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User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28
p.24
p.24
Commands
[
ok
]
starts/stops&sends to cue-in
[shift] [ok] displays digitization parameters and TC fps
[
<
] [
>
]
go to prev/next play-card (or file if no card)
[
shift
] [<] [>] go to the prev/next play-file
[
esc
]
play pause/resume
[shift] [esc] toggles continuous file to file play (PLAY only)
[
black
]
cue-in, volatile in PLAY
[shift] [black] sends player to start of take
[
red
]
cue-out in BLUE-PLAY; erases cues [jog]-ed to
00:00
[shift] [red] hides play-card from Rec&Play list
[
silver
]
sends player to record-entered markers
[shift] [silver] sends player to AutoSlate marks
[
jog
]
scrubs audio
[shift] [jog] accelerates scrub 10 x
[
eye
]
toggles tracks 5/6 vs. 7/8 on right screen
[shift] [eye] toggles filetag&duration vs. scene&take (stored
pref. until Cantar is turned ‘OFF’). N.A. in BLUE-PLAY.
[
TC jam
]
toggles player’s relative time with absolute TC
Rectangular screen
1
A01
play-card label;
*
hidden from Rec&Play list.
2
>
normal speed;
II II
>
pause;
–>
non-stop play; ‘
m1
’ user
record marker; ‘
sA
’ autoslate marker;
IIIIII
stop (end of file).
3
cue-in (volatile in PLAY).
4
scrub position [jog].
5
player pos. (or absolute time
[TC jam]).
6
filetag (or scene
[shift][eye]).
7
cue-out (or take
[shift][eye]
).
notes:
• the displayed mm:ss time is relative to the start of file, the
file absolute TC appears by pressing [
TC jam
].
• in PLAY and X00 (1), the cue-in (3) is volatile, i.e. not stored when
exiting; the out-point (7) is the end of file, i.e. the duration.
• in scrub, each [jog] tick moves the player by one second,
delivering very intelligible forward and reverse dialogue.
• to edit ‘scene & take’ entries, scrub over the autoslate mark,
listen to the announce, then go to BROWSE.
• to read the size of
one
track of a group, go to BROWSE.
• the LTC output carries the TC & fps of the play-file, not the
project TC, it can be used to slave a chasing VTR.
Reminder:
when going to PLAY or BLUE-PLAY, take your time
while passing over STOP; if the message '
you were too
fast
' appears, go back to STOP for one second.
Play-card creation
read p.45 & p.46
1-
In BLUE-PLAY, with [shift] [>], choose a play-file among
indexes
A to L
, the file index is displayed in (1).
2-
With [>] or [<], select a card, e.g.
A01
... A51, among
the available fifty-one empty cards per file. The factory A
00
card contains the entire play-file, it does not store a cue-in, and
its cue-out (7) is always the take end, i.e. its duration.
3-
To fill an empty card, scrub the audio with the [jog] (4), press
the [black] button to set a cue-in (3), scrub further and press the
[red] button to set a cue-out (7);
a half second silence is inserted
at the cue-out to let you detect
and fine tune its position. The
last entered cue points replace
the former ones.
Once a cue-in has been entered (a cue-out is not necessary), an
empty card becomes a
play-card
. The cue points are stored in
the iXML chunk of the file and will only be removed if you erase
the play-card; to do so, [jog] to 00:00 and press [red].
To
hide
a play-card without erasing its cues, press [shift] [red].
Tagged with a ‘
*
'
character, the card is no longer visible in the
BLUE-TEST/BLUE-REC play list, shortening it .
4-
With [>] select a play-card and press [ok] to play it from
its cue-in. If there is no cue-out in this card or if you want to
stop the playback before reaching the cue-out, press [ok].
Press [ok] again to restart from the cue-in. Press [esc] to
pause, press [esc] to resume play.
note:
Cantar is the fastest playback machine around, there
is
NO latency
between 'play' and the audio output.
PLAY
[BLUE-PLAY]
A00*
>
00:00
02:15 02:17
CC2165 03:32
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
A01* > 01:45
02:15 02:17
CC2165 ––:––
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
A 01
A 02
A 03
A 05
A 04
Play-file 'A' from the current project containing five play-cards.
Note their chronological placement, suitable for an ADR session.
E 01
E 15
E 04
E 34
*
E 08
E 45
Play-file 'E' from the archives, six play-cards (E34 hidden). Note their
free and overlaping placement, suitable for classic playback.
