V6 User Manual 1.00.book - Studio General

• Create a Pyramix recording project with the same number of tracks you specified in the VirtualTapeFormatapplication.• Ensure you select the correct sampling rate, corresponding to your ‘tape’.• Mount the folder in which the tape has been created.• Select the tape and in the Media Manager menu choose Edit > Place. Select ‘Place at Original Time-Code on Original Track’ and click OK.• Select the menu item View > Zoom > Fit in Window. Your tape should be at its proper location in theTimeline.• Now go into the Project > Information & Settings : Record Settings Page:• Select the Media Folder where your tape resides• Select the Resolution you specified for your tape• Select ‘Virtual Tape’ in the Format box• Enable Dubbing Mode• Check One file per track• Uncheck Flatten track numbers• Check Don’t create Playlists• Uncheck Name is Scene & TakeYou should now be able to use Pyramix normally.Note the Following:• Any punch-ins will be destructively performed on the Virtual Tape. There is no undo!• No new clips will be created for each punch-in, only the underlying tape will be modified.• Any attempt to punch-in outside the tape will fail.Known limitations:• Punching in on fresh parts of the tape (still silent) may result in small clicks at the punch-in points for now.Fades on Punch-ins in Virtual Tape Mode will be implemented soon.• For now, there is no waveform support.Discontinuous TimeCodeAuto-Punch mode allows a whole tape with discontinuous TimeCode to automatically be recorded.• Set all desired tracks is auto-punch mode• Place Mark In at 00:00:00:00 and Mark Out at 23:59:59:24 (default values for a new project)• Plug LTC Out from the tape machine into Pyramix• Set Chase mode to HARD CHASE• Rewind the tape• Press Play on the tape machineEach time a valid TC is encountered Pyramix will lock and start recording a new clip, then stop when the timecodejumps. A separate media file will be created for each continuous timecode on the tape.Metronome / Click TrackTo obtain an audible Metronome or Click-Track, first add a Bars & Beats ruler by going to:Applications : Discontinuous TimeCode 19 - 343