V6 User Manual 1.00.book - Studio General

Pyramix Virtual Studio OverviewPyramix Virtual Studio is a powerful and flexible Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) integrating hard disk recordingand editing, digital audio mixing, effects processing, machine control, video, and CD-R mastering.Pyramix runs on the Merging Technologies Mykerinos hardware platform. Each Mykerinos board is capable ofup to 128 channels of 24-bit digital audio, 64 recording and 64 playback. External access to these 128 channels isdetermined by your choice of physical inputs and outputs to the Mykerinos board.Program WindowMassCore is scalable from 16 to 384 Live I/O (768 simultaneous) with a massive bus structure. (For now this is limitedin code to a total of 512 at 1FS (256@2FS, 128@4FS, 64@8FS).With multiple boards the Pyramix workstation is capable of up to 384 channels of 24-bit digital audio. Externalaccess to these inputs and outputs is determined by your choice of daughterboard(s). Note that whilst the ADATdaughterboard continues to function normally in HDTDM (64 bus) mode it cannot be used for input when inXDTDM (128 bus) mode and is only capable of 8 outputs via Optical Output A with the same 8 duplicated on OpticalOutput B.WARNING! The original ADAT Daughterboard requires modification before use with XDTDM mode. Failure to dothis may result in data loss. Please contact your Merging Technologies Sales Partner to arrange a modification.Pyramix Program WindowThe main Pyramix Virtual Studio by Merging Technologies program window appears when the program islaunched. It has dockable Toolbars across the top with a Transport bar and status information at the bottom. Thismain window can be resized, moved, minimized or maximized with the conventional Windows control boxes.Introduction : Pyramix Virtual Studio Overview 1 - 24