Sound Devices Scorpio User Manual

Scorpio User Guide
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Track
A single recorded audio signal. Common recorded tracks are the main
left/right master audio bus and isolated (ISO) channel recordings. ISO
tracks are typically identied by the channel of the same number, e.g.
channel 1 is sent to track 1, channel 2 is sent to track 2, etc.
Track arm
Tracks that are active and ready for recording are said to be “armed”.
When recording begins all armed tracks begin recording. Depending
on the production is may be advantageous to arm and disarm tracks,
especially to disarm unused tracks.
Track name
Individual tracks of a multi-track recording can be named to indicate
microphone type or character name.
Trim
Also dened in mixers as “gain”, the trim adjustment is the rst stage
of gain of a microphone or line level input. Typical microphone trim
values range from 10 dB to 50 dB, depending on microphone sensi-
tivity and volume of the sound source.
User bits
Static, numeric data that is available as part of a timecode signal.
User bits are often used to indicate the date of a le. User bits are
four sets of two-digit hexadecimal numbers from 00 to ff.
WAV File
A universal, well-supported le type for sound le recordings. WAV les
can contain one or more (up to 65,535) tracks of PCM audio data at
any sampling rate and bit depth. A standard WAV le is limited to a
maximum le size of 4 GB. Sound Devices uses the WAV extension for
recorded les, including for les with Broadcast WAV metadata and
WAV RF64 les.
WAV RF64
An extension of the WAV le type that supports le sizes larger than 4
GB. When recording high track count, high sampling rate polyphonic
WAV les, the 4 GB size limitation of WAV can be reached quickly.
RF64 les larger than 4 GB require recording to a volume type than
can support le sizes larger than 4 GB.
Word clock
A reference signal used to synchronize the sampling rate of multiple
digital devices.
XLR female
Industry-standard 3-pin locking audio connector for microphone and
line-level sources. Predominantly used as an input. Also shown as
XLR-F.
XLR male
Industry-standard 3-pin locking audio connector for microphone and
line-level sources. Predominantly used as an output. Also shown as
XLR-M.

Sound Devices Scorpio Specifications

General

Brand	Sound Devices
Model	Scorpio
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English