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Cantar-X User Manual v2.26 (r13) 2009 April 27
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p.25
Find a file
By default, BROWSE opens access to the
Inter-
nal HDD
and the
Current Project
files; to reach files located
elsewhere, first select 'Ext.HDD' in SESSION.03, then a proj-
ect in SESSION.01.
Select a Day by [jog] & [ok], the last take's filetag is displayed;
search other filetags by [jog] and [ok]. The displayed 'MB' is
the size of
only one
of the tracks of the group.
Edit metadata
Scene, take, take-type, comments, track-
names and tape-ref can be edited through [shift] [silver], ex-
actly like in PPR (p.20). An individual file can be
trashed
,
its .wav extension becomes .rip (latin:
requiescat in pace
); it
disappears from the backup list but remains in the day fold-
er from where it can be individually or batch revived from
BROWSE (or by computer), changing .rip back to .wav.
BLUE BROWSE
Create 'Play-files'
'Rec&Play' p.48
For Rec&Play to play a file, it must have been indexed as a
Play-file
in BLUE-BRWS.
To get access to BLUE-BRWS, press
and hold the blue [shift] button while rotating the [MainSelector] to
BROWSE.
Only files located in the Current project folders or
Archive folders can be indexed.
• Current project folders
A B indexes (see opposite column) are applicable to the
current project/current day folder. C D E F indexes are ap-
plicable to the current project/any day folders.
• Archive folders
G H I J K L indexes are applicable to one of the Archive fold-
ers. An Archive folder is a '
One drive, one title, one work-
day
' folder containing music, songs, wild tracks Play-files,
whatever their internal date and time of origination.
To be Cantar playable
, audio files must contain iXML
v1.50a headers. To 'Cantarize' WAV files coming from
any digital recorder, read the Majax imanual page 4.
note1:
to convert 44.1kHz MP3 or FLAC into 48kHz WAV
files, use '
Sound Converter'
http://
www.dekorte.com/proj-
ects/shareware/SoundConverter/
.
note2:
to update iXML headers recorded in a pre v2.11
Cantar, clone it under an RPA In-Grid (p.28) or use Majax.
Live or clone?
In BLUE-BRWS.21 'TC mode',
• 'Live'
gives access to all available Play-files. The recording
session uses the date, time and metadata of the live action.
• Clone
(A) gives access to one Play-file; the recording will
use the date, time and metadata of the selected file.
note:
Cantar left on STOP, the HDD goes to sleep after a time interval
set in TECHSET.16. Going to REC, the pre-record buffer compensates
for the disk spin-up, but going directly to BLUE-BROWSE causes Cantar
to display '
asleep, no disk
', and apply a 'hide' tag to all your unseen
play-files! To avoid this mishap, first go to TEST, wait for the 'three-
platter' icon to show up, then go to BLUE-BRWS.
BROWSE.
INDEX FILES
Current
folders
Archive
folder
Drive set in SESSION
(not modifiable)
Project set in SESSION
(not modifiable)
Current folder date
(not modifiable)
Select
a file in above folder
[
ok
] gives it the A index
Select
a file in above folder
[
ok
] gives it the B index
Select a folder date
from the project
Select
a file in above folder
[
ok
] gives it the C index
Select
a file from the folder
[
ok
] gives it the D index
Select a folder date
from the project
Select
a file in above folder
[
ok
] gives it the E index
Select
a file in the folder
[
ok
] gives it the F index
BLUE-BRWS 21
TC mode <
Clone (D)
BLUE-BRWS 01
Drive
Internal
BLUE-BRWS 02
Project
Shadows
BLUE-BRWS 03
(AB)folder
2008-03-14
BLUE-BRWS 04
Index A <
SE1234 ok
BLUE-BRWS 05
Index B <
SE1205 ok
BLUE-BRWS 06
(CD)folder <
2008-01-31
BLUE-BRWS 07
Index C <
------
BLUE-BRWS 08
Index D <
SE1104 ok
BLUE-BRWS 09
(EF)folder <
2007-12-24
BLUE-BRWS 10
Index E <
SE0987 ok
BLUE-BRWS 11
Index F <
SE0980 ok
BLUE-BRWS 12
Arch Drive <
External
BLUE-BRWS 13
Arch Pject <
NeuArchv
BLUE-BRWS 14
Arch folder<
2000-01-01
BLUE-BRWS 15
Index G
<
SE1234 ok
BLUE-BRWS 16
Index H
SE1205 ok
BLUE-BRWS 17
Index I <
SE1206 ok
BLUE-BRWS 18
Index J <
SE1104 n.a.
BLUE-BRWS 19
Index K <
------ n.a
BLUE-BRWS 20
Index L <
SE0980 ok
BLUE-BRWS 22
AES loop <
Internal