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User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28
p.41
p.41
are missing.
Tag type1:
CD_T1-6_001 general mode for DVD burn-
ing. T1-6: six mono tracks from AAD folder, T1-8: eight
mono tracks from AAD folder. MXDN: monophonic stereo
mixdown from AAD folder. MXBN: poly stereo mixdown
from AAX folder. MXBC: poly stereo mixdown with 24-bit
to 16-bit reduc. 001 to 999 (media rank).
Tag type2:
CD_TK-1_001 used if the files must be sepa-
rated because their group is too large to be burned on a
single 690MB CD. TK-1 is the track number and 001 the
media name rank.
11 Snap Report
None Direct Native Rotate miXdown
Snap immediately stores the day’s Sound-Report into a
YYYYMMDD.AA§ folder (§= ‘Dir’, ‘Nat’, ‘Rot’ or ‘miX’) on
the drive(s) in use. (see ‘Sound-Report - Delivery’, p.38).
12 Idle Report
No Yes
Before [eject]-ing
the DVD-RAM or
removing
the external
HDD, select ‘
Yes
’ and [ok]. This copies the Sound-Report
to a YYYYMMDD.AA
§
folder (§= ‘Dir’, ‘Nat’, ‘Rot’ or ‘miX’)
which carries the same status as the files recorded on the
backup disk (see ‘Sound-Report - Delivery’, p.38).
13 Clean Polys
No Yes
This operation deletes all of the previous day’s Poly files result-
ing from intermediary treatments stored in the internal HDD.
Obviously if you later have to deliver another backup copy
containing Poly files, the Backup@Call will take longer since
it will have to recreate the deleted files. As a precaution, only
the Poly files of preceding workdays can be deleted.
14 Run Backup
No, nnnnMB Yes, nnnnMB
The default is ‘No’ with the
size of the files to be saved.
This allows you to quickly visit
and immediately leave using the
same [ok] button.
RunBackup automatically inserts a Sound-Report carrying
the same ‘Dir’ ‘Nat’ ‘Rot’ ‘miX’ status as the files recorded
on the backup disk.
The Sound-Report builder adds about one minute to the
backup process; three files are produced: a ready to print
, a tab delimited
CSV
for spreadsheet applications, an
ALE
list for editing machines.
Example of a standard backup
Select ‘
T1-T8 (7/8)
' in.03, ‘
mono-Direct
’ in .04,
‘
Poly16Trunc
’ in .05, ‘
Ext.HDD
’ or ‘
DVD-RAM
’ in .06;
you get a Poly16-bit mixdown plus all the native 24-bit
monophonic tracks on an external HDD or DVD-RAM.
The several disk case
Go to BACKUP.10 ‘Media Label’, select the disk you wish to
burn, [ok], BACKUP.14 ‘Run Backup’, [ok], ‘Yes’, [ok]. Go
back to ‘Media Label’, choose the next one and so on. You
can interrupt the process between two disks and return to it later.
Don’t forget to write Cantar ID, Project name, Date, and Media
label onto the CD/DVD as it comes out, so as not to waste time
looking for the ones you haven’t done yet! Upon completion of
writing, the disk will need to be manually ejected. When the
green indicator starts blinking, press the burner's [eject] button.
Direct backup from a Mac or PC
Once TECHSET.01 has ‘
Unmount
’-ed, the internal HDD is
no longer under the Cantar CPU's control but is still powered;
a Firewire connected MAC or PC sees the Cantar HDD as
any other HDD, and can copy the files, perform selective
erasure, and edit the metadata with Majax.
Warning:
To prevent destruction of the Firewire input (max:
16.6 V) by the Mac GX (33 V), open the disk compartment,
disconnect the HDD and connect it to the GX; its Firewire input
handles up to 40 V. (Mac/PC laptops supply a safe 12 V).
Corrupted File Retrieval
Cantar saves the disc’s FAT every ten seconds but in case
of power interruption, the last file is left open and unplay-
able. Also, if by accident you erase important file(s), do
NOT continue to use the HDD. IMMEDIATELY remove it
and send it to Aaton. Do not use any standard recovery
programs, this is guaranteed to DESTROY any audio that
could have been otherwise saved.
BACKUP 3.
BACKUP 14
Run Backup
Yes 360MB <
