V6 User Manual 1.00.book - Studio General

InstallationPlease see the Quickstart Guide and/or Installation Guide and the Installation Guides for any hardware youhave purchased.About This ManualAutomatically installed with Pyramix and available under the Help menu or [F1], this manual is intended to be acomprehensive reference source for all the standard features and functions in Pyramix 6.1.NavigationIn electronic form, all the Contents and Index entries and Cross-references are hyperlinks. I.e. clicking on themwill jump to the relevant item.PLEASE DO NOT PRINT THIS DOCUMENT UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARYSAVE TREES AND INK BY USING THE HYPERLINKSVERY IMPORTANT!We strongly recommend you consult the other Pyramix guides for a more complete understanding of all the featuresand functions of Pyramix.HOWEVER,recognizing that most people do not read manuals until they have to, the Quickstart Guide will enable you toachieve (almost) instant gratification! The Quickstart Guide will introduce you to Pyramix Virtual Studio Version 6.1and lead you through a simple set-up, recording and importing audio, simple editing, mixing, adding effects, andCD recording.ScopeThis manual is principally concerned with Pyramix software installed on workstations with Mykerinos cards.Although many of the features and functions described also apply to Pyramix Native there are differences. Theseare detailed in the Pyramix Native documentation.Commands ReferenceAutomatically installed with Pyramix and available under the Help menu, this document lists all the commandsavailable in Pyramix together with the default Keyboard Shortcuts.MassCoreMassCore is an extremely powerful Pyramix option. A truly deterministic real-time engine that does not rely onthe Windows operating system. This avoids the inherent restrictions and latencies introduced by the operatingsystem and allows the channel/track-count to be increased to an unprecedented level. MassCore is scalable from16 to 384 Live I/O (768 simultaneous) channels with a massive 512 channel bus structure (At 1FS).MassCore enables a number of new features:• Larger Mixer configurations• Extra 2.66ms and Ultra 1.33ms latency optionsIntroduction : Installation 1 - 21