Safety Record Mode; Importing Audio Files Into Pyramix Virtual Studio; Mounting Media Folders; Sample Rate Conversion - Merging Pyramix User Manual

Safety Record Mode

Pyramix is equipped with a Safe Record mode for the Internal Machine.
Safety Record is turned off by default. It can be activated by selecting Machines > Internal Machine >Safety
Record . When this mode is active an S is superimposed on the Transport Controls Record button.
Once a recording has begun the only way to stop it is to go to the Menu and de-activate Safety Record mode.
Apart from this no key presses, mouse clicks or external control inputs will stop the recording.
Note: Whilst it is possible to assign a Keyboard Shortcut to the Safety Record toggle, for maxi-
mum security, it might be wiser not to.

Importing Audio Files into Pyramix Virtual Studio

Different file types with different bit depths (word lengths) can be freely combined in a Composition. Simply
Mount the Media Drive or Media Folder and drag-and-drop the required material into the Timeline.
Files with different sample rates can also be freely combined.
Note: If a Clip has a different sample rate to the current project the Clip will play at the 'wrong'
speed! E.g. in a 48kHz project a 96kHz Clip will play at half speed. With most material this will be
glaringly obvious, however with sound effects, smaller differences in rate (E.g. 44.1kHz - 48kHz)
may well go unnoticed.

Mounting Media Folders

If many audio files already exist in a single Windows directory or folder, it is easy to mount that Windows folder as
a Pyramix Media Folder . Once mounted, the supported files become available for use in a Project.
1. Start a New Project or Open an existing one.
2. Click the Media Management Tab in the Project Management Panel to open the Media window, or double-
click to open it as a floating window.
3. Select Media Folder > Mount Media Folder . This opens the Choose a media folder to mount dialog box.
4. Click the Browse... button, then navigate to the Windows directory containing the audio files you wish to
import.
5. Click the OK button to mount that Windows directory as a Media Folder . All supported audio file types will be
seen by Pyramix, and be available for use in the Project. A check in the Recursive box means Pyramix will look
in sub-directories of the chosen folder as well as the root. A check in the Permanent mount box means Pyra-
mix will attempt to mount the folder whenever the application is launched. I.e. make it available to all Proj-
ects .

Sample Rate Conversion

Where the sampling rate of a Media File is different to the current Project , Pyramix offers a simple means of con-
verting the Media File 's sample rate at very high quality. Using the Merging Technologies HeptaCon Sample Rate
Converter.
1. Select a Master Clip file or files in the main Media Management window.
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