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SONOSAX MINIR82

   -  User interface  V4.2 

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3.2

 

RECORDER MODE 

The 

[TRACK MONITORING]

 page is the main page displayed by the MINIR82 while in Recorder mode. The 

numbering from 1 to 8 is always displayed and corresponds to the tracks recorded on the hard disk. The 
number of each active track (assigned in the matrix) appears in reverse video. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

RECORD READY 

 

Record Ready

: the red led is flashing 

 

Key 

Short pressure 

Long pressure 

LEFT  

Reduce the volume by step of 1 dB 

Reduce the volume continuously 

RIGHT 

Increase the volume by step of 1 dB  Increase the volume continuously 

UP 

Call the 

SOLO MONITORING

 page 

Call the main contextual menu 

DOWN Start 

Recording 

   

 
 

While Recording

: the red led lights steady 

 

Key 

Short pressure 

Long pressure 

LEFT  

Reduce the volume by step of 1 dB 

Reduce the volume continuously 

RIGHT 

Increase the volume by step of 1 dB  Increase the volume continuously 

UP 

Call the 

SOLO MONITORING

 page 

Call the main contextual menu 

DOWN 

Add an 

INDEX

**  

STOP Recording 

 
 

** INDEX

 = New TAKE: pressing the DOWN key briefly while recording will create a new Take; the Take 

number is automatically incremented by 1. 

 
 
 

Peak Meters 

TimeCode or Program 
Time  of the TAKE 

Active Tracks (armed) 

Inactive Tracks 

Volume control  

-

  

Reference level 

TAKE number

 

Action of the Keys 

Indicates Battery charge or 
external PSU 

Volume control 

 

Summary of Contents for MINIR82

Page 1: ...IR82 USER INTERFACE Firmware version 4 2 Audio equipment manufacturer SONOSAX SAS S A Ch de la Naz 38 1052 Le Mont s Lausanne Switzerland T l 41 21 651 0101 Fax 41 21 651 0109 Web www sonosax ch www s...

Page 2: ...LAST TAKE 13 4 4 UNIT STATUS 14 4 5 SETUP CONFIGURATION S MENUS 15 4 5 1 MENU s Tree Structure 16 4 5 2 ROUTING SETTING 17 4 5 3 RECORD SETTINGS 18 4 5 4 INPUTS SETTINGS 20 4 5 5 TIME CODE SETTINGS 21...

Page 3: ...External DC supply The MINIR82 can also be supplied from an external suitable DC source from 5 to 9 V A 2 meter long cable with the DC plug is available part number V980010 For use with high capacity...

Page 4: ...Microphone Input signal reaches a level of 2 5dB before clipping thus activating the Limiter Clipping the Input signal is too high on the microphone A D Converter both Left and Right LED s light On t...

Page 5: ...of the 10 tracks The first 8 tracks are dedicated for the hard disc HD and the 2 additional tracks for the Compact Flash card CF The Monitoring can be configured by the user to listen any combination...

Page 6: ...me continuously UP Call the SOLO MONITORING page Call the main contextual menu DOWN Start Recording While Recording the red led lights steady Key Short pressure Long pressure LEFT Reduce the volume by...

Page 7: ...er STOPPED Key Short pressure Long pressure LEFT Call the TAKE Selection Menu RIGHT Call the TAKE Selection Menu UP Call the contextual menu DOWN Start Playing Searching through the stored Takes does...

Page 8: ...SOLO MONITORING page Call the contextual menu DOWN PAUSE at current location STOP playing the cursor jump back to the start of the take PLAYING or PAUSED While Paused the green Led is flashing The Le...

Page 9: ...g configuration for the PHONES output These changes affect only the current playback and do not change the configuration of the Record mode LAST TAKES accesses the directory of the last Takes UNIT STA...

Page 10: ...ode or while Playing a Take by briefly pressing the UP key it allows listening to individual track or pair of tracks The sequence of track s selection is 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 7 8 Keys Short pre...

Page 11: ...Select and enter the sub menu UP Scroll the selection upward DOWN Scroll the selection downward The available menus depend on the current Status of the MINIR82 as described below While Recording MONI...

Page 12: ...tions of the keys Keys Short pressure Long pressure LEFT Move the selector to the left Keep the current configuration and return to the main menu RIGHT Move the selector to the right Select the monito...

Page 13: ...tagged with the correct Take Nr The audio file is notified with the suffix F when browsing the TRASH directory NO GOOD Tag the metadata of the last recorded take as No Good mostly used to warn the pos...

Page 14: ...pling rate and nr of tracks SYNC Audio synchronisation such as AES internal word clock or video FS Sampling frequency 44 1k 48k 88 2k 96k 176 4k 192kHz BIT DEPTH Numbers of bits per sample quantizatio...

Page 15: ...t scrolls the available sub menus A sub menu with a displayed parameter is at the end of the menu tree it indicates the current value of the parameter that can be edited While in a menu with parameter...

Page 16: ...the TC value manually TIMECODE SETTINGS SET FROM TIME Grab the time of the real time clock USER SETTINGS List available user setting Specific menu to create recall delete or overwrite user settings H...

Page 17: ...ving this menu The un assigned Tracks no dot on the crossing are automatically desactivated SETUP ROUTING SETTINGS MIXING LEVEL The MIXING LEVEL menu defines the attenuation to be applied to each chan...

Page 18: ...rt in 24 bits mode the DSP can re quantize the recorded samples by the following values 24 bits original value as quantified by the A D converter 16 bits Dithering reduction to 16bits per sample with...

Page 19: ...2 on an external word clock applied to the SYNC IN connector This mode is overwritten when an input AES is routed Sampling frequency inactive Sampling up down inactive Bit per sample active VIDEO IN V...

Page 20: ...9 6 8 5 7 6 176400 20 0 20 0 13 9 10 4 8 3 6 9 5 9 5 2 4 6 4 2 192000 20 0 19 1 12 7 9 6 7 6 6 4 5 5 4 8 4 2 3 8 24 bits Tracks count fs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 44100 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 18 5 15 9...

Page 21: ...selecting OUTPUT a frame rate other than AUTO states for auto detect must be selected in the menu TIME CODE FORMAT If AUTO is selected a warning is posted on the screen and a bip tone is heard NOTE i...

Page 22: ...manently delete the selected configuration file Caution this operation is irreversible SETUP USER SETTINGS SELECT OVERWRITE SELECTED Overwrite an existing saved user setting by the current configurati...

Page 23: ...ogram Time RV Time code displays the actual time of the TC program Time shows the elapsed time from the start of the take RV states for Reversed Video it improves reading in direct sun light SETUP SYS...

Page 24: ...the identifier of the audio files name it is automatically generated The first 2 characters can be modified by the user which might be useful to clearly identify the recorder when multiple recorders a...

Page 25: ...SELECT a new screen lists the related WORKING DAY folders sorted in chronological order the working day folders contain the takes EXIT returns to the contextual menu UP steps back to an upper level of...

Page 26: ...Selecting QUIT saves the changes and returns to the previous menu select MORE for the second page The second page is used to edit additional metadata the choice of editable metadata depends on the st...

Page 27: ...CIRCLED Tag the recorded file as Circled the audio file is notified with the suffix C in the BROWSE FILE menu NO GOOD Tag the recorded file as No Good the audio file remains in its original folder and...

Page 28: ...disk and or on the CF do not forget to empty the Trash Bin on your desktop before disconnecting the USB port Otherwise the disk space will not be recovered Reconnecting the USB a second time doesn t s...

Page 29: ...o fragmented The CompactFlash Card bit rate is too low recording on this media has been suspended The FAT32 partition cannot be initialized The Alarm POWER occurs when the power voltage is soon too lo...

Page 30: ...IT UNTILL FULL COMPLETION NEVER TURN OFF THE UNIT DURING AN UP DATE PROCEDURE 6 Once completed a message will be posted asking you to reboot the recorder 7 Reformat the hard disk of the MINIR82 using...

Page 31: ...IN VIDEO IN AUDIO SYNC INTERNAL MONO STEREO POLYPHONIC AUDIO FILE FORMAT MONO NONE 1 sec 2 sec 5 sec 10 sec 20 sec PRE RECORD TIME 2 sec Routing table 12345678 Input channels 1 assigned 0 not assigne...

Page 32: ...8 tracks TRASH Trash folder PROJECT1 Deleted files from project 20110525 Deleted files from day May 25th 2011 SX0002S5 WAV Audio file 2 false start 20110526 Deleted files from day May 26th 2011 SX000...

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