Aaton Cantar Mini Standard Package

The all new Cantar Mini Has All The Quality Of The Cantar X3 In A Smaller Package.

 10 Analogue and Digital Inputs

• 4 ultra low noise analogue mic pre-amps with very high quality Lundahl transformers and 48V phantom powering.
• 2 analogue balanced line input
• 2 AES42 mode 2 pairs
• All analogue and digital inputs have limiters, high pass filters, parametric EQ variable gain and digital delay

12 Analogue and Digital Outputs

• 8 analogue balanced line level outputs
• 4 AES digital outputs
• All line outputs have digital delay
• 4 Recording Media
• Record and playback to and from internal mSATA 256 GB SSD drive
• Simultaneous recording to internal SSD, two SD cards and USB external drive

Metering and Controls

• Large custom swiveling display panel under protective gorilla glass: ultra bright for working in bright sunlight, fully and automatically adjustable for other light conditions
• The display shows all the information needed during recording with media, batteries, timecode and metadata to the left and ultra clear full scale metering to the right
• The meters expand to the number to tracks selected. There is a choice of meter scaling and the mix can be displayed on the left of the right
• Large rotary control selector for easy operations in any situation – with or without gloves
• Ten channel on board linear mixer. Fully assignable à la Cantarem with ultra smooth 80mm magnetic linear faders
• Direct access to monitoring presets with push button selectors with other set-up functions through the main selector and dedicated buttons

Power Options

• Two identical on board quick release lithium smart batteries ensure seamless switchover during recording and when hot swapping.
• More than 6 hours recording time from two internal batteries
• Batteries are ‘intelligent’ with full monitoring of remaining capacity and run time on the display
• XLR4 DC 13-17v input for external power when working on the cart or for an additional portable battery with selectable changeover voltage
• DC output to power accessories

General Specifications

• Ultra rigid housing machined from a solid billet of avionic aluminum – similar to the unibody MacBook Pro.
• Water and dust resistant
• Open mechanical structure with independent analogue, digital and display modules for easy maintenance and anti-obsolescence, making future upgrades possible.
• Dimensions: 259 X 234 X 90 mm – (10.2 x 9.2 x 3.5”)
• Weight: 2.3 Kg – (2.8 Kg with two internal batteries)

Connectivity

• 6 Balanced Analogue TA3 for mic/line inputs
• DB15 AES42 mode 2 inputs and AES3 outputs
• DB25 for balanced analog line outs
• 1 RJ45 for ethernet connection
• 2 USB for keyboard and other external devices
• 1 6mm headphone jack
• 1 3.5mm headset / external slate mic input
• 1 XLR4 DC Input
• 1 Hirose 4 pin DC out for accessories
• 1 Lemo 5 for timecode in/out
• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity for app based communication

Features

• Capable of recording 16 tracks at 24bit, 192kHz, with channel delays and eq
• Any input can be routed to any of the tracks
• All tracks and inputs can be routed to 8 analog auxiliary outputs and /or digital outputs
• Linear faders are assignable to any input, track or output
• The inputs are routed to iso tracks and to either 1 or 2 mix tracks.
• Inputs can be routed directly to outputs without recording them for comms etc.
• The mix can be assigned to any of the tracks
• Simultaneous recording to multiple media, or backup copying of recorded tracks post-record
• Interface menu accessible through buttons, jog wheel and external keyboard
• High Quality headphone amp with access to headphone presets with pre and post fade monitoring of playback
• All input, output, monitoring and routing setups are available through comprehensive and intuitive menus and can be saved to use at a later date or on another X3 Mini
• 16 or 24-bit Broadcast Wave File recording at sample rates from 44.1kHz~192kHz with support for pullup/down recording rates
• Sample rate converters on Digital Inputs
• Variable Delay on all analogue and digital inputs and all analogue and digital outputs
• 30 Second Pre-Record Buffer
• Generous 48V Phantom supply guarantees 8mA to each of the 4 Mic inputs
• High-Pass filters are applied before preamp and EQ stage
• All inputs analogue and digital have parametric eq adjustment
• Native Monophonic BWF recording with optional Polyphonic real-time mirroring to removable media
• Self-Generated PDF and CSV Sound Reports, with ALE file embedded with deliverable media
• Metadata entry of Scene, Take, Notes, Track Names, Roll and more with support for US and Euro-centric metadata templates, with extended track names and comments, enterable either in pre-record or during record
• Scene/Take file naming structure
• Aaton AutoSlate automatic slate clap detection and logging
• Built-in slate mic with external slate mic input on 3.5mm jack with phantom power
• High Precision 1ppm Timecode generator supports all commonly used frame rates
• Remote Record and Stop triggered by external timecode
• Enhanced playback monitoring with waveform display
• M/S Recorded Tracks automatically decoded to L/R for mixdown and/or monitoring
• USB keyboard input for easy metadata editing, recorder setup and routing control
• X3 reads and displays battery metadata

What's Included

1 x CantarMini
1 x Universal power supply with XLR-4 connector & an AC power cord
1 x Protective pouch