHAN 8 GND 15 CHAN 7 HOT 3 CHAN 7 COLD 16 CHAN 7 GND 4 CHAN 6 HOT 17 CHAN 6 COLD 5 CHAN 6 GND 18 CHAN 5 HOT 6 CHAN 5 COLD 19 CHAN 5 GND 7 CHAN 4 HOT 20 CHAN 4 COLD 8 CHAN 4 GND 21 CHAN 3 HOT 9 CHAN 3 COLD 22 CHAN 3 GND 10 CHAN 2 HOT 23 CHAN 2 COLD 11 CHAN 2 GND 24 CHAN 1 HOT 12 CHAN 1 COLD 25 CHAN 1 GND 13 N C ...

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