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USER MANUAL

Published December 2015

Software Version Nomad 7.77

Zaxcom Nomad

Sound bag audio redefined

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Page 1: ...1 USER MANUAL Published December 2015 Software Version Nomad 7 77 Zaxcom Nomad Sound bag audio redefined...

Page 2: ...MAD LITE ONLY 20 RECORD ENABLES NOMAD 10 AND 12 21 MY NOMAD MENU 22 Mirror Mode Options 22 Write Sound Report 22 Primary Compact Flash Card Menu 23 Choose Primary Folder 23 Delete Last Primary Segment...

Page 3: ...35 Pan Copy 35 VFader Cycle 35 VFader Mode 36 Folder Change 36 Meter Peak Hold Set 36 Punch In 36 PFL Routing 37 MP3 Support 37 MP3 Mix 37 F1 Key 37 Multi Trim 37 Auto Mixer Not available in Nomad Lit...

Page 4: ...puts 7 10 46 Digital Inputs 1 8 Levels 46 Extra Input Gain 46 Output Levels Adjust 46 XLR TA5 Output Bus Levels 46 Mono Tape Output Bus Levels 46 Play to Outputs 47 LCD Brightness 47 LED Brightness 47...

Page 5: ...OUTPUT BUS ASSIGN 57 Setting a Cross Point 57 MONO OUT MATRIX 58 TAPE IFB OUT 58 HEADPHONE 2 58 CARD TRACKTONE ENABLE 58 CARD TRACK SLATE ENABLES 58 CARD TRACKS COM ENABLES 58 CARD ROUTING NOMAD 10 AN...

Page 6: ...2 COMPACT FLASH CARDS 73 SYNCING NOMAD TO A DENECKE SLATE 74 NOMAD CONNECTOR ASSIGNMENTS 75 AUDIO INPUT OUTPUT CONNECTORS XLR 3 75 AUDIO INPUT OUTPUT CONNECTORS TA 5 75 MONO TAPE OUTPUT CONNECTORS 1 8...

Page 7: ...ll access the Auto Mix menu When Auto Mix is off and MP3 support is off pressing will access the Meta Data page Pressed and held for one second puts the unit into playback mode Unshifted mode A quick...

Page 8: ...ns In the fader assign matrix pressing it will add trim and ZaxNet to the cross point options When in the channel set up menu will toggle to the digital setup menu If pressed while powering up Nomad w...

Page 9: ...sparent conversion of digital audio from one sample rate to another 3 Time Code Output connector BNC 4 Time Code Input connector BNC 5 Battery Door The Silver knob rotates counter clockwise to access...

Page 10: ...ert the battery carrier correctly If insert with the contacts reversed it will do no harm to the unit Nomad just will not turn on 11 Primary Compact Flash Card Media Slot 11 12 Always observe the corr...

Page 11: ...ries output bus 2 XLR 3 carries output bus 3 XLR 4 carries output bus 4 4 Returns 1 4 TA 5M These inputs accepts a headphone level or line level signal Range 20dBu and 30dBu These inputs can act as ca...

Page 12: ...NOMAD LAYOUT Rear 12 Rear 1 1 Mic Line level Inputs 1 6 XLR 3F...

Page 13: ...input Green is an output bus Purple is a recorded track The track name bus number or input number is indicated within each meter to aid in channel identification If a compressor is engaged a white ga...

Page 14: ...2 Output Bus with Inputs Virtual Fader Home Screen Red Record Enabled Indicators shows which tracks will be recorded Yellow ISO Attenuation Enabled Indicators Line level inputs 7 through 10 with virt...

Page 15: ...s the COM key Every time the COM key is pressed the next screen in sequence is displayed When the desired screen is displayed release the menu knob Repeat the process with the SLT key To return to the...

Page 16: ...the multi function key corresponding to input to select a channel to PFL To listen to multiple channels at the same time just press and hold an additional multi function key for approximately 1 second...

Page 17: ...or file progress displays what percentage of mirroring is done Third Line This line will alternate between When Nomad is not recording Mirror status Time left on the primary card When Nomad is recordi...

Page 18: ...nob select and highlight one of the data fields then press the menu knob to open the keyboard Metadata can be edited and or changed before Nomad starts recording a file or even while Nomad is recordin...

Page 19: ...ed from Please note when in this menu the STOP key and PLAY key function immediately even if the transport keys are set to shifted mode Segment currently playing Segment time code Playback shuttle con...

Page 20: ...ct and highlight a card track After the track is highlighted scroll through and choose the source to be assign and record on that track Mirror Record Enables Nomad Lite Only The mirror record matrix s...

Page 21: ...cord Enables To enable primary or mirror tracks simply enable a cross point in the appropriate primary or mirror box Please note that it is not necessary to remove any cross points from the mirror mat...

Page 22: ...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 much many times there are...

Page 23: ...de needs to be set to OFF before the primary folder can be changed The audio on the primary card is recorded as a Zaxcom MARF file The advantage of MARF is that if there is a power loss or any other i...

Page 24: ...puts allow large signals to travel through the digital mixing engine using 32 bit floating point numbers Once these large signals are recorded into a 24 bit WAV or MARF file the advantage of floating...

Page 25: ...can be up to 19 characters Editing a Folder Name 1 Scroll down to the Edit Current Folder Name 2 Press the MENU knob to highlight the folder name and to access the enter text menu 3 Name the folder k...

Page 26: ...gh 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 pri...

Page 27: ...file name in the format of Scene and Take with no separation For example scene 1 Take 2 in folder Z001 and the segment number is 45 the file name will be 1T2 WAV Warning when using this naming option...

Page 28: ...section of the input and fader press the menu knob to cycle through the available cross points which are Blank no connection A Assigns an analog input to a fader D Assigns a digital input to a fader T...

Page 29: ...fader a TRX transmitter gain control or an input trim controller Any combination of assignments can be made The external fader menu allows for three fader bank assignments to be created for the Oasis...

Page 30: ...fader assignments Factory Reset to Default Recall factory defaults resets all of Nomads parameters back to the factory settings If a factory reset is done all user setting with the exception of note...

Page 31: ...MAIN MENU About Nomad 31 About Nomad Menu This menu provides information about your Nomad ZaxNet Software Version Indicates current CPU usage Normal operations should be between 55 80 Software Version...

Page 32: ...if internal slate microphone located on the front panel of Nomad or an external slate microphone that is connected to the external slate microphone input jack on the side of Nomad will be used when th...

Page 33: ...as a pan knob When AutoPan is turned on and a fader is adjusted the blue LED next to that fader will illuminate indicating the input routed to that fader will be panned when the COM key is pressed Aut...

Page 34: ...Input Configuration is changed Nomad will need to be rebooted INPUT TYPE AES INPUT 1 2 AES INPUT 3 4 AES INPUT 5 6 AES INPUT 7 8 RETURN 1 2 RETURN 3 4 ANALOG IN 5 6 ZaxNet ENABLE NEVER CLIP INPUTS 0...

Page 35: ...remote switch to start and stop recording To operate a toggle switch will need to be connected to the serial port on Nomad not to the USB port For pin configuration please see the connector assignment...

Page 36: ...primary folder is changed the mirror folder will change to the same folder If folder change is not enabled than the mirror folder will need to be manually changed Meter Peak Hold Set Meter peak hold s...

Page 37: ...ll be mirrored as an MP3 later If MP3 support is enabled all files will be marked by default To toggle off MP3 for a particular file press the A MIX key before or while recording Please note that afte...

Page 38: ...hat a microphone will engage immediately regardless of the attack setting The attack can be set anywhere between 1 and 150ms Decay Sets how long a microphone will stay active after the signal has fall...

Page 39: ...to an output bus with the Auto Mixer that audio will be mixed into the Auto Mix essentially defeating the Auto Mixer To verify that nothing is assigned go to the output bus assign matrix and make sure...

Page 40: ...h active input If return inputs 7 10 are being used the virtual fader will appear over the meters for those inputs To adjust the levels on those inputs press the menu knob to highlight that fader Then...

Page 41: ...atrix Then when that matrix is selected to be listened to ZaxNet will temporarily go out of transmit TX mode and go into receive mode RX mode to allowing for the return audio to monitored When changin...

Page 42: ...ease to a lower power setting when recording stops By decreasing the power level when not recording allows the TRX transmitter to conserve the battery To use Power Roll the TRX transmitter Power Roll...

Page 43: ...de in on the TRX900CL IFB100 200 or QIFB Then the remote commands will be sent to the TRX transmitter via an external ZaxNet transmitter IFB Test Tone IFB test tone turns ON OFF a test tone that is tr...

Page 44: ...een two to three years Compressor Enable The compressor matrix sets which card tracks output busses and if the tape out or mono out will have a compressor limiters enabled Placing an X in the matrix w...

Page 45: ...to open the present track list To select from the list of preset names 1 In the track name menu highlight the track to name by rotating the menu knob 2 Press the PFL key 3 Scroll to the preset name t...

Page 46: ...re continuously adjustable in 1 dB increments from 20dBu to 30dBu Digital Inputs 1 8 Levels This is where the levels of the digital inputs are set The levels are continuously adjustable in 1 dB steps...

Page 47: ...ss the MENU knob while simultaneously pressing the REC PLAY or STOP key While in shifted mode it is still possible to directly go into record play and stop with a single key press by pressing and hold...

Page 48: ...any crashing or odd behavior change the processor speed to normal Fast 2 If experiencing slow mirroring on fast 1 Nomad can be set to fast 2 Please note that before using fast 2 both the primary and m...

Page 49: ...t turned on then Nomad will not log the errors Log Screen The log screen is where Nomad displays the logged errors and warnings Upgrade Code The upgrade code page is used to enter in a factory generat...

Page 50: ...rs in milliseconds EXT Meter Hold This adjusts the hold time of the Oasis Touch meters in milliseconds Update Oasis This is used to update the software on an Oasis control surface Please note when upd...

Page 51: ...1 to XLR Input 1 and a cable from XLR Output 2 to Input 2 This will cause feedback which is normal 6 Make sure that Nomads tone generator is set to 20dB then turn on TONE by holding the TONE button 7...

Page 52: ...Complete message and tone will shut off when the process is done 16 Cycle power turn on tone and check to insure the trims work With Nomad output level still set at 10dBu and the trim set zero the inp...

Page 53: ...s a camera or a master time code unit JAM UB Jams Nomads user bits from an external source such as a camera or a master time code unit JAM DATE Nomads user bits are created from Nomads internal calend...

Page 54: ...e Nomad will display on the LCD screen GENERATOR Nomad displays the time code from the internal time code generator CARD Nomad displays the time code from the file that is being recorded or playing ba...

Page 55: ...MIX Key When Auto Mix is enabled pressing the A MIX key will open the Auto Mix menu providing MP3 is not enabled See the Auto Mixer section of this manual for Auto Mix operations When Auto Mix is off...

Page 56: ...channel 2 will control a TRX with a unit code set to 2 Trim This is where the input gain of the Zaxcom TRX wireless transmitter can be change from Rotating the MENU knob to the left will decrease the...

Page 57: ...he matrixes press the BUS Key Setting a Cross Point Rotate the MENU knob to scroll through the matrix Stop in the matrix at the intersection of the input channel and output bus where the output will b...

Page 58: ...to the IFB feed The IFB feed can be received by a Zaxcom ERX receiver C Card Tracks 1 through 10 OUT Output bus 1 through 6 RET Return inputs 1 through 4 Headphone 2 This matrix sets what audio is ro...

Page 59: ...enu Bus routing is fully cross faded so the selection may be changed while in Record mode To toggle to the next matrix press the BUS Key Setting a Cross Point Rotate the MENU knob to scroll through th...

Page 60: ...To change what is being listened to press the input number keys you want to listen to If you press and hold a second key that channel is added to the PFL Listening to Listening to Input 4 only inputs...

Page 61: ...s a software filter that is adjustable between 40Hz to 230Hz Two Variable Notch Filters Notch filters with independent adjustable frequencies Mix 8 Trim Choose between Normal and ZaxNet Nomad The trim...

Page 62: ...to enable the setup will be active when cycling through the headphone matrices 5 Press the headphone knob to advance to the next matrix 6 To exit press and hold the headphone knob 7 A custom name to e...

Page 63: ...ode slate tone is activated Assigning tone to card tracks To assign tone to card tracks press the BUS key and go to the tone enable matrix to select which card tracks will receive tone when tone is en...

Page 64: ...he MENU knob to select the character Rotating the MENU Knob will cause the highlighted box to move right and left this will also wrap around to the next line Pressing and rotating the MENU knob will c...

Page 65: ...ERATIONS False Start 65 False Start Pressing and holding the STOP key for 1 5 seconds after stopping will open the false start page From this page a take can be marked as a false start or just delete...

Page 66: ...e TC Jam Mode Make sure that it s set to Auto Load c Press the MENU key to advance to the TC Source Set this to IFB RF so that the TRX is receiving TC wirelessly from Nomad d Press the MENU key to adv...

Page 67: ...frequencies are being used in the area This can be useful in selecting an open frequency 2 From the QRX a Advance to the IFB extended menu b Set the IFB to TX and set the TX frequency to the same freq...

Page 68: ...at audio sources to be sent to the ERX 2 At the ERX a Power up while holding the MENU key to get into the extended menu b Advance to the TC frame rate and set it to the same frame rate as Nomad c Adva...

Page 69: ...ighlight the PAN routing matrix Then rotate the menu Knob to select the input to be panned Pressing the menu knob will cycle the assignment as L C and R to each input pair that was selected If prevent...

Page 70: ...Left Center Right Virtual Fader Nomad has 6 hardware faders and 10 inputs Inputs 7 10 can be mixed from the ENG home screen by activating the VFader mode in the mode menu The virtual fader will allow...

Page 71: ...ort then power up Nomad as normal Approximately 20 seconds after boot up Nomad will communicate with the attached keyboard and Found Keyboard will flash once on the screen If the keyboard is not found...

Page 72: ...b REW Reverse scrub while playing back Jump To Next File Jumps to the next file while playing back JumpToPrevious File Jumps to the previous file while playing back AutoPan AutoPan forward CTRL Pans t...

Page 73: ...manufacturers And please only buy cards from reliable sources and avoid questionable retailers because counterfeit cards do exist and can be unreliable and cause crashing If planning to record at 96...

Page 74: ...ong code if the slate is set to Auto Set Position 5 In addition if Auto Set is used the slate can experience a time code drift So when setting the slate to receive time code at 29 97 or 23 976 do not...

Page 75: ...a balanced input and can be used with dynamic microphones It can also be used unbalanced with low voltage microphones Tip Hot Biased to 5 Volts Ring Cold Biased to 5 Volts Sleeve Ground Headphone Out...

Page 76: ...omad uses a mini DB 15 DE 15 connector for the AES digital input and output connectors Top row pins 5 4 3 2 1 Middle row pins 10 9 8 7 6 Bottom row pins 15 14 13 12 11 DB 15 Pin Number IN OUT AES PAIR...

Page 77: ...med NomadProgFile_vX XX bin and copy it to the card 3 Insure that a set of fully charged batteries are installed or a stable power supply is connected 4 With Nomad powered down insert the CF card cont...

Page 78: ...rt updates Download the latest User Manuals from http zaxcom com support updates Submit Technical Questions at http www zaxcom com submit a technical question Submit information for Repair Services at...

Page 79: ...r 1 8 3 5mm stereo jack Input Range 56 dBu to 26 dBu Digital Inputs not available in Nomad Lite Channel Count 8 4 x AES 3 pair 1 x AES 42 pair Connector 1 x mini DB 15 DE 15 shared w digital outputs S...

Page 80: ...ange 1 4 VPP Output Voltage 2 VPP Power Internal 6 x AA 7 9 VDC 1 3 hours of use NiMH External 10 to 18 VDC 1 2 A 12 VDC ZaxNet RF Interface not available in Nomad Lite Function Transmit or Receive RF...

Page 81: ...h pass Filter A x 10 D x 8 Freq Range Off or 40 to 240 Hz Input Delay A x 10 D x 8 Time Range 0 to 100 MS Output Limiter 1 set of settings across 6 outputs Attack 1 to 100 MS Decay 0 to 100 MS Thresho...

Page 82: ...Product Limitation of Remedies Your exclusive remedy for any defective Product is limited to the repair or replacement of the defective Product Zaxcom may elect which remedy or combination of remedie...

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