Sound Devices 970 - Manual (Page 26)

970 User Guide
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Recor
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Track Arming
Up to 64 Tracks of audio can be recorded. Tracks must be armed in the Main View in order for them
to be recorded. Armed audio tracks will have a red background in the Arm column. Unarmed audio
tracks will have a black background in the Arm column. To arm or disarm Tracks for recording:
1. Press the AUDIO button to access the Main View.
2. Rotate the Control knob to select the desired track.
3. Press the Control knob to focus the highlighter on the selected track’s parameters. The high-
lighter will become orange and focus on a single column in the track.
4. Rotate the Control knob to highlight the Arm column (The Arm column is the left-most col-
umn and displays the track number).
5. Press the Control knob to access the Arm Menu. Turn the Control knob to select On, Off,
All On , or All Off. (All On and All Off will change the arming status of all tracks, regardless
of which track is selected).
Changing a track’s Input Source to Off will disarm the track.
When the sampling rate is 88.2kHz or 96kHz, tracks 33 to 64 are disabled. This is achieved by setting
the sources for tracks 33 to 64 to Off. While the sample rate is set to 88.2kHz or 96kHz, the source for
tracks 33 to 64 cannot be set to anything other than Off.
When [Audio - Sample Rate] is set to a sample rate other than 88.2kHz or 96kHz, the track sources for
tracks 33 to 64 will remain Off. They must be manually set to new sources.
File Format (Polyphonic or Monophonic)
Mono (Wave) File Format writes a file for each armed track to each target drive per take. Mono files
will be named according to [File Storage - File Name Format] with the addition of an underscore
(“_”) character followed by the track number at the end of the file name.
If File Name Format is set to Reel-Scene-Take_Track Name, a WAV mono file will be given names in
the following format: <Reel>-<Scene>-<Take>_<Track #Track Name>.
For example, if Reel=141001, Scene=101A, Take=001, Track=01, and the Track 1 Name is Boom, then
the file’s name would be 14001-101A-001_01Boom.WAV
Mono Wave files can be written to a maximum of 2 SSD’s. Recording Mono Wave files to a mechanical
(spinning) hard drive is not supported.
Poly (Wave) File Format writes a single file to each target drive per take. All armed audio tracks are
interleaved into a single file.
If File Name Format is set to Reel-Scene-Take_Track Name, but WAV poly files are being recorded, the
alternative format of Reel-Scene-Take will be used.