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Euphonix Version 4 Supplement to the R-1 Operation Manual
Chapter 1: Introduction to Version 4
The Euphonix R-1 Multitrack Recorder offers the traditional feel of a reel-to-reel with
all of the significant advantages of state-of-the-art digital technology: superior sound
quality, greater efficiency, and expandability. The R-1 makes no compromises: it is the
only digital multitrack designed solely for professional engineers and studios. It is a
world apart from the software recorders and off-the-shelf devices designed for hobbyists.
As the direct replacement for any type of multitrack machine or mag dubber, the R-1
supports all typical sample and bit rates. The converters are transparent, which is one
of the reasons the R-1 sounds better than the best two-inch tape and digital reel-to-reel
machines.
This Supplement to the R-1 Operation Manual discusses all changes and new features
offered by the R-1 Pilot hardware and software version 3 and 4. If a feature’s description differs in the R-1 Operation Manual from this supplement, the supplement should
be considered correct.
The following is included in the upgrade:
•version 4 ghost-image CD: Can be used to update or restore the entire R-1 pilot op-
erating system and also upgrades the R-1 software to version 4.
•version 4 R-1 application software installer: Used to upgrade only the R-1 software to the most current version at the time of purchase. The installer allows including the newest software version without creating an entirely new ghost-image CDROM.
•Upgraded and Refurbished Computer Pilot: The upgrade from 2.0 to 4.0 includes replacing your R-1 Pilot Computer with a completely refurbished model including several new, higher-powered components. The local non-audio hard drive
and RAM are larger (256 MB), and the CPU is much faster (933 MHz). This upgrade will improve the overall performance of your R-1, as well as maintain compatibility of the Pilot Computer with this and subsequent releases. Your old R-1
Pilot must be returned to Euphonix when your upgrade is installed. Euphonix technical support and field technicians will gladly help make this a smooth transition. All
required software is pre-installed on new Pilot PCs.
•New Remote buttons: There are six new key caps for the remote to access new features.
•Version 4 manual supplement: This document you are reading describes all new
version 4 features.
•48-track wiring diagram: Shows how to connect the components of a standard 48-
track R-1 system.
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Euphonix Version 4 Supplement to the R-1 Operation ManualIntroduction to Version 4
The following features are new or have changed in version 4 (Version 3’s new features
are included in their respective chapters).
•Drag and drop editing of clip, clip-edge and cross-fades.
•Clip editing from the remote.
•Enhanced Library naming features, allowing for Title templates and reorganizing
your audio libraries.
•Copy or move audio between Audio Decks through Firewire.
•Adjustable Track Sizes with scroll, allowing 2-48 tracks to be viewed in the track
page. Several new hot keys permit quick zoom operations for tracks.
•AES-31 Batch Export/Import adds the ability to multi-select titles for AES-31 export and import. Allows a user to backup their R-1 titles and audio to any media that
can connect to the Windows OS. Adds cross compatibility between recordings on
R-1 and other systems that support the AES-31 title format.
•The Audio Browser and Titles Browser in the R-1 and Transfer Station are now
where the Meters are located on an R-1. Tab between the Audio Browser and Titles
Browser using the Media/Browser button in the left side of the Navigation Bar
.
For more information visit www.euphonix.com for a detailed guided tour of R-1, or call
you nearest Euphonix distributor.
Headquarters (Palo Alto, West US)
Phone:(650) 855 0400 Fax: (650) 855 0410
Los Angeles (West US & International)
Phone:(818) 766 1666 Fax: (818) 766 3401
New York (East US)
Phone:(212) 889 6869 Fax: (212) 889 6897
Nashville (Central US)
Phone:(615) 327 2933 Fax: (615) 327 3306
London (Europe)
Phone:44 (171) 602 4575 Fax: 44 (171) 603 6775
Tokyo (Japan)
Phone:(03) 3288 4423 Fax: (03) 3288 4428
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Chapter 2: Wiring Instructions
2.1Firewire
1.Connect a firewire cable from the Pilot PC to the Studio Hub.
2.Connect a firewire cable from the Studio Hub to the Audio Deck 1.
3.Connect a firewire cable from the Audio Deck 1 to the Audio Deck 2.
4.Connect a firewire cable from the Audio Deck 2 to the Audio Deck 3.
5.Connect a firewire cable from the Audio Deck 3 to the Audio Deck 4.
NOTE:Do not connect the firewire cables in any other way than as described.
2.2AES Clock
1.Connect an AES cable from the AES Out on the Studio Hub to the AES In on
a converter.
2.Connect an AES cable from the AES Through on the converter to the AES In
on the Audio Deck.
3.Repeat until all Converters and Decks have AES clock connected. If you prefer
Word Clock, use the same procedure to the Word Clock connectors.
2.3MADI
To use the MADI routes built into the Studio Hub you must connect the MADI devices
in the following order:
1.AM 713 #1 MADI Output to Studio Hub MADI port Input 1
2.MA 703 #1 MADI Input to Studio Hub MADI port Output 1
3.AM 713 #2 MADI Output to Studio Hub MADI port Input 2
4.MA 703 #2 MADI Input to Studio Hub MADI port Output 2
5.AM 713 #3 MADI Output to Studio Hub MADI port Input 3
6.MA 703 #3 MADI Input to Studio Hub MADI port Output 3
7.AM 713 #4 MADI Output to Studio Hub MADI port Input 4
8.MA 703 #4 MADI Input to Studio Hub MADI port Output 4
9.Audio Deck #1 MADI Output to Studio Hub Input 7
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10. Audio Deck #1 MADI Input to Studio Hub Output 7
11. Audio Deck #2 MADI Output to Studio Hub Input 8
12. Audio Deck #2 MADI Input to Studio Hub Output 8
13. Audio Deck #3 MADI Output to Studio Hub Input 9
14. Audio Deck #3 MADI Input to Studio Hub Output 9
15. Audio Deck #4 MADI Output to Studio Hub Input 10
16. Audio Deck #4 MADI Input to Studio Hub Output 10
2.4Cybex Extender
Connect a fan-out cable from the cybex transmitter to different ports on the computer.
1.PS2 mouse cable connects to PS2 mouse port on computer (may require im-
pedance box).
2.PS2 keyboard cable connects to PS2 keyboard port on computer (may require
impedance box).
3.9-pin mouse cable connects to remote port on computer.
4.Monitor cable connects to monitor port on computer.
5.CAT 5 network cable connects Cybex transmitter and receiver.
Connect a fan-out cable from the cybex receiver to different devices on the Remote.
1.PS2 mouse cable connects to PS2 mouse on Remote.
2.PS2 keyboard cable connects to PS2 keyboard on Remote.
3.9-pin mouse cable connects to RS232-to-RS422 converter which connects to
Remote.
4.Monitor cable connects to monitor on Remote.
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Chapter 3: Display Features
This section introduces version 4’s new display features:
•Waveform display
•Zoom controls
•Reel Trim and cursor-based Jog and Shuttle
•Clip-edge Locating
•Bars, Beats, and Ticks display mode
3.1Waveform Display
The R-1 shows waveforms for all Clips in the track sheet unless you choose otherwise.
All waveforms are drawn bipolar. The 3-D tubular Clips in previous versions have been
abandoned in favor of simpler waveform displays. Waveforms allow you to more easily
see gaps in the content, fully silent edit points, clipping or near clipping, downbeats, and
similar material on separate tracks. Depending on your level of experience with using
waveforms, you may even recognize certain instruments.
Figure 3-1 Dragging the clip edge handle of a waveform
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It is also possible to display the Sound File name for each Clip. It may help to turn off
the waveform display because names are easier to read against a plain block of color.
Showing the name of the Sound File can assist import and export operations. However,
if the file name display is too much information (i.e., it can obscure the waveform) it
too can be turned off. The selected Clip and any Clip under the trackball cursor will still
display its name.
To disable the waveform view and/or the file name view on any given Track:
3.To globally set the Display Waveforms and/or Display File Names for all
tracks, press the Wave + (Select Enable) Select All keys.
All tracks are highlighted.
4.Right-click over any one of the selected tracks.
Enabling/disabling either display mode affects all tracks.
Figure 3-2 Track Edit popup menu
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Zooming
The R-1 allows you to zoom in on the track sheet to display sample-accurate waveforms. At level 6 and below (zoom in for lower levels) there may be a pause while the
waveforms calculate. This is due to the large amount of audio data being refreshed directly from the audio hard drives for each new view. The waveforms at these levels do not refresh while the Transport is active because it uses all of the system's resources.
When Transport operations cease, the waveforms refresh.
Caching
At zoom levels higher than 6, the audio data is not drawn from the audio disks but is
displayed using a cache of lower resolution data. This cache data is kept on the R-1 Pilot
and not on the audio disks. Moving an audio disk to a new system (with a different Pilot) requires recalculating the waveforms. Initial calculation of the waveform data is
done as soon as you press the Stop button after record.
Although it may take some time for the R-1 to process the audio to create the waveforms, it is done in the background while you continue to work. However, the waveform calculation does not progress while the Transport is active. The entire disk
throughput is dedicated to play and record reliably—waveform calculation is only allowed to be active during Transport idle time. The R-1 also attempts to calculate waveforms where you are working first.
While the waveforms are still being calculated, a single zero level green line is shown
inside the Clip. Clips (full-scale points in the waveform) are shown with a red highlight
on the edge of the waveform.
Figure 3-3 Fades Display
Fades are shown by a very light blue line which superimposes over the darker blue
waveform or block (a selected Clip has these colors inverted). The figure above shows
the block display mode on all Clips. The only Clip with waveforms visible is the Clip
currently under the trackball cursor—this pointed to clip always shows waveforms and
the sound file name.
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3.2Metering Features
Metering in the R-1 has been widely praised and includes a decaying peak hold, no peak
hold, and no decay (manually reset-able) peak hold. R-1 metering now supports a user
adjustable decay rate to get just the effect that the engineer needs to see.
The Clear Meters button between shift and zoom on the remote now resets the meter
peaks and meter data.
Figure 3-4 Adjustable Decay Rate for Metering
Figure 3-5 Right-click Metering popup menu
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3.3Zoom Features
3.3.1Adjustable Track Views
You can adjust the number of tracks viewed to better edit the clips on the track. The
Tracks page can show 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, or 48 tracks at one time. This feature can be set
by:
•left-clicking the Deck button in the Navigation bar;
•the Deck button above the tracks panel;
•the Zoom dialog;
•On the Remote, hold down the Wave key and press either the Expand or Con-
tract keys.
Features exclusive to the Deck are available by right-clicking on the Deck button.
Several hot keys permit quick zoom operations:
•F7 = Zoom In
•F8 = Zoom Out
•F9 = Fewer Channels
•F10 = More Channels
3.3.2Scroll Tracks
You can Scroll the tracks using the scroll bar on the right of the tracks panel to see adjacent tracks on the screen.
The Reel Trim button on the remote can now scroll tracks. Press and hold the Wave
key and then press the Reel Trim keys on remote to scroll the tracks up and down. If
you are in Reel Trim already, holding down the Wave key switches to Track Scroll and
the Reel Trim button flashes. Release the Wave key to automatically return to Reel
Trim. Press the Reel Trim button again to disable.
3.3.3Zoom to Selection
Perhaps the most useful of the new Zoom features is Zoom to Selection, which quickly
zooms to a selected section. Zoom to All shows the entire Title where clips are used.
Right-click on a selected or empty track region for the popup menu and choose Zoom to All or Zoom to Selection.
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Figure 3-6 The Zoom to Selection and Zoom to All controls
Figure 3-7 Zoom to Selection
Figure 3-8 Zoom to All
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3.4Crossfades
The crossfade time is now always visible on the Navigation Bar of the on-screen display. Adjust the crossfade time as before or set it in the Record dialog.
Figure 3-9 Default Crossfade time for all new punches
3.5Bars and Beats
The R-1’s extensive Title Time display now includes Bars, Beats, and Ticks. When
selected, the time locator accepts and displays time information in these more musically
meaningful units. A tempo map editing page permits up to 16 tempo regions per Title.
A click track can be created using one imported WAV file for the beat marks of the current tempo map and a second WAV file for the downbeat (see Create a Click Track on
page 22).
Bars and Beats time display differs from other display modes because it depends on the
tempo and time signature, both of which can change independently during a single title.
The R-1 represents these changes as a tempo region; there can be 16 regions per Title.
3.5.1Tempo and Time Signature
A beat is one unit of the bottom number of the time signature. For example, in 3/4 time,
a beat is one quarter note. Tempo is represented as beats per minute (bpm); the allowable range is 1–960 bpm. The top number in the time signature indicates the number of
beats per measure.
NOTE:We recommend programming the time and tempo changes into your R-1 Title before
recording. Then use the click track feature to provide a reference for recording.
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On the Remote
Time
Display
then
1.Press the Time Display button on the Remote.
2.Press the Select button to enter the Format/Res (time format and resolution)
3.Use +/- to scroll to Bars, Beats, Ticks, then press Select again.
4.Click at the top of the Current Time Display (on the time units) to toggle
Select
menu.
If selecting the Bars, Beats, Ticks display for the first time within this Title,
you will see a the default tempo region: tempo = 120 bmp in 4/4 time counted
from the zero position in Absolute Time. When entering a locate time in bars
and beats, you must enter the bar and the beat to locate to. Entering just the bar
will not work. For example, to locate to bar 54 beat 1, you must enter 5401. To
locate to a bar 54 beat 1 tick 36 you would enter 5401.036
Now you must edit the Tempo Map to match the music you are about to record,
which can be done only in the software.
through the different format and display resolution options available.
then
Trim
-
or
Trim
+
Alternately, right-click at the top of the display and select Bars, Beats, Ticks
(the last popup menu item).
5.Click on the Map button above the Current Time Display (when in Bars,
Beats, Ticks mode).
The Edit Tempo Map window opens.
Figure 3-10 Edit Tempo Map Window
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On the left side of this display the list of Tempo Regions is shown. Each region
is defined by the:
•length of the region in musical measures;
•tempo in beats-per-minute (bpm);
•time signature for this region;
•starting time code for this region in case you need an absolute reference.
NOTE:Titles created by version 2.0 software that enter Bars and Beats for the first time will
not automatically create the first tempo region. Create the first or additional regions
by clicking New.
6.Click on any item in this list to highlight that Tempo Region.
Its parameters become editable in the four fields to the right, below Selected Tempo Region. The first field, Region starts at, is editable only for the first
tempo region in the map. This start time for the first region is the offset for the
entire Bars and Beats Tempo Map. Entering an inappropriate value causes the
software to interpret it as time code = 0.
Newly entered values for these tempo region parameters appear in the tempo
region list on the left when any one of three things occur:
•Place the cursor in a new field;
•Select a different tempo region in the list on the left;
•Press Return or OK to close the dialog.
7.Close the Edit Tempo Map window to re-arrange the track display to reflect
the new time display mode.
8.Enter a Tempo in the range 1–960 bpm.
9.Enter a time signature.
The bottom number must be a power of 2 (i.e., 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, etc.).
10. Enter the number of measures for this region.
The default number is 100.
11. After creating the first tempo region, press the New key.
This places a new region with default values at the end of the map. This new
region is automatically highlighted to allow editing. Continue adding new regions until the Title is completely mapped.
3.5.2Re-order Regions
Tempo region locations within the tempo map can be altered by using the Up and Down
buttons. Delete unused tempo regions by clicking the Delete button.
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3.5.3Create a Click Track
A click track can be created using one imported WAV file for the downbeat of the
measure and a second WAV file for the other beat marks of the current tempo map.
To create a click track:
1.Right-click on the track name on the track in which you want the click track to
exist.
2.Choose Make Click Track from the popup menu.
The Make Click Track dialog appears.
3.Press the Edit Tempo Map button and adjust your tempo map settings for your
song as described in Tempo and Time Signature on page 19.
4.When finished editing your tempo map in the Tempo Map dialog, press OK to
display the Make Click Track dialog.
5.Click on the Import new Measure File button to select a sound to play on ev-
ery downbeat.
6.Click on the Import new Beat File button to select a sound to play on every
beat.
7.Click on Paste Clicks button to finish creating the click track.
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