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Cantar-X User Manual v2.44 (r14) 2013 March 21
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SESSION SOUND REPORT [2]
Sound-Report – Columns
User configurable columns carry the take specific data.
16 Col Templ.
Layout A Layout B Layout C
Three custom Operator maintained layouts are available,
they are stored in Cantar's memory and can be modified
by [jog]-ing through the column/field linking positions (see
SESSION.15 below). The first letter identifies which layout
(A, B or C) the selected column is modifying (e.g., A Col.12,
B Col.12, C Col.12).
17 £ Col.02 to 31 £ Col.16 (£=A, B or C)
[INS field] [DEL field] Blank Filetag
Scene Take Tc Start Tc End Duration
Tc Slate A Tc Slate B Tc Slate C Track 1 to 8
Tracks used File Size User bits
Column '01' displays the recording order; it is not modifi-
able. To assign a different field to columns 02 to 16,
press [ok] and with [>] [<] select one from the available list
(above).
[DEL field] eliminates the field assigned to the selected col-
umn and shuffles the fields on the rightside to the left; 'none'
is displayed on the last column. If you want to activate a
'none' column press [ok] to change it to 'blank', then select
any field for it.
[INS field] inserts an empty placeholder ('blank') that can
be filled with a specified field; other fields are pushed to
the right... provided there is at least one 'none' column on
the far right.
Sound-Report – Files
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Three independent PDFs are created: 'All' contains all of the
t-p-w-a-n take-genders, 'Wild' extracts the 'w' takes, 'Trio'
displays the takes carrying one or more Linking-Trios (see
p.48).
The PDF files are named using: the calendar date, followed
by the take selection A, W or T (All/Wild/Trio) and the
file treatment D, N, R or X (Direct multi-mono/Native poly/
Rotated poly/miX poly), e.g. 081224AR.pdf, 081224TD.
pdf. The ‘comment’ field (200 char. max.) is used as the
take separator. Disarmed tracks carry no track-name.
Paper size is unified @ 21x27.2 cm to fit both 'A4' and
'Letter' formats.
note: on some Mac firmware, you must open the PDFs with
'Preview' (Aperçu), since Adobe Reader or Acrobat can't
directly print them properly.
CSV* & ALE (Avid Log Exchange)
A CSV tab-delimited table for spreadsheet applications, as
well as an ALE list for editing machines are systematically
generated with the PDF.
These files are named using: the month and day numbers,
followed by the treatment D, N, R or X, and the page num-
ber, e.g. MMDD_R##.ale. A new page ## is opened each
time a new parameter value (fps, sample-rate, etc.) appears
in the sound-report header.
note: not yet reading the iXML chunk embedded in the BWF
files, Avid MCs only have access to the first 40 characters of
the comments stored in the 'aNote' of the BWF descriptor.
* Originally CSV stood for 'Comma Separated Values, they
are now, most of the time using tabs instead.
Sound-Report – Generation
For the latest entries of the day to be taken into account, the
last report overwrites the former one. It takes a little more
than one minute to build a twelve page sound-report.
• Any time
Go to BACKUP.11 'Snap Report', select the Dir, Nat, Rot,
miX status of your choice. Press [ok] to send the Sound-
Report to a YYYYMMDD.AA# folder on the drive(s) in use
as selected in SESSION.03.
note: to redo a Sound-Report for a preceding day (e.g.
edited with Majax or Cantar), set BACKUP.01 ‘Bckp Mode’
to At Call, then BACKUP.02 ‘Day to Copy’ to (the date), then
BACKUP.11 ‘Snap Report’, etc.
• After Idle Bckp
Before removing the backup media, set BACKUP.12 'Idle
Report' to 'Yes'. The Sound-Report is sent to the YYYYMMDD.
AA# folder where it carries the same Dir, Nat, Rot, miX status
as the backup files.
• After At Call
Set BACKUP.14 'Run Bckp' to 'Yes'. The Sound-Report is
created when the backup is completed, it is sent to the
YYYYMMDD.AA# folder where it carries the same Dir, Nat,
Rot, miX status as the backup files. (# = D, N, R or X).