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1. Fit L Serer ER 1 a Em 10 00 i 0 95 H This menu allows you to either directly select the number of strips displayed in the plug in window or to incre ment decrement this number by one Linking Strip Tools controls Any choice of Strip Tools controls can be linked together When you move any of the controls which is a member of a link group all the other members of the group also move There are 48 link groups for linear rotary controls and 48 link groups for switches Quickstart Guide Strip and Bus Tools Plug ins Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION To add a control to a link group right click on the knob or button to display its Link Status and Automation Sta tus pop up window E g this is the pop up for an input gain control Input Gar Mone Exclusive E Group GroupExclusive Factor x 1 0 M Invert lsolate Record Play Auto rite Strip Tools Automation Status Group assignment mode buttons These four buttons define the link mode of the control Four choices are available None The control is not a member of any group Group The control is a member of the selected group When you move or switch this con trol or any other control which is a member of this group all the members of the group will move or switch along with it Exclusive This mode is only available for switches With this mode selected when this switch is on all the other member
2. Mastering CD 01 st x O2 Mastering CD OU st x 02 Mastering CD 04 st x 02 via 1 Stereo Audio Group Mastering OVD 06x 06 Sumound 5 1 Mastering DVD 06x 06 Sumound 5 1 Filtering Mastering DVD 06x 06 Sumound 5 1 Filtering LA Sub rei Mastering OVD 06 x 06 Sumound 5 1 All Channel Equal Mix 08 x 02 Stereo Mix O8 x 02 Stereo 02 SR Tools Anahse 04 Group V Moc 08 x 06 Surround x 01 SR LCR S SW Mix 08 x 06 Sumound x 01 SR LCR 5 SW Tools Anahs Mix 16 x 02 Stereo cone New Project Wizard Select a Mixer Preset dialog 11 Choose the Mix 08 X 02 Stereo preset in the drop down list by clicking on the name Note that the Use a Preset radio button is automatically checked 12 Click Finish to activate your new Project It will open with a Project Window and Mixer Window There will be 8 empty tracks in the Project Editing Panel corresponding with the 8 Mixer Input channels Configure the Mixer Note The information given here assumes a simple single board system with a daugh terboard in a single format The exact settings of Input and Output numbers will depend on your specific circumstances Connect your monitoring amplifier to outputs 1 amp 2 of the first card in your system If this is not possible and you wish to use a different pair of output for monitoring 1 Click on the L XLR icon at the bottom of the Stereo Bus output strip Select the Physical Output the Left hand ch
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4. Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION O i a aa gt Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION V ae No part of this documentation may be reproduced in any form whatsoever or be stored in any data retrieval system without prior written permission of the copyright owners This documentation is supplied on an as is basis Information contained within this documenta tion is subject to change at any time without notice and must not be relied upon All company and product names are or Registered Trademarks of their respective owners Windows Vista Windows XP and Windows 2000 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Merging Technologies makes no warranties express or implied regarding this software its qual ity performance merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose The software is supplied as is you the purchaser are assuming the entire risk of the results of using this Merging Technolo gies software In no circumstances will Merging Technologies its owners directors officers employees or agents be liable to you for any consequential incidental or indirect loss or damages including loss of time loss of business loss of profits loss of data or similar resulting from the use of or inability to use the Merging Technologies hardware and or software or for any defect in the hardware software or documentation Copyright Merging Technologies Inc 2010 All rights reserved Merging Technol
5. Play some audio into the Input s of the Track s you have armed for recording Click on the Master Record button in the Transport Control bar and recording will begin immediately Alternatively click on the Play Quickstart Guide A First Simple Project Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION button Recording will begin when you press the Master Record button Notice that red blocks appear in the armed tracks which grow as the recording proceeds gopopig Lntitled Good Take Enter Bad Take Shift Enter Delete Take ESC Record Name dialog Type a suitable name for the recording and click on the Good Take Enter button 4 The red blocks change to brown selected default with light gray default waveform representing the recorded material 5 Click the i gt i Play Selection button to return to the start of the recording and begin playback of your first recording Note If you cannot hear anything check the Track Header monitoring mode icon is showing either Auto or Replay Quickstart Guide A First Simple Project AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Edit Audio Note All the editing described here is non destructive The only thing changed is point ers to the underlying media file 1 Click on the clip you have just recorded If not already selected notice it darkens in color and Trim Handles appear at the beginning and end ch gt ame e e nee be Bo lt i gt oto
6. and adjust as appropriate 4 Position the Playhead Cursor where you want to begin the recording in the Composition You may wish to zoom in so that you can better see the recording as it progresses 5 Press the red master Record button in the Transport Strip or Transport window The recording will begin and display a red bar in those Tracks you have armed for recording 6 Press the Stop button in the Transport Strip or Transport window to stop the recording A Record Name win dow will appear 7 If you are satisfied with the recording type an appropriate name into the Record Name register and click the Good Take Enter button This will save an audio Media File of the type selected into the selected Media Folder and with the Master Clip name you just chose If you are not satisfied with the recording click the Delete Take esc button and the recording will not be saved If you want to keep it anyway click the Bad Take Shift Enter button which will save the recording with the bad take flag set Virtual Multi track Templates A number of Templates suitable for multi track recording are provided with Pyramix These Templates have all the required settings already in place If none of the supplied Templates is exactly suitable for your task it will save time if you modify the one closest to your needs and save it as a Template for future use Please see also Project Templates on page 30 Settings for Multi track recording Mult
7. using the host CPU and soundcard and on the Merging Technologies Mykeri nos hardware platform depending on the version purchased Each Mykerinos board is capable of up to 128 channels of 24 bit digital audio 64 recording and 64 playback External access to these 128 channels is deter mined by your choice of physical inputs and outputs to the Mykerinos board In XDTDM mode the total number of Live inputs and outputs plus Internal Busses is 128 in and 128 out In HDTDM mode these numbers are halved Quickstart Guide Overview AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Pyramix Native Pyramix Native offers 100 compatibility with the main Pyramix Virtual Studio VS system Both the Pyramix Native and the Pyramix VS can be connected on the same standard Ethernet network and directly interchange audio and video media or a Pyramix complete project between them The Native software is USB dongle pro tected and runs on Windows 2000 or Windows XP desk top or lap top computers It does have restrictions when compared with the main Pyramix Virtual Studio capabilities as you would expect but the Native software main tains all the real time editing capabilities expected of a professional system MassCore MassCore is an extremely powerful Pyramix option A truly deterministic real time engine that does not rely on the Windows operating system This avoids the inherent restrictions and latencies introduced by the operating system and
8. Navigate is silent jog mode Sets the number of revolutions of the jog wheel required to traverse the visible time line l e the actual speed varies with the zoom setting Geared Jog mute when timeline view range is gt 00 00 10 00 Audio will be muted when the Timline view range exceeds the value in the register Quickstart Guide Navigation Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Fine Jog sensitivity factor Sets the fraction of the regular Jog Sensitivity Setting that will be invoked when Fine Jog is selected in the Machines gt Controllers menu Mouse Scrubbing Settings There are two possible scrub modes Analog Tape Mode and Repeat Loop Mode check the appropriate box for the required mode The length of the loop in Repeat Loop Mode is related to the base sampling frequency so the loop will be 116mS long at 44 1 88 2 and 176 4 kHz or 106ms at 48 96 and 192 kHz Analog Tape Mode gives a similar response to reel rocking on an analogue tape machine Jog anyway When lit Jog Mode is used regardless of how much audio is visi ble in the Timeline Shuttle when more than 10 s is shown in the Timeline When lit if there is more than 10 seconds of audio visible in the Timeline scrub will be in Shuttle Mode Repeat Loop Mode continuously repeats a short loop starting at the cursor position Vari Speed Audio Quality High when playing less than of equal to 6 track s Best when playing less than or equal to 2 track
9. Rulers vencio Pyramix is equipped with many Time Scale options Each Time Scale has an associated Time Scale Ruler and Tool Bar which appears above the Time Scale Ruler s Main TimeCode Ruler Near the top of the Project Editing Panel is a horizontal gray area with time code numbers This is the Main Time Code Ruler On the left above the Track headers the Time Range i e the length of the visible Timeline window is indicated The simplest way to move the Playhead Cursor within the Project Editing Panel is to position the mouse any where along the Time Scale Ruler and left click The Playhead will immediately move to the new position You can also left click the Playhead Cursor and drag it along the Ruler Context Menu Clicking in the left hand Header area of a Time Scale Ruler pops up a context menu Main Timecode Scale Frames Main TimeCode Scale Samples Main TimeCode Scale rns Main TimeCode Scale CD frames Main TimeCode Scale Display as CD time Alternate TimeCode Scale Feet Scale Bars amp Beats Scale SiH Ea BR EE ER S Main TimeCode Scale Ruler context menu The first six entries offer a choice of display modes for the Main TimeCode Scale a tick appears next to the option selected currently Main TimeCode Scale Frames Main TimeCode Scale Samples Main TimeCode Scale ms Main TimeCode Scale CD frames Main TimeCode Scale Display as CD Time The remaining three entries
10. Virtual Studio y Quickstart Guide Welcome to Pyramix Virtual Studio AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Conventions Conventions used in Pyramix documents Names found on Pyramix screens and menus are shown in bold E g Information amp Settings Menu and sub menu selections are shown like this View gt Tracks gt Show all Tracks Which means Go to the View pull down menu mouse down to the Tracks sub menu and choose Show all Tracks Where a dialog box has several Pages Tabs are used to turn the pages Tab page selection is shown thus Settings gt Keyboard Shortcut Editor Active Machine Which means Go to the Settings pull down menu choose Keyboard Shortcut Editor then click on the Active machine tab The Pyramix Settings gt All Settings dialog Has its own hierarchical tree structure in the left hand pane with fold ers leading to pages Native Card and Software Set or Pyramix Turnkey Your Pyramix Virtual Studio will have been supplied in one of three forms Pyramix Native or Media Bundle Pyramix Card and Software Set or Pyramix Turnkey Pyramix Turnkey systems are complete ready to go rack mounted PCs with the Pyramix Card and Software Set already installed and properly configured at the Merging Technologies factory As such no user installation or configuration is needed You can connect audio sources and destinations and sync and TimeCode if appropriate and launch and run Pyramix
11. a very powerful aid to productivity To define a new Macro 1 Choose View gt Customize gt Macros from the Toolbar This opens the Macros window 2 Click the New Macro button then name the Macro 3 Various menu Command functions are grouped together into Tabs Select the Tab with whichever group of Command Functions you wish to add to the Macro 4 Click on the appropriate Command so that it is highlighted 5 Press the lt lt button to add this command to the Macro 6 Repeat steps 3 to 5 to assign further Commands to the Macro until it is complete A Keyboard Shortcut can now call the new Macro Follow the instructions in the previous section for assigning Keyboard Shortcuts In this case choose the Macro Tab within the Keyboard Shortcut window Your new Macro will appear as an option inside this window y Quickstart Guide Customizing the User Interface AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Appendix Mouse Modifier Keys This table shows the valid modifier keys which can be used in conjunction with some mouse operations Main Editor ae Left Mouse Button Click In the TimeCode Scale Set Cursor to the mouse Set Mark In to the mouse Set Mark Out to the mouse Set New Marker to the mouse Click In the Bars amp Beats Scale Set Cursor to the mouse Adjust tempo to the end Adjust tempo for the current portion Adjust tempo for the current Beat Click In the Tempo Map Create a new tempo porti
12. a new location duplicates the selected material and moves it Holding down the F key while clicking on the selection then dragging to another track or tracks if the selection covers more than one track duplicates the selected material and moves it locked in time The timing of a Fade In at the beginning of a Clip and a Fade Out at the end can easily be adjusted using the top Control Point on a Clip s Trim Handles However Pyramix offers much more precise and flexible means for adjusting Fades 1 Click on a Clip to select it 2 Right click on the Clip Choose Fade In gt Edit from the main Edit or context pop up menu or Fade Out gt Edit as appropriate Or choose the Fade Editor Tab in the Project Management Panel The Fade Editor window will open Please see The Pyramix User Manual for a full description of the Fade Editor Edit Command highlights Undo Further Editing commands are to be found on the main Edit menu Pyramix keeps track of all edit decisions and operations so they can be undone if neces sary This menu item shows the name of the last operation To undo this operation simply click on the Undo operation menu item and the listed operation will be undone When ever an item is undone it immediately shows up as the most recent item in the Redo list Undo History Pyramix keeps track of the most recent edit decisions and operations and shows them Redo here in a sub menu These are listed from the most
13. allows the channel track count to be increased to an unprecedented level MassCore is scalable from 16 to 256 input and output channels with a massive 256 channel bus structure MassCore enables a number of new features Larger Mixer configurations Extra 2 66ms and Ultra 1 33ms latency options Full Delay Compensation VS3 and VST gt VST inserts on Buses and Auxes VST Multi channel support External Inserts physical effects External Monitor Inputs and Talkback Where features are MassCore specific you will see the Masscore logo JMassCore NEW USERS START HERE Note If you are a new user with a Pyramix Turnkey system please go to Cabling Pyra mix in your System Environment on page 12 If you are a new user with a card and software set please start here System Requirements For Pyramix Virtual Studio For recommended PC specifications please see the Pyramix Installation Guide and especially Support gt Hardware Recommmendation Recommended PC configuration http www merging com Sufficient HD space and speed for your audio media files The speed and amount of disk space required depends on sample rate bit depth number of tracks and length of program material A fast 10k rpm or better 15k rom SCSI drive e g Seagate Cheetah or a fast RAID array is recommended for larger multi track projects high sample rate and DSD work Low cost SATA or IDE drives are fine for smaller projects of u
14. an RS 422 playback machine Zooming and Panning There are 2 kinds of zooming in the Project Editing Panel horizontal or Time Scale zooming and vertical or Track height zooming Time Scale Zoom and Pan Zoom In and Zoom Out icons on the Toolbar zoom in or out at the current Play Head location Hold down the Alt key then select an area of the Composition by clicking and dragging the mouse to the left or right This zooms in horizontally on the selected area Similarly an area of the Composition can be selected by clicking and dragging Now the Fit in window icon from the Toolbar will automatically adjust the horizontal scale to fit the selected area inside the Project Editing Panel Keyboard shortcuts also exist for all these zooming actions The Scrollbar beneath the Tracks directly below the Time Scale bar allows the user to Pan horizontally left or right in the usual fashion Track Height Zoom In addition to horizontal zoom the user can easily increase or decrease the height of each Track within the Project Editing Panel The 1 2 4 8 16 A buttons at the bottom left of the Project Editing Panel automatically scale the vertical Track size so that 1 2 4 8 16 or All as many as possible given the vertical space Tracks fit in the vertical space allocated to the Project Editing Panel The Scrollbar adjacent to these buttons allows for continuous adjustment of the Track height Double clicking in the far left of a track he
15. dialog 4 The default is Editing Project which is the type we will use 5 Choose a suitable sampling rate from the Sampling Rate drop down list Use 44 1kHz if in doubt and using an analogue input 6 Choose a suitable bit depth from the Resolution drop down list Use 24 bit if in doubt y Quickstart Guide A First Simple Project AMERGING ae Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION IKMZeD Od8 REF 1 i iesiti if Setup anew Project Workspace ere Brulee 1 GR cMuTE CORPS 1 gcom 1 GR COUP De FEU 1 Gp cour ne PEU 1 GE COUP DE FEUX CREATURE 1 Project Name pre Diret iab 1 iret bisos 1 Rendezvous gic ect Diak 1 Zz Diret Diso 1 Bova a S PMXMedia Pi MDUCTIONS 120 15 x IMDOUCTIONS 1250 15 Pic INDUCTIONS 1 00 1 FE IMDUCTIONS MEOM 253 1 Pt PLAINTE D 1 Ft FENTILATELE O FET i WP 2s ee ee es a j E J i T Sef fh es AQ Finish Cancel New Project Wizard Setup a new Project Workspace dialog Click in the Setup a new Project Workspace box to tick it Type a name for the Project and either type a suitable path to the Project and Media Location or use the button to open a Browse for Folder window This works like a Windows Explorer window and enables you to navigate to a suitable folder Quickstart Guide A First Simple Project Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Choose a Mixer Use Default Mixer C Use Mixer Wizard C Use a Preset
16. displayed in Green from top to bottom Threshold Level Control Sets the level at which the compressor begins to act If the input signal level exceeds the Threshold Level the gain is reduced or increased in De Compressor mode in proportion to the setting of the ratio control Ratio Control Determines the proportion of gain reduction or increase for signals above the threshold level If for example the ratio is set to 2 00 1 in Compressor mode if the input level rises by 2dBs above the threshold level the output level will only rise by 1 dB Attack Time Control Controls the time the compressor takes to react when the input level exceeds the Threshold Level The lower the attack time the faster the reaction y Quickstart Guide Strip and Bus Tools Plug ins AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Release and Hold Time controls These two parameters work together and control the amount of time the compressor takes to react when the input level is above the threshold level and starts fall During the hold time the gain of the compressor remains constant After the hold time the gain of the compressor is changed at the rate set by the release time The lower the release time the faster the reaction De Compress Switch Switches the compressor between the compress and the de compress modes Compressor mode De compressor mode Output level Output level N Input level gt Input level Threshold Thre
17. extending effects to fit a given space This command allows inserted clips to be fit into specified regions on the timeline This requires the Timezone Time compression Expansion plug in Cuts the current Selection and places it on the Clipboard forcing a Ripple to occur on all affected tracks Inserts the contents of the Clipboard to the mouse cursor position forcing a Ripple on all affected tracks Inserts the contents of the Clipboard at the current Playhead Cursor position forcing a Ripple on all affected tracks Inserts silence blank space into the current selection forcing a ripple on all selected tracks Pyramix Virtual Studio offers the user a variety of ways of navigating around the Project Editing Panel Playhead Cursor Position A vertical black line with a down pointing triangle at the top indicates the current Play Cursor Playhead cursor or Now position within the Project Editing Panel When a new Project is started the Playhead is set at Zero 0 vencio Quickstart Guide Navigation Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION The Playhead can either be static with scrolling tracks or moving in which case the track display pages when the boundaries are reached select with View gt Fixed Cursor while playing or View gt Free Cursor while play ing A further option View gt Cursor Return after playing when selected returns the Playhead to the start point when playback is stopped Time Scale
18. gt All Programs gt Pyramix gt DiscWrite 4 DiscWrite Source Table of Content Pyramis CD Image Disc Title ee Label Open Image ai Dati Info Customer Name TCD ImagesiMoby Hotel pri Customer Contact Customer Phone Target Master ID Code CD R PLEATOR DVDR Pe S044 1 0 4t Ret Code UPCEAN Code Record Settings Info Track fi Index Speed 24x Disc 4t Once Status Checking PLEXTOR DVDR Px 5044 Progress Buffer 03 oo 05 43 20 yes Print TOC Save TOC Select Report Design Report Bus O found GEABPort PnP supports 8 targets bus type unknown Wo tape units found Selected recorder interface GEARAspi driver icyclic buffering Driver found GEARAspi for MNT Bus O found GEABRPort PHP supports amp targets bus type unknown PLEATOR DVDR Pa 504A revision 1 01 found on bus ID O target ILC O LUN O ELEY DVD ROM revision 1 0 found on bus ID O target IP 1 LUN O Recorder PLEXTOR DVDR PM SO44 used DiscWrite Application Window 19 Click Open Image and open the Image file you ve just created 20 Select the CD Writer from the Target list 21 If the Info box does not show Disk At Once click on Target Settings 22 Change the CD Write Method entry to Disk At Once 23 Click on the OK button to close the Settings window 24 Place a blank CD R in the drive 25 Click on Record to burn the CD CD Markers CD Markers are much like othe
19. if necessary 9 Restart the PC 10 Before attempting to launch Pyramix please read First launch on page 16 Note If the installation appears to freeze for a long period please check that the Driver Signing warning dialog is not hidden behind another Window Installation will not con tinue until you click OK in this dialog WARNING Certain computers do not properly shut down despite the reboot command issued by the installer but only perform a log off In this case please activat a full shut down manually Authorization System The Pyramix software and its various software options are protected by an authorization key mechanism which uses a unique registration key number generated by Merging Technologies Based on purchased software compo nents this key is unique to your Sentinel or HASP USB dongle serial number or Mykerinos board serial number your Company Name and your User name Once you have registered your software you will be provided with this Key or Keys depending on the options chosen When you receive your Pyramix Package you should also receive either an email from your Merging technologies Sales Partner or a printed copy of the email containing your security setting details If you did not receive this key have lost it or would like to change the user and or company name please contact your Merging Sales Partner with your Mykerinos serial your User Name your Company Name and the list of purchased software compo ne
20. of the mixer control surface can be accomplished via contextual menus or more easily using the Configure page please see the User Manual The precise options available will depend on where you click on the mixer If you wish to affect the entire mixer right click on the top bar of the Mixer window To change options for a Bus right click on a blank area of the Bus strip Similarly for a channel input strip right click on a blank area of the Strip Right clicking within a function block adds menu entries to the top of the list relevant to the specific block Synchronized Creation Deletion of Tracks Strips Note When Creating Deleting or Moving Strips in the Mixer Configuration page or with the right mouse button context menus the connected Tracks are also Created Destroyed or moved accordingly This behavior will apply when the Tracks gt Synchronize Tracks amp Strips is checked When Strips are Created or Moved the Tracks are Created or Moved seamlessly On Deleting a Strip or Strips only empty Tracks are destroyed Tracks containing Clips are preserved dis connected and set to minimum size Adding Strips ae Input Strios Output Buss and Group strips can be added to the mixer as required Right click anywhere on the Mixer window choose Strip gt Add and select the appropriate type of strip to add or right click anywhere on the Mixer window choose Bus gt Add and select the appropriate type of bus to add Remo
21. plug in NOT selected for processing If two or more Bus Tools are inserted in a Bus with PA amp DC on the delay times of each Bus Tools will add together for all channels Quickstart Guide Strip and Bus Tools Plug ins AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Simple Mixer Automation Pyramix Virtual Studio supports several different types of mix automation including both continuous and snap shot automation of Mixer levels pans effects etc See the Pyramix User Manual for more details on these various kinds of automation The following describes a simple kind of automation At the bottom right side of the main Pyramix window you will see Off Play and Write buttons These are the mas ter automation control buttons To record Mixer automation simply click the master automation control Write button Now ANY changes you make to controls in the Mixer armed for automation will be recorded Changes can be made either in real time in Play mode or by cueing the Play Head Cursor to a certain point and carefully adjusting the desired Mixer parame ters To play back without changing a previously recorded Mixer automation simply press the master automation con trol Play button Now any previously recorded Mixer automation will be played back To turn playback or writing of recorded Mixer automation off just press the Off button Automation passes can be reviewed and undone redone in the Automation Tracks window You c
22. recent at the top to the oldest at the bottom of the list To undo a whole block of operations click on the name of the oldest operation and everything since that time from that point in the list to the top of the list will be undone The name of the next operation in the list will be shown as the next Undo item and all the items that have been undone are immediately added to the Redo His tory list The size of the undo history is set to 32 steps by default but it can be adjusted in the Settings gt General Settings General page If an operation has been undone using the Undo commands in this menu the most recently undone operation will be shown here To Redo the operation simply click on Edit gt Redo and the operation will be Redone Whenever an item is Redone it immedi ately shows up as the most recent item in the Undo list in this menu The next edit opera tion carried out in Pyramix will then purge this item since the operation could cause a conflict with previous operations and therefore renders the Redo invalid Redo History Pyramix keeps track of the most recent operations that have been undone and shows Delete vencio them here in the Redo History sub menu To Redo a whole block of operations click on the name of the oldest operation and everything since that time from that point in the list to the top of the list will be Redone The name of the next operation in the list will be shown as the next Redo menu item a
23. s MassCore the varispeed quality is set automatically according to the current core load Native and Mykerinos the playback quality is defined by the playback streams numbers set above Scrub Settings Audio Quality Offers a choice of Standard or Improved The higher the quality chosen the greater the CPU load Default is Stan dard Improved mode is more demanding in terms of system resources This setting will be automatically overridden to Standard mode if more tracks than the number specified in the Max simultaneous tracks field are scrubbed at the same time Fast Speed Settings F LFWD and REW nominal speed ratio 20 Type in the box to set the nominal F FWD and REW speed l e a value of 20 means 20 times sync play speed Transport Controls ae The Play Head Cursor or the Timeline will also move in response to the transport control buttons on the strip at the bottom of the main Pyramix Virtual Studio by Merging Technologies window or by using the separate Transport window controls providing control over the Internal machine is selected Note that the Transport Strip disappears when the Transport window is open and reappears when the window is closed From left to right along the Transport strip the most common controls are as follows The Rewind button moves the Play Head at an accelerated speed backward through the Composition while it is being pressed The Play Selection button plays the currently selected
24. the time slots on the HDTDM bus can be reserved to convey Aux or Master Output Busses back to input strips In effect these are internal send return paths To change the number of available Internal Return Busses close Pyramix if open and launch the VS3 Control Panel Application The number of Internal Return Busses can be set using the drop down list box on the right of the screen Click on the OK button to memorize the setting and exit the Window The number of Internal Return Busses you assign here will be available as possible channel strip sources in the mixer Input Strips Groups Input strips have the same function as the input strips of any standard mixing console providing level control pan mute etc The following types of input strips are available Mono input Strips Stereo input Strips MS decoder Strips decode a Sum and Difference signal to standard stereo format Master Group Strips allow the grouping of faders of several mixer strips Analogous to VCA grouping When a group or groups are added from the mixer contextual menu Settings gt Add Strip gt Group A group button for each group created will appear below the strip name box on each input strip When selected the associated Group strip will control the grouped input strips if the On button is lit on the Group strip Mixing Monitoring Aux Buses ae These are the summing buses where signals from the mixer input strips can be routed to Mix Bus A
25. time as the time deleted Don t Snap When active moving a Selected Cue or Range simply moves it at will Head to End When active moving a Selected Cue or Range results in its beginning snapping to the end of the last Cue on the Track s Tail to Beginning When active moving a Selected Cue or Range results in its end snapping to the beginning of the first Cue on the Track s y Quickstart Guide Navigation AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Head to Nearest When active moving a Selected Cue or Range results in its beginning snapping to the nearest Cue on the Track s or the Playhead Cursor or In Out Marker Tail to Nearest When active moving a Selected Cue or Range results in its end snapping to the nearest Cue on the Track s or the Playhead Cursor or In Out Marker Snap to Original TimeCode When active moving a Selected Cue results in it snapping to the Original Time Code as stamped in the file Note Whenever a mode is selected which can affect other Cues e g Ripple then the label displayed in the Toolbar turns red Jog Shuttle ae Scrub Using the Middle Mouse Button Audio can be scrubbed by holding down the middle mouse button while the cursor is in the Timescale area and moving the cursor left to scrub in reverse or right to scrub forward The distance moved away from the current play cursor position will determine the relative playback speed When the play cursor reaches the current mouse poi
26. version will enable you to achieve almost instant gratification This guide will introduce you to Pyramix Virtual Studio and lead you through a simple set up recording and importing audio simple editing mixing adding effects and CD recording Pyramix documentation and Help ToolTips Pyramix Software is equipped with ToolTips Hovering the mouse cursor over a tool icon pops up a box with the name of the function A longer description is shown bottom left of the Pyramix program window Documentation All the Pyramix documentation is in the Adobe Acrobat pdf format pdf file extension In order to read the documentation you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader V5 or later installed on your computer This Quick Start Guide and the Pyramix User Manual may be opened from the Help menu Other documenta tion can be found in the Windows Start menu in All Programs gt Pyramix gt Docs Please check for the most recent versions at http www merging com Support If you cannot find an answer to a query in the documentation please consult the on line support at http www merging com where you will find answers to F A Q s Frequently Asked Questions and further support Assumptions This Quick Start Guide and the other Pyramix documentation assume you are thoroughly familiar with PCs and Windows terms and concepts If self installing to a new PC new please ensure the machine is working correctly before attempting to install Pyramix
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28. Eae nae Farai i At Froces onoT ace e e 00 li cota leze0 60 08 lazes not oz 1100 00 O2 t5000 TET ariera H Timescale Ruler Toolbars Each Toolbar contains a number of Icons and TimeCode register boxes with increment decrement up and down arrow buttons The Cursor and Main Marker Region Timescale Toolbars are associated with the main Timescale Ruler and Marker Tray Other Timescale Toolbars appear by default when the Alternate Timescale Footage or Bars amp Beats rulers are visible Any or all of these Toolbars can be Hidden Shown using View gt Scales Toolbars and toggling individual Toolbars or Hide All Toolbars Increment Decrement UP amp DOWN Arrow Buttons The plus and minus buttons to the right of the TimeCode registers increment or decrement by one unit per click of the smallest unit in the current register E g Frames Samples etc Modifiers Click Frames Alt Click Subframes Ctrl Click Seconds Shift Click Minutes Ctrl Shift Click Hours Ctrl Alt Current Nudge Value Cursor Toolbar na iF m a aE 02 07 58 07 vencio Click here to locate to the current Playhead Cursor position with the Playhead Cursor cen tered in the Timeline Current Cursor position register Click to edit Quickstart Guide Navigation Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Global Mute indicator When unlit no tracks are muted a Global Mute indicator When lit one or more Tracks ar
29. ITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Pyramix Virtual Studio Window Orientation The main Pyramix Virtual Studio program window is the Pyramix Virtual Studio by Merging Technologies win dow This is the window which appears when the program is launched It has a Toolbar across the top and status information at the bottom This main window can be resized moved minimized or maximized using standard Windows tools The Pyramix Project window is always completely enclosed by the main window A Project window only exists if a Project is open and appears automatically when a new Project is started A Project window can be resized moved minimized or maximized within the main window using standard Windows tools If the Project window is opened large enough it will be seen to have 2 separate panels an Editing Panel top called the Timeline and a Project Management Panel bottom Place the mouse on the dividing line between these 2 panels to move the divider up or down thereby giving more or less space to a given panel The Project Editing Panel contains the Timeline for a Project This is the place where virtually all audio editing is accomplished Here audio Tracks may be created added or deleted and audio clips may be edited moved copied or pasted The Project Editing Panel automatically starts with the same number of audio Tracks as there are Input Strip chan nels configured in the Mixer Tracks attached to Stereo and Multi channel strips are grouped
30. TASCAM TDIF format option bracket may be added to the ADAT I O daughtercard and provides is available for 8 channels of TDIF I O The TDIF bracket connects to a socket on the ADAT card only This daughter card cannot be used in multi board systems since it utilizes the HTDM connector Quickstart Guide Appendix lI I O Daughter card Options Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Quickstart Guide Index y Quickstart Guide Index AMIERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Index A Adding Plug ins 55 Adding Strips 54 Archiving Projects 67 ASIO 17 Audio Connections 12 Audio I O Options 11 Automation in libraries 22 Aux Bus 54 B Basic Strip 51 Before Recording 27 Burning a CD R 72 Bus Tools 66 Buttons 51 C CD Mastering 67 Changing or re entering a Key 15 Check Sync 27 Clip Handles 41 Clips 20 40 Compositions 40 Connect Physical I O to Logical I O 23 Context Menus 18 Conventions 8 Copy 43 Copy and Paste 40 Creating and Configuring Mixers 52 Cursor amp Timescale Ruler Toolbars 45 Cursor Toolbar 45 Customizing the User Interface 73 Cut 43 Cut and Ripple 43 D Default Clock Source 27 Default Library 22 Delay 51 Digital Audio Synchronization and TimeCode 12 Direct Output 51 Do you want to save routing 16 Driver Signing 14 Duplicate Selection 42 E Edit Audio 29 Edit Command highlights 42 Editing 41 ae Enabling Pyramix 15 Entering Keys 15 Export to a F
31. Track so that the Mixer channel 1 input routes to Track 1 input Mixer channel 2 to Track 2 etc These default Track I O assignments can easily be changed by the user In each Track Header you will find a pale green box with a number superimposed on it and a pale red box with a number superimposed on it The green box is the Track output assignment TO the Mixer channel input and the pale red box is the Track input assignment FROM the Mixer channel live or internal bus input To change a Track input or output assignment just click on the corresponding Track input or output then select the appropriate Mixer channel from the pop up list When an input or output channel is not assigned to a Track the corresponding box for that Track will have a dash in it instead of a superimposed number Many track outputs can be assigned to the same Mixer Strip Channel they are therefore sub mixed before enter ing the Mixer This allows a lot more tracks to play than the number of Mixer Strip Channels Clips and Compositions Dragging Clips onto a Track The simplest way to place an audio Clip onto a track is by dragging it from a Media Folder or User Library To drag from a Media Folder 1 Click on the Media Management Tab in the Project Management Panel 2 Under the Media list in the window click on a mounted Media Folder or subfolder to select it It will be high lighted The Master Clips contained in that Media Drive will all be listed on th
32. Windows might detect software that has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows Tell me why this testing is important What action do vou wank Windows to take Ignore Install the software anyway and don t ask for my approval Warn Prompt me each time to choose an action Block Never install unsigned driver software Administrator option Make this action the syvsten default Driver Signing Options dialog Make sure the middle option Warn is selected If installing on a Windows Vista system you ust be logged in as an Administrator and if a dialog warning that a driver is not digitally signed appears simply click on the Install Anyway option Running the Installer Note You must have full Administrator Access to install Pyramix 1 Insert the Merging Technologies USB memory stick or installation CD DVD as applicable into a suitable socket or drive Unless you have disabled the function the installer will run automatically If necessary locate and run the installer manually Choose Pyramix when prompted oo S N At the next screen de select any items you do not require Quickstart Guide Installing Pyramix Virtual Studio Software AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION 6 Override any warnings about unsigned drivers during the installation process 7 Plugin the security USB dongle 8 Enter the optional keys in MT Security Settings
33. a single location Optionally all media can be Consolidated and referenced libraries can be archived as well CD Mastering Quick CD Making a simple CD from a bunch of Clips or Master Clips in a Library or Media Management is a lot quicker to do than describe Here are the detailed steps Assemble the Material 1 Open a new project 44 1kHz with bit depth to suit the original material y Quickstart Guide Simple Mixer Automation AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION 2 For speed select a suitable simple Mixer Template E g Mix 8 X 2 Stereo 3 Open the Media Management or Library window where the material is located 4 Ifthe original material is not already at 44 1kHz use Convert gt Quick Convert gt Samplerate Converter to make 44 1kHz versions Turn on Edit gt Auto Ripple and Edit gt Edit Mode gt Snap gt Head to nearest 6 Place the objects on Tracks 1 amp 2 in the order you wish them to appear on the CD 7 Ifyou need to change the order simply select clips and drag and drop into position Auto Ripple and Snap take care of keeping everything together Add CD Markers 8 Open the CD SACD Tab Window Markers Offsets ISAC Discs Click here to add a new CD Track Lost In The Stars The Music O amp On And On_Traffic In The Sky CD Text The Best Of The Rock Machine F Rumours The Chain i The Best Of The Rock Machine E This Is Hardcore_This b Hardt g E Rum Sod
34. accomplished Select the Windows folder for the Media Files using the Media Folder text entry box The combo box accesses all mounted Media Folders and the adjacent button opens a browser The default destination will normally be the PmxMedia folder Choose the bit depth or word length for captured or imported files from the Resolution combo box This will normally be either 16 bit 16 bps or 24 bit 24 bps Choose the file format for captured and imported audio Media Files using the Format combo box A variety of file formats can be chosen although the native PMF file format is most efficient and is especially recommended for projects with a high track count Finally tick the One file per track box to generate a separate monaural Media File for each track recorded or imported into Pyramix rather than a single interleaved Media File containing all tracks recorded in a single pass Recording Recording Audio into a Pyramix Virtual Studio Project Start a new Project or open an existing one Be certain to set the Mixer sample rate and sync source as desired You will need to configure at least the number of Mixer Strip channels as the number of Tracks you wish to record y Quickstart Guide Recording AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Before beginning audio capture make certain to choose the appropriate destination Media Folder Resolution bit depth or word length and Format file type on the Record page of Settings g
35. accordingly The Project Management Panel has a number of tools for managing and navigating Projects The Tabs at the bot tom of this Panel page through these tools A single click on a Tab opens its window at the bottom of the Panel A double click opens it as a floating window Multiple windows can be open at the same time and moved anywhere on screen Tabs also have some more advanced productivity features For full details please see the Pyramix User Manual Available Tabs are Overview EDL Document Libraries Tracks TrackGroups Playlists Workspaces Selection Fade Editor Markers CD SACD Notes Media Management Global Libraries Log ADR If you have this option This guide cannot cover the all the Tab windows in detail Please see the Pyramix User Manual for a full descrip tion y Quickstart Guide Starting a New Project AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Settings ae The Settings menu groups All Settings the Keyboard Shortcut Editor and the Macro Editor Pyramix is massively configurable to suit diverse applications and personal preferences To keep the vast number of parameters manageable Pyramix has an intuitive Settings dialog window The Pyramix Settings dialog window brings together all Pyramix settings You will find detailed information about individual pages in the Pyramix User Manual gt Frama Seting 9 Hardware Formats amp Sync MassCore c3 1 0 interfaces Master Boa
36. ack or moved to another Track Simply click on the Clip to select it Now just click and drag it to the new location Clip Handles Once selected a Clip shows various Handles which may be used to manipulate that Clip The lighter Trim Handle on the left side of the Clip allows adjustment of the beginning of the Clip and the lighter Trim Handle on the right side allows adjustment of the end Each of these Trim Handles consists of 3 Control Points Click and drag on the middle Control Point of these Trim Handles to move the head or tail of the Clip as desired to shorten or lengthen the Clip These can be moved out to the full extent of the original audio Media File to which the Clip is pointing The top Control Point controls the Fade In and Fade Out timing for the Clip see Fades below In addition to the beginning and ending Trim Handles the red Handle controls a Clip s internal Sync Point The Sync Point can be used as a reference point for a variety of actions To move the Sync Point just click and drag on its single red Control Point Grouping Clips To Group multiple Clips whether they are in the same or different Tracks select the appropriate Clips to Group together Now choose Clips gt Group from the Toolbar When 1 Clip in a Group is selected copied deleted or moved all Clips in its Group will be similarly selected copied deleted or moved To ungroup previously Grouped Clips to treat them separately select the Group and c
37. add new Time Scale Rulers beneath the Main TimeCode Scale Ruler Alternate TimeCode Scale e Feet Scale e Bars amp Beats Scale Fixed or Moving Playhead Cursor These options are selected via the View pull down menu The Playhead Cursor can be static with the Timeline moving choose Fixed Cursor while playing or the Playhead Cursor can move while the Timeline remains static Paging when the Playhead Cursor hits the screen edge Choose Free Cursor while playing The third option is Cursor Auto Return after playing When this is selected with either of the other options the Playhead Cursor will return to the point at which Play began when Stop is selected Quickstart Guide Navigation Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Cursor amp Timescale Ruler Toolbars Above the Timescale Ruler s and below the Project Editing Panel Toolbar s are the Timescale Toolbars and Cursor Toolbar When several Timescale Ruler Toolbars are displayed together each Toolbar will wrap into two rows as shown here x ee f oe al x Vatu Studo by Merging Techsoingies Final Check L pera eae Vere Ghas hedi Curtar end Macks Selegben oFedeEdder Mody A Avicmeten Wertpede ADR Mechta Magnes igr Viedow Hiig xib JELL Gas BRB BERS PBPK KE Re Om Project Deeb ah HEHH trioti ar Sr iiiI D F u i l i i i i i i l i I i i I Wan Frases O2 07 26 ST eoeo0 01 45 00 00 Oooo 00 azos oii 02 10 00 00 Gy
38. ader cycles through four preset track heights Mini Medium Large and Extra large Scroll Wheel It is well worth while using a three button mouse with a scroll wheel Scroll Scrolls vertically through the tracks shown in the Project Editing Panel Scroll Ctrl Scrolls the Timeline Scroll Alt Zooms the Timeline timescale y Quickstart Guide Navigation AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION The Overview c0 00 01 00 00 0 00 05 17 11 fee a as hr Overview Tab Display The Project Management Panel Overview Tab offers a powerful and simple means of navigation around the Project Editing Panel Overview displays a graphic representation of the entire current Composition showing the location of all clips A shaded gray box indicates the location and zoom range of the part of the Composition which is currently dis played in the Project Editing Panel clips are shown as rectangles in the same color as their background on the Timeline Click anywhere in the Overview to center the Project Editing Panel display on that point Click and drag on the shaded gray box to move the section of the Composition shown in the Project Editing Panel without changing the current horizontal zoom The zoom range of the Project Editing Panel can be adjusted by dragging the edges of the shaded gray box in the Overview An alternative method for adjusting horizontal zoom is to press the Alt key while clicking and dragging a
39. an open this panel with the Automation gt Automation Tracks Mixing Down Projects Exporting a Composition to a File Once you have finished editing your Composition the complete Composition or any selected area can be exported to an audio file or files This is really the same as mixing down the Composition to a file instead of to an audio output 1 Choose Project gt Mix Down to open the Mix Down window 2 Inthe Target Settings section type in an appropriate file name under Record Name choose the folder to which the file will be saved from the Media Folder drop down menu only previously mounted folders will be available as options choose the bit depth word length from the Resolution drop down leave the One file per track box unchecked to make a single multi track audio file or click it to generate separate audio files for each Track and choose the appropriate export file type from the Format pop up list 3 Inthe Record section choose to export the Whole composition or the area between the In and Out Markers with Between Marks or a previously made Region with Selection by clicking the appropriate radio button 4 Choose the appropriate output bus as the source for the exported file All output busses configured in your Mixer will be available in the Mix Source list box 5 Click the Mix Down button to begin the process Archiving Projects Menu Project gt Archive This function copies the project and all used media to
40. annel of your monitoring is connected to 2 3 Repeat with the R XLR icon for the Right hand channel 4 Similarly in the Strips you wish to use for record inputs click on the Input XLR icon and select the physical input from the pop up menu Notice the numbers adjacent to the XLR icons and the numbers in the pale red boxes in the Track Header change to reflect the updated routing Note The inputs go directly to the tracks the strip takes the monitor output from the track By default and when the track monitoring switch in the Track Header is set to auto Pyramix follows the European monitoring convention l e All tracks switch to Input on Stop If this would cause feedback in your setup choose US Monitoring in the Settings gt All Settings gt Application gt Playback Record page Or you can y Quickstart Guide A First Simple Project AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION manually cycle the Track output between Replay Input and Auto by clicking on the Monitoring icon in the Track Header Before Recording Check Sync Before attempting to record any audio please check Pyramix and the audio source s are synchronized as you intend I O Status Window The I O status window can be opened by clicking in the Sync xxxxx section of the Status bar bottom right of the main Pyramix window the XXX s are the current sync source This window shows useful information about the input and synchronization status
41. as possible to the available physical inputs in ascending order and output Buses to the physical I O attached to the Mykerinos board s and Track out puts to Mixer Input Strips although you can easily reconfigure this later If the box is not ticked the tracks will be created in the same way with Track outputs connected to Mixer strips but no physical Inputs or Outputs will be connected Clicking Cancel opens the new Project with a Blank Mixer Window See below Step 4 Open the New Project Clicking Finish creates the Mixer and opens the new Project It is VERY IMPORTANT to ensure the Mixer s sample rate synchronization and I O mode are configured correctly To check or adjust settings right click anywhere on the Mixer window then choose Settings gt General which will open the Mixer Settings window Or choose Settings gt Mixer Settings General from the main Settings menu Blank Mixer Window Note If you click the Finish button before defining a Mixer the Default Mixer will be used and the new Project opened If no Default Mixer has yet been defined a window opens with options of Double clicking on a Mixer Preset from the list using the Wiz ard or Use right mouse button to configure your mixer This is the equivalent of right clicking on a blank area of an existing mixer We recommend only experienced users choose this option Please see Pyramix User Manual Quickstart Guide Starting a New Project Pyramix DIG
42. ate and resolution number of bits or accept the defaults 44 1kHz 16 bits then click the Next button which will lead you to step 2 Note that a Digitizing Session DXD Mixing Project or DSD Project the other possible choices available in the New window are special kinds of Project described elsewhere Step 2 Setup a new project workspace Checking the box labeled Setup a new Project Workspace allows you to name the new project and choose a location for the Project and Media Files Type in a name for the Project and either type in a valid path or use the Browse button to browse to a suitable folder When you have entered the information click the Next button to get to the next step If you uncheck the Setup a new Project Workspace box when the new project is created it will be given the working name Project 1 or the next available number if Project 1 already exists and the save path will be the default Step 3 Choose a Mixer A new Project needs a properly configured Mixer The Mixer also called the Virtual Studio is used to route all sig nals into and out of Pyramix it also determines the sample rate and synchronization source for the Project Quickstart Guide Starting a New Project Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Use Default Mixer Loads the currently designated Default Mixer preset Use a Preset Choose one of the large number of supplied Mixer Presets and User Presets if any have been created by click
43. ber of but tons depends on the number of steams controlled by the strip Currently this means one for a mono input channel or two for a stereo input channel but will be 8 for a 7 1 input channel Streams which are not selected will be left untouched Dynamics section Show Hide Dynamics Section Dynamics Section On Off i s F namig eA o Gain Reduction Display Attack Time Control Threshold Level Control a yl Release Time Control ee he i ai ee i Ratio Control Hold Control De Compress Switch Show Hide Dynamics section Dynamics Section On Off Gain reduction display Quickstart Guide Strip and Bus Tools Plug ins AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION The bar graph shows the gain reduction increase generated by the Dynamics Section or by the Expander The range of the display can be switched between 10 or 20 dB by clicking on the bar graph Scale markings in 1dB increments on the right hand side of the bar graph make it easy to see if the range is 10 or 20 dB Colors are used to denote a gain reduction or increase generated by either the compressor or the expander Gain reduction by the Compressor is displayed in Red from top to bottom Gain increase by the De Compressor is displayed in Pink from bottom to top Gain reduction by the Expander normal or inverse is displayed in Green from bottom to top With the compressor in inverse mode the gain reduction of the expander is
44. ck on the appropriate Command so that it is highlighted 4 Click in the Press new shortcut key box The cursor will become a blinking bar Now press the desired Key or combination of Key and modifier e g the Ctrl Shift Alt etc These will appear in the Press new shortcut key box Note that Pyramix will warn you if the chosen Key or combination is already assigned to another function 6 Click the Assign button 7 Continue assigning Keys to Commands until you are satisfied 8 Any set of user defined Keyboard Shortcuts can be saved as a Preset To do so click the Save Preset button then name the Preset Similarly to recall a previously saved Preset click in the Presets box and select it from the pop up list Note that several common Presets are shipped with Pyramix Virtual Studio The Table will be saved in the system for the user currently logged in and will not affect any other user 9 Atable can be Saved or Loaded to a file so it can be taken to an other system Just Click on the Save Table or Load Table button y Quickstart Guide Customizing the User Interface AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION 10 A table can be exported as a Text File along with some comments about commands This is very useful since it enables you to print it as a command reference guide with your own keyboard shortcuts User Macros Macros are sequences of commands which can be invoked by a single keypress or combination Macros can be
45. clip clips or region The Play button plays the Composition at normal speed forward from the current position of the Play Head Play in reverse by holding the Ctrl key while pressing Play The Record button puts Pyramix into Record mode and creates a new recording to the disk on the Tracks previously armed for recording The Play Head moves forward at normal Play speed during the recording Quickstart Guide Navigation Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION The Fast Forward button moves the Play Head at an accelerated speed forward through the Composition while it is being pressed The Stop button stops playback of the Composition The Loop Play toggle button puts Pyramix into a loop play mode which continuously plays the Composi tion between a marked In and Out point The Shuttle Control slider shuttles the Play Head forward right or backward left It scrubs the audio on all Tracks as it shuttles through the Composition The farther the extent from the center the faster the shuttle The Chase button allows for synchronized locking of the Composition Play Head with an external time code signal commonly known as Chase mode See the User Manual for more information The Controllers button toggles exterrnal hardware controllers on or off line Adjacent to the Controllers button select Internal from the pop up list to ensure you are controlling the Pyramix Composition Play Head and not some external device l e
46. controls Open Surround Control Surround Stem select Ifa Multiple Surround Bus has been added to the mixer Stem X appears at the top of the strip Click on the box to select the stem you wish to route the strip to Speaker Controls Double clicking on any of the Speaker Controls toggles the mute on off of the selected surround channel also muting any audio routed to that surround channel output When a channel control is muted it is no longer dis played on the Mixer Input Strip Joystick Panner Determines the position of the source within the surround sound space To position it simply left click on the con trol and move it to the desired location Doubleclicking on this control will automatically center it Sub Level Determines the level sent to the Sub 1 output Stereo Input Strips The Surround Sound Panner Position control behaves slightly differently in a Stereo Input Strip i TY ii Notice there are now two independent position controls and two independent Sub sends One for each input channel Open Surround Control The Surround Control window offers far more information and a greater degree of control over all the surround panning parameters than could be shown on an individual Input strip y Quickstart Guide Creating and Configuring Mixers AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Surround Control window Sumound Control Koy 9 Source 1 X iy wa anm
47. cross the desired range for the zoom just as you can do directly in the Project Editing Panel itself Markers or User Flags ae Pyramix Virtual Studio allows for setting named and numbered User Flags or Markers at user defined points in a Composition Markers can be used as convenient reference points for notes or other text or as locations for Paste operations To Set a Marker press Ctrl Shift and click anywhere along the Time Scale bar The Marker will appear as a small blue flag with a number in it Markers are numbered consecutively in the order in which they are added You can also add a Marker at the current Play Head Cursor position by choosing Cursors amp Marks gt Add Marker to Play head from the Toolbar Markers can be selected by clicking on them The Marker flag turns red to indicate it is selected Shift Enter moves the Playhead Cursor to the selected Marker Use the Markers Tab in the Project Management Panel to view name GoTo and otherwise manage previously created Markers Right clicking on a marker pops up a menu with Delete Marker and Rename Marker options Quickstart Guide Markers or User Flags Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Using the Mixer Mixer Components Basic Strip A basic mono channel strip contains On Off toggle switch Pan slider to Main output bus In this case there is just a single stereo mix bus Numeric display of fader output level value if cursor is over a fader knob
48. d the O Rum Sod omy and th pag Ci i CD SACD Tab Window Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION 11 Select CD Mark Groups from the Markers menu to add CD Start Markers to each clip with a CD End Marker at the end of the last clip CD Mark Groups Remove existing CD Markers CD Mark Groups dialog 12 If you wish to change any details of the track titles type in the fields in the right hand pane 13 If you want a pause between tracks type the value in the Pause field for each track after the first one Use copy amp paste if all pauses are to be the same Generate CD Image 14 Choose Project gt Generate CD Image SACD Edited Master Generate CD Image SACD Edit Table of Content CD Album Track Index Time ISRC Hams Co s fe Aleck Album T a EE Sa aia eT E a E E E oo 00 00 Eg 202 200 Lage In Tha Sears Ths Egar Of Ti rice 1 Mire Saroe Bam Man Combroders Oh 542 z Ofine Controders OR 241 This Ta Hardcore ba 06 Dither pE P aT Le er Settings Defaukj 2 68 47 ha a 56549 Sing Brother Sing Use 15 bets WiC hos Shoe hes j 182 BP G 3 UB E Neo Dhen Subli Santeris Generate CD Image dialog 15 Type a name for the Disc image 16 Choose a location for the Image 17 Click on Generate Image y Quickstart Guide CD Mastering AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Burn the CD 18 Open the DiscWrite application Start
49. e muted Click on the lit incator to cancel all active Mutes Ej Global Solo indicator When unlit no Tracks are Soloed S Global Solo indicator When lit one or more Tracks is Soloed Click on the lit indicator to can cel all active Solos a When inactive as here the current Project s mixer is not shared with subsequently opened Projects a When active the current Project Mixer will be shared with Projects opened or created subse quently Please see Mixer Sharing on page 223 This area indicates the current Edit Mode Clicking on it pops up a menu un Auto Ripple wf Overwrite Insert Track w Remove Remove amp Ripple Don t Snap Head to End Tail to Begining Head to Nearest Tail to Nearest Snap to Original TimeCode Timescale Ruler Toolbars This shows the options selected currently with ticks Click on menu entries to change the options Auto Ripple Toggles Auto Ripple On or Off Overwrite When active Pasting a Cue s will overwrite any Cue s present on the target Track s for the duration of the pasted Cue s Insert Track When active Pasting a Cue s will split an existing Cue or Cues present at the Insert point to accomodate the Pasted Cue s Remove When active deleting a Cue or Selected Region leaves blank space No subsequent Cues are moved Remove amp Ripple When active deleting a Cue or Selected Region results in all subsequent Cues on the same Track s being moved forward by the same
50. e right side of the window 3 Select a Master Clip from the right side by clicking on it with the left mouse button It will turn be highlighted 4 Drag that Clip into a Track You can place it into any Track at any point on the Track The procedure for dragging a Clip from a Library is virtually identical to that outlined above for Media Drives However access the Library using the Global Libraries or Document Libraries Tabs in the Project Manage ment Panel Note If you drag a clip from a Library or the Media Manager and release it over the blank space below the tracks in the Project Editing pane a new track or tracks will be created to accomodate it Copy and Paste Another way to get Clips into Tracks is by copying and pasting them 1 Select a Master Clip in a Media Folder or an object from a Library 2 Right click on the object and choose Copy from the pop up 3 Place the Playhead Cursor where you want to paste the beginning of the object 4 Right click on the Track to which you wish to place the object and choose Paste to Cursor from the pop up The beginning of the object will be placed at the Play Head in the Track on which you right clicked You can also choose Paste to insert the object under the mouse cursor 5 Be aware that Pyramix allows clips of different sample rates to be placed in the Timeline Where the sample rate of the Clip does not match the sample rate of the Composition it will play at the wrong speed unle
51. e to firmly ground yourself to the computer power supply chassis or if the PC is unplugged to a known good earth before handling and installing the Mykerinos board Some PCs have batteries cables jumpers etc which could prevent proper board seating in one or more slots Make certain the board is firmly and fully seated before switching on Multi board installation Multiple boards must be installed in adjacent slots To enable multi board operation all Mykerinos cards in the PC have to be connected together using a special HDTDM ribbon cable This cable has to be plugged into the multi pin connectors located on the top edge of the I O daughter cards Please contact your Merging Technologies dealer for information on how to order this HDTDM ribbon cable HDTDM XDTDM The HDTDM board linking cable has the following functions in a multiple Mykerinos board installation a synchronization to 1 512th of an audio sample accuracy This enables Pyramix to see a single system com prised of a large pool of DSP power and I O resources spread over separate cards b transfers all audio signals Live Inputs Internal Send Return Busses Mix busses Aux busses Live Outputs etc between all the Mykerinos I O daughter cards which comprise the multi board system Pyramix Virtual Studio Board I O Audio I O Options Mykerinos is a modular board which can have any one of several optional audio I O daughter cards attached When ordering Pyramix Vi
52. ee ep This illustration shows a stereo clip selected Assuming you recorded in stereo Pyramix automatically groups the Left and Right clips If you need to un group them Clips gt Ungroup will do it 2 Click and drag the selected clip to a new location in time or to another track or tracks Click and drag on the middle handle at either end to trim the clip 4 Click and drag one of the top handles to create a fade 5 Select Edit gt Undo and the fade will be restored to its previous state 6 Hold down the C key and move the mouse over the clip Notice the cursor changes to a knife 7 Click somewhere near the middle of the clip 8 The clip has been split into two separate clips Four shown here since it is stereo 9 Click elsewhere on screen to de select the clips 10 Click on the one of the new clips to select it and drag it to create a gap Trout Mask Replica Orange Claw Hanmer 1 j E N zaam n Ea are gt Trout Mask Replica Orange Claw Hamner 2 fa gt m Quickstart Guide A First Simple Project AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION 11 Hold down the CTRL key click and drag the right hand clip over the other to create a cross fade The mouse cursor changes to a hand with a X over it indicating Auto Crossfade mode is engaged If this is not the case look at Edit gt Auto Crossfade If it has a tick next to it Auto Crossfade mode is engaged by default Click on the
53. elected area The simplest way to set a Mark In is to Shift click on the Time Scale bar a movable red triangle and vertical line indicates the Mark In The simplest way to set a Mark Out is to Ctrl click on the Time Scale bar a movable green triangle and verti cal line indicates the Mark Out A selection takes precedence over Mark In and Out for punch in 5 Position the Play Head Cursor before the marked In point or Selection area 6 Press the red master Record button in the Transport Strip or Transport Window The Play Head will begin moving through the Composition and Tracks will begin playback Recording will begin on the armed Tracks as soon as the selection area or Mark In point is reached during playback A red bar will be displayed in those Tracks which are recording 7 The recording will stop automatically when the selection out or Mark Out point is reached The Play Head Cursor will continue playing through the Composition 8 Press the Stop button in the Transport Strip or Transport Window to stop playback A Record Name win dow will appear with the same options as a normal recording Quickstart Guide Virtual Multi track Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Dubbing Mode This mode is provided principally for film re recording It allows tracks to be Armed or Disarmed for recording while recording is taking place Dubbing Mode is selected via the Settings gt All Settings gt Project gt Record Page Dubbing Mode
54. ence Libraries 22 A First Simple Project 23 Start Pyramix 23 Connect Physical I O to Logical I O 23 Open a New Project 24 Configure the Mixer 26 Before Recording 27 Record and Playback Audio 27 Edit Audio 29 Starting a New Project 30 Project Templates 30 New Project from scratch 30 Pyramix Virtual Studio Window Orientation 33 Settings 34 Recording 36 Recording Audio into a Pyramix Virtual Studio Project 36 Virtual Multi track 37 Dubbing Mode 39 The Timeline 39 Tracks 39 Clips and Compositions 40 Editing 41 Clips ina Composition on the Timeline 41 Selecting a Range 41 Making Edits 41 Fades 42 Edit Command highlights 42 Navigation 43 Time Scale Rulers 44 Cursor amp Timescale Ruler Toolbars 45 Cursor Toolbar 45 Jog Shuttle 47 Transport Controls 48 Scroll Wheel 49 The Overview 50 Markers or User Flags 50 Using the Mixer 51 Mixer Components 51 Show Hide 51 Contents AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Creating and Configuring Mixers 52 I O Busses Explained 52 Internal Return Busses 52 Input Strips 52 Groups 52 Mixing Monitoring Aux Buses 52 External Effects 54 Configuring a Blank or Existing Mixer 54 Synchronized Creation Deletion of Tracks Strips 54 Adding Strips 54 Mixer I O Assignments 55 Adding Plug ins 55 Mixer Surround Components 56 Strip and Bus Tools Plug ins 57 Eq Comp Limiter Expander 57 Bus Tools 66 Simple Mixer Automation 67 Mixing Down Projects 67 Exporting a Composition t
55. er Manual Mixer Strip Controls When Native VS3 Plug ins VST Plug ins and External Inserts are instantiated in mixer strips each instance has a block of one or two buttons The full Plug in name or External Insert pops up along with the required delay com pensation when you hover the mouse pointer over each block Buttons Each block has one or two buttons The left hand yellow button is lit when the effect or insert is switched on Switching an effect or insert off removes it from the signal chain and this may well be audible The right hand red button indicates that the effect is bypassed when lit Bypassing an effect retains the same delay as when the effect is active Further well behaved effects will continue to calculate internal parameters when bypassed making seamless switching possible When Full Delay Compensation is selected Plug in effects that correctly report their latency will have their delay compensated This delay is maintained when the plug in is in bypass mode For full details of the advanced Delay Compensation features please see the Pyramix User Manual Quickstart Guide Creating and Configuring Mixers Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Mixer Surround Components When a Surround Bus is added to the mixer an surround panner appears at the top of the Input Strips Surround Stem Select Front Speaker controls Joystick Panner Rear Speaker controls Sub Level Strip Surround
56. erent types of media object Library Edit Select View Dello amp L mre gt gy Default Library Final Check l pmox 7 O0 s300806 Tamme Control Search Combine mth AND OF MOT G ank S EP E OE Bs Trout Masi Mepa bly Human Geis Ue Blues TOZ WS So OO at Gs OHE A ite Li TE Trout Mask Replica Hair Pie Bake 1 Pee Trout Mask Replica Hair Pie Bake 124 Fe Trout hlask Replica Fair Pee Bale 2 GU Trout Mask Replica Hobo Chang Ba TE Trout Mask Replica Moonlight On Vermont FE Trout hlask Replica My Human Gets Me Blanes Pe Trout Blask Reploca_Meon kileste Dream Of A til TCin O006 25 11 OO F511 O 36 3 15 0106 17 19 00 13 2405 00 32 40 1232 Di2 TCOut O08 353 O 1s 27905 U Eaa i 702 0138 2001 LEHA E F Wika i263 7 21 TC Ouration 00 11 22 D19 OOF 23 12 OO A026 ODES O00 E4tcl4 O22 524 Track a 1 2 Al Al amp 1 Al Al Fah Bs Pd Be Be Bo Al SampleRate 44100 Hz 44100 Hz 44100 iz 44100 Hz 47100 Hz 44100 Hz 44100 Hz ems 0 femashowe 14 Selecied 1 4 Column Document Library Window with Trimmer User Libraries User Libraries can contain Master Clips Compositions Mixer Snapshots Plug in Snapshots Fades Settings etc Each Project can have an unlimited number of User Libraries open each with an unlimited number and mixture of contents Quickstart Guide Pyramix Concepts ae Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION N B In Pyramix Use
57. etup MADI I O The MADI daughter card offers 56 channels of 24 bit bi directional I O and up to 64 channels in MADI X MADI Extended format It can be ordered either in a BNC coaxial version or an optical duplex SC version Both versions are fitted with a standard Wordclock BNC I O connector which can be programmed in the Pyramix software as a Wordclock In or Out signal SDIF I O The Mykerinos SDIF daughter board is specially designed for multi track DSD recording It offers 8 channels of DSD digital input over 8 unbalanced 75 Ohm terminated BNC connectors and 8 channels of DSD digital output over 8 unbalanced 75 Ohm BNC connectors One channel of DSD signal is transported at the bit rate of 2 82 MHz through each BNC connector SDIF 2 and SDIF 3 format are fully supported for DSD transport selected under software control With one Mykerinos board it is only possible to use one DSD Input and Output channel To have the full range of 8 I O channels a second Mykerinos board is required to provide sufficient DSP power Quickstart Guide Appendix II I O Daughter card Options Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION vencio TASCAM TDIF The TASCAM TDIF daughter card offers 24 channels of I O over 3 Tascam TDIF connections Connection is via three DB 25 connectors One on the main card attached to the Mykerinos and two more on a separate bracket con nected via internal ribbon cable to the main card TASCAM TDIF I O Option A
58. f button for the Section ae Quickstart Guide Strip and Bus Tools Plug ins Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Input Section Color bar indicates Selected Activate De activate Plug in Tt GPS r input lt 4 Strip Name Input Section On Off 0 00 dB Show Hide Input Section Show Hide Routing Fo E Routing Input Level Control Routing Buttons Strip Name Displays the name of the strip the plug in is assigned to The name for the plug in can be changed by double click ing on the strip name then typing in a name and hitting the Return key to confirm If a plug in name is changed in this way subsequent changes to the parent mixer strip name do not affect the plug in strip name To recover the name of the parent strip simply remove the strip name The strip name is saved with presets and within Pyramix projects Activate deactivate plug in This button switches the entire Strip plug in on or off Note that when the plug in is switched off it doesn t con sume any DSP power Show Hide input section Input section on off Input level control Adjusts the input level over a range of 48 dB to 48 cB Show hide Routing By default Routing buttons are hidden This button toggles between Showing and Hiding the Routing Buttons Routing remains active when hidden Routing Buttons Determine which audio streams running through the strip will be processed by the plug in The num
59. f these five buttons to select the band to be manipulated by the Gain Frequency and Q control underneath A band gets also selected if it is manipulated in the small or big graph window Selected band characteristics These five buttons determine the characteristics of the selected EQ band The choices from left to right are High Pass Filter Low Shelving Peak High Shelving and Low Pass Filter Selected Band On Off Switches the selected EQ band on or off By default the five bands are switched off in order to economize DSP power so don t forget to switch an EQ band on before you can hear what it is doing Gain Control 24 dB to 24 dB boost and cut Frequency Control The range for each band is depending on the sampling rate of the project For sampling rates up to 48 kHz the frequency range of each band is 20 Hz to 20 kHz For sampling rates up to 96 kHz the frequency range of each band is 20 Hz to 40 kHz For sampling rates up to 384 kHz e g DXD mixing the frequency range of each band is 20 Hz to 80 kHz Q bandwidth Control The range for the Q parameter is 0 2 up to 100 A Q of 0 2 results in a very wide bandwidth a Q of 100 will give an extremely narrow notch Output Section Show Hide Output Section E output lt _ Output Section On Off gT Make Up Output Level Control a Emi Auto Gain Make Up Switch Color bar indicates Selected Show Hide Output section Output section on off Output Level contr
60. he mouse no groups Select all tracks Select and limit selection the clips boundaries Snap Sync Point Snap Head Snap Tail Audition while moving Scrubbing Double click in a Clip Selection Properties Clip Properties Double click in a fade Edit the fade in the Fade Editor Double click in an envelope point Reset the envelope point Reset only the envelope point under the mouse no groups Middle Mouse Button Edit crossfade Create amp Edit crossfade Select between edits Enlarge selection between edits Click In the TimeCode Scale Scrub Audio Mouse Scroller Scroll tracks up and down Increase Decrease Track height Zoom Scroll horizontal Right Mouse Button Contextual Menu Clip Gain On dropping a fade or crossfade from a library Apply to whole group Shift Ctrl Shift Ctrl Alt S H T A Ctrl Shift Ctrl Ctrl Shift None Shift None None Shift Alt Ctrl None Ctrl Shift y Quickstart Guide Appendix I Mouse Modifier Keys AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Overview Left Mouse Button Draw a region to zoom in Drag the current composition to a library Notes Left Mouse Button Drag the notes to a library Media Folder Left Mouse Button Replace media for target clip s Alt Shift Alt Shift Alt Ctrl Quickstart Guide Appendix I Mouse Modifier Keys AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Appendix Il I O Daugh
61. he scale for the overall curve may go up to 72 dB The upper area of the Big Graph Window provides an On Off switch and buttons to select and indicate the char acteristic High Pass Low Shelf Peak High Shelf or Low Pass for the selected EQ band together with numeric dis plays of Gain Frequency and Bandwidth Frequency and Bandwidth setting Shortcuts Double click on a handle to reset the gain of this band to unity The Tab key switches between EQ bands Clicking and dragging a handle with the right mouse button alters the Q bandwidth of this band Hold the Ctrl key while dragging with the left mouse button to lock the gain parameter and only change the frequency Hold the Shift key while dragging with the left mouse button to lock the frequency parameter and only change the gain Bus Tools Bus Tools are very similar to Strip Tools but are specifically designed to be inserted into busses rather than chan nels Bus Tools combine the most frequently used mastering processing blocks you find on the output busses of a mixing console in a single plug in including an advanced limiter Like Strip Tools multiple instances of the Bus Tools plug in are displayed in one large window The number of instances displayed is user selectable IMPORTANT Pre Anticipation PA and Delay Compensation DC Delay compensation adds a delay determined by the Pre Anticipation delay setting to all channels passing through a Bus Tools
62. hoose Clips Ungroup Groups can be nested Selecting a Range To select a range click and drag in time and across tracks if desired A range can contain areas of many clips across many tracks or an area of a single clip Making Edits Once a Clip or Clips or a range is selected a wide variety of commands may be used to affect it them Remember the original audio Media File and Master Clip are not affected by edits in the Timeline Splitting Clips Command Edit gt Split or Ctrl T makes an edit on the selected Clip s at the cursor position splitting it them If a region is defined within a Clip or Clips then this region is Split edited by using this command Each split portion of the original Clip s now becomes a new independent Clip in its own right y Quickstart Guide Editing AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Fades Once a Region is marked on a Clip simply clicking on the Region makes an edit same effect as the Edit gt Split menu command This will split the Clip or Clips at the region boundaries If a Region is across several Tracks Edits will be made on all Tracks within the Region Holding down the C key changes the mouse pointer to a cutter Edits cuts are made wherever the user clicks To make an edit with the cutter on a range of clips at the same position just select them before cutting Duplicate Selection Holding down the D key while clicking on the selection then dragging to
63. i track recording can be demanding on disk performance DSP and the host CPU In order to optimize Pyramix for the purpose if not using one of the supplied Templates the following settings should be made in the Record Page Flatten Track Numbers OFF Quiet if creation failed ON Prompt for name at end of recording OFF Keep in default library OFF Should always be OFF y Quickstart Guide Virtual Multi track ANVERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION ae Suggested Settings Group Recorded Clips ON Increment Take Number ON Prefix with Track Name ON To Record audio directly into the Tracks of a Project using Pyramix Virtual Studio as if it were a tape machine 1 Set the Destination Drive Resolution and Format 2 Arm each Track on which you wish to record In this case set each Track to Record Ready mode simple Red Dot 3 Check your input levels using the Mixer and adjust as appropriate 4 Position the Play Head Cursor in the Composition where you wish the recording to start 5 Click the red Master Record button in the Transport Strip or Transport Window The recording will begin and display a red bar in those Tracks you have armed for recording 6 Press the Stop button in the Transport Strip or Transport Window to stop the recording A Record Name window will appear If you are satisfied with the recording type an appropriate name into the Record Name box and click the Good Take button This w
64. idual Clips shown on the Timeline contain pointers to Master Clips which in turn point to audio Media Files Media Management Housekeeping The Windows hierarchical filing system can easily become confusing and cluttered Complex audio projects gener ate thousands of more or less enigmatically named files Keeping track of all the files used in a project can become a nightmare even if the user is meticulous Pyramix uses the concepts of Media Folders and Libraries to reduce the clutter and provides management tools specifically designed for audio This Media Management helps users to work in a structured and simple manner whilst keeping track of all the Project components Media Drives and Folders Media Drives or Media Folders are Windows folders which contain Media Files Pyramix needs to specifically mount these Media Folders in order to access the Media Files contained therein Once mounted suitable files are shown as Master Clips y Quickstart Guide Pyramix Concepts AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION These can be auditioned trimmed and dragged and dropped or copied and pasted directly into the Timeline or into a User library from the Media Management Window Meda Folder Edt Select he g Ea E Mounted hiedia Folders Sy Gi T SRECYCLE BIN KERBEROS 6 2 PM _RI FS Sy KERBEROS 6 2 PM A2 Backup MEDIA FOLDER J KERBEROS STERS RI RS Offline Libranes J Pytam View SACD Trimmer Wiedia Browser
65. ile 67 Exporting Projects to CD Image Files 71 External Audio D A A D Converter Boxes 11 External Effects 54 F F FWD and REW nominal speed ratio 48 Fade In 42 Fade Out 42 Fader 51 Fades 42 Fast Speed Settings 48 Fill Selection 43 First launch Multi board system 16 Fit Selection 43 Fixed or Moving Playhead Cursor 44 Flywheel Inertia 47 G Global Libraries 22 Grouping Clips 41 Groups 52 H Hard Disk Space Requirements 10 HDTDM 11 I O Assignments 55 I O Busses 52 I O Status Window 27 Import Key 15 Input Assignment 51 Input Strips 52 Insert Silence 43 Installing Pyramix 13 Internal Return Busses 52 Introduction 7 J Jog Shuttle 47 Jog Settings 47 Jog Shuttle Auto Jog 47 Jog Wheel Sensitivity 47 Joystick Panner 56 Quickstart Guide Index Index K Keyboard Shortcuts 73 L Loop Selection 43 M Macros 18 74 Markers or User Flags 50 MassCore 9 Master Clips 20 Media Drives 20 Media Files 20 Media Folders 20 Meter Bridge 19 MIDI Connections 13 Mix Bus 52 Mixer Components 51 Mixer Strip Plug in Controls 55 Mixer Surround Components 56 Mixing Down Projects 67 Mixing Monitoring Aux Buses 52 Monitor 19 Mono Mix 52 Mouse Modifier Keys 18 75 Mouse Scrubbing Settings 48 Moving a Clip 41 MT Security Settings 15 Multi board installation 11 Multiple Mix Busses 53 Mykerinos 11 Mykerinos Back plate 12 Mykerinos Board Installation 10 N Native 8 Native Plug ins 55 Naviga
66. ill save an audio Media File of the selected type onto the selected Media Drive with the name you just chose and place a clip in the Timeline also with the same name If you are not satisfied with the recording click the Delete Take button and the recording will not be saved The third option is Bad Take A Bad Take is saved and a clip placed in the timeline just like a Good Take but the clip s color is set to a specific color definable in the Settings gt All Settings gt Application gt TimeLine Layout Page and are numbered the follow ing way Take 1 Take 2 Take 3 Bad 1 Take 3 Bad 2 Take 3 Bad 3 Take 3 Take 4 Take 5 Bad1 Take 5 and so on This helps manage takes where there are mistake s but the user wishes to keep them anyway To Punch In audio directly into the Tracks of a Project using Pyramix Virtual Studio as if it were a tape machine with punch in capabilities 1 Set the Destination Drive Resolution and Format as above 2 Arm each Track on which you wish to punch in In this case set each Track to Record Punch In mode Red Dot with 2 vertical bars 3 Check the input levels using the Mixer and adjust as appropriate 4 Marka punch in record In and Out point This can be done either by marking a selection area on a Track or by setting a Mark In and Mark Out on the Time Scale bar The simplest way to mark a selection area on a Track is to click and drag in the Track a darker gray rectangle indicates the s
67. immediately Pyramix Card and Software Set consists of the Mykerinos hardware and the Pyramix software ONLY You must provide an appropriate computer platform and software environment in which to install the board and software and install these yourself Guidelines for an appropriate Pyramix system environment can be found in the follow ing section Pyramix Native or Media Bundle comes with software and USB Security Key only You must provide an appro priate computer platform and software environment and install these yourself Guidelines for an appropriate Pyramix system environment can be found in the following section Future Expansion is of course possible whether you start with Turnkey or a Card and Software Set Pyramix Versions Pyramix Virtual Studio is a powerful and flexible Digital Audio Workstation DAW integrating hard disk record ing and editing digital audio mixing effects processing machine control video and CD R mastering There are now several versions of Pyramix Pyramix Native Pyramix Native Media Bundle Pyramix LE and Pyramix Virtual Studio Core Numerous options and option packs are also available This guide covers all versions of Pyra mix and many optional functionalities and features Note Depending on the version and options purchased some of the functions and fea tures detailed in this manual may not be available in your version of Pyramix or may vary in capacity The Pyramix software runs Native
68. ing on its description Mixer Wizard If none of the existing presets is considered suitable or you just want to start from scratch then selecting Use Mixer Wizard and clicking the Next button opens this window Select ary number of bies you mead Z Suround Mx Tyre 3 Stone i Stereo fee Sire E Mono Mix Site Cane Se Buses Configuration Wizard dialog Select the type s of busses required using the check boxes and the number needed from the drop down lists on the right Click the Next button to move on to the next page Configuration Wizard How many Mion Steines How many Sterno Ships How many MS Stripes How many 6 Channels GPS Strips LEE i Wl SUE a m E I a eS Channel Strips Configuration Wizard dialog y Quickstart Guide Starting a New Project AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION vencio Select the type s of channel strips required using the check boxes and the number needed from the drop down lists on the right Click the Next button to move on to the next page Configuration Wizard Cored automaticaly as many nouts and outputs a5 possible Dick Frish to onsale a mew omer with the infomation you entered Gick Cancel to keep your current mixer Mixer configuration dialog Checking the Connect automatically as many inputs and outputs as possible check box will create the same number and types of Tracks as there are Input Strips and connect as many
69. l it s timing Equalizer section A fully parametric five band equalizer Each band covers the entire frequency range from 20 Hz to 20 kHz or higher depending on the sampling rate of the project and can be switched between peaking high or low shelv ing and low pass or high pass characteristics Each of the five bands can be switched off De activated bands do not consume DSP power EQ Section On Off Show Hide EQ Section Band Selector Band Filter Type 2a gel o E O amp Eq r Fre Dyn Pre Dynamics Switch Graphic Display Window Selected Band On Off Q Bandwidth Control Gain Control i Fa ae ECO or t oe B E wl Frequency Control Show Hide EQ Section EQ section on off Pre Dynamics Switch This switch offers the option to the switch the EQ before the dynamics section By default the EQ is after the dynamics section Graphic Display Window This small window displays the settings of the currently selected EQ band in blue color and the resulting curve of the whole EQ section in gray color You can click and drag directly onto the handles the small blue or gray points of the EQ bands to change the settings within the graph window Double click anywhere in the window to open a bigger version Please see The Big Graph Window on page 65 y Quickstart Guide Strip and Bus Tools Plug ins AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Band Selector Click onto one o
70. layhead Cursor position Depending on where the first sync point is the material pasted may start end or straddle the current Playhead Cursor Position When the contents of the Clipboard is Pasted other material on the track behaves according to the current Insert mode setting Opens the Placement Tool with extensive placement options If the Clipboard contains a single clip insert this at its original TimeCode Paste to original Timecode works differently with clips and Range Selections If the Clipboard contains a Paste to End of Selection Fill Selection Replace Selection Loop Selection Fit Selection Cut and Ripple Paste and Ripple Paste to Cursor and Ripple Insert Silence Navigation single clip this will be pasted to its original time code If the Clipboard con tains more than one clip or a selection of a clip or clips this will be pasted to the time code at the beginning of where the selection was made on the next track s where there are no clips which would be overwritten Inserts beginning of contents of Clipboard to end of current selection This command will substitute the Clipboard contents for the selected clip or region This command will substitute the Clipboard contents for the selected clip or region and ripple following clips if there s a length difference This command will substitute a loop of the Clipboard contents for the selected clip or region without changing sync on the track Very useful for
71. le Mix Busses When a mono or stereo multiple mix bus is added to the mixer a routing matrix box appears in the input strips with a send level control mono or pan control stereo Mono Mix bus matrix Stereo Mix bus matrix The 8 by 8 matrix gives access to up to 64 output busses Routing is shown by lit crosspoints Double clicking the matrix opens the routing matrix window y Quickstart Guide Creating and Configuring Mixers AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Valid choices are shown in gray Once the window is open other input channels can be route by either selecting them from the drop down list or using the lt and gt arrows to step across the mixer surface Aux Bus Mono and Stereo Aux busses provide a way to create auxiliary mixes which are normally used to provide head phone or cue mixes for musicians or to send signals to effects such as reverbs delays choruses etc Dim Switch The dim switch in Monitor Bus strips attenuates the Monitor Bus ouput s by 20 dB active Solo In Place Mono Switch Toggles between In Place stereo Solo when lit or Mono solo monitoring Mono and Stereo busses only External Effects Any Pyramix Bus can be routed to any physical output Thus an Aux can be routed via a physical output to an external effect The output of the external effect is simply brought back into Pyramix via one of the physical inputs Configuring a Blank or Existing Mixer Configuration
72. le name box and click the Save button to save the file and close the browser window Load Load opens a Browser window to enable location of settings Profile pms files When the required file has been located clicking on the Open button loads the file and opens the Load Settings dialog 3 M a All Settings E Hardware Formats amp Syne L H Sy 1 0 Interfaces Sy Routing TimeCode Sy Project _ 6 Application Sy Remote Control MassCore dedicated mode d W E Hardware a Formats amp Syne Mazslore dedicated mode J W Sy 170 Interfaces Master Board 11290 ADAT 11290 4 E Routing o PCM 44 1 48kHz PCM 88 2 96kHz PCM 176 4 192kHz PEM 352 5 354kH2 DD project DSD project TimeCode d w 6 Project l 3 General Record p Sy Miner Level Meter DSP Power Saving Miter Settings Plug ins Settings Sw EJ Application General E diting Playback Record Jog Chase CO SACD Desktop Layout Timel ime sac ik ia GanCaneel Cancel Load Settings Selective and Load all Settings Loading Settings Selectively Load Settings loads only the settings with ticked boxes The Load Settings dialog auto selects the currently selected page If a folder box is ticked but gray not all the sub folder and individual settings are selected Clicking a folder check box ticks the boxes of all the sub folders and pages they contain Thus clicking All Settings as abo
73. lt bentiRighi e O Rear Constant Power Surround Control floating Win Options available will depend on whether the Mixer Channel is single source mono or 2 sources stereo For an in depth description of all the functions please see the User Manual Position Speaker Control When a single source is used the Position Control is displayed as a green dot on a grid with 5 speaker icons Each speaker icon represents a Surround Speaker Position L C R SL SR The position of the Green Dot determines the position of the source within the surround sound space To position it simply left click anywhere within the sur round sound space To position it simply left click on the control and move it to the desired location Double clicking on the Green Dot automatically centers it Surround Panning Algorithm The drop down list gives a choice of panning algorithms Constant Gain Allows the surround panning to preserve a constant gain sum on all speakers wherever the Position Control is placed Constant Power Allows the surround panning to preserve a constant power sum on all speakers wherever the Position Control is placed Strip and Bus Tools Plug ins Eq Comp Limiter Expander ae Strip and Bus Tools are a quick and efficient way of adding the Equalization and Dynamics compression and expansion functions commonly found on hardware consoles to channels and busses Strip and Bus Tools are par ticularly economical with DSP
74. menu entry to change mode Descriptions of the multitude of other editing tools and functions are to be found in the Pyramix User Manual Editing can be as simple as we have just described or you can make use of the many power user tools Pyramix has to offer Starting a New Project Project Templates Pyramix provides a selection of Templates for various applications A Template is a complete Pyramix Project without any associated audio specially configured to suit a particular type of activity Apart from configuring the appearance of Pyramix the track layout and mixer design templates also include important optimizations to suit the activity Templates also offer a good starting point for creating your own customized templates To begin a new project using a template choose Project gt New from Template which opens the Select a Template file window When a template is opened a dialogue box appears requesting the user to choose a Media Folder for the new project Unless the project is saved using the Save As option the first time it is saved the Save As dialogue will appear To save a new Template choose File gt Save as Template name and save New Project from scratch ae To start a new Project from scratch choose Project gt New This launches the New Project wizard which will lead you through the steps to create a new project Step 1 Choose the project type Choose Editing Project select the required sampling r
75. mix bus is the destination for the final product of your mix The outputs of a mix bus are usually routed to a mas ter machine to record the final mix They can also be routed via Internal Return Busses This enables the final mix to be recorded in Pyramix Mix Buses are available in several formats Mono Mix Provides a single mono output Any input strip can be routed to it Multiple Mono Mix Quickstart Guide Creating and Configuring Mixers Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Provides several mono outputs Any input strip can be routed to any or all of them Stereo Mix Provides a single stereo output Any input strip can be routed to it Multiple Stereo Mix Provides several stereo outputs and allows any input strip to be routed to any or all of them Surround Mix 5 1 format Multiple Surround Mix provides several surround outputs and allows to route any mixer strip onto any of them Note Unlike mono and stereo multiple busses input strips can only be routed to ONE 5 1 destination of a multiple surround bus This reflects their normal use E g a common set up will have three surround busses for Dialogue Effects and Music Stems A B and C Each Input strip is routed to the appropriate surround bus by clicking on the A B or C selector buttons When the multiple surround bus is selected as the Surround Monitor Bus source Its Select Mix button is lit All three surround busses are summed for monitoring Multip
76. nce Length 03 59 l4 Staus E iti 49 31 46 no Dl 73 17 46 CD Import 3 Re acy Length 63 16 01 PROS eer eee SSS See ee ee eee AA Dl 76 23 47 ka Puffer 3 Ta m Ba ee aa Prit TOC _Save Toc Select Report Design Report Resuiks Dise type ALIDIO contains 5 tracks and 1 sessions Ta Disc Title CD Text Testing CO Texte call ormer CO Text MTZ ession 1 Lesd im CrbrAddr olh Geson litrack 1 startO0 02 00 1BN 0 AUDIO size 20605 Cntridd Oh Track 1 Tithe CD Text paing under Track Performer CO Text Evanescence Sepon 1 track 2 start 04 36 55 LEM 20605 AUDIO sine 21708 Ontradar Oh Track 2 Tithe CD Text going under 2 Track 2 Performer CD Text Evanescence mr W nalea E besal ri a h n T e A E AT Ba aup slaen Thir all AL DiscWrite application window 2 Inthe Image section click the Open Image button then navigate to and select a previously created CD Image file an img file 3 Inthe Device section click in the pop up register to select a CD R device DiscWrite should recognize a previ ously configured CD R device which is also recognized by the OS itself 4 Also in the Device section click on the Settings button to open the CD R Settings window Set these as desired for the CD R burning session Please see the Pyramix Reference Guide for complete explanations of all these settings 5 When all CD R settings are adjusted as needed click the Burn button in the Image
77. nd 11290 ADAT 11290 AES EBU e 11291 S Routing POM 44 1 SHI POM 55 2 96kHr POM 176 4 I92Hr POM 3920 EH DRD prmject DSD project TimeCode J Project General Record Controler Manca al Mines Level Heber DEF Power Saving Mixer Se Gnd Plugins Settings T Application General Erktin Playback Record Jag Chase CDAD Deke Layout TimeLine Layout Track Headers Layout keyg L cation AUTO bor Tine Stretch Apply changes fo Ad Settings Load a le E Cance Settings Window Tree and buttons The left hand side of the window shows all available settings grouped in folders Folders can be collapsed or expanded by clicking on the folder icons By default all folders are open displaying the Settings pages they con tain by name Clicking on a settings page opens it in the right hand side of the window for viewing and editing Settings Buttons Apply changes to Below the Settings folders tree view the first large button s function and label changes to reflect the currently open settings page if any Apply changes to does as it says without saving the changes to a Settings file Set tings can be saved selectively or in their entirety for future use Quickstart Guide Settings Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION vencio Save To save all settings Click on the Save button to open a Save As browser window If necessary navigate to a suit able location for the file Type a suitable name in the Fi
78. nd all the items that have been Redone are immedi ately added to the Undo History list The next edit operation carried out in Pyramix will then purge this list since the operation could cause a conflict with previous operations and therefore renders the Redo list invalid This command deletes the selected clip or region When a selection is deleted other material on the track behaves according to the current Remove mode setting Quickstart Guide Editing Cut Copy Paste gt Paste to Cursor Paste Tail to Cursor Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Cuts the current selection from the project and places it on the Clipboard When a Selec tion is Cut other material on the track behaves according to the current Remove mode setting Copies the current selection from the project and places it on the Clipboard Inserts the contents of the Clipboard starting at the current Playhead Cursor posi tion When the contents of the Clipboard is Pasted other material on the track behaves according to the current Insert mode setting Inserts the contents of the Clipboard ending at l e before the current Playhead Cursor position When the contents of the Clipboard is Pasted other material on the track behaves according to the current Insert mode setting Paste Sync Point to Cursor Inserts the contents of the Clipboard with the first sync point in the Clipboard con Paste amp Place Paste to Original TC tents at the current P
79. ndby Note The Mykerinos card is not designed to support Standby modes Other Applications Like all Digital Audio Workstations Pyramix works best when there are no other unnecessary applications or ser vices running Video and Pyramix on one PC To ensure a very smooth system especially for seeking playing video with Pyramix on the same computer we rec ommend a Quad Processor PC a dedicated hard drive for the video and Windows XP Installing Pyramix Virtual Studio Hardware Mykerinos Board Installation vencio Depending on whether you have a PCI or a PCle board version the Merging Technologies Mykerinos board can be installed in any free PCI or PCle slot in your PC In general it is best NOT to install the board in the slot adjacent to an the graphics adapter or in a PCI slot which may be physically shared with an ISA slot Please consult the www merging com website for current compatibility information Make absolutely certain the PC power is OFF before installing the board Quickstart Guide Installing Pyramix Virtual Studio Hardware Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION With most of the current generation motherboards this means either the mains switch on the power supply or the power outlet switch Where no switch is provided either on the PC or the supply socket then the PC should be unplugged Always observe proper static precautions when handling any PC boards Use a static strap and or be sur
80. ns AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Sections 5 trip Toole 127 one Input Routing LULL di Expander Pre Cyr Output MakeUp Show Hide triangle From top to bottom Strip Tools contains the following Sections Input Level This section contains the input level control and shows the name of the mixer strip this instance of the plug in is assigned to Dynamics This section contains a compressor It can be switched as shown here to act as a decompressor Expander This is a downwards expander It can also be switched to act as an upwards expander Equalizer This is a five band fully parametric equalizer Each band can be switched to high or low pass shelving or peaking characteristics Output This section controls the output level of the strip tool and also offers automatic gain make up for the compressor Common Features Each Section or module of Strip and Bus Tools has a number of controls in common Title Bar A text description of Section s function e g Input Dynamic etc Also contains At top left of every Section a grey triangle toggles between showing or hiding the section Clicking a triangle with Shift held down opens the Section If hidden and hides all other Sections Clicking a Section with Ctrl held down opens all Sections Note Sections remain active when hidden Section On Off Button Between the Show Hide triangle and the Section Title is the On Of
81. nter position or the middle mouse button is released playback will stop Shuttle The transport can be shuttled with audio output at up to 8 times speed Auto Jog Where a physical controller with a jog shuttle wheel is available Pyramix can be set so that moving the jog wheel automatically enters Jog mode Settings Jog Scrub parameters are set in the Settings gt All Settings gt Application gt Jog Chase page Jog Settings Jog Speed ceiling Four Radio Buttons offer the choice of 1X 2X 4X or 8X nominal play speed Flywheel responsiveness and inertia Responsive follows the actual movements as sent by the jog wheel Smooth passes the actual movement through a smoothing filter So when the slider is set to Responsive the Smoothing Filter parameters have no effect For sound to picture work where tight sync to picture is required use a setting biased to Responsive For a more pronounced flywheel effect choose a Smoother setting The Middle position is a good starting point Jog sensitivity 0 33 second s per revolution Sets the time moved in one revolution of the jog wheel Type the required value in the box Shuttle sensitivity 2 revolution s for nominal speed Sets the fraction of a revolution or number of revolutions required to maintain nominal speed E g an entry of 0 25 will require a quarter of a turn clockwise to achieve nominal speed Navigate sensitivity 3 revolution s to traverse the timeline
82. nts Usually a key can be issued within one business day after the verification of your personal data has been completed Enabling Pyramix Virtual Studio with your Software Key Pyramix Virtual Studio is protected by a special software Key Once you have registered your software you will be provided with this Key or Keys depending on the chosen options Entering your Key s After the Pyramix installation process you will be prompted to enter your Authorization Key If you click Yes the MT Security Settings dialog will be launched automatically allowing the Key or Keys to be entered immediately If you choose not to enter your Key at this point you can do so later by choosing one of the following procedures 1 Double click the file YourPersonalKeyXXXXX mtk This is attached to the email containing your Key s 2 Open the MT Security Settings Control Panel Windows Task Bar Start gt Control Panel gt MT Security Settings click the Import Key button and browse for your Key file called YourPersonalKeyXXXXX mtk 3 Open the MT Security Settings Control Panel as above in the Registration section select the board num ber corresponding to the serial number for your Keys or HASP Key for a dongle click the Enter Key button and type your User Name Company Name and Key then click OK Repeat this step for each Keys listed in the email Changing or re entering a Key Should you need to subsequently change or re enter a Key follow the appr
83. o a File 67 Archiving Projects 67 CD Mastering 67 Quick CD 67 CD Markers 70 Exporting Projects to CD Image Files 71 Burning a CD R 72 Customizing the User Interface 73 Workspaces 73 Keyboard Shortcuts 73 User Macros 74 Appendix Mouse Modifier Keys 75 Main Editor 75 Overview 77 Notes 77 Media Folder 77 Appendix II I O Daughter card Options 78 Index 81 y Contents AVERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Guickstart Guide Document Pyramix Quickstart Guide 7 1 Date 28th October 2010 Quickstart Guide AMIERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Welcome to Pyramix Virtual Studio Introduction Thank you Congratulations on your purchase of Pyramix Virtual Studio More than just a product this is a gateway to the future of sound recording editing mixing and mastering You have joined a worldwide community of users who have already discovered the Pyramix advantage Note IMPORTANT The first thing you need to do is register your software to acquire your Pyramix key s and to be included in our user support list Please also subscribe to the User Forum at http www merging com forum Overview VERY IMPORTANT We strongly recommend you consult the other Pyramix guides the User Manual and other Guides for a more com plete understanding of all the features and functions of Pyramix HOWEVER recognizing that most people do not read manuals until they have to this shorter
84. ode Connections In any digital audio system it is VERY IMPORTANT all interconnected units are locked to the same sync reference A digital audio signal itself can sometimes be used as the master sync source but a high stability video or word clock signal is usually preferable The Mykerinos board can be configured inside the Pyramix software to act as either a sync master or to slave to a variety of incoming signals Decide which device in your system will provide the master sync reference then ensure that all other digital audio devices in your system take their synchronization from it This will require routing appropriate cables whether digital audio video or wordclock cables to the various other devices and may also involve a separate sync refer ence generator and or distribution amplifiers If Pyramix is configured as the master Internal sync other digital audio devices will probably be able to lock to the digital audio output from Pyramix However Pyramix can also be configured to output a wordclock signal at the Video output BNC connector Pyramix Synchronization option required If Pyramix is configured as a slave to an external device Various synchronization signals can be accepted To lock to incoming digital audio connect an appropriate digital audio signal to a Pyramix digital audio input To lock to incoming video connect an appropriate video signal to the Pyramix Video Reference input Pyramix Synchronization opti
85. of Pyramix VO Status Input Look E Internal B Video BM WordClock E Optical 4 Optical B Input Lock 11251 m E Egg AES EBU 172 75 E EEE AES EBU 9 70 15 16 EEEE E AES EBU 17 18 23 24 1 O Status window Input sources Green lights show the presence of a valid digital signal This does not necessarily mean that the sampling rate of this input matches the current clock source of Pyramix When the red light is on and steady Pyramix is using this input as it s clock reference and is successfully locked up Default Clock Source If Pyramix is set up to lock to an external clock source but cannot get a valid signal from this source it will switch to Internal clock The red light associated with Internal will be on and the red light associated with the intended clock source will be blinking Sampling Rate Mismatch If Pyramix is set up to lock to an external clock source and the sampling rate set in the Virtual Studio Mixer does not match the sampling rate of the clock source the green light associated with the clock source will be on but the red light will be blinking showing the sampling rate mismatch Record and Playback Audio ae 1 Click on the Track Arm button on one or more tracks When red the track is armed for recording 1 Check that the Monitor Mode buttons on the armed Tracks is in the default Auto monitoring state iy If not click the button until this symbol appears 1
86. ogies Le Verney 1070 Puidoux Switzerland Tel 41 21 946 04 44 e Fax 41 21 946 04 45 www merging com Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Contents Contents 3 Welcome to Pyramix Virtual Studio 7 Introduction 7 Overview 7 Pyramix documentation and Help 7 Conventions 8 Native Card and Software Set or Pyramix Turnkey 8 Pyramix Versions 8 MassCore 9 NEW USERS START HERE 9 System Requirements For Pyramix Virtual Studio 9 Installing Pyramix Virtual Studio Hardware 10 Mykerinos Board Installation 10 Multi board installation 11 Pyramix Virtual Studio Board I O 11 Time Code and Video Sync Option 11 Cabling Pyramix in your System Environment 12 Digital Audio Synchronization and TimeCode 12 Installing Pyramix Virtual Studio Software 13 Installation Overview 13 Driver Signing 14 Running the Installer 14 Authorization System 15 Enabling Pyramix Virtual Studio with your Software Key 15 First launch 16 Starting Pyramix Virtual Studio 17 Pyramix User Interface 18 Mouse Modifier Keys 18 Context Menus 18 Keyboard Shortcuts 18 Macros 18 Pyramix Concepts 18 Project 18 Mixer 19 Monitor 19 Meter Bridge 19 Composition 20 Timeline 20 EDL 20 Media Files 20 Master Clips 20 Contents AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Clips 20 Media Management Housekeeping 20 Media Drives and Folders 20 Libraries 21 User Libraries 21 Automation in libraries 22 Global Libraries 22 Project Libraries 22 Offline Refer
87. ol Adjusts the output level over a range of 48 dB to 48 dB Automatic Gain Make Up switch When lit Output gain is automatically adapted according to the settings in the Dynamics Section In this case the Output Level Control will be grayed out and inaccessible The Big Graph Window The big graph window opens when you double click the small graph window inside the EQ Section The current settings of the selected EQ band are displayed as a blue line and the resulting overall EQ curve is displayed as a gray shaded area Frequency and Gain parameters of each of the five bands can be altered by clicking on a band s y Quickstart Guide Strip and Bus Tools Plug ins AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION handle and dragging with the mouse Handles of bands which are not selected are displayed as small gray squares Grabbing and drag a handle selects the band Strip Tools Strip 1 1 Mono E A g o pgp PESEN 12 dE 2030 40S 100 200 300 SCD Big Graph floating Window The frequency response display uses two separate gain scales The left hand blue scale shows the scale used for individual bands The right hand gray scale shows the scale for the overall EQ curve Both scales automatically adapt their range according to the settings of the curves they apply to The range of the left and the right scale my be different The ranges for the individual bands can be either 6 dB 12 dB or 24 dB but t
88. omy and the Lash_Th E This Is Hardcore This Is Hardeo amp sing Brother Sing Freedom Sublime Santeria T This Is Hardcor _This is Hardee d mi ey CD Album G Black Album lt New Disc gt amp SACD Album lt New Disc gt Label Date Tree Into General Info Disc Title SACD Textt View Pause 00 00700 00 0020000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0005 15 29 O0200200 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 24 56 Customer Name Customer Contact Customer Phone Start 23 59 56 17 00206 09 17 60 09 00 13 0009 12 27 00 13 04 2535 O0 16 24 15 00 16 36 29 00 21 55 5383 00 22 49 00 26 03 49 00 36 31 46 Black Album End 00206 09 17 00 09 00 13 0009 12 27 00 13 04 25 00 16 24 15 00 16 36 29 00 16 40 2729 00 22 49 6564 00 26 03 49 00 29 06 65 00237 25 30 13 August 2010 Moanbund Music Solly Jecko 9 Double click lt New Disc gt in the Album tab 10 Type a name for the CD ae Quickstart Guide CD Mastering Length start Offset Use Off SRC 006 5 00 No 00202 50 71 Mo 00 00 12 14 No 00 03 51 73 Ne 00203 19 65 Ne 00200 12 14 No 00200 04 00 No 00 00 54 06 Mo 00 03 13 60 Mo 00 03 03 16 No 00 00 53 59 Mo Name Click here to add a new Lost In The Stars The I On And On_Traffic In T C The Best Of The Rock M E Rumours_The Chain The Best Of The Rock M H This Is Hardcore_This b E Rum Sodomy an
89. on Click In the Track headers zone Repeat action for the same button on all tracks Click In the Clips zone anywhere Draw a region to zoom in Dyna Zoom Draw a region to select Draw a region to select clips completely Extend Reduce the current region to this track Invert No Selection mode for Track Groups Invert Auto Select Tracks Click In a Clip handle Move only the clip handle under the mouse no groups Move only the envelope point under the mouse no groups Click In a Clip Add remove clips to the selection Drag the selection to a library Move selected clips Move selected clips with auto crossfade Slide the underlying media of a clip Slide a clip over its underlying media Move selected clips constrained in time Cutter Duplicate clip Duplicate clip constrained in time None Shift Ctrl Ctrl Shift None Shift Ctrl Ctrl Shift Ctrl Shift Alt None Shift Shift Shift Shift Shift Alt None Ctrl Ctrl Shift Ctrl Alt Ctrl Shift Alt C D F Quickstart Guide Appendix I Mouse Modifier Keys Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION While moving Auto crossfade while moving clips Force crossfade while moving clips lower handle Detach crossfade while moving clips middle handle Don t merge Envelope points Constrain Envelope in time Constrain Envelope in value Don t merge Automation points Constrain Automation in time Constrain Automation in value Select only what is under t
90. on required To lock to incoming wordclock connect an appropriate master wordclock signal to the Pyramix Video 2 Input Pyramix Synchronization option required To set the termination jumpers provided on the Mykerinos board please see the Mykerinos User Guide Pyramix can either output or lock to incoming SMPTE EBU TimeCode If a master LTC Time Code output from Pyramix is needed cable the Pyramix LTC time code out RCA jack or XLR to any other devices slaving to this output Pyramix Synchronization option required Pyramix always generates time code when playing To lock Pyramix to an incoming LTC time code signal cable the LTC TimeCode output from the TimeCode source to the Pyramix LTC input RCA jack or XLR Pyramix Synchronization option required Pyramix can accept and generate VITC in standard PAL NTSC formats It can also provide BITC Burnt In TimeCode on its video outputs MIDI Connections To use Pyramix MIDI functionality with external equipment you will require a MIDI interface Many current moth erboards include an on board MIDI interface If yours does not it is a simple matter to add one This can be either an internal PCI card or an external unit connected via a USB port or an RS232 serial COM port Installing Pyramix Virtual Studio Software Installation Overview vencio Note Note If you have purchased hardware options such as Mykerinos cards the USB Sync Board and or an AJA video card please install
91. opriate option above The key system is smart Only one key or set of keys is required regardless of the number of boards in a system Any card can hold this key set as the authorization is processed based on a Logical OR of all keys present on any and all Mykerinos boards Of course this Logical OR will only process keys with identical User Name and Company Name to the one entered in the key enabling window y Quickstart Guide Installing Pyramix Virtual Studio Software AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION First launch Important After installation has been completed please reboot the PC before attempting to launch Pyramix Virtual Studio Then open the VS3 control panel application Start gt Programs gt Pyramix gt VS3 control panel Merging Technologies Virtual Studio Setti i Application Pyramix Virtual Studio Platform MassCore 5 Cores Allocation shared by all applications Windows 2 i 2 MassCore Dedicated Latency Low latency 5 33m m 485 96 192 384KHz Extra low latency 2 66m 0 48 96 192 384K Hz Ultra low latency 1 33m 48 96 192 384KHz Hardware On Bus Videos TL Hg fl e ADAT 11250 168MHz Audio Bridge Disable ASIO Number of Channels 10 32 Rewire Apply Cancel VS3 Control Panel For Pyramix systems with a single Mykerinos board Leave all default selections as they are for now making sure the On Bus checkbox f
92. or your Mykerinos card is indeed checked then save and exit the VS3 control panel application For Pyramix systems with a multiboard configuration Make sure there is a check mark in the On Bus boxes for each board installed Check that the Application combo box is showing Pyramix If not select Pyramix from the list Select XDTDM from the Buses Mode combo box Select which board is to provide an external Video TC reference with the radio buttons next to the board icons For now leave the default DSP Allocation settings as they are When the VS3 Control Panel Do you want to save this board selection dialog box appears click on OK the VS3 Control Panel will close y Quickstart Guide First launch AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Double click on the Pyramix Virtual Studio desktop icon to launch Pyramix Alternately choose Start gt Programs gt Pyramix gt Pyramix Virtual Studio The main User Manual is available from within Pyramix and may be accessed via the Help menu or by pressing F1 or online at merging com ASIO and Rewire Please see the main User Manual for details about how to use the Rewire and ASIO support Starting Pyramix Virtual Studio By default the Installer will put Pyramix Virtual Studio into your Programs folder It also places a Pyramix short cut icon on the Windows desktop The first time Pyramix Virtual Studio is launched you will need to enter your special Key to enable the
93. p to 24 channels Quickstart Guide NEW USERS START HERE AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION We recommend disks should be formatted as NTFS volumes Hard Disk Space Requirements A complete software installation will require around 50MB of disk space for the Pyramix software itself and approximately 10MB of disk space for the Virtual Transport In addition you will need hard disk storage for any captured audio media files As a rule of thumb one Gigabyte of disk storage equals 185 track minutes at 44 1 kHz 16 bits 125 track minutes at 44 1 kHz 24 bits 170 track minutes at 48 kHz 16 bits 115 track minutes at 48 kHz 24 bits 55 track minutes at 96 kHz 24 bits For continuous multi track recording applications divide total available mono track time by the number of tracks you will be using Please note that these are very rough estimates and should be used only as a general indication of storage requirements Operating System 32 bit Windows 7 Professional Windows Vista Business or Windows XP Pro installed Use Administrator User Account Power Management N B As with all Digital Audio Workstations and Non Linear Editors we recommend setting the PC to an Always On Power management scheme Start gt Control Panel double click Power Options Choose Always On from the Power Schemes combo box This allows the monitor to be turned off by the system but disables hard disk turn off and Sta
94. ppropriate Choose Project gt Generate CD Image from the Toolbar This opens the Generate CD Image window Choose an appropriate Image name and location for the file make any other appropriate changes to the set tings then click the Generate Image button You can use the DDP import function in pyramix to import your DDP tape or file and generate a new CD image file From this CD image file you can burn a CD or generate a new DDP tape ae Quickstart Guide CD Mastering Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Burning a CD R DiscWrite is a separate application bundled with Pyramix Virtual Studio that is used to write the CD R or DDP image file out to a CD R disc or DDP tape unit To burn a CD R from a CD image file created above 1 Launch DiscWrite A normal Pyramix Virtual Studio installation will put a DiscWrite icon on the Desktop LST DiscWrite aloka E Table of Content ST oe Frami CO image wr Ref Codae i P ee UPCEAN Code Open Image Track Indax f Time ISEC Hame Copy E o ee ere AEE a A eg e a a a E a z OL 0 OO OO Oe ne Elomi Tein OD Taxts pe ledimport hia l CD Import_i Length 03 38 01 Tanget Peg ed We Oe ce De ee ee ee ce ee ee ee ee ee EN CD R PIONEER DYD RIW DVR 1L05 1w bz 00 03 47 01 ne lt _ _ _ l L7 521 16 CD Import_1 __Record Settings Length 03 35 01 info 023 Lal zii2 17 ne T l 45 34 31 Ch Import 2 Speed Lox Track At O
95. processing power Each processing block may be switched into circuit individually Blocks which are not in circuit do not use DSP resources Difference between Strip Tools and Bus Tools There is only one difference between Strip and Bus Tools Bus Tools have a sophisticated Limiter with Look ahead and Delay Compensation where Strip Tools has a Compressor Quickstart Guide Strip and Bus Tools Plug ins Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION ae Both may be freely used in Strips or Busses if the need should arise for a limiter in an Input Strip or a Compressor in a Bus Modules The Strip and Bus Tools plug ins consist of several Sections or modules Each Section has a title bar at the top con taining an On Off switch for the section and a control triangle which toggles between showing or hiding the sec tion Display Options Multiple instances of the Bus Tools plug in are displayed in one large window Right click onto the window title bar of the plug in to open a menu offering some general display options for the Strip Tools plug ins 5 trip Tools 1 1 Mono ween i000 E 4 14 Mone Tiii Max Strip Display Inc e 2 as Me input TI Dec f input W input gt Rona ge RE ee Ti Rowing 0 00 dB a OW 0 00 dB A i 0 00 dB e o a o q oou j c c M o u m mm e J Gynamic Cynara Dynamic Dynamic _ 4 Th y 2 4046 1 RE 0 00 am 5
96. program properly Please see Enabling Pyramix Virtual Studio with your Software Key on page 15 On program launch you will see the main Pyramix Virtual Studio by Merging Technologies window with its Toolbar at the top and transport controls and status displays at the bottom Quickstart Guide Starting Pyramix Virtual Studio AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Pyramix User Interface The Pyramix user interface has evolved into an extremely powerful tool for manipulating audio Commands and functions can be accessed from pull down menus pop up menus tab windows and keyboard shortcuts There are generally several ways of accessing any given function in Pyramix This helps users to work in the way they find most comfortable for the type of projects they are undertaking It also means Power Users can develop highly efficient operating procedures It is perfectly possible to casually use Pyramix without discovering all of the many possibilities on offer However by looking deeper a far more rewarding experience awaits Mouse Modifier Keys The range of possible actions resulting from a mouse click are massively extended by the use of Keyboard Modi fiers These greatly aid productivity and are well worth learning Please see Appendix Mouse Modifier Keys on page 75 Context Menus Right clicking over objects on screen such as Clips Mixer Strips and controls and Track Headers pops up menus with commands and op
97. r Libraries there is no practical distinction between a section of a Composition Region and a complete Composition Either can be added to a User Library or to an existing Composition This is an extremely powerful feature A single Clip or part of a Clip copied to a User Library from the Timeline appears there as a Composition Automation in libraries If the menu item Edit gt Enable Automation Cut Copy Paste is enabled then any operation on Clips Cut Copy Paste Auto Ripple etc brings all automation data with it If you drag a Clip s to a library all automation over that Clip s is copied pasted as well Global Libraries Project Libraries are kept with the Project Global Libraries are available to all projects and users of the system This can be helpful for sound effects or where several users need access to the same source material to produce different end products Project Libraries Default Library Each new Project creates an empty User Library named Default Library This is provided to aid housekeeping and is kept with the Project Offline Reference Libraries As the name implies Offline Reference Libraries are useful for keeping track of very large projects and material on media that may not be permanently on line Offline or Reference Libraries behave like standard Pyramix Libraries and may be searched in the same manner as others Offline libraries can be created in the Media Management Tab Window by selec
98. r User Flags or Markers To set a CD Start Marker which indicates the beginning of a CD track place the Play Head at an appropriate CD track Start location and choose Cursors amp Marks Add CD Start Marker to Play Head similarly to set a CD Stop Marker which indicates the ending of a CD track place the Play Head at the appropriate CD track End location and choose Cursors amp Marks Add CD Stop Marker to Play Head A named CD Index Marker can also be added using Cursors amp Marks Add CD Index Marker to Play Quickstart Guide CD Mastering AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Head These CD Markers can be examined named and changed in the Project Management Panel s Markers Tab just as can regular User Markers In addition CD track Start and Stop Markers can be added automatically to Grouped Clips in a Composition To accomplish this first make appropriate Groups of Clips which correspond to CD tracks Then choose Cursors amp Marks gt CD Mark Groups from the Toolbar There is only one option Remove existing CD Markers Exporting Projects to CD Image Files To generate a CD from Pyramix you first generate a CD image file This image file is used with the DiscWrite appli cation to generate CD or DDP To export a previously Marked Composition to a CD R image file 1 2 3 4 Open the CD Tab window Double click lt New Disc gt in the Album tab Type a name for the CD Fill in all CD R information as a
99. rdered separately which connects to the DB 25 connector and terminates in 8 XLR connectors which may be used to connect to standard AES EBU stereo inputs and outputs AES daughter cards are available with or without 8 channels of SRC sample rate conversion Dual DC I O The Dual DC offers up to 12 inputs and outputs at 32kHz 44 1kHz or 48kHz sampling rates on a single board All converters are 24 bit Connection is via 2 DB 25 connectors One on the main card attached to the Mykerinos car ries the analog I O and the second on a separate bracket carries four AES EBU Input and Output stereo pairs There are four analogue Line outputs and four analogue Line Inputs two of which may be switched to accept Mic or Line level inputs These have Mic pre amps and 48V phantom powering The analogue Line level I O is adjust able over a 24dB range to accommodate all standard studio levels Optional break out cables can be ordered sep arately which connect to the DB 25 connectors and terminate in 8 XLR connectors The Dual DC is the most cost effective I O daughter card for Pyramix users It is an ideal I O solution for mixed ana log digital requirements as encountered in Broadcast production and Video post production environments It allows direct connection of up to two dynamic or condenser microphones typically for quick and easy voice over recording Note the Dual DC I O daughtercard is not HDTDM bus compatible and can not be used in a multiboard s
100. reo Mix 53 Strip and Bus Tools 57 Strips Tracks Synchronized Creation Deletion 54 Sub Level 56 Support 7 Surround Bus select 56 Surround Components Mixer 56 Surround Control 56 Surround Control window 57 Surround Mix 5 1 53 Surround Panning Algorithm 57 Sync Video and Time Code Connections 13 Synchronized Creation Deletion of Tracks Strips 54 System Requirements 9 T TASCAM TDIF I O Option 79 Time Code and Video Sync Option 11 TimeCode Increment Decrement UP amp DOWN Arrow Buttons 45 TimeCode Scale 44 Timeline 39 TOC 72 Tracks 39 Adding and Deleting Tracks 39 Tracks Strips Creation Deletion Synchronized 54 Transport Controls 48 U User Interface 18 User Libraries 21 V Vari Speed Audio Quality 48 Video and Pyramix on one PC 10 Virtual Multi track 37 VS3 control panel 16 VST Plug ins 55 W Workspaces 73 Y YourPersonalKey 15 Z Zooming and Panning 49 Quickstart Guide Index Index
101. rtual Studio from Merging Technologies or one of its distributors be sure to specify the daughter card appropriate to your specific needs Please see Appendix II I O Daughter card Options on page 78 On board Analog Audio I O Regardless of which I O daughter card is chosen you can simultaneously use the 3 5mm stereo mini phone jack on the Mykerinos board as an unbalanced analog stereo audio monitor output for all projects up to 384 kHz with levels programmable from within the Pyramix software Sources at sample rates higher than 96 kHz are automati cally Sample Rate Converted to 96 kHz 24 bit This stereo mini jack connection may be connected to headphones or to a line level audio monitor input External Audio D A A D Converter Boxes Most of the I O options for the Mykerinos board are digital Pyramix will often be used with external audio D A for playback and A D for recording converters Many such converters are available from Merging Technologies as options for example the Merging Technologies Dua Il and Sphynx 2 Contact your local Merging Technologies Sales representative for more information Capabilities of third party A D D A converter boxes are widely variable Please check with the manufacturer to ascertain which sample rates word lengths and number of I O channels are supported You will need this informa tion later to appropriately configure the Pyramix software Time Code and Video Sync Option The Pyramix Synchroni
102. s of the group will be switched off Group Exclusive This is a mode which has a superior effect on all groups which are set to Group Exclusive When any of the groups which are set to Group Exclusive is switched on all the other groups set to Group Exclusive will be switched off Grouped controls are indicated by a yellow L in the corner of the control block Strip Tools aisi blo no ad blong S02 tone E 4 1 Hl orn Input Me input Me input Me input fe Routing fe Routing i Routing Routing 000 de Loma Factor X Slider Works only on continuous rotary or linear controls It determines the gearing of this control in relation to other members of the group and vice versa E g assume the input gain of strip tools 1 and the input gain of strip tools 2 are both assigned to group one The scale factor of the gain of strip tools 2 is set to 2 Now when you change the gain of strip tools 1 by 1 dB the gain of strip tools 2 will change by 2 dB s Invert Also works only on continuous controls It inverts the effect of the movement for this control caused by another group member or vice versa E g assume the input gain of strip tools 1 and the input gain of strip tools 2 are both assigned to group one The invert button of the gain of strip tools 2 is on Now when you increase the gain of strip tools 1 by 1 dB the gain of strip tools 2 will diminished by 1 dB y Quickstart Guide Strip and Bus Tools Plug i
103. section Enable Dubbing When checked Dubbing Mode is engaged Confirm Track Arming Only available when Dubbing Mode is selected in the adjacent check box A check in this box means that any changes to track arming made whilst recording must be confirmed by a new Record command before they will take effect The Timeline Tracks ae The Timeline is the place in Pyramix where audio Clips can be edited faded up and down and otherwise arranged into a mono stereo or multi channel digital audio Composition The Fade Editor provides elegant alternative methods of viewing and adjusting the parameters of edits in the timeline A Source Destination Editing model is supported but is outside the scope of this guide Please see the Pyramix User Manual for full details Each Composition contains a user defined number of audio Tracks on which audio Clips can be placed or audio inputs can be recorded Blocks representing placed or recorded Clips will appear on the Track as soon as a Clip has been placed or recorded onto it The Track itself stretches horizontally beneath the Time Scale bar and multiple Tracks are stacked up vertically On the left side of each Track is a Track Header panel for that Track Some operations only apply to a selected track The Header panel will be shaded darker when selected A Track can be selected by left clicking anywhere on blank track Adding and Deleting Tracks For convenience a Composition starts
104. section to actually burn the CD R Red Book Compatible Masters If the CD R is to be used as a Red Book compatible master Disc at Once MUST be selected CD Copy Where suitable hardware is available a CD may be directly copied by selecting a CD ROM drive as the source anda CD R RW drive as the destination TOCs Print TOC prints the current TOC in the currently selected report format Save TOC opens a file save dialog to save the current TOC as a text txt file Select Report opens a file open dialog Any previously designed TOC report format Ist may be loaded y Quickstart Guide CD Mastering AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Design Report Opens the Report Designer Please see the on line documentation Customizing the User Interface Pyramix Virtual Studio allows considerable customization of the user interface Apart from the usual Windows interface possibilities Pyramix has user defined Workspaces customizable Keyboard Shortcuts and user defined Macros Workspaces Workspaces are a method of saving many of the Pyramix Project Editing Panel settings especially Track Header switches Once saved a Workspace can be quickly recalled for future use Workspaces can be accessed via the pull down menu on the Pyramix Virtual Studio Window toolbar or via the Project Management panel tab New Workspaces can be added by clicking Click here to add a new Workspace on the first line of
105. shold In compressor mode when the input level exceeds the threshold level the gain is reduced according to the set ting of the ratio control In de compressor mode when the input level exceeds the threshold level the gain is increased according to the setting of the ratio control Expander Section ae Show Hide Expander Section CARAS Expander Section On Off Ratio Control iaai Inverse Switch 3 D N gt o Q D lt D O fo 5 re o J Show hide Expander section Dynamics section on off Threshold Level Control If the input signal level falls below the threshold level the gain of the expander is reduced or increased in inverse mode according to the setting of the ratio control Ratio control Determines the proportion of gain reduction or increase for signals below the threshold level If for example the ratio is set to 2 00 1 in normal mode the output level will be decreased by 2 dB if the input level is decreased by 1 dB below the threshold level Quickstart Guide Strip and Bus Tools Plug ins Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Inverse switch Switches the between normal and inverse expander modes Expander normal mode Inverse mode Output level Output level Input level gt Input level Threshold Threshold Attack Release Hold controls The Expander Section uses the settings of the Attack Release Hold controls in the Dynamics Section to contro
106. shows fader gain If cursor is over pan slider shows current pan position May be clicked to directly enter a fader gain value Level Bargraph Rotary Controls and Faders Rotary Controls sliders and Faders may be adjusted by grabbing them with the mouse and dragging Rotary controls and sliders are adjusted by dragging left or right and fad ers by dragging up or down Double clicking a Fader or Rotary knob returns the value to the default E g unity gain on a channel strip fader Bargraph shows peak level Buttons Buttons on the main mixer surface are black when inactive When active they light up Solo solos the strip Mute mutes the strip Ctrl Solo cancels all other Solos SAFE prevents the strip being muted by solo operations elsewhere reverses the chan nel phase PF changes the metering position to Pre Fader SF PF Delay A delay value in samples can be set in this box Input Clicking on Input pops up a box with the choice of the strip taking its input from a Day 0 ODay O physical connection or any output bus Input rig Logical Input and Direct Output Assignment Right click on the XLR icons to pop up a drop down list of valid assignments r Mo ee M2 OO Post 00 Post he a Note Direct Outputs must first be enabled in the Configure page Show Hide The small grey boxes on the right of the mixer surface toggle horizontal areas of the mixers surface shown full size or collapsed They also pop up con
107. ss autamtic sample rate conversion is set default Where a clip s sample rate is different to the project a small SR icon is displayed in the track to indicate that it is at a different sample rate and is being converted automati cally If the SR icon is red automatic sample rate conversion is switched off and the Clip plays at an incorrect speed 6 Sections of Master Clips and selections which may encompass several clips over several tracks are treated in the same way y Quickstart Guide The Timeline AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Clips ina Composition on the Timeline As with objects in a Media Drive or Library Clips in a Composition are just pointers to the original audio Media Files Any actions performed on a Clip in a Composition will affect neither the original audio Media File nor the master Clip in the Media Folder or object in a Library from where it came In the Project Editing Panel a Clip can be edited shortened split into 2 Clips moved level controlled deleted etc and all actions will ONLY affect the Com position Once in the Composition each Clip by default displays a Waveform of the audio file to which it points This Wave form display can be enabled or disabled by the user Selecting a Clip Click on any Clip to select it It will change color to indicate selection Shift click to select multiple Clips at the same time Moving a Clip Any Clip can be easily moved in time on its Tr
108. t All Settings gt Project Each Track has a tri state Record Ready toggle button located on the left hand side of the Track itself in a Track information and setup area Tip Right click on a track arming button opens the Settings gt All Settings gt Project dialog immediately on the Record Page A Green Dot on the Record Ready button indicates Record Safe mode the default when Tracks are newly created When in this state the Track cannot be recorded to Click on the Record Ready button once to toggle to Record Ready mode This is indicated by a Red Dot The Track will now go into Record mode immediately when the master Record button is pressed in the Transport Strip or Transport window Alt Clicking on the Record Ready button toggles to a Record Punch In mode This is indicated by a Red Dot flanked by 2 red vertical lines In this mode when the master Record button is pressed in the Trans port Strip or Transport window the Track will stay in Play mode until a marked In point is reached then the Track will go into Record mode It will stay in Record mode until a marked Out point is reached To Record audio directly into the Tracks of a Project using Pyramix Virtual Studio as if it were a tape machine 1 Set the Destination Folder Resolution and Format as above 2 Arm each Track on which you wish to record In this case set each Track to Record Ready mode simple Red Dot 3 Check your input levels using the Mixer
109. t DSD praht Tinea m Propet OOAD Depths Lane Teves Lape Track Headers Layout Keys Eana tea Poulin shor Ei Tine Stretch Tieton Sees Pretoria PENS Sele E Eare Contra To be abir bo change nares you mast close oll projects E The routing bs automatically dome ond cannot ba modified Settings PCM 44 1 48kHz Input Routing Page y Quickstart Guide A First Simple Project AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Physical I O is connected to Logical I O in ascending numerical order automatically For now accept the default routing by clicking on OK Open a New Project Before any recording or playback can be undertaken you need somewhere to work so a Project must be created with a suitable Mixer 1 Launch Pyramix Virtual Studio 2 Choose Project gt New 3 The New Project Wizard Choose a Project Type window will open Editing Project Standard project for editing punch in out mixing with automation and mastering from 32 kHz to 192 kHz Default Default Digitizing Session Ideal for batch recording background recording and auto conformation from 32 kHz to 192 kHz DXD Mixing Project Project for recording editing mixing processing and mastering DSD SACD in DXD format 352 38 kHz 32 bits DSD Project Project for recording editing and mastering DSD SACD in DSO format 2 8 MHz 1 bit Load a Template New Project Wizard Choose a Project Type
110. ter card Options ae ADAT Optical I O The ADAT Optical daughter card offers 16 channels of audio input and 16 channels of audio output 8 channels per optical connection From top to bottom of the card it has two digital optical input connectors Inputs A and B and two digital optical output connectors Outputs A and B The signal format of optical connectors Input A and Output A can be set inside the Pyramix software to operate in either ADAT or S PDIF mode When in ADAT mode there are 8 discrete audio channels carried per each optical connector S PDIF mode has 2 channels per optical connector Note in SPDIF mode the maximum sampling rate is limited to 48 kHz Please also note that whilst the ADAT daughterboard continues to function normally in HDTDM 64 bus mode it cannot be used for input when in XDTDM 128 bus mode and is then only capa ble of 8 outputs via Optical Output A with the same 8 duplicated on Optical Output B WARNING The ADAT Daughterboard requires modification before use with XDTDM mode Failure to do this may result in data loss Please contact your Merging Technologies Sales Partner to arrange a mod AES EBU I O The AES EBU daughter card offers 24 channels of I O over 12 AES EBU input and output pairs Connection is via three DB 25 connectors One on the main card attached to the Mykerinos and two more on a separate bracket connected via internal ribbon cable to the main card An optional break out cable can be o
111. ters for play ing analog audio out of Pyramix In this case connect your analog audio sources to the A D Converter analog audio inputs and the A D digital audio output s to the Mykerinos digital audio input s Similarly connect the Mykerinos digital audio output s to your D A Converter digital audio input s and the D A Converter analog audio outputs to your studio monitors or recorders It may be also be useful to connect the stereo mini phone out put on the Mykerinos card to either stereo headphones or a stereo monitor console input The source for this jack can be configured inside the Pyramix software Digital Audio Synchronization and TimeCode ae THERE MUST BE ONLY ONE SOURCE OF SYNC FOR AUDIO AND TIMECODE Digital audio relies on extremely accurate timing In any digital audio system there can only be one source of sync at one time This is particularly important when planning multi machine systems If TimeCode is not locked to the same sync source as the digital audio then either the audio will work properly or the Time Code But NOT BOTH AT THE SAME TIME Quickstart Guide Cabling Pyramix in your System Environment Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Ideally in any system with more than one device there will also be an independent source of sync E g a word clock generator with multiple outputs Each device is fed by a single output and configured to use this source as its sync reference Sync Video and Time C
112. text menus please see User Manual Show Collapse and Hide can reduce clutter by concealing unused controls This is a mixer with all areas hidden Miir Automate a Simple 8 X 2 stereo mixer Window with all areas hidden y Quickstart Guide Using the Mixer AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Creating and Configuring Mixers If one of the numerous mixer presets does not quite suit your application it is simple to modify an existing mixer create one using the Mixer Wizard or design one from scratch The Wizard can be started from an existing mixer by right clicking anywhere on the mixer surface and selecting Mixer gt Settings gt Wizard Please see also Mixer Wizard on page 31 I O Busses Explained The total number of available output busses regardless of the number of Mykerinos cards is 128 The maximum number of inputs to Pyramix is also 128 However it is perfectly possible and permissible to have more than 128 physical inputs and outputs connected to a Pyramix system The PS3 Control Panel Application acts as a router to assign physical inputs and outputs to Pyramix logical inputs and outputs For example a system containing three Mykerinos boards with MADI daughterboards has a total of 192 Any 128 of these may be routed to Pyramix inputs and any 128 Pyramix outputs less the number of assigned Internal Return Busses see below can be routed to physical outputs Internal Return Busses Some of
113. the Tab Window A text entry box opens where you type a name for the new Workspace Hitting Return places the new Workspace at the bottom of the list Workspaces may be re named by clicking the name Workspaces can be deleted by selecting them and pressing the Delete key Applying a Workspace is done by double clicking on the Workspace icon to the left of the name or select Work spaces gt Recall gt Recall Workspace X Parameters remembered by Workspaces are selectable per Workspace by clicking in the appropriate columns If the Update on change column is set to Yes The current state of all selected parameters is saved to the current Workspace when another Workspace is selected Keyboard Shortcuts We strongly encourage you to learn the default Pyramix keyboard shortcuts These have been used by audio pro fessionals for over a decade and are powerful quick and efficient for audio editing and device control However if you are already familiar with another style of audio or video editing you may wish to create your own Keyboard Shortcuts for various Pyramix transport and editing functions To define your own Keyboard Shortcuts 1 Choose View gt Customize gt Keyboard Shortcut Editor This opens the Keyboard Shortcut Editor window 2 All menu Commands are grouped together into Tabs within this window Select the Tab with whichever group of Command Functions you wish to add or change key assignments for 3 Cli
114. these first following the instructions in the accompanying documentation The Pyramix software uses an automated installer wizard which will install all necessary prerequisites We use a unified installer package containing the current versions of Pyramix VCube and Ovation The initial installer screen offers the choice of Pyramix VCube and Ovation Choosing Ovation will also install Pyramix Quickstart Guide Installing Pyramix Virtual Studio Software Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION You may exclude the installation of any of the individual components in the wizard if the device in question is not present on your machine or if you do not intend to use an item by un ticking the tick boxes next to the items listed in the wizard Note Note The security dongle or Mykerinos card must be in place and the security keys entered before attempting to launch Ovation Driver Signing Important During installation in Windows 7 and Windows Vista you will experience a number of warn ings about installing drivers which are not digitally signed Please choose the Install anyway option in each case Important Before attempting to install the Pyramix Virtual Studio software in Windows XP please check the following setting Start gt Control Panel gt System Hardware Click on the Hardware Tab then click on Driver Signing The Driver Signing Options dialog opens Driver Signing Options During hardware installation
115. ting Media Folder gt Create Offline Reference Library y Quickstart Guide Pyramix Concepts AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION A First Simple Project This section provides a step by step guide to starting a simple new Project recording and playing back some audio and basic editing Note This section is not intended as a substitute for the more detailed information to be found elsewhere in this guide and in the Pyramix User Manual The following prior steps are assumed Pyramix hardware and software installation has been completed An audio source and means of monitoring have been connected to the physical I O The software has been registered the registration key s entered and the initial settings entered in the VS3 Control Panel Start Pyramix Launch the Pyramix application Start gt All Programs gt Pyramix gt Pyramix Virtual Studio or by double clicking the Pyramix Desktop Short cut The application will open with no Project loaded Connect Physical I O to Logical I O Open the Settings gt All Settings gt Hardware gt Routing gt PCM I O Routing page Formats amp Syre aj Bi ooo Maselore L Mangga DUAL N6Sa7 ABSEBUE 100252 Jy a Master Board 100499 MADDE I0 99 Ingut Routing Gutput Routing DALAL 16597 7 i RES ERL NEF IODS Piya Bark Phea ad Routing POH 23 2 ihi Po ira 4 Lede PCM 352 6 Jk CWD projec
116. tion 43 New Project 30 New Project from scratch 30 New Users 23 O Offline Reference Libraries 22 On board Analog Audio I O 11 Open a New Project 24 Operating System 10 Other Applications 10 Overview 50 p Paste 43 ae Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Paste amp Place 43 Paste and Ripple 43 Paste Sync Point to Cursor 43 Paste Tail to Cursor 43 Paste to Cursor 43 Paste to Cursor and Ripple 43 Paste to Original TC 43 Paste to Selection 43 Play Head Position 43 Position Speaker Control 57 Power Management 10 Program and Project Settings 34 PS3 52 Pyramix documentation and Help 7 Pyramix Native 9 Pyramix Turnkey 8 Pyramix Versions 8 Pyramix Virtual Studio Board I O 11 Pyramix Virtual Studio Window Orientation 33 Q Quick CD 67 R Record and Playback Audio 27 Recording 36 Removing Strips 54 Replace Selection 43 Rewire 17 Rotary Controls 51 Routing Tracks to from the Mixer 39 Running the Installer 14 S Sampling Rate Mismatch 27 Scroll Wheel 49 Scrub Analog Tape Mode 48 Middle Mouse button 47 Repeat Loop Mode 48 Scrub Audio Quality 48 Scrub Settings 48 Selecting a Clip 41 Selecting a Range 41 Settings 36 Show Hide 51 Shuttle 47 Shuttle sensitivity 47 Silent Jog sensitivity 47 Simple Project 23 Software Key 15 Splitting Clips 41 Starting Pyramix 17 Stereo Input Strips 56 Quickstart Guide Index Index ae Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Ste
117. tions relevant to the object Keyboard Shortcuts In particular we would encourage users to use keyboard shortcuts and preferably the standard Pyramix layout Keyboard shortcuts can be fully customized and users of other workstations will discover we have also provided familiar keyboard layouts to help them on their learning curve Macros The Macro is another powerful feature of Pyramix Macros are sequences of commands which can be invoked by a single key or key combination Some macros are conditional l e their precise action depends on variables in the Project A considerable library of pre programmed macros is provided together with an editor which enables users to construct their own macros Pyramix Concepts Project A Project is the top level of organization Projects are saved with the file extension PMT A Project controls and keeps track of all the various elements you are assembling at a given time A Project always contains a Mixer and y Quickstart Guide Pyramix User Interface AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION a Composition viewed on the Timeline or as an Edit Decision List EDL plus Libraries containing Master Clips Compositions Mixer settings and Fade settings Pyra tual tudo by Merging Technoiogars Telescope pers i Propect Edt View Chpt Tracks Cursocand hink Seien FadeEdaoe Media futomation Workspace ADR Machines Bldgs Settings Window Help Dodat oe XY Do AALA 2443 BRB EBERS BBM AS
118. tremely powerful monitoring module This takes a feed from all output buses and offers sophisticated control options However you do not have to use the Monitor and not doing so will save DSP power For this Quick Start Guide we will simply use the main bus outputs for monitoring For full details of the Monitor please see the Pyramix User Manual Meter Bridge Pyramix also features a meter bridge This can display levels for all input strips all buses and external sources This is an advanced feature and not necessary for simple use For full details of the Meter Bridge please see the Pyra mix User Manual y Quickstart Guide Pyramix Concepts AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Composition A Composition is any number of Clips complete with edits and fades level settings etc placed on a Track or tracks in a time relation to each other and to the Timeline Note A Composition can contain other Compositions Timeline The Timeline shows a graphic representation of the current Composition and its location in relation to the Play head Cursor In and Out Marker Cursors and various other Markers All editing is undertaken in the Timeline EDL Fade Editor and Trimmer windows EDL The EDL Edit Decision List is a textual and numeric representation of the same information shown in the Time line and Fade Editor Changes made here are reflected in the Timeline and vice versa Media Files These are the actual a
119. udio data files which can only be seen at the Windows level e g in Windows Explorer In Pyramix they are represented by Master Clips which reference the raw data files Master Clips The concept of Master Clips is one of the keys to the power of Pyramix An individual Master Clip is a set of point ers that reference one or more Media Files Note that a single Master Clip references all Media Files in a multi channel audio recording E g a stereo record ing can have one or two Media Files depending on whether there is a tick in the One file per track box in the Media Option section of the Record page of Settings gt All Settings gt Project When One file per track is checked one invisible Media File is generated for each channel of a recording but only one Master Clip So a stereo Master Clip references two invisible Media Files and a Multi channel Master Clip references as many invisible Media Files as there are channels in the recording check box One file per track but will only generate one Master Clip A Master Clip can be mono stereo four channels six channels 24 channels in fact there is no limit to the number of channels that can be contained within a Master Clip When a Master Clip is placed into a Composition there is the option to place it where it was originally recorded Master Clips also contain attributes which identify parameters such as a File name time code stamp and other information Clips The indiv
120. ve un ticks everything and clicking again ticks all the boxes i e selects everything OK Saves any changes made to settings and exits the Pyramix Settings window Cancel Cancels any changes made to settings and exits the Pyramix Settings window Quickstart Guide Settings Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION All Settings gt Project The All Settings gt Project folder has three pages Information Record and Controller Mapping These allow configuration of settings and information specific to the Project For now we will briefly look only at the Record page Target settings Take Name Prefix with Track Name Suffix with Stip Hame Media Fold Name is Scene amp Take Maka Type Mechs coten One fle per track Flatten track numbers W Uriq fenamne exhent Quetif creation faled Poibpeitsin i Prompt for name after recorde Keep in default ibrary fe rement iake peur Fise oinen Bracks Cleanup Media after recording V Group Recorded Cips W Auto Crece fede Cosine 10 C fim C amp C p Piayisis Dont create Playist Appty changes fo Record Create an empty Playkst for each recording Create a copy Playlist for each recording All Settings Project Record page Use the Record page to define the destination folder file type bit depth and format for all Media Files captured or imported into the Project This information is required before any capture of audio can be
121. ving Strips To remove a given input strip bus or group right click directly on it and choose Strip gt Remove Strip Bus or Group as appropriate Quickstart Guide Creating and Configuring Mixers Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Mixer I O Assignments To or from physical I O To change I O assignments to or from physical I O or the Internal Return Busses click on the appropriate XLR icon A pop up appears with a list of all valid choices ADAT 11290 Optical B Connect Input 33 1 Mone 34 2 Internal Bus 1 6 35 3 AESEBU 11291 Front 36 4 AESEBU 11291 Reard af 3 AES EBU 411291 Rear 30 6 ADAT 11290 Optical 4 SE ADAT 14290 Optical B 40 9 From Tracks Note that several tracks may be routed to the same mixer input strip Tracks are assigned to mixer input strips either automatically or manually from the Track Header Adding Plug ins ae Native Plug ins These include the eq and dynamics found on a conventional hardware mixer s channel strip To add a native plug in right click with the mouse cursor over the strip where the plug in is to be added If you right clicked in the effects area of the strip select Effects gt Add If you clicked somewhere else select Add Effect Select an effect from the drop down list It will appear in the strip VST Plug ins VST Plug ins can be used in the same way as Native Plug ins For much more detail on Plug ins please see the Pyramix Us
122. with the same number of Tracks as Input Strips were defined in the Mixer for that Project However Tracks can easily be added or deleted To add Tracks select Tracks gt New Audio Track from the Project window pull down menu This opens a Create New Track window Type in the number of new Tracks to create and click OK The chosen number of Tracks will be added immediately above the currently selected Track To delete a Track first select the Track to delete by clicking on it The Track header will darken to indicate selec tion Then choose Tracks gt Delete from the Project window pull down menu The Track and all Clips placed on it will be deleted Note Only the Clip or pointer will be deleted not the original Media File You can also right click the left hand side of the Track Header to open a context menu that enable you to add or delete Tracks Routing Tracks to from the Mixer When a Mixer is created Pyramix will automatically create the same number of Tracks as Mixer Input Strip chan nels During Track playback Pyramix automatically routes the output of each Track to a corresponding Mixer channel input so that Track 1 output routes to Mixer channel 1 input Track 2 to Mixer channel 2 etc Quickstart Guide The Timeline Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Similarly during Track recording or input monitoring Pyramix will attempt to automatically route the input selected on each Mixer channel to a corresponding
123. zation option provides SMPTE EBU LTC and VITC time code in out video sync in out and word clock sync A multi pin circular mini DIN connector on the back plate of the Mykerinos board carries all the system synchronization time code and video sync signals An optional break out cable is provided for connec tions to time code sync and video I O The Synchronization option allows Pyramix to be configured as a master or slave lock to external time code video or word clock It also enables VITC and or a visible time code burn in win dow BITC to be added to video output throughput y Quickstart Guide Installing Pyramix Virtual Studio Hardware AMERGING Pyramix DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION Cabling Pyramix in your System Environment Please read this in conjunction with the guide or guides for your specific interface daughter cards and external interfaces converters Due to the number of possible I O options and the variety of user environments it is impossible to cover all the variations of cable connections to and from Pyramix However here are some general rules and examples Mykerinos Back plate 3 a P f a e 3 5mm Mini Phone Jack for analog monitor output l Area where I O Daughter Card output connectors appear Mykerinos Backplate 8 pin Mini DIN for sync breakout cable Audio Connections Many users will have A D Converters for feeding analog audio sources into Pyramix and D A Conver

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