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Quickstart Guide : Contents
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 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 12
Cabling Pyramix in your System Environment 12
Digital Audio Synchronization and TimeCode 13
Installing Pyramix Virtual Studio Software 14
Driver Signing 14
Running the Installer 15
Enabling Pyramix Virtual Studio with your Software Key 15
First launch 15
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
Composition 20
Timeline 20
EDL 20
Media Files 20
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Master Clips 20
Clips 20
Media Management - Housekeeping 20
Media Drives and Folders 21
Libraries 21
User Libraries 21
Automation in libraries 22
Global Libraries 22
Project Libraries 22
Offline / Reference Libraries 22
A First Simple Project 23
Start Pyramix 23
Connect Physical I/O to Logical I/O 24
Open a New Project 24
Configure the Mixer 27
Before Recording 28
Record and Playback Audio 29
Edit Audio 30
Starting a New Project 31
Project Templates 31
New Project from scratch 32
Pyramix Virtual Studio Window Orientation 34
Settings 35
Recording 39
Recording Audio into a Pyramix Virtual Studio Project 39
Virtual Multi-track 40
Dubbing Mode 41
The Timeline 41
Tracks 42
Clips and Compositions 43
Editing 43
Clips in a Composition on the Timeline 43
Selecting a Range 44
Making Edits 44
Fades 45
Edit Command highlights: 45
Navigation 47
Jog / Shuttle 48
Transport Controls 49
Scroll Wheel 50
The Overview 51
Markers or User Flags 51
Using the Mixer 52
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Mixer Components 52
Show / Hide 52
Creating and Configuring Mixers 53
I/O Busses Explained 53
Internal Return Busses 53
Input Strips 53
Groups 53
Mixing/Monitoring/Aux Buses 54
External Effects 56
Configuring a Blank or Existing Mixer 56
Adding Strips 56
Mixer I/O Assignments 56
Adding Plug-ins 56
Mixer Surround Components 57
Strip and Bus Tools - Plug-ins 59
Eq, Comp/Limiter/Expander 59
Bus Tools 69
Simple Mixer Automation 69
Mixing Down Projects 69
Exporting a Composition to a File 69
Archiving Projects 70
CD Mastering 70
Quick CD 70
CD Markers 74
Exporting Projects to CD Image Files 74
Burning a CD-R 75
Customizing the User Interface 76
Workspaces 76
Keyboard Shortcuts 76
User Macros 77
Appendix I Mouse Modifier Keys 77
Main Editor 77
Overview 80
Notes 80
Media Folder 80
Appendix II I/O Daughter-card Options 80
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Quickstart Guide : Welcome to Pyramix Virtual Studio!
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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 Reference Guide and Applications
Guide for a more complete understanding of all the features and functions of Pyramix.
HOWEVER,
recognizing that most people do not read manuals until they have to, this shorter version will enable you to
achieve (almost) instant gratification! This guide will introduce you to Pyramix Virtual Studio Version 5.0 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 docu-
mentation can be found in the Windows Start menu in All Programs > Pyramix > 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:
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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 Virtual Studio.
Conventions
Conventions used in Pyramix documents:
Names found on Pyramix screens and menus are shown in bold. E.g. Information & Settings
Menu and sub-menu selections are shown like this:
View > Tracks > 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 > 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 > All Settings dialog Has its own hierarchical tree structure in the left hand pane
with folders 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 Soft-
ware 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 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 following section.
Pyramix Native (or Media Bundle) comes with software and USB Security Key only. You must provide an
appropriate 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.
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Pyramix Versions
Pyramix Virtual Studio is a powerful and flexible Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) integrating hard disk
recording and editing, digital audio mixing, effects processing, machine control, video, and CD-R master-
ing.
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 Pyramix 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, using the host CPU and soundcard and on the Merging Technologies
Mykerinos 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 determined 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.
Pyramix Native
Pyramix Native offers 100% compatibility with the main Pyramix Virtual Studio (VS) system. Both the Pyra-
mix 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 protected 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 maintains all the real-time editing capabilities expected of a professional system.
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
Computer
• PC with Intel Pentium PIII 800 MHz or higher, minimum 256 MB RAM.
• PCI 2.1 compliant card slot(s) in which to install the Mykerinos board(s).
• Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Windows NT Workstation (v4.0 SP6 or higher OS
• Graphics Adapter with a minimum resolution of 1024x768 (Dual Head with resolution of 1280 x
1024 recommended).
• 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 rpm) SCSI drive (e.g. Seagate Cheetah) or a SCSI RAID array is recom-
mended for larger multi-track projects, high sample rate and DSD work. Low cost IDE drives are
fine for smaller projects of up to 24 channels.
• We recommend disks should be formatted as NTFS volumes.
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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 stor-
age requirements.
Operating System
Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Windows NT Workstation (v4.0 SP6 or higher) installed (never attempt to
install Pyramix on NT Server). Windows XP is preferred.
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 > 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 Standby.
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 services 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 recommend a Dual Processor PC, a dedicated hard drive for the video and Windows XP
Installing Pyramix Virtual Studio Hardware
Mykerinos Board Installation
The Merging Technologies Mykerinos board can be installed in any free PCI slot in your PC. In general, it is
best NOT to install the board in the PCI slot adjacent to an AGP graphics adapter; and in a PCI slot which
may be physically shared with an ISA slot.
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