Project Libraries; Library Maintenance; Track And Mixer Muting - Merging Pyramix 4.3 User Manual

Create An Initial Library
Select the Media Management Tab Window Menu item Drive > Create Offline/Reference Library
and choose All mounted Media folders and Add all Media. This will create an initial library referenc-
ing all your audio files. All the media files / disks may then be unmounted.
The library can now be re-organized, folders created, items duplicated etc. etc.
You can make searches (queries) or apply filters to your Offline / Reference library(ies) and, if Project >
Auto-mount Media is checked, each time an item is dragged onto the Timeline the appropriate audio
file will automatically mount. Or this can be done this manually by calling Project > Mount Referenced
Media.
Updating Libraries - Orphaned Entries
If the original audio files are moved or reorganized, just mount all the folders once again, load all your
libraries and call the Library menu command Update Referenced Media Paths.
Updating Libraries - Adding new files
If new audio files are added to your media disk(s), simply mount these folders, load all your libraries and
proceed as in "Create An Initial Library" above, but select the option, Filter Media already present
in other libraries. This will create a new library containing only references to the freshly added audio
files. These new items can then be copied/moved to any (or many) already existing Offline library(ies).

Project Libraries

When a new Project is created two Project Libraries are also created.
Composition Library
Each Project has a unique, read-only Composition Library. This contains short-cuts to every Master
Clip placed on the Timeline (present in the EDL) in the current Project. Note that the Composition
Library may be empty, I.e. nothing is placed on the Timeline but the user library(s) may contain Master
Clips and Compositions which all form part of the Project.
Default Library
Each new Project also creates an empty User Library named 'Default Library'. This is provided to aid
housekeeping and is kept with the project.

Library Maintenance

If media is moved or the path to it is changed (E.g. by copy, backup or moving folders etc.) Libraries ref-
erencing the 'orphaned' media can have their paths updated by simply mounting all the media folders
involved and selecting Drive > Update Media Paths in the Global Libraries tab window

Track and Mixer Muting

There is a subtle difference between muting a Track Output (with the
and muting the same signal in it's associated mixer input strip. Muting a track stops disk access for the
track (There is a delay before the sound stops while the replay buffer is emptied). Muting a mixer strip
doesn't affect disk access but simply mutes the strip (Therefore muting is immediate). Muting track out-
puts enables multi-track recordings with many tracks (E.g. 48 track music recordings) to be edited on
hardware which cannot support this number of tracks. (E.g. a laptop) Providing the Clips are grouped
across all tracks, then any editing changes made on the tracks used for the editing guide will also be
reflected in the muted tracks. Track Grouping can be used to make operation simpler and more conve-
nient.
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