Sonifex COURIER, User Handbook Manual

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Chapter 5 - Recording
5-8 Courier User Handbook
5.7. Selecting the recording format (Record
Style)
The Courier uses a system called Record Styles to define the recording format (file
format type, whether mono or stereo, sample rate and bit rate) of the recording that
you are about to make. Once a Record Style has been defined, it can then be chosen
as a format to use for recording from the Record Style menu. There are a number of
reasons for using Record Styles:
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The Courier allows a huge range of recording formats and sample rates, so it is
important that the use of these is controlled, so that fewer mistakes are made by
whoever is using the Courier.
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Often the Courier will be configured by technical staff, but actually used by less
technical people. Using Record Styles means that the less technical Courier
users don’t need to know the bit-rate and sample rate of recordings because you
can give the Styles names that can be understood more easily.
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If you are using a particular editing or hard disk playback system, it is essential
that the audio that you have recorded is in the correct format for your system.
The [Setup] menu, which gives access to changing the Styles settings, can be
password protected if you do not want the Record Styles to be altered, once you
have configured them.
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If you so wish, you can set-up a number of different Record Styles for use in
different situations : 48kHz linear .wav recording for high quality sound effects
recording, or 22kHz mpeg compressed audio for speech interviews. You could
call these Styles “Sound FX” and “Pop Vox” respectively.
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You can configure the machine so that only one Record Style is accessible, so
that no mistakes can be made through recording the wrong format of audio.
5.7.1. Record Style menu
The Record Style for your recordings is chosen by using the MENU button when in
the
Cut-List Mode , or when there is no disk in the PCMCIA card slot.
Press the MENU button.
The following will be displayed :