970 Firmware v2.20

  • New
    • All metadata edits ripple to grouped units for previous, current and next takes including scene, take, notes, track names, circle status, false take and scene increments. This signifies the most comprehensive and advanced sharing of metadata between a master recorder and its backup, making the backup recorder a true mirror of the master
    • Create and download sound reports (.csv) directly from within PIXNET making it easy to email directly from a computer or other browser enabled device
    • Ability to play multichannel .wav files recorded using other applications/devices e.g. 6-series, 7-series, Protools, Adobe Audition, Audacity etc.
    • False Takes Directory. False takes are now sent to a False Take folder instead of being deleted
    • PIXNET Phrase List Manager. Manage your phrase lists directly from PIXNET
    • PIXNET False Take command
    • Remaining Time playback display option. Choose Normal or Remaining Time from the Menu>System>Playback ABS display menu
    • Adjustable Meter Peak Hold Time (0-5 secs)
    • Fast Track Arming in Audio Screen using FILES + Encoder Press shortcut
    • Fast Headphone Soloing in Audio Screen using encoder to scroll between tracks once in Solo Mode (Audio + LCD)
    • Grayed out meters for easy identification of disarmed tracks
    • New Dante Settings menu for configuring Dante redundancy, primary, and secondary IP parameters
    • DC In Voltage display
    • System warnings now trigger GPIO outputs
  • Changes / Improvements
    • Updated version of Dante hardware (Brooklyn II) firmware to v3.8.0.24
    • Faster Ethernet File Transfer
    • Added notifications to alert user that a drive has not been formatted by the 970 and if there has been a drive error at start of recording
    • Improvements to grouping reliability especially when using static IPs
    • General improvements in handling Dante stream assignments and events
    • Audio Screen track highlight change to make it easier to see if a track is armed
    • LTC embedded in line 10 and VITC in lines 9 and 571 of SDI stream.
  • Fixes
    • Rare image complexity issues that could cause dropped or corrupt frames
    • Added GPIO debounce to prevent static inadvertently stopping recording
    • Occasionally upon network interruption and reconnection, track sources were losing their Dante stream assignments
    • Network interruption on one of the networks in Dante Redundancy mode could cause track sources lose their Dante stream assignments
    • Intermittent auto-muting of Dante channels after rebooting
    • Prevented Audio Mode media errors taking other drives out of record
    • Drive Too Slow errors when recording poly audio files
    • Ext TC loop thru causing PIXNET flashing, drive activity and pre-roll to stop functioning when switching between 29.97 and 23.98 frame rates
    • If next scene is different from current scene, changing the take number on the current take should not increment the next take’s take number
    • Parity generation issue on the MADI Output
    • Fixed issue where the record command would not work when the on-screen virtual keyboard is displayed
    • Playback of fragmented files is improved.
    • Various PIXNET bugs