Pyramix Updates

Pyramix Software Updates

New features in Pyramix Virtual Studio Version 3.2 and 4

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Digitizing Session allows Auto-Conformation. When an external machine is
selected, the Auto-Conform panel allows loading a CMX EDL, defining handles and
conforming the EDL using the selected external machine.
Akai DD/DR Series Disk can now be mounted and projects and/or libraries be
imported or directly played back. Feature available through menu Project / Import /
Akai DD-Series Disk.
Pyramix now supports Minnetonka Surround Encoders directly from within the
application. Dolby Digital (AC-3) and DTS encoders can be purchased as external
plug-ins and once installed are available through the menu Projects / Export /
Surround Encode. A small external application, AC3 Player, is also available to
check your AC3 encoded files, playback them on the Mykerinos board or convert
them back to PMF or Wave.
Markers can be renumbered using the ‘Renumber’ button in the Markers Tab
Window.
Double-clicking on clips now opens the selection property windows. Pressing Ctrl
open the property window only for this particular clip. Double-clicking on a fade
opens the fade editor.
Mute clip now available in the menu Clips. (Assignable to a keyboard shortcut)
The Timeline can be scrolled with the menu View / Scroll Timeline /
Left/Right/Up/Down. (Assignable to a keyboard shortcut)
Unused media can be automatically delete with the menu Project / Clean-up
Media. All media in a given Media Folder that are not referenced by the current
project are deleted. This feature can be automatically performed after any
recording to simulate a destructive recording. This option is accessible in the
Project / Document Information & Settings / Record Page.
Playback stalls can be reported by enabling this option in the General Settings /
Playback Page.
The last Punch operation can be automatically repeated by calling the menu
Machines / Internal Machine / Punch / Remake last Punch (in-Out). Remake last
Punch (In only) repeats the last punch operation but leaves the Punch Out manual.
These options are assignable to a keyboard shortcut.
Pull-down and pull-up allows to speed down or speed up the nominal sampling
frequency by the exact one per thousand ratio corresponding to the NTSC framerate with respect to the 30 frame per second.
The varispeed mode allow other speed factors to be handled such as 25 to 24 frm/s. The maximum variation is +/- 12%. This option is available in the General Page of the mixer contextual menu. Important Note: Typical digital to analog or analog to digital converters (such as Merging Sphynx or DUAII) do not operate beyond +/- 0.15 o/oo (150 ppm) and therefore will mute in any varispeed mode. It is suggested to route Mykerinos digital IOs through external real-time sampling rate conversion circuitry or use adequate external converters with built-in pull-up or pull-down support.
Note 2: Locking to external NTSC video reference is limited to nominal and pull-down
sampling rates.

General

Keyboard shortcuts now user definable.
Use View / Customize / Keyboard Shortcuts menu to define keyboard
shortcuts
Allow to define presets, load / save / print shortcut table.
Macros can be defined now directly in Pyramix. Open the Macro editor in View /
Customize / Macros. Some special commands are available in the page Macro Tools when mapping Keyboard shortcuts or creating Macros. Those commands allow for
example to store and recall the position of the cursor to/from memory or wait
for a particular machine to stop.

Pyramix Editor

Whole editing interface changed. New “Tab Window” interface.
Immediate Ripple functions added in the Edit menu and the right mouse button
contextual menu:
New Snap modes available through the Edit / Snap menu:
Those modes can be combined with the following anchors:
Region selection can be snapped also by selecting:
Set selection to cursor available in the Cursor & Marks menu.
Pressing ‘R’ Key while clicking on a track extends the region selection to this
track, or remove this track from the region selection if it is the first (top) or last
(bottom) track in the region selection.
Automatic selection of track when clicking, moving or dropping clips by selecting
the menu Tracks / Auto-Select Tracks.
Locking vertically clips moves can be set as a mode with the menu Clips / Lock
Horizontal Drag.
Mark In and Mark Out can be hidden with the menu Cursor & Marks / Hide Marks.
5 Zoom presets available through the View / Recall – Set Zoom menu.
10 privileged markers (Locators) available through the Cursor & Marks menu.
10 Workspaces quick access available in the new Workspaces menu.
Auto-Scale Waveform, Full Waveform and Waveform Origin now available in
the View / Waveform menu.
New Selection Menu with enhanced region selection features (See above for a
complete list)
Selection boundaries can be edited with three new timecode controls in the main
toolbar.
Some settings in General Settings / Editing Page and Playback Page have been
moved in a more appropriate menu:
Complete reorganization of all menus to support keyboard shortcuts (See above
for a complete list of new commands)
Menu and keyboard access for all Pyramix commands (see View customize for
list of available commands), such as clip gain, clip properties, etc…
All available Pyramix menu and keyboard commands also remote controllable.
Complete reorganization of the machine control to support keyboard shortcuts
New Machines view in the Tab Window. Allow to monitor / control every machines
at the same time.
Playback with the timeline sliding behind the Cursor fixed at a defined position
now possible. Enable this feature with the menu View / Fixed Cursor while Playing.
Position of the Cursor definable in the General Settings / Playback Page.
Alternate backup available at each save operation. Alternate backup settings
available in General Settings / General Page.
Performance improved when manipulating clips in large projects (> 2000 clips)
Number of Undo / Redo user definable in View / General Settings / General Page.
The LTC generator can be automatically switched off when the system is stopped
or paused. Option available in View / General Settings / TimeCode Page.
Original timecode of clips can now preserved if the cut/copied/duplicated/moved
selection refers to a single media if the menu Edit / Update Original TC on Move is
NOT checked (default behavior until version 3.1)
Fade Editor has now two quick access method to edit the nearest fade(s) to the
Cursor on the current selected Track or to the Mouse pointer:
Auto-Writing of automation can be released by calling the menu Automation /
Release Auto-Writing. This is useful for external controllers that have non-sensitive
faders or buttons. Call this function to simulate a “Finger off” on all controls.
Mix-downs can now be interrupted and not aborted.

Machine control

Chasing RS422 timecode is now supported. Select “External” (or “Auto”) as
Timecode Source in “General Settings / TimeCode Page”; the incoming
timecode of the first (top of list) installed external machine is then used as an
external timecode source for chasing.
Sony Protocol now has a settings dialog box allowing to choose the
TimeCode Sense mode between LTC, VITC, Control Track or Auto. This
allow some Video Deck (such as Sony U-Matic BVU-800) that do not export
LTC or VITC time sense to work properly.

Remote Controllers

Generic Midi Controllers are now supported through the “MidiControl” controller
available in “General Settings / Controllers Page”
Auto-Writing of automation can be released by mapping the remote object
“Editor | Automation | Release Auto-Writing” to release all controls being currently
auto-writing or in each strip of the Mixer (for example Mixer | Stereo Strip #1 |
Release Auto-Writing) to release all controls of that particular strip. This is useful for
external controllers that have non-sensitive faders or buttons. Those remotes
simulate a “Finger off” on all controls or all controls in a strip.

Libraries & Media Management

SDII file format now supported. Needs the installation of the MacDrive
driver. See www.mediafour.com .
New Libraries windows with Tree control on the left side.
All libraries available in the project Tab Window.
Global libraries toolbar suppressed. Global libraries now accessible through View / Global Libraries.

Media / Composition monitoring improved:

Play / Stop button in the library toolbar
Current monitoring TimeCode in the main Status Bar

Virtual Studio Mixer

Monitoring busses now output exactly the same output of the selected mix bus
when no solo are switched on. This allows monitoring master effects and dithering.
Strips are now numbered before their names.
Destructive Solo are now hidden by default (Solo on Mix and Aux busses). They
can be shown by selecting the right mouse button menu on the Mixer console:
Mixer / Show Destructive Solo.
Solo are no longer automatable. This had no meaning and was most of the time
annoying while automating a session.
Effects can now be rearranged with the right mouse button Effects / Move Up –
Down.
Mix/Monitoring/Aux Busses can now be removed when right clicking on their
output section

Hardware

TriLevel Video reference and locking now supported. See General Settings /
Video page for new supported video formats.
Mykerinos now implements an ASIO2 driver.