Download Aaton Cantar-X2

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User Manual and Software download
Cantar Users’ Group
Cantar, Majax and R.can-w manuals and tutorials are on
You can exchange tips and propose improvements on
http://www.soft.aaton.com/swcantar/ Latest Cantar soft-
http://blake.aaton.com/mailman/listinfo/cantar-users
ware is accessible to registered owners only; beta versions
are NOT to be used for commercial assignments.
Pictures on the road
• on your first visit: click ‘create an account’, enter your
Send your pictures to [email protected] for the
details, don’t forget the country. After a few seconds you
Cantar gallery, we will put the best ones on http://www.
will receive an email with your password. Enter this pass-
aaton.com/gallery/on-location
word and your email address in the login page.
• on your next visits: If you forgot your password, click ‘lost
Post Production helper
password’. Enter your email address; if it is found in the
Read the ‘CantarPostChain’ and spread it around to Post.
Cantar database, the password is sent to this address.
http://www.aaton.com/files/cantar-post-chain-22.pdf
Software versions
v2.1x (March 2008)
'–' all Cantars. '+' X2 only
– Direct routing of all inputs to T7.
– AUDIO/TC reshuffling. + Tarkan control through Ethernet.
v1.87/v2.00 (June 2007) – ‘Remote Roll’ recording starts
upon receiving running LTC, and stops upon receiving fro-
– Creation of ‘play-cards’ with cue
zen LTC from camera or GMT-u (no TC overlaps, no record
in/out for selective play of current and archive 'play-files'.
interruption on RF transmission drop-outs). – Remote STOP,
+ Rec&Play can play six tracks from internal or external HDD,
TEST, PPR and REC from CantaRem, R.can-w or keyboard.
add nine analog inputs while recording eight tracks on the
– Line-out & Foldback levels can be controlled by CantaRem
internal HDD. + Remix for the dynamic mixdown of a prior
sliders. – A new ALE/PDF page opens on each header item
recording with the addition of a commentary track. + ADR
change. – Blank columns are allowed in the PDF Sound-
for 'hear it/say it' sessions. + Incremental Re-Recording.
Report. – In ‘Forced’ mode, CantaRem can put Cantar on
v2.06 (Dec. 2007) – Talkback Mic going to Line-out and/
STOP. – Archive tags are ticked after Backup@Call, they
or Foldback left (e.g. boom) or right (e.g. director). – Double
allow Cantar to finish filling a half full DVD-RAM. – IdleCopy
beep at REC stop. – Two PDF Sound-Reports (ALL for ‘t p w
is less prone to bus hangs with slow external HDDs (see
a n’ takes & WILD for ‘w’ takes). – ALE and CSV lists added
LaCie firmware update p.41). – CSV file stored on internal
to backups. + Up to 85ms delay on analog inputs; differ-
HDD speeds-up PDF burning to DVD-RAM.
v2.11 (Jan. 2008)
ential alignment and TC compensation. + Wordclock-sync
at 48/96kHz (±0.1%) and 44.1kHz. + Autoslate detection
Note: in a Cantar-X1, v1.78 must have been installed
once as the key to latest versions.
on Mic1-5, Line-in1-4 and Track1-8.
From Cantar-X1 to X2
X2 brings the following hardware improvements :
X1 and X2 both work under Aaton OS in the same low
• a CM-5 motherboard carrying an FPGA (Field Programmable
power consuming CPU, with the same software versions
Gate Array) which provides increased processing power for
but some features require the capabilities of X2 to operate,
functions which can’t be performed by X1,
e.g., Rec&Play; DVD-RAM playback; Ethernet connectivity;
• an analog-to-digital converter (AD-5) with nine program-
Differential delays on Mic & Line-in; AutoSlate detection on
mable audio delay buffers (up to 85ms @ 48kHz),
Mic, Line-in and Track; Wordclock sampling and synchro-
• a 100BaseT Ethernet interface board (ET-1) with an RJ45
nizing of multiple Cantars.
socket in a hinged HDD holder.
Note: a Cantar-X1 can be upgraded to a fully featured X2.
+33 4 7642 9550
www.aaton.com
User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2, v2.11 2008 Feb. 25
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