Pyramix Concepts; Project; Mixer; Compositions - Merging Pyramix 4.3 User Manual

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 a Composition, viewed on the Timeline, or as an Edit Decision List
(EDL), plus Libraries containing Master Clips, Compositions, Mixer settings, and Fade settings.

Mixer

The Mixer, is the nexus of the Virtual Studio. The Mixer routes all audio into and out of a Pyramix
Project. It also determines audio sample rates and synchronization. The user configures the Mixer as
appropriate, for the number and type of inputs strips and output busses needed for a Project. Without a
properly configured Mixer, no audio can be recorded, mixed, or monitored.

Compositions

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.

Timeline

The Timeline shows a graphic representation of the current Composition. and its location in relation to
the Playhead Cursor, In and Out Marker Cursors and various other Markers. All editing is done in the
Timeline, EDL or Fade Editor windows.

EDL

The EDL (Edit Decision List), is a textual and numeric representation of the same information shown
in the Timeline and Fade Editor. Changes made here are reflected in the Timeline and vice-versa.

Media Files

These are actual audio 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 pointers 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 ste-
reo recording can have one or two Media Files, (depending on whether there is a check in the One file
per track box in the Media Option section of the record page of the Project Information and Settings
dialog box.) (Project > Project Information and Settings - Record Tab).
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.
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