V6 User Manual 1.00.book - Studio General

AKAI DD/DRPyramix is capable of recognizing disks recorded in the Akai DD-Series format and importing their data.Preparing the systemConnect the Akai disk to your PC. Usually this will be a hard disk drive via a SCSI interface, but can also be a Magneto-Opticalor Jaz disk.Project > Import or Export opens the appropriate Project Interchange dialog box. Choosing AKAI DD/DDRfrom the list opens the AKAI DD-Series File System Loader dialog boxWhen the dialog is opened, Pyramix searches for available Akai disks and displays them in the upper left part ofthe dialog box. Choose the disk you want to work with by selecting it with the mouse.The Refresh Disks button restarts the search for available Akai disks.The lower part of the dialog box shows the data found on the selected Akai disk. Following the data structure ofAkai disks this panel has three Tabs named Project, Libraries and Audio Files.Import ButtonTo import the data into your Pyramix session, simply select the desired data and click the Import button. Thebehavior is the same as ‘Quick Import’; All the files are imported and stored into a mounted media folder.When anAkai library is imported, a new Pyramix project library will be created.Delete ButtonDeletes selected files from the Akai media providing this is not write protected.Audio File importSince Pyramix is capable of reading the audio data directly from an Akai disk, it is not necessary to import theactual audio files into a local Windows drive. Thus, when you click the Import button, a dialog box is displayed: Doyou want to import the Audio Files used by this/those projects? If the answer is No, only references to theaudio files will be stored in the local Windows Media folder instead of copies of the actual audio data. The audiowill play correctly but no waveforms will be displayed.Closing the Akai loader dialogAkai DD-Series File System Loader dialogFile and Project Interchange : Project Interchange 17 - 318