Zaxcom Nomad User manual

Nomad Preliminary Manual
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• Zaxcom Inc.
230 West
Pa rkway Po m pto n Plains New Je rsey 07444

Table of contents
Overview ......................................................................................................... .. ................ 3
Microphone preamplifier.................................................... ... .. ......... .. ............... . .. ..... 3
Auto Trim . ... ............. .. ....................................................................................................... 4
Input limiters......................................................................................................................4
General graphic use r interf ace operation . .. .... ............ .......... ..... ...... ..... .... .. ...... ..... ... ....... 5
Powering Nom ad ...................... ... .. ... ......................................................................... .. ....... 5
Software up dates................................................................................................................ 6
Boot-loader prog r ammi ng ,.....".....................................................................................6
Met ers.................................................................. .... ....... ... .. ... ........ . ............ . ... . ........ 7
Home menus ......... .. .............. ..... ........................................................................................ 7
C hann el S etu p ....... ... .. ... ...................... ...... . ... ........ .. .... .................................................... .. .. 8
To ne Generation ................................................................................................................ 8
Main H eadp hone Monitoring (1 /4 inch jack) . .. .. ....... .... .............................. ... ... .. ............... 9
Headphone 2 monitoring (3.5 mm jack) .................. .. ............................................ ... .......... 9
Re cording .......................................................................................................................... 10
Media selection ....... , ..... . ..... . ...... .......................................................................... ....... ..10
Transp ort controls.......................................... .. ... ......... .. .... ........ .. .......................... 10
Pri mary card rec ord in g.................. ... ............................... .. ........................................... 11
Mirror card recording ..................... ... ........................................ .... ............................... 12
Main Menu...................................................................................................................... .. 13
Meta Data Menu.............................................................................................................. 13
Slate Display .. ... . . ... .. .............. ... ......... .. ...... .. .... .......................... .... ...................... .. . 14
Record Enabl es .................................................................................................................. 14
Fader Assign .................................................................................................................. .. 15
Card / Mirror Setu p Menu .... ............... ... ....................... ....... .... ....... .............. ... 15
Mirror CF mode ........ .. ......... ...... ... .. .... ............ ..... ........ ... . .. ................ ........... .............. 16
AUX REC MODE ........................................................................................................... 16
AIRMA IL .. .................................................. ... ............................... .. .......... .. ................ 16
WR ITE . C5 V FILE .......................................................................................... .. .............. 16
FOLDER .............................. .. ....... .. ... ............................................................... .. .......... .. . 16
PRIMARY CF MENU ........................................................................... .... ...................... 17
MIRRO R CF MENU .........................................................................................................17
Mode Menu ............ .. ........................................... .. .. .. ....... .. ... ........................................... 18
I/O config ur ation......................... ................................ ... .. ..................................... 18
Memory Menu .................................................................................... .. ............................ 19
Nomad Eng ineering Setup ........................................................................... .. ................... 19
Headphone #2 VOL .......................................................................................................20
Set ti me and date.......................... .. .. .............. ... ........ ... .. . .. ............................. 20
Zaxnet Setup .......................................................................... .. ... ............................... 20
limiter En able ............................................................................. .. ............................... 21
Output Bus and Card limiter men us ......................................................................... . 21
T ra ck N ames .... ..... .......................................................... ... ........................................... 22
Monitor mem ory na mes ............................................................................................... 22

Warnings .. ......................... 23
Input Levels ................................................................ ..
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I nte rnal and Ex t ernal slate level ad jus t ........................... .................. .. ................... 24
Output Lev el s.............................. .. .......... ..................... ............................................. 24
XLR 1-4 and TA5 1-6 o utp ut bus leve ls .. .... .................. .. ...................................... .24
Mono a nd tap e out levels. .... ..................... ............. .................. ...... .. ....... 24
Prefader effects................... .. ............. ... .......... .. ............................................. 24
Tr ans port Keys ( Sh ifted/U ns hifted)............................................... .. . ... ..................... .... 25
T im e Code ..... ...... .................... .. ................. .. .................................................... .. .......... ... 25
Bus Routing . .. .. .. .............................................................. ... ........................................... .. 26
P re Fad er Listen .................... ..... ................. ..... .................. .. .......... .. ...................... 27
Com and Slate fun cti ons ............................ .. ................................. .. ...... .... ....................... 28
ENGjEFP bag operation ........ ...... .. .. .................................................................................. 28
10 cha nne l mix op e ra tion .. ........................................................................................... .. 30
Card ope rati on ............... .. ......... .. .............................................................. ... ................... 30
Nomad pin outs............. .. ......................... .... ..................................................................... 31
All lAS ma le input and output connectors................................................................... 31
All XlR i np uts and outputs .. ........ ... .... ................................................ .. ..................... .. 31
Mono a nd Tape out ........... .. ................................... ... ....................... .. . .... ..................... 32
All H ead phone O ut s.......................................... .. ...................................... .. ................ 32
Exter nal sla te mic in ...................... .. .............................................................................. 32
Hirose power input ..................................................................................................... 32
Specifications . ... ..................................................... .. ............... ... .. ...... .... .... . .. ............ .. ...... 33
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Overview
Nomad is anew concept in location sound recording and mixing. It re defines the
function of bag audio sy ste m. A simplified user interface eliminat es the need for
hardware trim controls, pan and PFlswitches. Nom ad eliminates any possibility
of clipping analog inpu ts ; it provides wireless time code transmission, wireless
IFB transmission, and wireless remote control to Zaxc om wireless units. Nomad
also featu
res a visu al slate and provides metering, mon ito ring and mixing
capabilities far beyond any other current
multi track mixe r/r ecorder
combination. All
of thi s is in a package that is smaller, lighter and cons ume s up to
50% less power than current solutio ns .
Nomad can record up to 12 audio trac ks and mix audio for a variety of
applications. While Nomad has been d esi gned for use in the fil m and television
industries, its exceptional audio quality and featu re 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 buss es as well as 2
separate headphone
output bu sses. The unit is designed to be the highest
reliability re cor der available. Nomad records on all solid state media, it h as very
low power consumption this makes the Nomad the best choice for location
sound recordi
ng.
In addition featur es like Zaxnet time code tran sm ission, wireless IFB
transmission, wireless microphone remote contro l, visual sl ate display, MP3
recording and wireless file transfer make the Nomad a unique product that will
set a new standard for location sound recording.
Microphone preamplifier
Nomad contains six mic/line level inputs. Ea ch input is individually configurable.
A super
low distortion an d super low noi se amplifier provides studio like
performance in a portable pack age . A hardware b ase d hi gh pass filter is used to
limit distortion due to low frequency vibrations an d wind no ise. The input
dynamic range is 135 DB. And eac h input utilizes two A·D converters to achieve
the unprecede nte d 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
sy stem uses a look ahead architecture that provides the most
natural sound available in a location
mixer recorder. Nomads inp ut architecture
is a transformer free design. Transformers contribute to a la r ge amount of low
frequency distortion that is not desirable under any ci rcumstan ces .
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Auto Trim
Auto-t rim eliminat es the need for hardware trim knobs. The au to-t rim mode is
enabled in the Mode selection menu. When enabled, auto -trim will route the
input trim function to the menu knob based on the last fader kn ob that w as
adjusted. In ma ny of the home menus an input meter with a floating diamond
will show the current trim setting of the chann el that will be adjusted by the
a uto tr im function wh en the encoder is adjuste d. A blue LED indicator a lamp
lo ca ted next to each fader points to the channel that is being adjusted by Au to-
trim. When Auto-trim is not selected the channel setup menu is us ed to adjust
the input level
of each of the six main input channels. The floating meter
diamond indicates the relative position of the input trim adjus tm ent.
Input limiters
When mixing for film and TV production it is desirable to record audio with the
most dynamic range possible. The pr oblem is that actors can vary their
performance in a way th at is unexpected and can cau se input clipping and limite r
distortion.
In an eff ort to provide a quantum leap forward over existing mixing
technology Zax com designed Nomad so th at the need to utilize the input trim
contr ols and input limiters, to pre vent the input preamp disto rt ion typical of
unexpected high levels of audio, is unnecessary.
Nom
ad has a very unique input structure. The input dynamic range of Nomad is
135 dB . Therefore it is impossible to clip Noma ds input.
In pr actical use input s are se t so tha t amicrophone input peaks at -20dB FS to -
lOdB FS as is the case in any typical mixer.
Nomad will allow
an input to exceed the typ ica l OdBFS range by 20dB (FS+ 20dB)
wi thout any risk of dipping. With 135 dB of input dynamic ra nge, 30 db of h ea d
room and afloating point mixing system, the need f or any use of the trim co ntrol
dur ing normal op eration is eliminated. Faders are all th at is needed to control
the level of an inp ut ch annel mixed to an output or recorded trac k.
Even though the tr aditional input limiter is not needed, a soft knee compress or is
pr ovided on each mic/line input and each output and recorded bus .
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General graphic user interface operation
All menu functions of n oma d are accessed by pu sh ing in the menu knob
Adjustments are made
by a combination of turni ng and pushing in the menu
knob. P ushi ng in the headphone knob will act as a back key taki ng Nomad bac k
one level. Nomad's menu system is configured in th e sa me way as a
conventional mp3 player. A right pOinting arrow ass ociated with any menu item
indicates a pa th to another menu. Any selectable functi on will be highlighted
with ablue background.
Po wering Nomad
N om ad is designed to be pow ered f rom external DC voltage. A nominal volt age
of 12 volts is recommended. The unit will draw approximately 500 milliamps at
12 volts. The maximum allowable input voltage is 18 volts. Nomad's inte rnal
battery functions as an un·in terru ptible power source. If internal ba tteries are
loaded,
six nickel metal hydride or lithium batteries mandatory as the internal
power source.
Never use alkaline batteries in
the Nomad. They will o nly last a few min utes
and theywill get very
hot .
Nomad will
ke ep the internal ba tteries char ge d as long as the internal charging
circuit
is en abled in the engineering setup menu. If non rechargeable batteries
are utili
zed 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 charg e. It was designed to keep the internal batteri es 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 adjust its power consumpti
on based on the amount of
inputs and outputs utilized. Due to noma ds efficient design very little if any heat
is generated by nomad.
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Software updates
The Nomad software is easily updated. The operating system is "bri ck" proof . To
update Nomad copy the current software from the Zaxc om w eb site to a
compact flash card. T
he card should have a F AT3 2 f ormat from a PC / MAC or
Zax co m recorder product . Insert th e card in the mirror slot. W ith the pow er off,
pr ess and hold the "* /lkey, wh ich is located between the headph one and me nu
knob. Now sw it ch on the power. After the display screen come s up the ... ,11 key
can be released. The Nomad will find the software update on the mirr or card and
begin
the upd ate process. It is impo rtant to have a rel ia ble power source while
the unit is updating. Th e s oftware version ca n be view ed in the about Nomad
menu accessed in
the main menu.
T
he b oot loader search es for the first progr am file it finds on th e card.
When placing a
pro gram file onto a card using a PC or MAC be careful to
delete an y older nomad pro gram files on the card BEFORE co ping the
new program file to the CF ca rd. Th is will prevent the nomad fr om aCcid entally
finding the old program file inadvertently (even though it was deleted).
It may be wise to always format the CF ca rd wi th a MAC, PC or Nomad before
copying a nomad program file
to the CF ca rd.
Boot-Loaderprogramming
The Nomad bo ot loader (c u rrently version 12 ) should never need to be updated.
If instruct ed by the factory, the boot loa der can be updated by entering the
"advanced setup menu" from the ENG setup menu. Follow the instructions on
the Nomad screen to update the boot loader.
The bo
ot loader (curren tly V12) is a small program that runs when the unit
pow ers on.
It normally reads the main program from ROM and executes it.
If no program is fond in internal ROM the bo ot loader will atte mpt to bo ot fr om
a program on the CF mi r ror card autom atically.
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Meters
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Nomad meters are the most co mpr ehensive of any location recorder there are
several selectable meteri ng options to ch oose from. Th e co lor of the meter
under the ·20 level indicators will indicate the source type being metered. Ught
blue
for input, Green fo r output busses and Purple for recorded tr acks . The track
name
is indicated within the meter it self to aid in channel identification. If a
c
omp re ss or is en ga ge d a wh ite gain reduction indica tio n will appear at the left
side of the meter jf the compression threshold has been exceeded.
Home menus
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Press and hold the menu knob while pressing the "C O M" b utton or the "S LT"
button will toggle t hro ugh the metering menus. Eight different home menus are
available. Two menus can be stored
for fast acc ess, one un der the "CO M" and
one "SLT" keys.
Rep eated operation of the "COM" butt on or the "SLT" b utton
will cycle thr ough the available home m en us.
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Channel Setup
CHI SETUP
TYPE Mle
DELAY
OFF
HPF OFF
PH ASE NORMAL
[ t LIM
OFF
PHAN TOM OFF
HOTCH1 OFF
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Pressing the setup key will enter the cha nnel setup menu. When in the channel
setup menu, pressing any ofthe six multifunction ke ys located near each control
knob will sele ct the input channels one through ten. An input meter is provided
in each setup menu to help adjust trim in each channel. P ush an d rotate the
menu knob
to select and cha nge each channel input function. Channel inp ut
functions include: input trim , input type , channel d el ay, high pass filtef, phase,
compres
so r lim iter, phantom power select and notch filters. Use the he ad phone
back b
utton to return to the home menu. Notch filters have separate On/Off and
frequency
ad justment s. Notch frequencies can be ent ered by util iz ing the
function keys on the nomad as well as the menu kn ob.
Tone Generation
R3 R4 seT
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X0
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oUT1
UT2
UT3
UT4
UT 5
UT 6
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AUX BUS ASSIGN
Noma ds tone gene rator is individually routable to each output and recordable
channel. Tone
is ass ig ned by sel ecting a tone cross point in the bus menu. A ''1''
indicates the tone cross point co lumn. To enable tone generati on hold down the
menu knob, then pre ss the setup b utton . Pr ess ing and holding the setup b utton
for approximately one second will also enable or disable the tone. Tone le vel and
frequency
ca n be adjusted in the Engineering Setup menu.
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Main H ead phone Moni tor i ng ( 1/4 i nc h j ac k)
Nomad's m ain h ea d phone h as 12 Mon itor Memories. Nomad ca n be set up to
monitor any combination of card trac ks , output bus se s, or retur n s. If selected
wireless microphone receivers can be
monitored directly thr ou gh the Zaxn et
Sy ste m on Nomad 6, 8 and 12.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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OUT
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CRD
X OUT R
RE T
J ZA XHET
To set up the mo nitor memory se lecti on pr ess m enu knob and he ad ph one kn ob
at the same time. Use t he menu kn ob to select the desired monitor cr oss po int s
to change. Any combination of monit or cr os s pO int s c an be enga ge d depending
on user
pr eference. Pressing the headphone switch will cycle thro ugh all of th e
a va ilab le mon itor memori es . E ac h of the mon it or me mori es can be individually
labeled
thro ugh the en gineering setup menu. Nomad contains the most
co mpre hensive h ea d ph one monitoring system of any lo ca tion sound mix er .
Pr es s an d hold the h ea dphone knob to escape the headphone 1 rou tin g menu.
H ea dphone 2monitoring (3.5 mm jack)
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2
Nomad provides a se conda ry headphone stereo output bus. Th e cr oss p oin t
selection is made in the bus routing menu. Th e level control for the headphone 2
output
is located in the ENG s etu p menu. The me nu above shows outp uts 1 and
2
sen t to headphone out 2 left and right isolated.
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cordi ng
Me dia se lection
Nomad currently works best with 32 gig 133x CF card s. Sandisk, Tra ns end,
Kin gsto n and Delkin cards usu ally work we ll with Nom ad. Con tact you r deal er to
get recommendati ons on the best memory cards to use. B ec a use there are 100s
of ca rds available and the list con sta ntly chang es contacting the de aler isthe
best source of card information. Pu rch as ing higher performance media will not
incre ase performance and may not be compatible w ith Noma d.
Transport controls
Record, Stop and Play are always di rectly available by pressing the corresponding
keys on the nomad control p anel. T he functions are either shifted or un-sh ifted
depending on the state of the transport key function in the Engineering Setup
men u.
Nomad factory default is set that the TC , Aut omix and Zaxn et butto ns primary
funct ion direct entry non ~shi fted functions. Tto go into record, stop or play you will
have to hold down the menu key, as a shift key, then press the corresponding key.
Nomad will allow
th e REC / ST OP/ PLAY keys to be un -shifted to provide direct
access
to thei r functions. Meaning if un-shifted is selected and you tap the record.
stop.
or play keys th eir functions will ac cess imm ediately. In addition if the un-
shifted is s el ected to then accesst he Te, Automix , and Zax net menus become
shif ted and you will have to hold down the menu b utt on b efor e hitting these key s.
If the trans port functionsare shi fted, they are still accessib le by holding the
function keysfor about 1 se co nd to activate th e function.
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Primary card recording
PRIMARY CF
PRIMARY FOLDER
fOLDER S IZE SEes
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Nomad is unlike any oth er rec or der. The Nomad 4 and 6 ca n record to t wo C om pact
Flash cards at
the sa me time . Th e Nomad 8·12 can record to two Compact Fl ash
cards and either an external USB recording device or to int ernal micro SD card at
the s am e time.
The Primary media uses the Zax com MARF file system. The advantage to this is that
any power loss to the system while in reco rd w ill not resu lt in a loss of recorded
audio as
is common to all other portable record ing sy ste ms. Nomad automatically
clo ses all open files at the point the audio recording was inter ru pte d with no lo ss of
audio up to that point. The Primary me dia while using a proprietary file sys tem is
100% compatible w ith mac or PC by lJtilizing the fr ee file conversion utility
Zaxconv ert . This utility may be do wnl oa ded from www . zax com.com. The mirror
ca rd will record the files as a BWAV file.
All recorded files are
dire cted to individual folders. The pr imary folder menu allows
for a recording folder to be selected and erased. Holding the stop key while the
Nomad is in stop mode will also allow for the del et ion of the last record ed se gment.
The primary and
mirror folders can be di ff erent or the same. If select to be the
same then the mirror audio will be the same as the audio currently being recorded
on
the primary media.
N
ote all primary and mirr or cards must be form atte d by Nom ad before use.
Curren tl y 32gig cards are the largest recommend for use in Nomad. Check w ith
Zaxcom for a current upd ate on this restriction.
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Mirror cord recording
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FI LE RESOL U TION 24 BIT S
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The mi rr or CF menu co ntr olsthe recording of the mirr or CF card. Th e mirr or ca rd
wi ll record fr om the selected start segment to the selected e nd segment. The start
segment will automatically incre men t with each new recordi ng of the primary
media. The file type and the file resolution are set in the menu.
Th e type of fi le and
resolution re co rd ed is usually determined by post production. Broadcast Wave poly
24 bit is the most co mmon for mat. The mirror card is f ormatte d as F AT3 2. All files
re co rded in the mi rror drive is fully compatible will all M ac and PCp latf orm s. All
new mirr or card must be form a tt ed in Nomad before u se. Nomad c an c urr e ntly
handle any size card up to a 32 GB card.
Th e mi rror card is generally used as a deliverable format to post production.
M ir ror recording has two o pe rational mo d es. It can be set to mi rr or co nt inuously
( CONT IN UO US ) or only when the Nomad is in stop mode (ON). Continu ous mirr or
means when Nomad's primary card
is recording the mirror card will re cord at the
same time. Depending on the t ra ck countsthe mirror card may l ag behind a bit. Not
to
wo rr y after you s top the primary card from recording the mir ror card will catch
up. The
ON mo de me an s th at the mi rror re cording will sta rt only when the prim ary
card
is stopped.This is useful when h igh track counts are mirrored and recorded
fil
es are sh o rt du ration.
Wh en mirroring you must set the mirr or folder number to
th e fol de r you wa nt to mirr or . Thisis not necessarily th e
s
am e as the primary folder. If the pri ma ryfolder and th e
mirr or folder are not the sa me number th e wr ong audio data
may be mirrored.
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Main Menu
MA IN MENU
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SL ATE DISP L AY
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REC ORD EH AB LES
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FADER AS SIGH
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MY HOMA D (CARD/H IRRO R) )
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ABO UT HOI1JlD
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From a home m eter screen, press the menu k nob to ente r the main menu
screen. Please
not e fro m some meter scr ee ns you may have to push and hold
the menu knob for 1 second to ente r the main menu.
Meta Data Menu
META DATA
SR:48000 TC:23.98 PRE : OFF
AIRMA IL OH
NI H 1 OF 20
TL 01:02: 03
F OLDER 2001 (5 s eg s)
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100
H: I LOUE HOMAD
This menu displayskey Nomad o perat ing par ame ter s as well as allowing for
entry of metadata. Scene take and n ote metadata are selected w it h the menu
knob an d selecte dto enter the text entry menu .W hen a scene name is entered
th e take n umber will automatically go to a value of 1. When an y text isentered
the "OK" may be selected or press th e headphone knob to take th e new selected
name. Meta·data
for any recorded segm ent or the ne xt rec or ded segment can
be edited f rom the meta-data menu.
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S late Display
Th is display is used to show a visual tim e code slate to a camera. Pressing the
menu knob will freeze the displ ay and cause a 1 fr ame 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 nu mb ers are intention ally up
side dow n to make it easy f or a camera per so n to shoot the nu mbers correctly.
Record Enables
RECORD ENABLES
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Th is menu enables the tracks that are to be recorded on each media. On Nomad
8 a
nd 12 , three media can be recorded at the sa me time. For a tr a ck to be
re cord ed 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 to the
Pr imary CF card. The example pi ctured above shows 8 trac ks recorded to th e
pri ma ry me dia with 2 trac ks ea ch rec orded to th e mirror and aux media. When a
sa mple rate of 88.2 KHz or 96KHz is selected only 8 Pr imary tracks are allowed to
be recorded. The record en ables cann ot be ch anged while the Nomad is in t he
r eco rd mode.
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Fader Assign
FADE R ASSIGN
1 2 a 4 S 6 7 8
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A A A
I T
IA A A A
F
F
F
F
F
F
AD1
AD 2
ADa
AD4
ADS
AD6
The 6 hardw arefad er s can be routed w ith the fader ro uti ng matrix . Go to the
main menu and sel ect "fader ass ign" to enter the matrix. An alog 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 mix er no actu al audio is going throu gh the Nomad fader
controls allowing for complete flexibility for the
mi xing hardware faders. R eturn
inputs 7-10 may be used 35 line level inputs and are mi xed w ith the v irtu al faders
in the 10 channel mix
home menu and cannot be assi gn ed to a hardware fader.
The pictured example above showsfader 1-4 controlling
the fader functions of
the chann el s 1-4. Fader S is controlling the input trim of channe lS and fader 6 is
a master for channels 1-4.
Card I Mirror Se tup M enu
MY NOMAD
AUK REC MODE OFF
AIR MAIL OFF
IIRITE .CSI1 FILE
FOLDER >
PRIHARY CF MEttU >
MIRROR CF HEHU >
AUK REC MEHU >
AIRMAil HE.... >
This menu controls the rec ordi ng functionality of the Nom ad . E ach of the
recording media
can be acc esse d and controlled. Th e Airmail function for the
wi re less delivery of MP3 files is al so accessed through this menu.
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Mirror CF mode
Mirro r mode enable is f'lt the top of the menu. When enabled, the Nomad will
mirror its files to the mirror compact flash card. Two mi rro r modes are available.
The "ON " mo de mi rrors files when the nom ad is in stop mod e. This is ideal for
"scene and take" style of production. The "CON TI NUOUS" mode mirrors
wh enever the prim ary card is re cor ding and is best for continuous recordi ng like
that of reali ty television. Th e se gments to mirror are selected in the "M IRROR CF
, VlE NU ". (See recording section of this manual for more inf orm ation)
AUX REC M ODE
When enabled, the Nomad will mirror its files to the aux media. This is only
ava ilable on Nomad 8 and 12. The se gments to mirror are selected in the "AUX
REC MENU ".
AIRMAIL
This will enable the tran sm ission of MP3 files over wifi connections. Sec
"AIRMAil" menu for details.
WRITE .CSV FILE
This function will write a metadata list file to th e m irror drive. It should be done
after the last file is recorded so it can contain all of the information on the files
recorded for post production.
FOLDER
FOLDERS
FOLDER SI ZE SEGS
~
X 002 202 HO 22
X003 203 MO 23
X O~~
2 04 MO 24
X 005
205 MO 25
X006 206 MO 26
XO O7 207 MO 27
X008 208
HO 28
This menu allows multiple memory ca rd folders to be created. A new folder can
be cho sen for each new job or day of pr oduction.
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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 segm ent erases the last recorded segment. Th is function is not
recommended as erasing files can create diffe rences between m irror ed media
an d the primary ca rd. Erase current folder clears only the current fo l der leaving
the othe r folders untouched. Format CF card will completely erase the contents
of the card. Nomad will ask jfyou are su re as this fun ctio n era ses p rimary card
contents that cannot be recovered.
Plea se note all new cards must be formatted by Nomad with the fu nct ion before
recording is allowed. The ca rd f orm at is Zaxcom MARF. This format is n ot FAT32
compatible and
jf you want to use it with a Ma c or PC pl atform it must be read
with Za xconvert.
Ple ase see recording sect ion of this manual for mor e inform atio n regarding
pr imary recording
MIRRO R CF MENU
MIRROR CF
START SEC
END SEC
FILE T YPE
FILE RES OlUTI OH
1
999
BWAU HOHO
24 BITS
TC OFF S ET Oms
FORHAT HIRROR CARD >
This menu controls the Mirror CF functions. St art and end segment contr ols
which files are mi rr ored from the primary card to the mirror card.The segment
end is
au to matically incremented with each new recording to the primary.
Plea se see th e rec or ding section of this manual for more information regarding
mirror recording.
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Mod M nu
I" M F
,: :·'F 486 :; ~ ;
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;~ £ / !G T[
mIl l OFF
; .. "i P. (u'l '.: (.IH ND!Hl lh .
::; U. It ':UL! CF ! l ~ -: J :!'{(( l
GPI REMOlE ROll OFF
PH E~ECOR D OFF
SLA TE SO URCE INT ERNAL
IIUTO TRIM
OFF
PRERECORD OFF
I/O C
OHF Ie
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)
AUTO TRI M OFF
HIX 8 OFF
PA N 1/2 OFF
M[X 8 OFr
P AH 3/11
OFF
PAN 1/2 orr
Th is menu is u se d to set the operating mo des of the Nomad. Sample rate,
transport contr ol. GP Iremote record ing control, sl at e microphone source, pre-
r ec ord time, auto trim control, I/O configuration, Mix 8 ex te rn al fader enable
an d PAN menu r out ing controls are all found in the mode menu.
The
Pa n routing enables and selects which pair of o utp uts 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 direct ly to camera. When
selected each pan pair will
ac t as a left/righ t output pair. Example: if pan 1/2 is
selected output bus 1 will be the left out and output bus 2 will be the rig ht out .
I/oconfiguration
I/O CONFIGURATION
RES 1/2 ON
AES 3/1a
OFF
RES 5/6 OfF
AE S 7/8 OFF
RET 3/1a
0"
AHnlOG 5/6
0"
The fa ctory defau lt is se t up that so that N om ad can handle one pair of AES
input s. If more than one pair of AES input s is required, than the Input
conf i gur ation must be changed in o rder to make the AES additional resour ce s
available. The I/O
co nfigura ti on me nu is used to sele ct be tween A ES inputs and
other nomad resour ces. Simply put for Nomads pro ce ssors to handle the
additio na l AES c ha nnels then other input items may need to be deactivated.
Ei g ht sel ections are provided to g iv e you various opti ons of AES input s, tap e
ret
urn 3 /4 and ana log input 5/6. You ca n choose which optio n work s best for
you. To access
the I/O configuration menu, en ter the main men u, select the
mode menu, and then select
th e I/O menu. The I/O configuration will not be
altered
after a facto ry re set of Nomad.
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Memory Menu
MEMORY
~.
STORE 2 >
S TORE 3 >
C LEAR 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 m em ori es are provided. A
factory default me mory is also provided to restore the Nomad to its fac tory
defa ult settings. If factory de faults are re ca lled you will need to reset th e user
setti ng s.
Nom ad allows for settings to be saved to the mirror compact fl ash car d. This will
allow for se ttin gs to be exchanged between multiple Nom ads.
Nom ads internal settingsare stored in flash memory contained within Nomad.
External med
ia is never nece ssa ry to maintain nomad memories.
Nomad Engineering Setup.
ENG SETUP
ENG SETUP
WARNIHG S SET UP >
SET TIME DA TE >
INPUT LEUELS >
ZAXH ET SET UP
> O UTP UT LEU ELS >
LIMITER ENABLE
> LCD BRIGHTNESS 0
INPUT LI MI TER
> LEO BRIGHTN ESS 0
OUTPUT LIMITER >
TRANSPORT KEYS SHI FTED
CARD LIM ITER
>TOlE F REQ o Hz
TRACK NAME S >
TOHE LEUEL
OdB
MON ITOR HAlES >
Nomad engineering setu ps are designed to configure the device for your speCific
applicatio
n. To enter the setup menu go to the ma in menu an d select the "ENG
SET UP" menu.
Thi smenu sets the input and outp ut levels as well as other engineering
parameters for Nom
ad . Use the menu knob to scroll through all of the
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