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General| Brand | AAton |
|---|---|
| Model | Cantar Mini |
| Category | Recording Equipment |
| Language | English |
Details on 4 Mic and 2 Line inputs via TA-3 connectors.
Description of AES-42 inputs via Sub-D 15 HD connector.
Details on 6.35mm HP, 3.5mm HP/Slate outputs.
Description of 8 Line outputs (Sub-D 25) and 2 AES pairs (Sub-D 15 HD).
Procedure for formatting internal SSD, SD cards, and USB drives.
Explains the meaning of various state icons for media.
Displays remaining free space and recording time on each media.
Steps to power up the Cantar and indicates startup sequence.
Procedure to power down the Cantar and emergency shutdown options.
Overview of the Linear Actioner, button panel, display, and selector.
Resets the Cantar to its original state via the Technical Menu.
Managing projects, days, and their suffixes for recordings.
Explains Live rec, Idle, and Disable modes for media.
Steps to format media using the FAT-32 file system.
How to assign linear faders to inputs or tracks.
Configuring sliders and function buttons on Cantarem II.
Setting up InGrid presets and routing inputs to tracks.
Adding, removing, and configuring inputs within InGrid.
Declaring inputs as Mixdown and using Pan-Pot to Mixdown.
Steps to remove inputs from tracks.
MS decoding, arm/disarm tracks, and adjusting track levels.
Routing talkback to tracks and understanding track vumeters.
Triggering track solos and managing track arm/disarm status.
Adjusting track gain, naming, and mixdown pan-pot settings.
Soloing tracks without actuators and double solo/phase-meter.
Corresponding input soloing and track name/gain adjustments.
How to solo inputs with or without actuators.
Configuring Phantom power, Limiter, Phase inversion, and Preamp parameters.
Setting phase inversion, filters, and attenuators for inputs.
How to link inputs and master/slave configurations.
Configuring digital filters and EQ for inputs.
Soloing tracks and using the phase meter for comparison.
Setting gain, attenuator, and filter for line inputs.
Configuring AES-42 inputs, including phantom power and digital gain.
Adjusting headphone volume and enabling safety clamping.
Configuring and managing headphone output mappings.
Naming outmaps and routing inputs to headphone outputs.
How headphone outmaps are indicated in Test, Pre-Record, and Record modes.
Configuring line output outmaps and adjusting output levels.
Muting outputs during playback and muting beeps.
Selecting and editing line output outmap configurations.
Using the talk function and applying multiple outmaps per selector position.
Configuring AES output outmaps, referencing Line Outmap section.
Controls for playing takes and selecting waveform display modes.
Selecting monitoring modes and headphone playback modes.
Details on Recorded Mixdown, Tracks-Mono, and User Outmaps playback modes.
Soloing tracks during playback and viewing recorded routing.
Displaying and navigating sync points on the timeline.
Quick and full editing of metadata for upcoming and previous recordings.
Accessing and editing metadata for previously recorded takes.
Editing metadata for individual takes or batches of takes.
Methods for connecting the Cantar to a computer via Ethernet or Wi-Fi.
Understanding the Web App's display and interaction features.
Using the completion feature to manage track names efficiently.
Understanding timecode status, and internal clock methods like Free-Run and Record-Run.
Various methods for initializing and controlling timecode, including LTC.
Using internal clock with clapsticks and configuring external timecode sources.
Utilizing pre-record buffer, tone generator, and talk functions.
Using slate detection, user markers, and viewing input levels.
Displaying track gain and locking the linear actuator panel.
Configuring and understanding the Cantar's low power mode.
Sending, restoring, and deleting files from the trash.
Procedure to attempt fixing corrupted or improperly closed audio files.
Setting up report types, filters, and header data.
Understanding the structure and content of the PDF report header.
Understanding report data fields and generating reports via Snap Report.
Filtering reports by take type and exporting reports to different media.
Setting up source, target, and backup process parameters.
Copying files, creating polyphonic/mixdown files, and copying reports.
Connecting to the Cantar via Ethernet or Wi-Fi for network access.
Configuring audio settings like sample rate, bit depth, and pre-record length.
Setting up timecode sources, LTC generation, and user-bits.
Configuring fudged timecode, operator TC, record-run TC, and clap detection.
Adjusting mixer faders, phantom mic gain, polyphonic modes, tone/beep, and remote record.
Understanding how disarmed tracks are managed and their status.
Enabling playback/record menus, adjusting slate mic levels, and headphone safety settings.
Locking fader balance and managing digital power for AES inputs/outputs.
Setting up templates for scene/take names and audio file naming, plus vumeter configuration.
Setting system date/time, and configuring display levels, attenuation, and light.
Managing low power mode, external voltage limit, and keyboard layout.
Enabling file network access, configuring Wi-Fi, and viewing IP addresses.
Generating diagnostic files and managing Cantar configurations.
Procedure for updating the Cantar's firmware.
Activating the playback and record features.
Selecting files and banks for live mode playback.
Assigning playback files to banks and creating play-cards.
Testing playback configurations and using pre-record for playback files.
Preparing playback files for recording using pre-record mode.
Starting a record session while playing back files.
Selecting files for clone mode operation.
Using play-cards and testing setup in clone mode.
Performing record operations in clone mode.
Pin descriptions for Mini Delta Ribbon and headphone/slate mic connectors.
Pinouts for Timecode Lemo and Power XLR connectors.
Pinouts for Mic/Line TA-3, AES, Analog Output Dsub-25, and Hi-Rose connectors.
Details on version 2.37, including new features and bug fixes.
Details on version 2.31, including Wordclock activation and AES Solo panel.
Information on bug fixes in versions 2.24 and 2.23.
Playback/Record feature improvements and bug fixes in version 2.21.
User assignation, talkback, CSV reports, and bug fixes in version 1.94.
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