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User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28
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User Manuals and Software download
Manuals and tutorials are on
http://www.soft.aaton.
com/swcantar/
Latest Cantar software is accessible to
registered owners only; beta versions are NOT to be used
for commercial assignments.
• on your
first visit
: click ‘create an account’, enter your
details, don’t forget the country. After a few seconds you
will receive an email with your password. Enter this pass-
word and your email address in the login page.
• on your
next visits
: If you forgot your password, click ‘lost
password’. Enter your email address; if it is found in the
Cantar database, the password is sent to this address.
Cantar Users’ Group
You can exchange tips with other cantarists on
http://
blake.aaton.com/mailman/listinfo/cantar-users
Pictures on the road
Send your pictures to aaton-support@aaton.com for the
Cantar gallery, we will put the best ones on
http://www.
aaton.com/gallery/on-location
Post Production helper
Read the ‘
CantarPostChain
’ and spread it around to Post.
http://www.aaton.com/files/cantar-post-chain-23.pdf
Keep in touch
Software versions
–
X1 & X2
+
X2 only
v2.15
March 2008
–
Direct routing of all inputs to T7T8.
–
Mono mixdown of T1-T7 to T8.
–
T7T8 in-grid check with
T1–T6 banks.
–
Line-out/Foldback gain adjust moved from
AUDIO/TC to TEST for active level monitoring.
–
Monitoring
of the dynamic mix: Xa/Xb stereo, Xa+Xb mono, Xa only
mono, Xb only mono on the So position in PLAY as well as
REC.
–
One hand Solo/Filter adjust.
–
Latency protection
of the limiter button.
–
Storage of the project's PDF sound-
report headers.
+
Ethernet–Tarkan activation.
v2.11
Jan. 2008
–
Creation of 'play-cards' with cue in/out for
selective play of current and archive 'play-files'.
+
Rec&Play can
play up to eight tracks from internal or external HDD, add nine
analog inputs while recording eight tracks on the internal HDD.
+
Remix of a prior recording with new dynamic mixdown and
addition of a commentary track.
+
ADR for 'hear it/say it' dialog
correction.
+
Incremental re-recording up to 8 tracks/file.
v2.06
Dec. 2007
–
Talkback Mic sent to Line-out and/or
Foldback left (e.g. boom) or right (e.g. director).
–
Double beep at
REC stop.
–
Two PDF Sound-Reports (ALL for ‘t p w a n’ takes &
WILD for ‘w’ takes).
–
ALE and CSV lists added to backups.
+
Up to 85ms delay on analog inputs; differential alignment and
TC compensation.
+
Wordclock-sync at 48/96kHz (±0.1%) and
44.1kHz.
+
Autoslate detection on Mic1-5, Line-in1-4 and Track1-8.
v1.87/v2.00
June 2007
–
‘Remote Roll’ recording starts upon
receiving running LTC, and stops upon receiving frozen LTC from
camera or GMT-u (no TC overlaps, no record interruption on RF
transmission drop-outs).
–
Remote STOP, TEST, PPR and REC from
CantaRem, R.can-w or keyboard.
–
Line-out & Foldback levels can
be controlled by CantaRem sliders.
–
A new ALE/PDF page opens
on each header item change.
–
Blank columns are allowed in the
PDF Sound-Report.
–
In ‘Forced’ mode, CantaRem can put Cantar
on STOP.
–
Archive tags are ticked after Backup@Call, they allow
Cantar to finish filling a half full DVD-RAM.
–
IdleCopy is less prone
to bus hangs with slow external HDDs (see LaCie firmware update
p.42).
–
CSV file stored on internal HDD speeds-up PDF burning
to DVD-RAM.
note: in a Cantar-X1, v1.78 must have been installed
once as the key to current versions.
From Cantar-X1 to X2
X2 brings the following hardware improvements :
• a CM-5 motherboard carrying an FPGA (Field Programmable
Gate Array) which provides increased processing power for
functions which can’t be performed by X1,
• an analog-to-digital converter (AD-5) with nine program-
mable audio delay buffers (up to 85ms @ 48kHz),
• a 100BaseT Ethernet interface board (ET-1) with an RJ45
socket in a hinged HDD holder.
X1 and X2 both work under Aaton-OS in the same low
power consuming CPU, with the same software versions
but some features require the capabilities of X2 to operate,
e.g., Rec&Play; DVD-RAM playback; Ethernet connectivity;
Differential delays on Mic & Line-in; AutoSlate detection on
Mic, Line-in and Track; Wordclock sampling and synchro-
nizing of multiple Cantars.
note:
All Cantar-X1s can be upgraded to fully featured X2s.
