RadoStefanov Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 How do you monitor inputs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Norflus Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 How do you monitor inputs? Either with pre fader listen. Or you can assign the input, via the headphone assignemets, so then you can listen to any combination of card tracks post fade or output buses also post fade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael McQueen Posted September 24, 2011 Report Share Posted September 24, 2011 Cool software but I wish there was a manual to go along with it. Any word on when the manual should be out? Based on what I've read online from various sources the nomad should be shipping in the next week or so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Norflus Posted September 24, 2011 Report Share Posted September 24, 2011 Cool software but I wish there was a manual to go along with it. Any word on when the manual should be out? Based on what I've read online from various sources the nomad should be shipping in the next week or so? The manual is currently being written. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonyeah Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 For mac users, please note that the app is running perfectly on mac using Crossover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Norflus Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 For what its worth - the release version of Nomads software has some very minor tweaks from the software the simulator is running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDirckze Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 For mac users, please note that the app is running perfectly on mac using Crossover. Hi Simon, I just downloaded Crossover, but for some reason can't get it to open the Nomad simulator. It says something about not having a bottle. Do you (or anyone else) know what's going on? Cheers, Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundslikejustin Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Before opening the nomad .exe, open crossover, and in the file menu is should have a create bottle option. This is just a simulation of a windows hdd and can be any size you like. Then run the nomad.exe from inside that bottle. The help documentation explains this better than I can, there used to be a video on the website IARC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDirckze Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Before opening the nomad .exe, open crossover, and in the file menu is should have a create bottle option. This is just a simulation of a windows hdd and can be any size you like. Then run the nomad.exe from inside that bottle. The help documentation explains this better than I can, there used to be a video on the website IARC. Thanks SLJ. Christ, this crossover software must have been created by someone who owns a PC, otherwise it wouldn't be that hard... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomboom Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Lol Warning: there's more than one menu page in the Nomad and you can't turn on the power just by simply looking at the switch (hint: you actually have to use a finger and push it)... Still interested? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 " The help documentation explains this better than I can, " Some folks have better things to do with their time than read documentation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDirckze Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 " The help documentation explains this better than I can, " Some folks have better things to do with their time than read documentation... Indeed. If it were designed by Mac folk it would've just worked, the fact that I would even need to look at help documentation points to a poor product. Now, I have better things to do, such as sleep... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacysound Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Seriously, The majority of the film industry is Mac. Why is this PeeCee only? The Alexa is web based HTML 5 and works on everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Lightstone, CAS Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 As far as Crossover, I abandoned it and went with Parallels, works much better and no need to hit the bottle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Seriously, The majority of the film industry is Mac. Why is this PeeCee only? The Alexa is web based HTML 5 and works on everything. It's PC only because that is the easiest and most direct translation, for Zaxcom, to put up any sort of screens or simulators for any opf their products. I believe that all of Howy's programming is much closer to Windows OS architecture than Mac OS. Zaxcom doesn't have anyone "in house" that I know of who could write this thing as a Mac compatible program, and there is no one on staff that could do a web page to present the simulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Spaeth Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Well, that's normal: macs are so perfect they can even run XP* with Parallels or Bootcamp but PCs are so ''horrible'' that they can't run any of the Mac's OS... so it's normal to develop for PC only since you can reach everybody this way. * that even gives some reason to justify the occasionnal crash (uh, excuse me: ''strange/unexplainable/fellfromthegalaxy probelm'' : ''I was running ''baaad'' XP then later in the afternoon my Mac crashed'' heehee there are quite a bunch of people running Mac OS on PCs... google for Hackintosh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomboom Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 Thanks Christian, didn't know about that. But what program do these guys use it for in general ? Final Cut would be a bad example to me with that type of setup (at that point, you buy a Mac). That'd be the only app that comes to mind that's not accessible for a non-Mac user now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason porter Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 It is used to run Mac OS, not just an application. Thanks Christian, didn't know about that. But what program do these guys use it for in general ? Final Cut would be a bad example to me with that type of setup (at that point, you buy a Mac). That'd be the only app that comes to mind that's not accessible for a non-Mac user now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDirckze Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 Nomad simulator (via Crossover) working well on Mac, as the picture may suggest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Gilchrist Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 Thanks Christian, didn't know about that. But what program do these guys use it for in general ? Final Cut would be a bad example to me with that type of setup (at that point, you buy a Mac). That'd be the only app that comes to mind that's not accessible for a non-Mac user now... I know a couple of folks that have made Hackintoshes, one did it to learn about both platforms and the other solely because it's forbidden by the Apple EULA. The second guy styles himself to be an anarchist, funny on many levels but mostly because he paid for the necessary supplies with money from his trust fund. There are a couple of other applications that have some utility for us that are Mac-only, Boom Recorder and Metacorder. But like your example with Final Cut, at that point it probably makes more sense to run on Apple hardware. Best regards, Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomboom Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 Got that Jason, thanks. I wonder how the simulator would work, now, in Crossover on a PC running Mac OS via Parallels... Naaaah. :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcsimon Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 My $.02, Apple and microsoft both do some things very well, and others not so well, OS X has never been a platform that is easy to develop programs for, ( I say this as a person who has done application development for both platforms). In a situation in which one needs to develop and release an application quickly based on a code base that already exists (as I'm sure is the situation with zaxcom and its simulator), the windows platform is really the only option. All that being said, I am still eagerly awaiting for my nomad to ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 Thanks for the sim, works fine on W7. phil p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Denton Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Cool software but I wish there was a manual to go along with it. Yeah tell me about it. Downloaded the sim but I'm just aimlessly going through menus not really knowing what I'm doing. The sim seems pretty pointless without a manual to know what your doing. Especially on a unit that has as many routing options and menus as this does. This might be a silly question but where is the record button on the Nomad? I'm assuming that it is the button that says TC. If it is does that mean the rec button is a secondary function? That seems crazy to me, to not have a dedicated record button on a recorder, but to have to shift-click a button to record. Not very convenient when you're holding a boom in one hand and you want to quickly fire off the record button to catch some unexpected gold from an actor. Could be a deal breaker for me. I'd rather the sensible layout of a 744t even if I do have to sacrifice some recording tracks. Or am I wrong about the rec button? Even so, if I'm buying a field recorder I want a big red button that says "rec" and I can smash it with my elbow if I don't have a hand free (thank you Sound Devices). Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 This might be a silly question but where is the record button on the Nomad? I'm assuming that it is the button that says TC. If it is does that mean the rec button is a secondary function? That seems crazy to me, to not have a dedicated record button on a recorder, but to have to shift-click a button to record. --- snip --- Could be a deal breaker for me. I'd rather the sensible layout of a 744t even if I do have to sacrifice some recording tracks. Or am I wrong about the rec button? You are wrong about the record button. Read any of the other 7 or 8 posts here that talk about the record button, the safety feature of a shift-click option if you want it, etc. If the most important thing for you is a big red record button and you don't need a recorder with any more features than a 744T, then stick with the 744T. Comparing the feature set between Nomad and a 744T, and only considering the additional tracks of Nomad, is pretty ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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