+33 4 7642 9550 www.aaton.com Cantar-X User Manual v2.26 (r13) 2009 April 27
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01 Disk Status
Unmount Mount
Two CPUs can't simultaneously control Cantar's drives.
Unmounting the internal HDD and DVD-RAM drives puts
them out of the control of Cantar's CPU while keeping them
powered. A FireWire connected PC or Mac can then see
them as standard devices on which to edit the audio files
and transfer software updates.
While using a Mac laptop, you must install 'WriteUDF' to
be able to modify the metadata on a DVD-RAM disk in the
Cantar burner (see Majax, p.56).
WARNING: before disconnecting the FireWire cable,
FIRST, eliminate the 'disc' icon from the PC or Mac desktop,
THEN disconnect the cable. Ignoring this rule will trigger a
warning message, but it will be too late; the audio files may
already be corrupted.
02 Digi Power
Off On DigiLoop*
'Off' saves 110mA@48kHz, 200mA@96kHz. The digi 1
to digi 6 icons of the circular screens blink as a reminder to
turn 'On' the sample rate converters that have been routed
but not powered up.
* DigiLoop triggers the powering of the AES converters and dis-
ables the Rec&Play 'playback-track to digi-in' internal connection
when using the Aaton AES-Mixer accessory. (Dec. 2008)
03 Save Setup all user settings
No Yes
All of Cantar's physical settings (In-Grids, Out-Maps,
TECHSET and AUDIO/TC parameters, mic filters, etc.) are
saved in XML files on the external HDD (or the internal HDD
if there is no external drive connected). To ensure a unique
name for each group of settings (called Setup), it is named
by the last recorded filetag, e.g. AB1234+A.xml. As many
Setups as desired can be saved, keep them in the internal
HDD.
Since they can be used in another Cantar, copy them onto
a laptop before returning a rented machine, next time you
will re-import them and be ready to go, a great timesaving
operation ! And think about tthe time you spent setting the
RR1–RR8 re-recording In-Grids (p.28), save them forever!
On an internet browser, provided you keep the .xml exten-
sion, you can replace the 'latest-filetag' name with a more
personal name, e.g. Custom01.xml or RerecIng.xml.
note: in case of an operational problem, perform a 'Save
Setup', attach it to your mail to cantar-support@aaton.com
explaining the problem. This will help Aaton engineers pro-
vide you with a solution.
04 Load Setup
No Yes
Opening 'Load Setup' makes Cantar look for .xml suffixed
files in the external and internal HDDs. Select the setup to
load, e.g. Custom01, [ok]. Press [shift] to reboot.
05 Backlight
0% to 100%
In bright sunlight, save power by turning 'OFF' the backlight.
To insure visibility whatever the startup lighting environment,
the rectangular screen doesn't go down to 0%, this offset is
maintained throughout the adjustment range.
06 Display dB
On Off
While adjusting a fader, its dBFS value is displayed with the
other faders found in the same mic, line or mixer bank.
TECHSET 1, SAVE/LOAD SETUPS
MAC-OS Ejecting the Cantar Disk WINDOWS
01 Disk (un)mount
02 Digi in/out power
03/04 Save / Load Setup
05 Backlight
06 View Fader dB
07 Record beeps
08 Clip detection beep
09 Lack of ext. clock beep
10/11 Beep routing/level
12 Meter ballistics
13 Peak hold duration
14/15 Bat L / Bat R alert
16 HDD Power Down
17 Serial Com. port
18 Factory Reset
19 Max File Size
20 Temperature Control
21/22 System Time/Date
23 Equipement IDs
24 License key
25 Software version info
26 Software install
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