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User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28
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01 Save Mode
IdleCopy Backup@Call PolyStore
• IdleCopy
can be activated any time, the earlier in the day, the better.
Parameters excluded by a preceding choice are flagged
as ‘N.A.’ (not applicable). When the internal HDD is not
occupied by any other task, i.e. in TEST or STOP, Cantar
incrementally copies the files of the day onto a DVD-RAM
(external or internal) or an external HDD. By the end of the
day most audio files are copied. This is an alternative to the
simultaneous recording on both the internal HDD and exter-
nal HDD. IdleCopy automatically updates archived files; if
you modify the metadata of an internal HDD file, its copy is
erased and re-saved.
To interrupt the process, go to PPR or press [
esc
] until
'
IdleOp Stop
' is displayed in the rectangular screen; the
unfinished file copy is deleted. The operation will resume
as soon as you go to TEST or STOP. Once IdleCopy has
completed, the backup disk goes back to sleep.
DO NOT remove the external HDD or DVD-RAM until the
IdleCopy job is completed, see ‘Pazienza!’
(p.20).
Toggling between TEST and STOP displays the remain-
ing disk space in Gigabytes. If, at the end of your next
recording, the file is too large to be idle copied within the
available backup disk space,
‘IdleCopy Full’
is displayed
on the rectangular screen. After you [eject] the DVD-RAM,
insert an empty one; the backup automatically continues
from where it previously stopped.
•
Backup@Call
Opens access to the parameters requested for BACKUP.14
‘Run Backup’. note: only trigger 'Run Backup’
at the end of the
day
to copy the files onto the external HDD. If you modify a
file’s metadata after you have saved the file with Run Backup, it
will not automatically resave your updated file(s) during the next
Run Backup of the day. It is preferable to use IdleCopy which
resaves files that have been updated.
•
PolyStore
To speed-up the end of day ‘Run Backup’, PolyStore copies on
the internal HDD the provisional 'Poly files' resulting from the
treatments done during idle periods and during backup@call
on DVDs. From time to time, it is good to clean these poly
files from the HDD (see BACKUP.13 ‘Clean Polys').
02 Day to Copy
2007-02-18
The current day is selected by default. Previous days can
be selected too. To simplify archive creation and retrieval,
Cantar only copies one day per CD/DVD. Several days
can be copied on an external HDD, each day in turn.
03 TrackSelect
T1–T8 *T1–T8 (7&8) T1–T6
*T1–T6 (7&8)
*T7 T8
*Of interest if the T7 T8 pair is a
mixdown.
(v2.1x)
04 T1–Tx Trtmt
mono-Direct poly-Native poly-Rotate
For T7 T8 alone see BACKUP 05 below.
• mono-Direct
leaves the iso tracks
in their original form (AB1234_1,
AB1234_2), and puts them in
an .AAD folder identical to the
Cantar HDD one.
• poly-Native
makes long poly files AB1234.PN by inter-
leaving the native iso monofiles while keeping their rank,
then stores them in an .AAN folder.
• poly-Rotate
is available only for
T1-T8 (7&8)
; it moves
the T7 & T8 iso tracks to the T1 & T2 positions while push-
ing T1–T6 to T3–T8, and makes a poly file AB1234.PR
stored in an .AAR folder.
The poly-Rotate treatment solves
the Avid composer inability to
put tracks where the editor wants
them: for example on a compos-
er the mixdown pair goes to positions 1 & 2 of the audio
timeline, unfortunately the composer automatically puts the
T1 and T2 iso tracks of a multitrack recording there too!
BACKUP 1,
01 Save mode
02 Day to copy
03 Track selection
04 T1–TX treatment
05 T7 T8 treatment
06 Media type selection
07 Burn and Check
08 Files to copy
09 File name
10 Media label
11 Snap Sound-Report
12 Idle Sound-Report
13 Clean Polys
14 Run Backup
BACKUP 03
TrackSelect
T1-T8 (7&8)
BACKUP 04
T1-T8 Trtmt
poly-Native
BACKUP 04
T1–T8 Trtmt
poly-Rotate
