SONOSAX SX-ST RECORDER
Quick Start Guide
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4.4
SYSTEM SETUP
This menu is used to set general system parameters, to manage the recording media and to display some
system information's such as hardware and software revision
[HARD DISK] or [CF]
displays drive's information's such as total capacity, remaining free space and posts
eventual drive errors, also used to empty the trash and format the drive
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FORMAT DRIVE to format the drive; this action is irreversible and will erase all audio files. The User
Settings are temporarily stored on the internal memory and restored on the HD after
the formatting procedure.
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EMPTY TRASH
clear all audio files temporarily stored in the trash bin to free disk space if more
storage capacity is required. This action is irreversible.
[EXTERNAL POWER]
Sets the Low and High voltage limits when powered from an external power supply;
when the voltage reaches the lower limit, an alarm is posted.
[REFERENCE LEVEL]
Set a vertical line for reference on the INPUTS modulometers screen.
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Reference levels: -9dB / - 12dB / -18dB / -20dB below 0dBFS
[MODUL. HOLD TIME] The "Hold Time" function detects the absolute peak level of each recorded track and
keeps it posted for: NONE / 3 seconds / 10 seconds / 2 minutes / INFINITE
[DISPLAY BACKLIGHT] Open a new window to set the Brightness and the Backlight intensity of the LCD
touch screen. [AUTO DIM] enable the light sensor located beside the screen to dim
the intensity when the ambient light decreases.
[H.PHONE REC TONE] Enable a 1kHz bip tone in the headphone when starting recording or adding an
index and a double beep tone's, 2kHz-1kHz when stopping a recording.
[FILETAG]
The [FILETAG] is the identifier of the audio files name; it is unique and automatically
generated. The first 2 characters can be modified by the user, which might be useful
to clearly identify the unit when multiple recorders are used during the same
production.
The last 4 digits are automatically incremented by 1 at each new take. When the
numbering reaches 9999 it starts again at 0000 and the alphabetic prefix is
incremented to the next value (SX
Æ
SY).
