Cantarem is a control surface which makes it possible to offset the rotary knobs of Cantar or the mixdown console's linear sliders on eight 4" Penny+Giles faders assembled in skew, for compacity reason, with soft rubber's cursors which give a nice finger-grip touch.
It measures 9.5 X 6.1 X 1.8 inches in closed position and 9.5 X 8.5 X 1 inches in open working position.
The top part, in which electronics hides, includes push-buttons for assignment and solos as well as connectors relaying:
- Lemo 5 for TC,
- USB for keyboard,
- Fischer 4 for powering a PDA,
- Lemo 8 for chaining two Cantarem in order to have 16 faders.
For Cantar whose motherboard version is less than 2.6, it is necessary to use a particular cable Lemo 8M / Lemo 5M / Sub-D25M whose Lemo 5M plug must be connected to the Cantar Time Code socket. It is however possible to modify in our repair service these Cantar in order to use the simple cable Lemo 8M / Sub-D15M, as with most recent Cantar.
Aaton is now providing a cable of a length from approximately 40 inches, instead of the 12" one initially delivered. The lack of clips on the Cantarem which would have allowed its use over the shoulder can be regretfull.
Lastly, a small reproach on the esthetism: it would seem that the genitor of the Cantarem suffers from caligynephoby (fear of women with voluptuous forms), pathology which is found indirectly in the design of its control surface.
Nevertheless Cantarem should become in the next monthes an essential tool in the equipment of cantarist sound mixers.
Rental daily rate of the Cantarem is 35 euro eVAT.
It measures 9.5 X 6.1 X 1.8 inches in closed position and 9.5 X 8.5 X 1 inches in open working position.
The top part, in which electronics hides, includes push-buttons for assignment and solos as well as connectors relaying:
- Lemo 5 for TC,
- USB for keyboard,
- Fischer 4 for powering a PDA,
- Lemo 8 for chaining two Cantarem in order to have 16 faders.
For Cantar whose motherboard version is less than 2.6, it is necessary to use a particular cable Lemo 8M / Lemo 5M / Sub-D25M whose Lemo 5M plug must be connected to the Cantar Time Code socket. It is however possible to modify in our repair service these Cantar in order to use the simple cable Lemo 8M / Sub-D15M, as with most recent Cantar.
Aaton is now providing a cable of a length from approximately 40 inches, instead of the 12" one initially delivered. The lack of clips on the Cantarem which would have allowed its use over the shoulder can be regretfull.
Lastly, a small reproach on the esthetism: it would seem that the genitor of the Cantarem suffers from caligynephoby (fear of women with voluptuous forms), pathology which is found indirectly in the design of its control surface.
Nevertheless Cantarem should become in the next monthes an essential tool in the equipment of cantarist sound mixers.
Rental daily rate of the Cantarem is 35 euro eVAT.