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SONOSAX  SX-R4

 User interface  V4.2 

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4.5

 

UNIT STATUS 

This menu displays all the main current settings of the SX-R4, spread on 4 pages. Press the Joystick UP or 
DOWN to scroll the pages; press LEFT to return to the main contextual menu 
 

POWER 

Fuel gauge of the batteries in Volts and as bar-
graph; post EXTERNAL if powered from an 
external power supply  

HD FREE 

Remaining disk space on the hard disk 

HD HH :MM 

Remaining recording time on the hard disk. 

CF FREE 

Remaining disk space on the CF card 

CF HH :MM 

Remaining recording time on the CF card 

 

 

 

 

NOTE:

 the remaining recording time depends on the configuration such as sampling rate and nr of tracks 

 

SYNC 

Audio synchronisation such as: AES, internal, 
word clock or video. 

FS 

Sampling frequency 44.1k, 48k, 88.2k, 96k, 
176.4k, 192kHz. 

BIT DEPTH 

Numbers of bits per sample (quantization): 24 
bits, 16D bits (dithering), 16 bits. 

UP/DOWN 

Nominal, NTSC Corr/- 0,1% or C Mode 

WAV FILE 

File Format: MONO, STEREO, POLYPHONIC 

 

MIRROR 

Mirroring status on the CF Card: OFF, ON. 

 
 

TIME 

Current value of the Time Code  
(hours: minutes: seconds) 

FORMAT 

Time Code format, generated or received: 
23.976,  24,  25, 29.97ND,  29.97D,  30ND, 
30D,  AUTO,  INTERNAL,  UNKNOWN. 

SOURCE 

Source of the time code signal:  
EXT JAM SYNC,  EXT NO JAM, INTERNAL,  
INTERNAL OUTPUT. 

MODE 

REC RUN, FREE RUN 

 

PRG  TIME 

Elapsed time from the beginning of the Take 

 
 

FILETAG 

unique identifier (prefix of the file name) 

PROJECT 

Project name 

SCENE 

Scene name 

TAKE 

Take number 

TAPE 

Tape ID = Working day 

 

 

 

 
 

Содержание SX-R4

Страница 1: ...R4 USER INTERFACE Firmware version 4 2 Audio equipment manufacturer SONOSAX SAS S A Ch de la Naz 38 1052 Le Mont s Lausanne Switzerland T l 41 21 651 0101 Fax 41 21 651 0109 Web www sonosax ch www so...

Страница 2: ...UT 12 4 3 LAST TAKE 13 4 4 TAG LAST TAKE 13 4 5 UNIT STATUS 14 4 6 SETUP CONFIGURATION S MENUS 15 4 6 1 MENU s Tree Structure 16 4 6 2 ROUTING SETTING 17 4 6 3 RECORD SETTINGS 18 4 6 4 INPUTS SOURCE 2...

Страница 3: ...R4 User Manual Hardware 2 SWITCHING ON THE UNIT Press simultaneously the Toggle switch and the Joystick to the right to turn on the SX R4 a boot up screen is displayed for approx 2 seconds If the dat...

Страница 4: ...ollowing resolutions 1 dB steps from 72 dBFS up to 24 dBFS 0 5 dB steps from 23 5 dBFS up to 0 dBFS The first segment at the left edge of the screen indicates 72 dBFS The last segment at the right edg...

Страница 5: ...ut channels to any of the 10 available tracks The first 8 tracks are dedicated to the hard disc HD and the 2 additional tracks are dedicated to the Compact Flash card CF If the Mirroring function is e...

Страница 6: ...continuously UP Call the SOLO MONITORING page DOWN CENTER Call the MAIN MENU page Lock Unlock Joystick and the toggle switch Toggle switch Short pressure Long pressure RIGHT Start recording RIGHT whi...

Страница 7: ...urrent position STOP playing RIGHT Switches to Record mode and start recording scratch record While Playing the green Led lights steady a progression bar is displayed at the bottom if the screen the l...

Страница 8: ...ELECTION Joystick Short pressure Long pressure LEFT Scroll toward Previous Takes RIGHT Scroll toward Next Takes UP DOWN CENTER Load the displayed Take in the Player When the selection corresponds to t...

Страница 9: ...UT output These changes affect only the current playback and do not change the configuration of the Record mode LAST TAKES accesses the directory of the last Takes as previously mentioned UNIT STATUS...

Страница 10: ...l track or pair of tracks The track selection sequence is as follow 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 7 8 Joystick Short pressure Long pressure LEFT Reduce the volume by step of 1 dB Reduce the volume conti...

Страница 11: ...ct and enter the sub menu UP Scroll the selection upward DOWN Scroll the selection downward The available menus depend on the current Status of the SX R4 as described below While Recording MONITORING...

Страница 12: ...e monitoring mode UP Move the selector to the upward DOWN Move the selector to downward CENTER Select the monitoring mode 4 1 1 Saving the configurations PRESET Up to 4 different monitoring configurat...

Страница 13: ...e next take will by tagged with the correct Take Nr The audio file is notified with the suffix F when browsing the TRASH directory NO GOOD Tag the metadata of the last recorded take as No Good mostly...

Страница 14: ...ng rate and nr of tracks SYNC Audio synchronisation such as AES internal word clock or video FS Sampling frequency 44 1k 48k 88 2k 96k 176 4k 192kHz BIT DEPTH Numbers of bits per sample quantization 2...

Страница 15: ...hus it scrolls the available sub menus A sub menu with a displayed parameter is at the end of the menu tree it indicates the current value of the parameter that can be edited While in a menu with para...

Страница 16: ...INGS SET FROM TIME Grab the time of the real time clock USER SETTINGS List available user setting Specific menu to create recall delete or overwrite user settings HARD DRIVE Specific menu to format or...

Страница 17: ...ally saved when leaving this menu The un assigned Tracks no dot on the crossing are automatically desactivated SETUP ROUTING SETTINGS MIXING LEVEL The MIXING LEVEL menu defines the attenuation to be a...

Страница 18: ...rt in 24 bits mode the DSP can re quantize the recorded samples by the following values 24 bits original value as quantified by the A D converter 16 bits Dithering reduction to 16bits per sample with...

Страница 19: ...n an external word clock applied to the SYNC IN connector This mode is overwritten when an input AES is routed Sampling frequency inactive Sampling up down inactive Bit per sample active VIDEO IN VIDE...

Страница 20: ...0 20 0 20 0 20 0 19 1 15 3 12 7 10 9 9 6 8 5 7 6 176400 20 0 20 0 13 9 10 4 8 3 6 9 5 9 5 2 4 6 4 2 192000 20 0 19 1 12 7 9 6 7 6 6 4 5 5 4 8 4 2 3 8 24 bits Tracks count fs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 44100...

Страница 21: ...rning is posted on the screen and a bip tone is heard NOTE if OUTPUT is selected in PLAYER mode the Time Code of the played file is outputted SETUP TIMECODE SETTINGS FORMAT When EXT JAM SYNC or EXT NO...

Страница 22: ...nently delete the selected configuration file Caution this operation is irreversible SETUP USER SETTINGS SELECT OVERWRITE SELECTED Overwrite an existing saved user setting by the current configuration...

Страница 23: ...rogram Time RV Time code displays the actual time of the TC program Time shows the elapsed time from the start of the take RV states for Reversed Video it improves reading in direct sun light SETUP SY...

Страница 24: ...is the identifier of the audio files name it is automatically generated The first 2 characters can be modified by the user which might be useful to clearly identify the recorder when multiple recorder...

Страница 25: ...ELECT a new screen lists the related WORKING DAY folders sorted in chronological order the working day folders contain the takes EXIT returns to the contextual menu UP steps back to an upper level of...

Страница 26: ...electing QUIT saves the changes and returns to the previous menu select MORE for the second page The second page is used to edit additional metadata the choice of editable metadata depends on the stat...

Страница 27: ...CIRCLED Tag the recorded file as Circled the audio file is notified with the suffix C in the BROWSE FILE menu NO GOOD Tag the recorded file as No Good the audio file remains in its original folder and...

Страница 28: ...ard disk and or on the CF do not forget to empty the Trash Bin on your desktop before disconnecting the USB port Otherwise the disk space will not be recovered Reconnecting the USB a second time doesn...

Страница 29: ...oo fragmented The CompactFlash Card bit rate is too low recording on this media has been suspended The FAT32 partition cannot be initialized The Alarm POWER occurs when the power voltage is soon too l...

Страница 30: ...AIT UNTILL FULL COMPLETION NEVER TURN OFF THE UNIT DURING AN UP DATE PROCEDURE 6 Once completed a message will be posted asking you to reboot the recorder 7 Reformat the hard disk of the SX R4 using e...

Страница 31: ...NIC AUDIO FILE FORMAT MONO NONE 1 sec 2 sec 5 sec 10 sec 20 sec PRE RECORD TIME 2 sec Routing table 12345678 Input channels 1 assigned 0 not assigned HD TRACK 1 MIX 10000000 HD TRACK 2 MIX 01000000 HD...

Страница 32: ...8 tracks TRASH Trash folder PROJECT1 Deleted files from project 20110525 Deleted files from day May 25th 2011 SX0002S5 WAV Audio file 2 false start 20110526 Deleted files from day May 26th 2011 SX0005...

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