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USER MANUAL
Quickstart
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Quickstart Guide
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Contents Page 3
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
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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 / Reference 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 in a 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 & 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
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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 to 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 I Mouse Modifier Keys 75
Main Editor 75
Overview 77
Notes 77
Media Folder 77
Appendix II I/O Daughter-card Options 78
Index 81
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Quickstart Guide
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Date: 28th October 2010
Quickstart Guide : Welcome to Pyramix Virtual Studio! Page 7
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 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 > 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:
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.
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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 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 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, 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 : NEW USERS START HERE Page 9
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 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)
• 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:
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 > 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 rpm) 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
up to 24 channels.
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• 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 > 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 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
Depending on whether you have a PCI or a PCIe board version, the Merging Technologies Mykerinos board can be
installed in any free PCI or PCIe 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!
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