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SONOSAX  SX-R4

 User interface  V4.2 

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SETUP > RECORD SETTINGS > PRE-RECORD TIME 

The Pre-Record time can be set from zero up to 20 seconds. The selected value may not always be possible 
due to the physical limitation of the built-in memory. The Pre-Record time depends on following factors: 

 

Number of Tracks being assigned 

 

Sampling frequency 

 

Sample Rate and Pull UP/ Pull DOWN correction 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
When the required pre-record time is not possible, the SX-R4 will perform on "best effort" basis to provide 
with the maximum possible. The table below shows the maximum values of the pre-record time [seconds]: 

 

16 bits 

Tracks count 

fs 

10 

44100 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0

20.0

20.0

20.0

18.5

16.6 

48000 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0

20.0

20.0

19.1

17.0

15.3 

88200 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 16.6

13.9

11.9

10.4

9.2 8.3 

96000 20.0 20.0 20.0 19.1 15.3

12.7

10.9

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 

10 

44100 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0

18.5

15.9

13.9

12.3

11.1 

48000 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0

17.0

14.6

12.7

11.3

10.2 

88200 20.0 20.0 18.5 13.9 11.1

9.2 7.9 6.9 6.2 5.5 

96000 20.0 20.0 17.0 12.7 10.2

8.5 7.3 6.4 5.7 5.1 

176400 

20.0 

13.9 9.2 6.9 5.5 4.6 4.0 3.5 3.1 2.8 

192000 

20.0 

12.7 8.5 6.4 5.1 4.2 3.6 3.2 2.8 2.5 

 

In these tables, the Pull Up/Pull Down correction is not taken into account (negligible). 
 

4.6.4

 

INPUTS SOURCE 

SETUP > INPUTS SOURCE 

This menu is used to select which of the analogue or the digital source of channels 1-2, 3-4 and 5-6 is 
assigned to the routing matrix; the selection is always made for a per pair of channels 

 

Input channels 1& 2:   MIC/LINE 1 & 2 or AES 1 

 

Input channels 3 & 4:   MIC/LINE 3 & 4 or AES 2 

 

Input channels 5 & 6:   STEREO IN or AES 3,  

 

 

 

 

channel 5 is Left, channel 6 is Right on the 

[STEREO IN]

 connector 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for SX-R4

Page 1: ...R4 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 so...

Page 2: ...UT 12 4 3 LAST TAKE 13 4 4 TAG LAST TAKE 13 4 5 UNIT STATUS 14 4 6 SETUP CONFIGURATION S MENUS 15 4 6 1 MENU s Tree Structure 16 4 6 2 ROUTING SETTING 17 4 6 3 RECORD SETTINGS 18 4 6 4 INPUTS SOURCE 2...

Page 3: ...R4 User Manual Hardware 2 SWITCHING ON THE UNIT Press simultaneously the Toggle switch and the Joystick to the right to turn on the SX R4 a boot up screen is displayed for approx 2 seconds If the dat...

Page 4: ...ollowing resolutions 1 dB steps from 72 dBFS up to 24 dBFS 0 5 dB steps from 23 5 dBFS up to 0 dBFS The first segment at the left edge of the screen indicates 72 dBFS The last segment at the right edg...

Page 5: ...ut channels to any of the 10 available tracks The first 8 tracks are dedicated to the hard disc HD and the 2 additional tracks are dedicated to the Compact Flash card CF If the Mirroring function is e...

Page 6: ...continuously UP Call the SOLO MONITORING page DOWN CENTER Call the MAIN MENU page Lock Unlock Joystick and the toggle switch Toggle switch Short pressure Long pressure RIGHT Start recording RIGHT whi...

Page 7: ...urrent position STOP playing RIGHT Switches to Record mode and start recording scratch record While Playing the green Led lights steady a progression bar is displayed at the bottom if the screen the l...

Page 8: ...ELECTION Joystick Short pressure Long pressure LEFT Scroll toward Previous Takes RIGHT Scroll toward Next Takes UP DOWN CENTER Load the displayed Take in the Player When the selection corresponds to t...

Page 9: ...UT 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 as previously mentioned UNIT STATUS...

Page 10: ...l track or pair of tracks The track selection sequence is as follow 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 7 8 Joystick Short pressure Long pressure LEFT Reduce the volume by step of 1 dB Reduce the volume conti...

Page 11: ...ct 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 SX R4 as described below While Recording MONITORING...

Page 12: ...e monitoring mode UP Move the selector to the upward DOWN Move the selector to downward CENTER Select the monitoring mode 4 1 1 Saving the configurations PRESET Up to 4 different monitoring configurat...

Page 13: ...e next take will by 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...

Page 14: ...ng 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 quantization 2...

Page 15: ...hus it 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 para...

Page 16: ...INGS 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 HARD DRIVE Specific menu to format or...

Page 17: ...ally saved when leaving 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 a...

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: ...n 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 VIDE...

Page 20: ...0 20 0 20 0 20 0 19 1 15 3 12 7 10 9 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...

Page 21: ...rning is posted on the screen and a bip tone is heard NOTE if OUTPUT is selected in PLAYER mode the Time Code of the played file is outputted SETUP TIMECODE SETTINGS FORMAT When EXT JAM SYNC or EXT NO...

Page 22: ...nently 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 configuration...

Page 23: ...rogram 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 SY...

Page 24: ...is 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 recorder...

Page 25: ...ELECT 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: ...electing 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 stat...

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: ...ard 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...

Page 29: ...oo 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 l...

Page 30: ...AIT 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 SX R4 using e...

Page 31: ...NIC 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 assigned HD TRACK 1 MIX 10000000 HD TRACK 2 MIX 01000000 HD...

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 SX0005...

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