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Zaxcom Nomad - operating questions, plus tips & shortcuts


Jack Norflus

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Just posted this on the Zax forum. Thought I'd post it here to see if anyone agrees with me.

"My only request so far would be for a home page that lists at least Card Track 1 (which is always my mono mix track), and inputs 1-6 so I can see the location of the auto-trim diamonds.

An alternative would be to place the auto-trim diamonds on the card track page, obviously only for the tracks which are ISOs, and not a mix of inputs. For example, card track 1 would be a mono mix, and would have no auto-trim diamond. Card tracks 2-6 are all ISOs and would have the auto-trim diamond of their respective inputs. I'd never have to leave that homepage."

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Just posted this on the Zax forum. Thought I'd post it here to see if anyone agrees with me.

"My only request so far would be for a home page that lists at least Card Track 1 (which is always my mono mix track), and inputs 1-6 so I can see the location of the auto-trim diamonds.

An alternative would be to place the auto-trim diamonds on the card track page, obviously only for the tracks which are ISOs, and not a mix of inputs. For example, card track 1 would be a mono mix, and would have no auto-trim diamond. Card tracks 2-6 are all ISOs and would have the auto-trim diamond of their respective inputs. I'd never have to leave that homepage."

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So far anyone have problem with version 4.14? Mine once have pointer error and once froze one me. Did a boot loader upgrade to v14. Now I go back to boot loader v12 and testing back on version 4.02.

4.09 seems to be a good choice for versions higher than 3.13E (not 4.02). Note you should stay with boot loader V14 . It will not effect how the machine runs but will prevent your screen from staying black when you try to re-program your unit (if you have the bright screen mod). I am posting v4.18 soon which will remove the routing limitations.

-howy

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4.09 seems to be a good choice for versions higher than 3.13E (not 4.02). Note you should stay with boot loader V14 . It will not effect how the machine runs but will prevent your screen from staying black when you try to re-program your unit (if you have the bright screen mod). I am posting v4.18 soon which will remove the routing limitations.

-howy

i notice in your description of 4.14 on Zax forum you say:

"Fixed problem with HighPass filter on ch 7-10 if turned on they mess up mic/line settings on ch1,2"

Was it just swapping mic to line and vice versa?

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From my perspective of what was happening was that the phantom power was getting affected and not powering the mic fully, (what was really happening under the hood I don't know). There was a work around I found to correct the issue and continue to work, but this all has been resolved now :)

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My dealer made me an AES output cable for my Nomad, Output 1&2 from the D-Sub port to an XLR.

The cable is working with the digital input of the PD4 we used for test,.

I tried 2 time to use it with Sony XDcam, i get nothing..., tried to look for anything i could change in the cam menu..

I remenber to have used a few time the 552 AES output with the same kind of cam , and it took me half a sec to make it work..

Anyone with an idea of the problem?

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I've given up on updating my nomad for now. Doing it everyday gets pretty old. Since I'm not working much these days, I'll just wait til a few days before the next job and do it then.

It's best to settle on a stable version of firmware and update (or down-date) to that version prior to any important job. Have a CF card dedicated to that version and include your tried-and-proven settings files on the CF so you can do a factory reset and then reload your preferred settings.

During slack periods is the best time to "wring out" any of the newer versions -- especially, since version 4.xx is still in beta.

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