V6 User Manual 1.00.book - Studio General

HousekeepingAudition PlayMedia FoldersThe Windows hierarchical filing system can easily become confusing and cluttered. Complex audio projects generatethousands of more or less enigmatically named files. Keeping track of all the files used in a Project can becomea nightmare even if the user is meticulous.Pyramix uses the concepts of Media Drives/Folders and Libraries to reduce the clutter and provides managementtools specifically designed for audio. This Media Management helps users to work in a structured and simplemanner whilst keeping track of all the project components.Master Clips in the Media Management window and all audio objects in the Library windows can be auditionedthrough the Monitor as a MONO downmix. The toolbar Play (Space) and Stop (Esc) buttons starts and stop playbackof a selected object. Double-clicking an object begins playback at the start.Media Folders are Windows folders or drives which contain Media Files. Pyramix needs to specifically mountthese Media Folders in order to access the Media Files contained therein. Once mounted, suitable files are displayedas Master Clips. I.e. pointers to the underlying audio files. Mono and interleaved Stereo and MultichannelMedia files are all displayed and manipulated as single Master ClipsThese can be dragged and dropped or copied and pasted directly into the Timeline or into a User library fromthe Media Management Window regardless of format, sampling rate or bit depth.Media Target SettingsCD ImportDrag and DropWhen a Project is created, either with Project > New or Project > New From Template and a Media Folder is createdor selected, the Project Information : Project Media Folder, the Record : Target settings Media Folder, theProject > Render : Target Settings Media Folder and the Project > Mix Down : Target Settings Media Folder allpoint to the same folder. These target settings can be changed later and each can point to a different folder.Pyramix can import individual tracks or entire CDs to Media folders and libraries. Track listing and other informationcan be automatically obtained from an online database. Please see: CD Import on page 319Audio Media files compatible with Pyramix may be dragged and dropped into Pyramix Libraries. Single or multiplefiles can be dragged and dropped in the conventional Windows manner from browser windows and fromapplications that support such operations, e.g. iTunes. As a rule of thumb, if you can drag and drop a file to theDesktop, you can drag and drop to a Pyramix library.Example:Start Pyramix, open a Project and a library. From a Windows Browser window select one or several audio files anddrag them over the library. If the selection contains compatible audio files the library will highlight. Drop the filesover the library. Any compatible files will be added to the library and can be then used just like any other libraryfile in Pyramix.Note: The converse, dragging and dropping from a Pyramix library to the Desktop or toa browser or other application is NOT supported.LibrariesPyramix uses libraries to help make project organization tidier. Libraries are used to organize project material intological groupings. However, Libraries are not the same as Windows directories or folders. They are only meaningfulwithin the Pyramix environment. A Library is a database, containing a collection of pointers to different typesof media objects with tools designed to enable you to work quickly and intuitively.Media Management : Housekeeping 4 - 40