AETA Audio Systems 4MinX Quick Start Guide - Aspen Media.

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Quick Start

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User interface
4 Mic/Line controls
Function key
(contextual &
assignable)
Menu
Keypad &
Navigation
3” TFT display
Slate
(mic order)
Assignable controls
(Fader, panpot…)
Mixdown
Control
(master)
Recording
keypad
Headphone
volume

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Left panel
4 Mic/Line
(Microphones,
mixer, consol)
Wireless
In/Out
AES inputs
(Extension,
microphone AES42)
AES outputs
( Camera, Wireless
transmitter)

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Left panel
4 Line outputs
(Cameras, speaker,
wireless transmitter,
headphone)
2 channels line inputs
(camera return, wireless
receiver, mixer…)
4 Mic pre outputs ,
external master,
record contact
Word clock input
(Studio application)
USB OTG
high speed
(hard disk)
Record
support
USB Host
low speed
(keyboard)
Time Code
In & Out ( Camera,
SMPTE, LTC receiver)
Ethernet
(Web interface : monitor,
remote control,
import/export)
External power input/
charger input
( AC/DC, car, battery
NP1…)

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Standby : How to manage 4 mic/line input settings
3” TFT display
Defined by menu
+
Lot of mixing controls have direct access from the user space

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Level monitoring : Standard mode (6 Bargraphs)
3” TFT display
Pre fader selected
p
• Pre ( Px ) or Post fader can be selected by menu
• Mode VU and dBfs
• Color Level adjustable by menu

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Level monitoring : Extended mode (10 Bargraphs )
Extended bargraphs
3” TFT display
Peak hold
Line input, AES inputs, Auxiliary bus can be monitoring too

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Level monitoring
Pre-ampli overload
Limiter
(enable,
working)
Mixdown level
(follow master
fader)
Level monitoring
(Post fader)

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Icons
keypad lock
Shift enable
USB disk
USB keyboard
SDCard status
3” TFT display
Keypad and external disk are hot plug

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Standby : Slate
3” TFT display
Press F4 again to disable it
Slate have the highest priority on all outputs

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Monitoring
3” TFT display
All sources available with all mode

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Monitoring
3” TFT display
8 monitoring shortcuts with

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Monitoring : New entry monitoring
3” TFT display
Quick access during record

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Project Management
3” TFT display
4Minx support MANY projects in the same time

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Project Management : Projects
3” TFT display
“Remove projet” DELETE ANY FILES from the SDCARD
“Export project” write a complete report of all workingdays on the SDCARD

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Project Management
3” TFT display

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Project Management : DayWork
3” TFT display
“Delete daywork” DELETE file from the SDCARD
“Export daywork” write a report of the day on the SDCARD

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Project Management

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Project Management : Scene
3” TFT display
New scene can be create too with a shortcut ( Stop + >> ) from the standby
state

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Entry module without external keypad
3” TFT display
• Turn the rotary to select an element in the list
• Press OK to validate it
• Press Esc key to cancel the entry

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Entry module with USB keypad
3” TFT display
azerty or qwerty keypad
are supported
The final entry validation should be make with the 4MinX OK

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File/Track Management : Type
3” TFT display
MANY Kind of files : Mono, Stereo, Poly, new will coming soon…

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File/Track Management : Sources
3” TFT display
Color selection indication

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File/Track Management : Sources
3” TFT display
Total selected sources can’t overstep number of track version ( 2 to 8 )

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Standby : Quick tracks management
• Press Shift
• Press OK
• File selection is make by the rotary
3” TFT display
Quick access on track configuration by 2 keys

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Standby : How to disabled a file / tracks
• With OK you enable or disable a file
3” TFT display
Red => Recorded, Green => Not recorded

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How to start and stop recording
X 2 to start recording
3” TFT display
X 2 to stop recording

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Playing : Source selection
3” TFT display
Last records is selected by default

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Playing
To start playing
3” TFT display
Exit

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Playing : Monitoring shortcuts
3” TFT display
Shortcut are automatically generated ( 8 Max with shift key)

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Options
• Time code
• Hardware option ( factory only )
• For video & film production
• Design by Ambient
• Surround with SP200 microphone
• Software option
• Design by Soundfield

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Time Code ( Ambient)
3” TFT display
All video formats

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Time Code ( Ambient)
3” TFT display
Many modes

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Time Code ( Ambient)
3” TFT display
Word clock input available only with Time code option

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How to make surround with Soundfield microphone ( Option )
3” TFT display
Supported microphone format A ( SPS200)

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Soundfield : Static settings
3” TFT display
Concert with many instrument => 180°, One source => 90°

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Soundfield : Microphone orientation
3” TFT display
This information should be give to the post production for a right files used

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Soundfield : Control
3” TFT display
Only 1 entry control
The 4 inputs are managed by the 4 th input control and One menu

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Soundfield : monitoring
3” TFT display
ML
L
C
R
MR
SL
S
SR
Full surround monitoring

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Main menu
Menu access from the
standby windows
Or
To enter in the
sub menu
4 plain text menu to set the 4Minx

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Audio menu
Exit menu
Back to 1 level
4 plain text menu to set the 4Minx

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Input menu

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Audio input mode menu

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Routing menu
Mixdown
(BUS with
Master )
Auxiliary
(AUX without
Master )

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Assignable potentiometers

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Audio Output sources

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Records menu

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Settings menu

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Setting/ Display menu
Vu
full
Levels
Sources

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Settings/function key menu

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Tools menu

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Help menu