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Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21
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01 DriveStatus
Mount Unmount
Two CPUs can't simultaneously control Cantar's drives.
Unmounting the internal HD and DVD-RAM puts them out of
the control of Cantar's CPU while keeping them powered.
A FireWire connected PC or Mac can then see internal
drives as standard devices on which to dump and erase a
project, edit audio files and transfer software updates.
To gain access to the internal HD from a PC or Mac
laptop, an alternative method is to unpower Cantar totally
(the PC power supply directly feeds the HD through the
6pin FireWire cable).
Reminder:
never connect MAC Gx
desktops which instantly fry the Cantar FireWire interface.
Before disconnecting the FireWire cable, FIRST, eliminate
the 'disc' icon from the PC or Mac desktop, THEN discon-
nect the cable. Ignoring this rule will trigger a warning
message, but it will be too late; the audio files may already
be corrupted.
note:
to modify the metadata on a DVD-RAM disk from
a Mac laptop, you must install 'WriteUDF' (see
Majax,
p.57).
02 Digi Power
Off On
'Off' saves 110mA@48kHz, 200mA@96kHz. The digi 1
to digi 6 icons of the circular screens blink as a reminder to
turn 'On' the digital sample rate converters of the AES inputs
that have been routed but not powered up.
03 Save Setup
all user settings
No Yes
All of Cantar's physical settings (IN-GRIDS, OUT-MAPS,
TECHSET and AUDIO/TC parameters, mic filters, etc.) can
be saved in up to twenty User's Setups xml files on the
external HD (or the internal HD if there is no external drive
connected). To ensure a unique name for each User's Setup,
it is named by the last recorded filetag, e.g. A.
xml. Since you can use them in another Cantar, copy your
favorite User's Setups onto a laptop before returning a rented
machine, re-importing them for your next assignement will be
a great time saver; just think about the time you spent setting
the RR1–RR8
re-recording p.28 In-Grids!
Using an internet browser, and provided you keep the .xml
extension, you can replace the eight char.
A
.xml
filetag name with a descriptive one, e.g.
Custom01
.xml or
Kitchen4
.xml.
note:
in case of an operational problem, perform a 'Save
Setup', attach it to your mail to [email protected]
explaining the problem. This will help Aaton engineers pro-
vide you with a solution.
04 Load Setup
No Yes
Opening '
Load Setup
' makes Cantar look for .xml suffixed
files in the external and internal HDs. Select the setup to
load, e.g. Custom01, [ok]. Press [shift] to reboot.
05 Backlight
Off 1%
to
100%
In bright sunlight, save power by turning 'OFF' the backlight.
To insure visibility whatever the startup lighting environment,
the rectangular screen doesn't go down to 0%, this offset is
maintained throughout the adjustment range.
06 Display dB
Off On
While adjusting a fader, its dBFS value is displayed with the
other faders found in the same mic, line or mixer bank.
TECHSET
SAVE/LOAD SETUPS
MAC OS-X
Ejecting the Cantar internal drive
WINDOWS
01 Disk (un)mount
02 Digi in/out power
03/04 Save / Load Setup
05 Backlight
06 View Fader dB
07 Record beeps
08 Clip detection beep
09 Lack of ext. clock beep
10/11 Beep routing/level
12 Meter ballistics
13 Peak hold duration
14/15 Bat L / Bat R alert
16 HD Power Down
17 Serial Com. port
18 Factory Reset
19 Max File Size
20 Temperature Control
21/22 System Time/Date
23 Equipement IDs
24 License key
25 Software version info
26 Software install
