Virtual Multi-Track - Merging Pyramix 4.3 User Manual

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 29
Settings for Multi-track recording
Multi-track recording can be demanding on disk performance, DSP and the host CPU. In order to opti-
mize Pyramix for the purpose if not using one of the supplied Templates the following settings should be
made in the Record Page:
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Suggested Settings
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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 dialog box 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 will 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 View > General Settings / Layout
Page) and are numbered the following 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 mis-
take(s) but the user wishes to keep them anyway.
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)
Group Recorded Clips: ON
Increment Take Number: ON
Prefix with Track Name: ON
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