Direct Access Keys Media Menu / Mirror Card
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Mirror Settings Menu
The mirror compact flash menu is where the parameters of the mirror card are
adjusted from.
Mirroring is the copying of the audio files from primary compact flash card to the
mirror compact flash card. The mirror compact flash card is formatted as FAT32, and
is fully compatible with all Mac & PC platforms and is generally used as a deliverable
format to post production. The mirrored files will be recorded as BWAV files.
Mirror Mode Options
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OFF -
Nova will not mirror any files.
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ON -
Nova will only start to mirror a file when recording stops. Please note if a file is being mirrored and
Nova goes into record the mirroring will pause and pickup once stop is pressed again.
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CONTINUOUS -
When Nova is recording, the audio is copied to the mirror card immediately after it is
written to the primary card. Depending on the track count, the mirror card may lag behind a bit. Please
note if mirroring is lagging too far behind many times there are un-needed resources that are on taking
the processing power. These items will divert processing power from the mirroring and can often be shut
off to conserve the processing power and speed up mirroring. Check to see that some of these items are
not unnecessarily on: bus assignments cross points, compressor enables (input, output and card), high
pass filters, notch filters, and delays.
Folder to Mirror
The folder to mirror menu specifies which folder the audio will be mirrored (copied) to. For continuous
mirror, this folder needs to match the primary folder. Please note if FOLDER CHANGE is set to
“AUTOCHANGE” anytime the primary folder is changed the mirror folder will automatically follow.
Start Segment
The start segment number will be the first segment that Nova will mirror or re-mirror. When recording
the start segment will automatically increase with each file
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End Segment
The end segment number will be the last segment that Nova will mirror or re-mirror.
File Type Select
The file type select sets the file format type Nova will write the audio as.
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BWAV MONO
A BWAV MONO file is 1 file per track. So if only 1 track is recorded, 1 file will represent
that "take" from the time record is pressed to the time stop is pressed. If 2 tracks were to be recorded
2 tracks, Nova will produce 2 files, one representing track 1 and the other representing track 2.
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BWAV POLY
A BWAV POLY file creates one file for that take; even if the take was recorded has multiple
tracks. So with a POLY file if a take is only 1 track, the file would be 1 track. If the take was 2 tracks, it
would still be one file with both tracks. This is often referred to as being "2 tracks wide". Similarly, if 6
tracks were recorded it would still be only one file, 6 tracks wide
File Resolution (bit rate) Select
The bit depth that Nova will mirror the files at is set here. Nova can record files as 16 bit or 24 bit.
