Operator interface circular displays 3 data panel 3 main selector 4 push buttons 5 three-crown-turret 5 power power on/off 6 battery check 6 mini/maxi voltages 6 files project name 7 working day 7 file names with filetags 7 time calendar clock 8 sync clocks 8 fps and sampling rates 9 ltc-out generat...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.2 operator interface.
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.3 ergonomics the cantar interface is the easiest to use in the most difficult environment : • because the swivelling front panel always presents the best viewing angle, • because the largest display surface of all recorders permanently shows the recording para...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.4 main selector six operational positions, •rec •ppr •test •stop •play •browse are laid in the standard way, easy to actuate even with gloves on. Six setting positions, •mon-outs •route-ins •audio •tech •session •backup are the gates to parameter programming. ...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.5 push-buttons waterproof and silent. In the main selector in test , ppr , rec [white] shows monitor-out configurations [shift•white] ppr : opens/closes scene edit, rec : puts an event marker (not activated in v1.29) [black] sends slate mic to line-out & foldb...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.6 start stop (9 o’clock) to start cantar up, main selec- tor on stop, press either the front panel [batt-1] or [batt-2] button for a couple of seconds. All displays flash and the message panel lights up to confirm that cantar has started correctly. On the left...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.7 an error free system when you cold-start cantar, it assumes you want to continue working on your latest project, which is therefore displayed at the bottom of the message panel. When you rent a cantar, its project memory should be empty; the message panel sh...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.8 time (a) one clock, three clocks time is the essence in a digital audio recorder, two types of times are in use: the «calendar time» and the «syncing time» calendar time is kept for ever (four years) by an always active low precision clock which automaticall...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.9 the working day, this avoid the loss of the 1ppm syncing time. If you nevertheless want to power down cantar at lunch time, the blinking intc icon at powering up will remind you to re-initialize cantar and all equipments around. Sync clock-b: rec-run master ...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.10 test microphone prep. 10 o’clock this position opens access to the classical audio tests. It is important to properly feed the cantar mic-preamps which offer the longest dynamic range in one go with no pre-conditionners. Audio inputs five microphones m1, m2...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.11 pre-post-record 11 o’clock this selector position is unique to cantar, it gathers three essen- tial functions: prerecord activa- tion, take descriptor keying and file erasing. Precording buffer the main selector being on ppr, the pre-record buffer stores th...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.12 rec. Disk recording 12 o’clock in rec a red led lights up in the data panel and a [•rec] icon shows under the active disk drive. The internal-disk icon appears on the leftmost cir- cular display, the external-disk icon appears on the central display and the...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.13 playback 8 o’ clock this selector position opens access to the files of the day only. Files of the day main selector on play, the last recorded file is played. Arrows can be used to browse the files of the day. Once selected, a file is immediately played, p...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.14 monitoring the out- puts 6 o’clock this selector position opens access to the creation/modifi- cation of the many grids which connect the mic, line, aes inputs and tracks to the cantar outputs. They are all instantly accessible through the config crown (wet f...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.15 inputs to tracks 5 o’clock any of the 15 inputs – line, mic or aes – can be sent to any track. Each circular display shows the routing of the two tracks engraved on its upper left side: 1-2, 3-4 and 5-6. The [eye] button toggles between 5-6 and 7-8 track mo...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.16 audio parameters 4 o’ clock here are gathered the settings which show in the audio files delivered to the client and on the generated audio signals. 1 sample rate 44.1k (47.952) 48k 96k 2 bit depth 16bit 24bit 3 toneslate -20db -18db off 4 line-out level 0d...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.17 tech parameters 3 o’ clock here are gathered the operat- ing parameters related to the recorder day-in day-out use. 1 unmount hdd yes no unmounting the internal hdd puts it out of the cantar central processor control while keeping it powered by the batterie...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.18 15 temp °c lcd+02 hd-12 if the display heater option is installed, lcd+02 monitors its temperature control activity. It takes about fifteen minutes to reach the +2°c to +4°c equilibrium in a -15°c environment. To save power cantar should be in a carrying ba...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.19 session/project 2 o’ clock on this selector position are gathered the settings related to a given project title. 1 project name aacantar shadows factory preloaded aacantar is stored on the internal hdd. If the disk has been reformatted or emptied by the ren...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.20 push backup 1 o’ clock this position gathers the settings necessary to ensure the copy of the hdd files to other medias. 1 working day 2004-08-11 2004-08-26 2004-08-27 2 temporality (oct. 20, 2004 available) iddle bckp iddle cnvrt all at end instead of back...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.21 10 startbackup yes 0.435gb no 0.435gb this is available in iddle cnvrt and all at end temporali- ties only. The initial volume, e.G. 0.435gb, is shown then decremented during the copy. Once the backup is launched, position the main selector on stop: the dis...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.22 tutorials (a) post-prod flow chart the aaton ‘filetags’ ( st1254 ) generated by cantar ensure a ‘natural’ file sorting on any computer desk- top, and provide error free conformation between the bounced 16bit files sent to the editor on cd-r, and the 24bit orig...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.23 majax for cantar available on http://soft.Aaton.Com /swcantar this mac/pc application brings many helpful func- tions to cantar users : it pans & p lays eight tracks on a simple laptop audio card with ±12db (3db steps) level adjustment ; corrects scene&take...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.24 (select save as...). Put it into the ‘scan control’ folder which is the titan directory. The option will then appear in the file selection rules. The way the cantarrules works is to use the first 6 digits from the file name and first 6 digits from the ‘sound ro...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.25 tutorials (d) a1 to a5 b1 to b5 c1 to c5 mic 1 to 5 digit 1 to 6 line 1&2 line 3&4 digit 7&8 mixer with pan and ms dec. r to z r to z r to z a to q or t7 t8 mode hard disk int & ext digit 1 to 6 line out xlr5 feedback jack3”5 phone jack6”35 d...
Cantar v1.29 user manual 2004 sept 28 p.26 connectors mics on xlr-3 symertical transformer isolated (+0dbu) mic-1, mic-2, mic-5 xlr-3 1= gnd, 2= hot, 3=cold mics on xlr-5 symetrical transformer isolated (+0dbu) mic-3 (left or m) 1= gnd, 2= hot, 3=cold mic-4 (right or s) 1= gnd, 4= hot, 5=cold line-i...
Updates as an owner/user of cantar, you should regularly visit http://soft.Aaton.Com/swcantar/ to get the newest manual and lat- est cantar or majax softwares. Your first visit . Click on ‘create an account’. . Key-in your details, don’t forget the country, [enter]. After a few sec., you receive a m...
