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Getting Audio into Pyramix Virtual Studio

There are four primary methods of getting audio into Pyramix: You can record audio directly into the Timeline of a
Pyramix Editing Project, record audio using a Digitizing Session, use Background Recorders or you can import
audio files existing previously.
Please see also: Digitizing Sessions on page 158 , Background Recorders on page 143 and Importing
Audio Files into Pyramix Virtual Studio on page 155 .

Check Sync

Before attempting to record any audio please check Pyramix and the audio source(s) are synchronized as you
intend.

I/O Status Window

The I/O status window can be opened by clicking in the Sync: xxxxx section of the Status bar (bottom right of the
main Pyramix window. (the XXX 's are the current sync source)
This window shows useful information about the input and synchronization status of Pyramix.
Input sources
All the possible input sources are shown, each with an associated red and a green light. The green lights show the
presence of a valid digital signal (This does not necessarily mean that the sampling rate of this input matches the
current clock source of Pyramix). When the red light is on and steady, Pyramix is using this input as it's clock refer-
ence and is successfully locked up.
Default Clock Source
If Pyramix is set up to lock to an external clock source but cannot get a valid signal from this source, it will switch to
Internal clock. In this case the red light associated with Internal will be on, and the red light associated with the
intended clock source will be blinking.
Sampling Rate Mismatch
If Pyramix is set up to lock to an external clock source and the sampling rate set in the Virtual Studio Mixer does
not match the sampling rate of the clock source, the green light associated with the clock source will be on, but
the red light will be blinking showing the sampling rate mismatch.

File Format and Disk Limitations

File Size Limitations
By design legacy SD2, WAV or BWF files are limited to a maximum of 2GB due to their 32bit signed addressing
(thus 31 available bits) formats, while 32bits unsigned addressing AIF files are limited to 4GB. Please keep this in
mind when recording and/or exporting to any of these formats, the 2GB/4GB limit might in fact be quite close,
particularly when working with high sample rate multitrack files.
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