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Nomad Preliminary Manual = • Zaxcom Inc. 230 West Parkway Po mpton Plain s New Jersey 07444 Table of contents Overview ........................................................................................................................... 3 Microphone preamplifier.......................................... ........................ ................. ... ..... 3 Auto Trim . ................................. ........... ............................................................................. 4 Input limiters ...................................................................................................................... 4 General graphic user interface operation ... ............................... ........... ................. .......... 5 Powering Nomad .............. ............. ...................................................... ......... ...................... 5 Software updates ................................................................................................................ 6 Boot-loader programming ,..... " ..................................................................................... 6 Meters...................................................................... ............... ..................... . ... ......... 7 Home menus .............................. ........................................ ................................................ 7 Chann el Setup ....... ........ ........................................ .............................................................. 8 To ne Generation ................................................................................................................ 8 Main Headphone Monitoring (1/4 inch jack) ... .. ........... .............................. ........ ............... 9 Headphone 2 monitoring (3.5 mm jack) ............................................................................. 9 Recording .......................................................................................................................... 10 Media selection ....... ,..... ...... ....... .................................... ............................................... 10 Transport controls.......................................... ................ .............. .......................... 10 Primary card record ing .................. ............................................................................... 11 Mirror card recording ........................ ........................................................................... 12 Main Menu ............................................................................................. ........................... 13 Meta Data Menu ............................................................................................................. . 13 Slate Display .. ... . . ... .. ......................... ........... .... ......... ................. ............ .............. .. . 14 Record Enables .................................................................................................................. 14 Fader Assign .................................................................................................................... 15 Card / Mirror Setu p Menu ................... ... ........ ............... ........... ....... ................. 15 Mirror CF mode .......... ......................................... .............. ........................... .............. 16 AUX REC MODE ........................................................................................................... 16 AIRMA IL ................................................... ..................................... .......... .................. 16 WR ITE .C5V FILE .......................................................................................................... 16 FOLDER ............................................................................................................. ............. 16 PRIMARY CF MENU ........................................................................... .......................... 17 MIRROR CF MENU ......................................................................................................... 17 Mode Menu ............................................................... ..................... ........ .......................... 18 I/O configuratio n.... ..................... ................................... .. ..................................... 18 Memory Menu .................................................................................................................. 19 Nomad Engineering Setup . ............................................................................................... 19 Headphone #2 VOL ....................................................................................................... 20 Set ti me and date.............. ............ ............. ................... .. ................................ 20 Zaxnet Setup ............................................................................ ... ............................... 20 limiter Enable ............................................................................ ... ............................... 21 Output Bus and Card limiter men us ............................. ............................................ . 21 Tra ck Names .... ............................................................. ..... ........................................... 22 Monitor memory names ............................................................................................... 22 Warnings .. ......................... 23 . ..................................... 23 Input Levels . ................................................................. Internal and External slate level adjust ........................... ....................................... 24 Output Level s................................ .......... ..................... ............................................. 24 XLR 1-4 and TA5 1-6 output bus leve ls .. .... .................. .. ...................................... . 24 Mono and tape out levels. .... ..................... ............. .................. ............... 24 Prefader effects................... ............... ... .......... .. ............................ ................. 24 Transport Keys (Shifted/U nshifted) ................................................. ............................. 25 Time Code ..... ...... ...................... ................ ....................................... ................ ........... .... 25 Bus Routing ... .. ........................ ........................................................................................ 26 Pre Fad er Listen .................... ........................... .............................. .. ...................... 27 Com and Slate functions .................................................................................................. 28 ENGjEFP bag operation ........ ...... .. ............... ..................................................................... 28 10 cha nnel mix operation .. ........................................................................................... .. 30 Card operation ............................ .............. ................................................... ................... 30 Nomad pin outs ............................................ ..................................................................... 31 All lAS male input and output connectors ................................................................... 31 All XlR inputs and outputs .......... ... .......... .................... ..... ................... ....................... 31 Mono and Tape out ........... ...................... .................. ................ ......... .......................... 32 All Head phone Outs ............................... ..................................................... ................ 32 External slate mic in ................................... ................................................................... 32 Hirose power input ................................................................................... .................. 32 Specifications .... ......... ................................................................ ....................................... 33 2 Overview Nomad is a new concept in location sound recording and mixing. It redefines the function of bag audio syste m. A simplified user interface eliminates the need for hardware trim controls, pan and PFlswitches. Nom ad eliminates any possi bility of clipping analog inputs; it provides wireless time code transmission, wireless IFB transmission, and wireless remote control to Zaxcom wireless un its. Nomad also featu res a visu al slate and provides metering, mon itoring and mixing capabilities far beyond any other current multi track mixer/reco rder combination. All of this is in a package that is smaller, lighter and consumes up to 50% less power than current solutions . Nomad can record up to 12 audio tracks and mix audio for a variety of applications. While Nomad has been designed for use in the film and television industries, its exceptional audio quality and feature set makes it a clear choice for any application that requires high resolution audio mixing and recording. 10 analog inputs and 8 AES inputs may be mixed to 8 output busses as well as 2 sepa rate headphone output busses. The unit is designed to be the highest reliability recorder available. Nomad records on all solid state media, it has very low power consumption this makes the Nomad the best choice for location sound recordi ng. In addition featu res like Zaxnet time code transmission, wireless IFB transmission, wireless microphone remote control, visual slate display, MP3 recording and wireless file transfer make the Nomad a unique produ ct that will set a new standard for loca ti on sound recording. Microphone preamplifier Nomad contains six mic/line level inputs. Ea ch input is individually configurable. A super low distortion and super low noise amplifier provides studio like performance in a portable package. A hardware based high pass filter is used to limit distortion due to low freq uency vibrations an d wind noise. Th e input dynamic range is 135 DB. And each input utilizes two A·D converters to achi eve the unprecedented dynamiC range. If enabled a soft knee compressor automatically normalizes the in put dyn am ic range to a more typi cal 115 DB. This compression system uses a look ahead archit ecture that provides the most natural sound available in a location mixer recorder. Nomads input architecture is a transformer free design. Transform ers contribute to a la rge amount of low frequency distortion that is not desirable under any circumstances. 3 Auto Trim Auto-t rim el imi nates the need for hardware trim knobs. The auto-t rim mod e is enabled in the Mode selection menu. When enabled, auto-trim will route the input trim fun ction to the menu knob based on the last fader knob that was adjusted. In ma ny of the home menus an input meter with a floating diamon d will show the current trim setting of the channel that will be adjusted by the auto trim function when the encoder is adjusted. A blue LED indicator a lamp located next to each fader points to the channel that is being adjusted by Autotrim. Wh en Auto-trim is not selected the channel setup men u is used to adjust the input level of each of the six main input channels. The floating meter di amon d indicates the relative position of the input trim adju stm ent. Input limiters When mixing for film and TV production it is desirable to record audio with the most dynamic range possible. The proble m is that actors can vary thei r performance in a way that is unexpected and can cause input clipping and limiter distortion. In an effort to provide a quantum leap forward over existing mixing technology Zaxcom designed Nomad so that the need to utilize the input trim controls and input limiters, to prevent the input preamp distortion typical of unexpected high levels of audio, is unnecessary. Nomad has a very unique input structure. The input dynamic range of Nomad is 135 dB. Therefore it is impossible to clip Nomads input. In practical use inputs are set so that a microph one input peaks at -20dB FS to lOdB FS as is the case in any typica l m ixer. Nomad will allow an inpu t to exceed the typ ica l OdBFS range by 20dB (FS+20dB) w ithout any risk of dipping. With 135 dB of input dynamic ra nge, 30 db of head room and a floating point mixing system, the need f or any use of the trim co ntrol during normal operation is elimin ated. Faders are all that is ne eded to control the level of an input channel mixed to an output or record ed track. Even though the traditional input limiter is not needed, a soft knee compressor is provided on each mic/line input and each output and recorded bus . 4 General graphic user interface operation All menu functi ons of nomad are accessed by push ing in the menu knob Adjustments are made by a combination of turning and pushing in the menu knob. Pushing in the headphone knob will act as a back key taki ng Nomad back on e level. Nomad's menu system is configured in the sa me way as a conventional mp3 player. A right pOinting arrow associated with any menu item indicates a path t o anothe r menu. Any selectable function will be highlighted w ith a blue background. Pow ering Nomad Nomad is designed to be powered f rom external DC voltage. A nominal voltage of 12 volts is recommended. The unit will draw approximately 500 milliamps at 12 volts. The maximum allowa ble input voltage is 18 volts. Nomad's internal battery functions as an un· interruptible power source. If internal batteries are loaded, six nickel metal hydride or lithium batteries man datory as the internal power source. Never use alka line batteries in the Nomad. They will only last a few minutes and they will get very hot. Nomad will keep the internal batteries charged as long as the internal charging circuit is en abled in the engineering setu p men u. If non rechargeable batteries are utilized the cha rging circuit must be disabled or damage to Nomad may result. The charging circuit will take up to 24 hours to return the batteries to a full charge. It was designed to keep the internal batteries ready for use when external power is lost. Nomad's intern al battery can be quickly changed if they are drained by continuous use. Nomad will dynamically adj ust its powe r consum ption based on the amount of inputs and outputs utilized . Due to nomads efficient design very little if any heat is generated by nomad. 5 Software updates The Nomad software is easily upd ated . The operating system is "brick" proof. To update Nomad copy the current software from the Zaxcom web site to a compact flash card . The card should have a FAT32 format from a PC/ MAC or Zaxco m recorder product . Insert th e card in the mirror slot. With the power off, press and hold the "* /lkey, wh ich is located between the headph one and menu knob. Now switch on the power. After the display screen comes up the ...,11 key can be rel eased . The Nomad will find the software update on the mirror card and begin the update process . It is important to have a rel iable power source while the unit is updat ing. The software version ca n be viewed in the about Nomad m en u accessed in the main menu. The boot loader searches for the first program file it finds on the card . When placing a progra m file onto a card using a PC or MAC be careful to delet e any older nomad program files on the card BEFORE co ping the new program file t o the CF card. Th is will prevent the nomad from aCcidenta lly finding the old program file inadvertently (even though it was deleted). It may be wise to always format the CF ca rd with a MAC, PC or Nomad before copying a nomad program file to the CF ca rd. Boot-Loader programming The Nomad boot loader (currently version 12) should never need to be updated. If instructed by the factory, the boot loader can be updated by entering the "advanced setup menu" from the ENG setup menu. Follow the in structions on the Nomad screen to update the boot loader. The boot loader (currently V12) is a sma ll program that runs wh en the unit pow ers on. It normally reads the main progra m from ROM and executes it. If no program is fond in internal ROM the boot loader will attempt to boot from a program on the CF mirror card automatically. 6 Meters 00:05:08:05 MON l TL 1111 :02:03 -. IHI IH I 1111 1111 !Il11II. Nomad m et ers are the most comprehensive of any location recorder there are several selectable meteri ng options to choose from. Th e co lor of the meter und er the · 20 level indicators will indicate the source type bei ng metered. Ught blue for input, Green for output busses and Purple for recorded tracks. The t rack name is indicated within the m eter itself to aid in chann el id entification. If a comp ressor is en gaged a wh ite gain reduction ind ication will appear at the left side of the meter jf the compression threshold has been exceeded. Home menus ST OP MONl 00:01:06:0980:05:08:05 "ONI U.N! l OK . -. . NII 1 QF n .. Tlt1 ,t:: 13 Tt ,., :«Z'.«I .,.~ ~ .." .JIll 1 '~I ".' Im !:It . , !D~ ·~ I" I --= Press and hold the menu knob while pressing the "COM" button or the "SLT" button will toggl e t hrough the metering menus. Eight different home menus are available. Two menus can be stored for fast access, one un der the "CO M " and one "SLT" keys. Repeated operation of the "COM" button or the "SLT" button will cycle through the available home m en us. 7 Channel Setup CHI SETUP TYPE Mle DELAY HPF OFF OFF PH ASE NORMAL [ t LIM PHANTOM OFF OFF OFF HOTCH1 •• .,. .,. ·'. .i Pressing the setup key will enter the cha nnel setup menu. When in the channel setup menu, pressing any ofthe six multifunction keys located near each control knob will select the input channels one th rough ten . An input meter is provided in each setup menu to help adjust trim in each channel. Push and rotate the menu knob to select and cha nge each channel input fun ction . Channel input functions include: input trim, input type, channel delay, high pass filtef, phase, compressor lim ite r, phantom power select and notch filters. Use the head phone back button to return to th e home menu. Notch filters have separate On/Off and frequency adjustments. Notch freq ue ncies can be entered by utilizing the fun ction keys on the nomad as well as the menu knob. Tone Generation R3 R4 s e T x oUT1 X 0 UT2 X 0 UT3 X 0 UT4 X 0 UT5 XO UT6 AUX BUS ASSIGN Noma ds tone generator is ind ividually ro uta ble to each output and recordable channel. Tone is assigned by selecting a tone cross point in the bus menu. A ''1'' indicates the tone cross point column. To enable tone generati on hold down the menu knob, the n press the setup button. Pressing and holding the setup button for approximately one second will also ena ble or disable the tone. Tone level and frequency ca n be adjusted in the Engineering Setup menu. 8 Main Headphone Monitoring (1/4 inch j ack) Nomad's main headphone has 12 Monitor Memories. Nomad ca n be set up to monit or any combin ation of card tracks, output busses, or returns. If selected wireless microphone receivers can be monitored di rectly through the Zaxn et System on Nomad 6, 8 and 12. 1 2 4 3 5 6 7 8 I ICRD L OUT X RET J ICRD X R OUT RE T J ZAXHET To setup the monitor memory selection press menu knob and headphone knob at the same t ime. Use t he menu kno b to select the desired monitor cross po int s to change. Any combination of monitor cross pOints can be engaged depend ing on user preference. Pressing the headphone switch will cycle thro ugh all of th e available monitor m em ories. Each of the mon itor memories can be ind ividually labeled through the engineering setup menu. Nom ad conta ins the most comprehensive headph on e m onit oring syste m of any locat ion sound mixer. Press and hold the headphone knob to escape the headphone 1 routing menu . Headphone 2 monit oring (3.5 mm jack) i - X RET i IeRO OUT R HPH 2 Nomad provides a seconda ry headphon e stereo output bus. Th e cross point selectio n is made in the bus routing m enu . The level control for the headphone 2 output is located in the ENG setup menu. The menu above shows output s 1 and 2 sent to head pho ne out 2 left and right iso lated. 9 cording Media selection Nomad current ly works best with 32 gig 133x CF cards. Sandisk, Transend, Kin gston and Delkin cards usu ally work well with Nomad. Con tact you r dealer to get recommendations on the best memory card s to use. Because there are 100s of ca rds available and the list constantly changes contacting the dealer is the best source of card information. Pur chasing higher performance media will not increase performance and may not be compati ble with Nomad. Transport controls Record, Stop and Play are always di rectly available by pressing the corresponding keys on th e nomad control panel. The functions are either shifted or un-shifted depending on the state of the transport key fun ction in the Engin eering Setu p m en u. Nomad factory default is set that the TC, Automix and Zaxnet buttons primary function direct entry non~shi fted functions. Tto go into record, stop or play you wi ll have to hold down the menu key, as a shift key, then press the corresponding key. Nomad will allow the REC/ STOP/PLAY keys to be un-shifted to provide d irect access to their functions. Meaning if un-shifted is selected and you tap the record . stop . or play keys their functions will access immed iate ly. In addit ion if the unshifted is sel ected to then access t he Te, Automix, and Zaxnet menus become shift ed and you will have to hold down the men u button before hitting these keys. If the transport functions are shifted, they are still accessib le by holding the fu nction keys f or about 1 seco nd to activate th e function. to Primary card recording PRIMARY CF DELETE LAST SEC ERASE CUR FOLDER FORMAT CF CARD PRIMARY FOLDER fOLDER > XlO2 > XU03 > XU"" SIZE 202 M8 20J til 2011 Ie .... 265 lIB 206 It! ",. '118 .. "05 XIII7 2117 HS SEes 22 • ",. 25 2. 27 " Nomad is unlike any other recorder. The Nomad 4 and 6 ca n record to t wo Compact Flash cards at the sa me time. The Nomad 8·12 can record to two Com pact Flash cards and either an external USB record ing device or to internal m icro SD card at the sam e time. The Primary media uses the Zaxcom MARF file system . The advantage to this is that any power loss to the system while in record will not result in a loss of recorded audio as is common to all other portable recording systems. Nomad automatically closes all open files at the point the audio recording was interru pted with no loss of audio up to that poi nt. The Primary media while using a proprietary file system is 100% compati ble with mac or PC by lJtilizing the free file conversion utility Zaxconvert. This utility may be downloaded from www.zaxcom.com . The mirror card will record t he files as a BWAV file. All recorded files are directed to individual folders . The prima ry folder m enu allows for a recording folder to be selected and erased. Holding the stop key while the Noma d is in stop mode will also allow for the deletion of the last recorded segment. The primary and mirror folders can be different or t he same . If select to be the same then th e mirror audio will be the same as the audio currently being recorded on the primary media . Note all primary and mirror cards m ust be formatted by Nomad before use. Curren tly 32gig cards are the largest r eco mmend for use in Nomad. Check with Zaxcom for a current update on this restriction. II Mirror cord recording rUR 0 c START SEC 1 999 END SEC BWA U ~lOHO FILE TYPE FI LE RESOL UTION 24 BITS TC OFFSET g~s FORHAT MIRROR CARD > The mirror CF menu controls the recording of the mirro r CF card . Th e mirror ca rd wi ll record from the selected start segment to the selected end segment. The start segment will automat ically increment wit h each new reco rdi ng of the primary media. The file t ype and th e file resolution are set in the me nu. Th e type of fi le and resoluti on reco rded is usually determined by post product ion. Broadcast Wave poly 24 bit is the most common format. The mirror card is formatted as FAT3 2. All files reco rded in the mirror d rive is fully comp atible will all M ac and PC platforms. All new m irror card must be formatted in Nomad before use. Nomad can currently handle any size card up to a 32 GB card. The mi rror card is generally used as a deliverab le form at to post production. M irror recording has two operational modes. It can be set to mirror cont inuou sly (CONTINUOUS) or only when the Nomad is in st op mode (ON) . Contin uous mirror means when Noma d's primary card is recordi ng the mirror card will record at the same t ime. Depending on the t rack counts the mirror card may lag beh ind a bit . Not to worry after you stop the prima ry card fro m record ing the mirror card will catch up. The ON mode mean s that the m irror recording will st art only when the prim ary card is st opped . This is useful when h igh track cou nts are mirrored and recorded fil es are sh ort du ration. When mirroring you mu st set t he mirror folder number to the folder you want to mirror. This is not necessarily the same as the primary folder. If the primary folder and the mirror folder are not t he same number the wrong audio data may be mirrored. 12 Main Menu MA I N MENU r SLATE DISP LAY REC ORD EHAB LES FADER ASSIGH MY HOMAD (CARD/H IRROR) MOD E MEMORY STORE/R EC ALL ABO UT HOI1JlD ENG SETUP ) ) ) ) ) ) > ) From a home meter screen, press the menu knob t o enter the main m enu screen. Please note from some meter scree ns you may have to push and hold the menu knob for 1 second to enter the main menu . Met a Data M enu META DATA SR:48000 TC:23. 98 PRE : OFF AIRMA IL OH NI H 1 OF 20 TL 01:02 : 03 --- FOLDER 2001 (5 s eg s) S :123A H: I LOUE HOMAD T: 100 This menu displays key Nomad operat ing parameters as well as allowing for entry of metadata. Scene take and note metadata are selected with the menu knob and selected to enter the text entry menu. When a scene name is entered th e take number will automatically go t o a value of 1. Whe n any text is entered the "OK" may be selected or press th e headphone knob to take the new selected name. Meta· data for any recorded segm ent or the next recorded segme nt can be edited f rom t he meta-data menu. 13 Slate Display This display is used to show a visual time code slate to a camera. Pressing the me nu kno b will freeze the displ ay and cause a 1 frame long beep tone in the audio on any bus that is selected for output tone . Th is is used to provide sync for the camera to match picture and sound . The slate numbers are intention ally up side down to make it easy for a cam era person to shoot the nu mbers correctly. Record Enables RECORD ENABLES 1 2 345 6 7 8 IX X X X XIXIXIXI PRI IX X I I I I' II R I This menu enables the tracks that are t o be recorded on each media. On Nomad 8 and 12, three media can be recorded at the same time . For a track to be recorded to the mirror or aux media it mu st also be re corded on the primary media. Simply said you ca nnot mirro r a track that is not being recorded t o the Prim ary CF card . The example pictured above shows 8 tracks recorded to the pri mary media with 2 tracks each recorded to th e mirror and aux media. When a sa mple rate of 88.2 KHz or 96KHz is selected only 8 Prima ry tracks are allowed to be recorded. The record en ables can not be ch anged while the Nomad is in t he record mode. 14 Fader Assign FADER ASSIGN 1 2 a 4 S 6 7 8 FAD1 IA FAD 2 A FADa A FAD4 A I T IA A A A FADS FAD6 The 6 hardware fad ers can be routed with the fader ro uting matrix. Go to the main menu and select "fader assign" to enter the matrix. Analog inputs 1-6, digital inputs 1-8 and analog trim controls can be routed to the faders. Ma sters ca n be m ade in order to better con trol surround microphones . Because the Nomad has a digital mixer no actu al audio is going through the Nomad fader controls allowing for complete flexibility for the mixing hardware faders. Return inputs 7-10 may be used 35 line level inputs and are mixed with the virtu al faders in the 10 chan nel mix home menu and cannot be assign ed to a hardware fader. The pictured example above shows fader 1-4 controlling the fader functions of the channels 1-4. Fader S is controlling the input trim of channe lS and fader 6 is a master for chan nels 1-4. Card I Mirror Setup Menu MY NOMAD AUK REC MODE OFF AIRMAIL OFF IIRITE .CSI1 FILE FOLDER PRIHARY CF MEttU MIRROR CF HEHU AUK REC MEHU AIRMAil HE.... > > > > > This menu controls the recordi ng functionality of the Nomad . Each of the recording media can be accesse d and controlled . The Airmail function for the wire less delivery of MP3 files is also accessed through this menu. 15 Mirror CF mode Mirror mode enable is f'lt the top of t he menu . When enabled, the Nomad will mirror its files to the mirror compact flash card. Two mi rror modes are available. The "ON " mode mirrors files when the nomad is in stop mode. This is ideal for "scene and take" style of product ion. The "CONTI NUOUS" mode mirrors whenever the p rimary card is recording and is best for continuous record ing like that of reali ty television . Th e segme nts to mirror are selected in the "M IRROR CF ,VlE NU" . (See recordi ng section of this manua l for more information) AUX REC MODE When enabled, the Nomad will mirror its files to the aux media. This is only ava ilable on Nomad 8 and 12. The segments to mirror are selected in the "AUX REC MENU ". AIRMAIL This will enable the t ransmission of MP3 files over w ifi connections. Sec "AIRMAil" menu for details. WRITE .CSV FILE This funct ion will write a metadata list file to the mirror drive. It should be done after the last file is recorded so it can contain all of the info rmation on the files recorded for post production. FOLDER FOLDERS FOLDER SI ZE SEGS ~ X002 X0 03 X O~~ X005 X006 XO O7 X008 202 203 2 04 2 05 206 207 208 HO MO MO MO MO MO HO 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 This menu allows multiple memory ca rd folders to be created. A new folder can be chosen for each new job or day of production . 16 PRIMARY CF MENU PRIMARY CF DELETE l AST SEC ERASE CUR FOLDER FORHAT CF CARD > > > This menu allows for the co ntrol of the primary Compact Flash ca rd. Delete last segment erases the last recorded segment. Th is funct ion is not recomm ended as erasing f iles can create diffe rences between m irrored media and the primary ca rd . Erase current folder clears only the current folder leaving the other folders untouch ed . Format CF card will completely erase the contents of t he card. Nomad will ask jf you are su re as this function erases primary card contents that can not be recovered. Please note all new cards must be formatted by Nomad with the fu nctio n before record ing is allowed. The ca rd form at is Zaxcom MARF. This format is not FAT32 compatible and jf you want to use it with a Ma c or PC pl atform it must be read with Zaxconvert. Ple ase see recording section of this manual for more information regarding primary recording MIRROR CF MENU MIRROR CF 1 START SEC END SEC 999 BWAU HOHO FILE TYPE FILE RESOlUTI OH 24 BITS TC OFF SET Oms FORHAT HIRROR CARD > This menu controls the Mirror CF functions. Start and end segment controls which files are mirrored from the primary card to the mirror card . The segment end is automatically incremented with each new record ing to the primary. Please see the recording section of this manual for more information regarding mirror recording. J7 M od M nu F M I" ,::·'F 486 :; ~; ; .. "i P.(u'l'.: (.IH ND!Hl lh. GPI REMOlE ROll OFF SLA TE SOURCE PRERECORD AUTO TRI M INTERNAL OFF OFF M[X8 OFr PAN 1/2 orr ~p J ;~ £ /!G T[ ::; U. I t mIl l ':U L! CF HIX 8 PAN 1/2 PAH 3/11 ! l~ -: J:!'{((l OFF OFF PH E~ECOR D IIUTO TRIM I/O COHF Ie OFF IE"" ) OFF OFF OFF Th is m enu is use d to set the operating modes of the Nomad . Sample rate, transport control. GPI remote record ing control, slate microphone sou rce, prerecord time, auto trim control, I/O configuration, Mix 8 extern al fader enable and PAN men u routing controls are all fou nd in the mode menu. The Pa n ro uting enables and selects which pair of outputs will be assigned to th e two channel ENG pan routing feature. This mode would most likely be used when sending two channels of audio to be recorded di rectly to camera. When select ed each pan pair will act as a left/right output pair. Example: if pan 1/2 is selected output bus 1 will be the left out and output bus 2 will be th e r ight out . I/o configuration I/O CONFIGURATION RES AES RES AES 1/2 3/1a ON OFF 5/6 7/8 OfF RET 3/1a AHnlOG 5/6 OFF 0" 0" The fa ct ory defau lt is set up that so that Nom ad can handle one pair of AES inputs. If more than one pair of AES inputs is required, tha n the Input configuration must be changed in order t o make the AES add itional resources available . The I/O co nfiguration m enu is used t o select between AES inp uts and other nomad resources. Simply put for Nomads proce ssors to handle the additio na l AES cha nnels then oth er input items may need t o be deactivated. Eight sel ections are provided to give you various options of AES input s, tape return 3/4 and ana log inpu t 5/6. You ca n choose wh ich option works best for you. To access the I/O configuration menu, en ter the main men u, select the mode m enu, and then select the I/O menu. The I/O configuration will not be altered after a factory reset of Nomad. 18 Memory Menu MEMORY ~. STORE 2 STORE 3 CLEAR FADERS RECALL 1 RECALL 2 RECALL 3 RECALL FA CTO RY DEFAULTS STORE TO MIRROR CF > > > > > > > > This is used to save and recall the user settings. Three memori es are provided. A factory default memory is also provided to restore the Nomad to its factory defa ult settings. If factory defaults are reca lled you will need to reset the user settings. Nom ad allows for settings to be saved to the mirror compact flash card. This will allow for settings t o be exchanged between multiple Nom ads. Nomads internal settings are stored in flash memory contained w ithin Nomad. External media is never necessa ry to maintain nomad memories. Nomad Engineering Setup. ENG SETUP ENG SETUP SET TIME DA TE ZAXHET SET UP LIMITER ENABLE INPUT LI MI TER OUTPUT LIMITER CARD LIM ITER TRACK NAME S MON ITOR HAlES > INPUT LEUELS > OUTP UT LEUELS > LCD BRIGHTNESS > LEO BRIGHTNESS > TRANSPORT KEYS > TOlE FREQ > TOHE LEUEL > > > > WARNIHG S SET UP 0 0 SHI FTED o Hz OdB Nomad engineering setups are designed to configure the device for your speCific applicatio n. To enter the setup menu go to the ma in men u and select the "ENG SETUP" me nu. Thi s men u sets the input and outp ut levels as well as other engin eering parameters for Nomad . Use the me nu knob to scroll th rough all of the 19 engi neering parameters. All of the parameters will not fit on the screen at one ti~e so the screen wi!! s:::,cl! as you move!O lh e lower parameters. Pressing the men u knob will select the cu rrent paramete r and highlight it. Press the men u knob to select the function . That function will be high light with a blue . ;J ckground on the menu screen. Rotat e the menu knob to change the selected .JJrameter. Press the headphone knob to exit th e function. t· :et:t'[phone #2 VOL This will adjust the output level of the Headphone #2 output (3.5mm) jack. This jack IS designed to feed a headp hone. It can also be used as a separ ate un balanced output bus. Set time and date SET TIME DATE ttonth oay Hours Hinutts Stconds , •• Noma d co ntains a battery backed real time clock an d cal en dar. Th is is used to jam the time code and user bits. The dock keeps the time code runn ing wh en the Nomad power is switched off. Zaxnet Setup ZAXNET SETUP TRANSPORT SlA UEO n: FREQ TK AUDIO BUS GROUP COD E n:: POWE.R RX FRE Q1 RX FRE02 RX FREQa OFF 2 _403GHz 1 1 , 2 _403G Hz 2 _403 GHz 2. 483GHz This feature is currently under development 211 Limiter Enable LIMITER ENABLE CARD LIMITER EHABLE 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 8 I I I I 19-t I I I BUS LIMI TER EHABLE 123456 I I I I I I I In this menu you can choose which card track and wh ich output bus you wan t to engage the limiters on. Select the cross point in the matrix to enable the limiter. The limiter is imp lemented as a soft knee compresso r. The limiters settings are adj usted in the output limiter and card li miter menus. Output Bus and Card Limiter menus OUTPUT LIMITER DECA Y THR[SH "'" I . OdB RAT 10 CAl ff 1. 0:1 ". CARD LIHITER - DECAY THRESH On' RATIO II . OdD 1. I:' CAIH Od. The output bus and ca rd limiter menus allow for the adj ustment of limiter/Com pressor parameters . The adjustments are on a global basis, mea ning that all output or card cha nne ls that the limiter is engaged on will operate on the same settings that are set up in this menu. Nomad limiters have a factory preset setting. But the attack, decay, threshold, ratio and gai n ca n be adjusted to provide your desired effects. The output limiter only affects the selected 6 main output busses. The Card limiter tracks affect only t he tra cks that are re corded on the CF card med ia. 21 Track Names TRACK NAMES 2 , CARO 2 3, I:ARO 3 ~, I:ARO 4 5 , I: ARO 5 \I: I:ARD I:ARO 7 8 , I: ARD 8 9, I:ARD 9 " • The track name menu allows for t he naming of reco rde d tracks. The track name s will be displ ayed within the card meters and are contained in the file meta data so post can easily identify the source of a record ed track. After the track name is entered you must pre s OK for Nomad to accept t he inputted name. Monitor m emory names HON MEM NAMES 2: 110H2 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: MOH3 MOH4 MOH5 MOH6 MOH7 MOH8 MOH9 Th is men u allo ws you to customize the headphone monitor na mes th at appear in the home screens so that you can identify the headp hone memory. 22 Warnings WARNINGS SETUP INT BATT THRES HOL D 5. 5U EXT BATT WARNING OFF EXT BATT THRESHOLD 10.5U HP BEEP LOUDNESS 20 HP BEEP BATTERY OFF HP BEEP LOW DI SK OFF HP BEEP REC /STOP OF F The Warnin gs setup menu allows for customiz ation of the Nomad warn ing system. Wa rnings a provided for battery and external power level as well as record ing time availabi lity. Intern al batte ry warning should be set to 7.0 volts for Nickle meta l hydride batteries and 8.0 volts for lithium batter ies. External battery threshold shou ld be set to 10 volts. The batte ry threshold settings select the voltage level at which the batte ry warnings sta rt to appea r. This setting also changes the scalin g of the battery meter graph ic to adj ust for battery ch emistry based on t he dead voltage setting. Input Levels INPUT LEVELS EXT SLATE LEUn RET1 LEUEL RET2 LEUEL RET3 LEUEL RET4 LEUn OdB OdB" OdB" OdB" OdB" The input levels men u controls the levels fo r the slate mic inputs and the return level inputs. The return level inputs will effect inputs 7,8,9 and 10 . Retu rn 1-4 input adjust These inputs are continuously adjustable to accept a line input level of +4dBu to -15 d8u. Since these inputs can also be used as line level inputs the ret urn level adjustment provides a calibration for the input level of the Rl-R4 inputs. (These inpu ts are sometimes referred to as inputs 7-10 wh en used to feed busses ) 23 Internal and External slate level adjust The internal slate microphone and extern al input connector input level adjust is continuously adjustabie. Set the level to a comfo rtable operating level. (It IS normal for the internal slate audio to have a high no ise floor. Th is is due to the audio routing within the Nomads digital wiring section .) Output Levels OUTPUT LEVELS XLR XlR Xl R lAS lA S lAS OU12 OU13 OU T4 OU11 DUl2 OU1 3 IRS OU14 lAS OUT5 "dOu OdBu ..Bu " Bu "Bu IJdBu ""Bu ItdBu The output level menu will allow the Nomad outputs to be selected at 0, -10 and -35 dB levels. X1111-4 and TAS 1-6 output bus levels The 6 main output buses can each independently be selected to three outpu t levels. OdBu (line level), -10d Bu (tape / con sumer level) and -35d Bu (mic level ). For example, output bu s 1 ca n feed the XLR out at OdBu and the TA5 at -35 at the same time. Mono and tape out levels. These outputs are continuously adj ustable in 1 dB steps from -12dBu to +21dB u Pre/oder effects When a channel is routed pre-fad er to a card track or outpu t bus, it is usually desirable to route it w ith out effects like notch filters and co mpressors. This se tting will allow you to assign the effects to a pre-fade tra ck. If you select this function to be on th e effects will be assigned to all pre-fade channel it is a glob al function. 24 Transport Keys {Shifted/Unshifted} Nomad factory default is set t hat the TC, Auto mix and Zaxnet buttons pri mary fu nction are just that. And to go into record, stop or play you wi ll have to hold down the men u key, as a shift key, then press the corresponding key. Nomad will allow the REC/STOPjPLAY keys to be un-shifted to provide direct access to their functions . Meaning if un-shifted is selected and you tap the record, stop, or play keys th eir func tions will access immediately. In addition if the un-shifted is sele cted to then access the Te, Automix, and Zaxnet menus beco me sh ifted and you will have to hold down the m en u button before hitti ng these keys. Time Code TIME CODE ENTER TIME CODE ~un[1I DI 00:00:00:01 CEil 00:00:00:04 Ie B0:00:00:00cEH DB JRM "If J~1t 11'1:1 .... "' [ litER )8 TI ME CODE SETUP I C RIllE IC DurUYfo Ie OUI IHCRU1(MI U811S D9 UTE STYI[ 23.98 GUI:.RAIOIt ;['-;AATOR OfF [U ,",on JflK 11 Il10 Nomad' s time code input and output are located on th e left sid e of the ch assis. Two BNC connectors are used to connect nomad directl y to broadcast came ras. There are three t ime code menus available under the time code key. Press the TC key to enter the first tim e code menu . Press the t ime code key again to enter the other t ime code menus. This first menu shows the current time of Nomads internal time code ge nerator. Both the runn ing t ime code and user bits are displayed. Nomad's t ime code reader will show incom ing t ime code data as well as the rate of the incoming time code . This menu is used to jam incom ing code as well as ja mming to Nomads internal time code generator. Time code can also be jammed from Zaxn et if the system is in use. The second time code men u allows for direct numeric entry of time code values. Rotate th e menu knob to select the desired entry position. Then use the Nom ads function keys to enter a numeric value. The " COM" (7/9) and "SLT" (8/0) keys are used to enter two num bers each as indicated by the front panel overlay. Once a time code value is entered press t he back key to exit the function. The thi rd time code menu is used to set the operat ion al mode of the nomad time code system. Nomad supports all standard broa dcast t ime code rates. Both free-run and recorder run generator modes are also supported. 25 Nom ad conta ins a batte ry backed rea l time clock. Th is dock is used to maintain ;u!1ning time code. The battery should be changed every 2 yea rs in order t o ma int ain the ;:apability. Bus outin& BUS ROUTH('O w MOHO OUT TAP E OUT CARD MI;>; 1-4 CARD MJX 5- 8 CARD HI X 9- 12 HEADPHONE 2 PLAY OUTPUT ROUTE R PLAY HPH RO UTER > > > > > > > > Press the Bus key to enter the bus routing men u. This menu provides access to the routing of any inp ut to any output as well as the record card routi ng. When in the bus menu press the bus key again to toggle through the additional bus menus. 1 2 xx 3 4 5 6 R1 R2 X'X X X P P OUT3 P i r OUT1 OUT2 P p Dun OUT5 OU16 ANALOG INPUTS Nomad inputs are indicated along the top row of the routing display. Nomad output buses are indic ated by the column along the right side of the dis play . Use the menu knob to select the des ired cross point. Pressing the menu knob will toggle th rough the available cross points . Each bus menu will have different cross po int s available . Some menus allow for phase inversion of input cross points. Phase inversion is ava ilable by pressing the St ar key whi le in th e bus menu. This will enable the selection of phase inverted cross points . Since phase inversion cross po int s are sel dom selected th is system allows for a fa ster select ion of common pre-fader and post-fader cr oss po ints. An "X" indicates a post fader cross point. A lip" indi cates a Pre Fader cross point. An X or a P with a line over it represents that the ph ase is inversed. Bus routing is fully cross faded so select ion may be changed during th e nomad recording process . 26 a 1 2 &~jX 4 5 6 7 8 x 1 , XX XX XX 2 3 ~. DI GITAL •s !-. , >~- ASSIGN Som e bus point selections may be indicated with the color red. This indicates t hat cross poi nts are not available in your current configu ration. Go to the Input Configu ration Menu to ch ange the digita l input sel ect ions. Pre Fader Listen STOP 0 1 :56:40:28 12- - - - AIR MA IL ON . 1 MI R10F20 TlO1:02 : 03 2 3 11 5 6 R1 R2 I I I I I I I I • lOUT Press the PFl key to ent er to pre fader list en function. The PFl monitor ch annels will be in dicated on the home screen by a flashing PFl display. The home screen will show th e channe ls that are selected for PFl. Use the six multi function keys to select the desired mon itor channel or chann els. Holding one of the 6 channel keys for .5 seconds will add a channel to the PFL mix. Qu ickly pressing the 6 ch annel keys will isolate the channel to be monitored. Pressing th e headphone kn ob will restore normal headphone mon it ori ng select ion . 27 Com and Slate functions , -- - ---r- .UT1 R3 R4 s e T I ~ ___ X 0 UT' 0 UTl I 0UT4 X X 0UTS 0 U" AUX BUS ASS IGN The com and state keys are used to enable th e internal or ext ernal slat e m icrophone. Aud io is routed to the selecte d destinations by the bus rout ing menus. These keys will ro ute the audio fro m th e slate microph one to th e selected dest inations. Slate cross points are ind icated with an "S" at the top of the routing menu column. Com cro ss points are indicated with a "(" at th e top of the routing menu colum n. The example shows the sl ate routed to outputs 1·2 and th e com routed to outputs 5·6. Holding down the menu kno b and pressing the Com and slate keys will select differe nt home menus. If the menu knob is not he ld down slate or com audio w ill be rou ted t o ther e destinations when t he keys are pressed. Selection of inte rnal or external slate audio is designated in the mode me nu. The sl ate microphon e gain is controlled in the ENG setup m enu. If the extern al slate input is used, balanced dyn amic micro phon es as welJ as S.O V powered t wo wire mic rophones are supported. 2X ENG/EFP bag operation STOP HON 1 00:01:06:09 AIRMRIl OH H1R10F20 -~,..... TL ., : .2 :03 ·n ·n 1 2 3 _ 5 6 R1 R2 I I I I I I I HPUT 6 I lOUT r Select the EN G Hom e menu w ith the 8 chan nel routing matri x. This menu shows output busses 1 and 2 as well as t he input meter indicating the auto trim function. The pan routing m atrix reflects the bus routing o f busses 1 and 2 at all times . If PAN 3,4 or PAN 5,6 are enabled in th e mode menu, utilizing the pan routing se lection in the home men u will ro ute bus 1,2 and the other busses that are select ed in the mod e m en u. To use the pan function, press the bus key to enter the PAN routing sel ections - the pan matrix will th en be highlighted. Rotate the me nu knob to select th e input you w ant to PAN. Pressing the menu knob will assign the input as right, left or cent er to each inp ut pair that was selected in the mod e menu. Th e PAN rou ting selection simp ly is a short cut and controls the cross poi nts in the output bus routing menu. It can only route post fad er analog inputs to the Nomad out put busses. Any other routing must be done in the bus routing m en u. When in the ENG home menu the "bus" key must be pressed twice to enter the bus routing men us. If the pan cross point color is black this indicates th at all bus ses under contro l are co rrectly reflected by the L,R, or C cross point character in the 8 bo x pan matrix. If the cross point color is red the Nomad is indicating that one or m ore of the controll ed bus pairs is not correctly routed. Reselect ing the pan cross po int will clear the routi ng error condition . 29 10 chan . t?1 >nix operation :e> :08:05 'ION 1 Tl U1 : 82 :03 Inl I II I I II I !IJltlI. I II I .i~ Select th e 10 channel mix home me nu with input meters 7-10. Th ese meters incorporate 4 virtual faders. Pressing the men u knob will select an input fa der for adj ustment. Pressing the menu knob will cycle through inputs 7·10. Using the 6 input knobs and the 4 virtual faders 10 channels can be ea sily mixed with no need for external hardware fa der panels . Virtual fade rs 7-10 are f jxed and are not assigna ble,lnput trim adjustments for channels 7-10 are accesa ble und er the setup key by selecting 7,8,9 and 0 wit h the "co m" and "sit" keys Ca rd operation 00: 10:27:28 MON 1 1::.:tb~TL 01 : 02 : 03 Nomad records 4-12 tracks depending on the model. When the card track mete rs are displayed each of the available record ing tracks ca n be individually mete red. If a line appears throug h a meter it indicates that the track is not be ing recorded on the primary media. The tracks can be tu rned o n or off in the record ena ble menu wh ich can be found within the main me nu. Nomad pin outs AES in/out OBiS male small profile (Use twi sted pairs where possible) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 RX34+ RXI2+ TX56+ RX78+ RX56+ TX12TX I2+ GROUND TX 34TX34+ RXI2 RX34TX5 6RX78RX56- All TA5 male input and output connectors 1 GROUND 2 CHA+ 3 CHA- 4 (H8+ 5 CH B- All XLR inputs and outputs 1 2 3 GROUND CH+ CH- 31 Mono and Tape out Tip Ring Sleeve Output No con nect Gro und ALL Headphone Outs TIP RING SLEEVE CHA CHB GROUND External slate mic in Tip INPUT+ Ring INPUTSleeve Grou nd (biased to SV) (biased to SV) (This is a ba lanced input. It can be used with dynamic micro phones. It can also be used unbalanced with powered low voltage microphones.) Hirose power input Ground +8 to l8V Pin 1 Pin 4 32 Specifications Input Ana log Inputs 6 M ic/Une·level w ith 48V phantom power 4 nne·level (c Olm er.! re tum or ml~ inputs) Input Connl'Ctors 6XlR, 2 TAS An;tlog Dynamic Range 115 dB Mic-level Range -56 to ·26 riBu Ll ne·levellnpu! Range ·10 to +8 dB DIsto rtion O.C1015~ Frequency Response: 20 Hz to 22 kHz ilt 48 kHl sample rate THO 0.0015% I NOise Input Clipping Level +28 dBu Input limiters 6 Digital Inputs· 8 (3 AES pairs with SRC, 1 Af542 Pair with SRC) • Digital inpul Connector· OB15 mini Hish Pass filter adjust able, 30to 240 Hz Output Analoll Outputs 4 Balanc ed )(lR OdBu,-lOdBu and ·3OdBu 3 Balan ced TASI6 Bus) OdBu,-lOdBu and · 30dBu Tape/Mono ou tput 2 unbalanced l .Smm OdBu,. 10dBu and 30dBu D,sitalO 4 AES pairs (8 ch annels) Une Outout Clipping level +20dBu AES Ou tput" Mix or Oirect out. user ~eler:tab lf! Headphone l ~ Headphone 2. 3.5 mm stereo bus Analoe Dynamic Range inch STereo bus 115 dB Z;urnet RF interface " 2,4 Ghl Tran~mjtter SOmW output power frequency Range 2403 to 2.475 GHz ModulatIon type Spread spect rum Bilrldwidth Connector I MHz SMA fem ale Internal Mixer MIKel Type Mixer crO\S point A0 I Q·A Convers,on size ]2 bit floJting po;nT osp 16 inpu l x 16 output ( Pre·f~der I Post·fader I Phlse Inllerslon) 24 bit 33 Head Room Selectable 12 to 20 d8 Effects o t060 mS In .1mS steps 2 band, 20 Hz to 20 kHz freqventY range adj usta ble Compreuor Type Soft Kntoe COMpres~OI Attack, Release, Threshold, Ratio, Ma ke·up Gain High Pa~s Adjus!ments I ·It!"r 20 Hz Ie 230 Hz Re<ord inr Tracks 4,6,8, 12 tracks (Model dependent) Pre·R Ko rd 010 10 seconds Sample R at e~ 4',100, 47952,48000,4804888100.96000 Data Storace Int ernal 2 Compact Flash Card slots, 1 Micro SO card slot External US8400 USB H05t power Z,5 W atts fite Formats Internal Slot 1 Mobile Audio Re cording Format (MA~F) II Internal Slot 2,3 / [ )(Iernal FAT3 Z writIng 8roadcast Way mono or poly File Re solution 24 bit or 16 bit se!ectabl e Sample Rate 47952, 48000,48048,88200, 96000,96096 Misc. Delay o t o 60 ms per channel Serial Zaxcom Propitary Display Full colo' teO Sunli ght read able Meters Output, Input. card hor,zontal formal Size(HxW xD) 2.0" W"ll!ht 3,8 Ibs Wit h in terNI batte ry x 9.9" x 7.0" Power Internal 6AA 7·9 VOC, 2· 4 hours of usag e (NiMh) [xternal 10 to 18 VOC External Power 8to 18VDC@300mA Battery Meter on leO display All specification prelimi nary and subject to change • Fea ture is model dependent 34