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Quickstart Guide : NEW USERS START HERE
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Pyramix Versions
Pyramix Virtual Studio is a powerful and flexible Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) integrating hard disk
recording and editing, digital audio mixing, effects processing, machine control, video, and CD-R master-
ing.
There are now several versions of Pyramix. Pyramix Native, Pyramix Native Media Bundle, Pyramix LE
and Pyramix Virtual Studio Core. Numerous options and option packs are also available. This guide covers
all versions of Pyramix and many optional functionalities and features.
Note: Depending on the version and options purchased, some of the functions and fea-
tures detailed in this manual may not be available in your version of Pyramix or may vary in
capacity.
The Pyramix software runs Native, using the host CPU and soundcard and on the Merging Technologies
Mykerinos hardware platform, depending on the version purchased. Each Mykerinos board is capable of
up to 128 channels of 24-bit digital audio, 64 recording and 64 playback. External access to these 128
channels is determined by your choice of physical inputs and outputs to the Mykerinos board. In XDTDM
mode the total number of Live inputs and outputs plus Internal Busses is 128 in and 128 out. In HDTDM
mode these numbers are halved.
Pyramix Native
Pyramix Native offers 100% compatibility with the main Pyramix Virtual Studio (VS) system. Both the Pyra-
mix Native and the Pyramix VS can be connected on the same standard Ethernet network and directly
interchange audio and video media, or a Pyramix complete project between them.The Native software is
USB dongle protected and runs on Windows 2000 or Windows XP desk-top or lap-top computers. It does
have restrictions when compared with the main Pyramix Virtual Studio capabilities, as you would expect,
but the Native software maintains all the real-time editing capabilities expected of a professional system.
NEW USERS START HERE
Note: If you are a new user with a Pyramix Turnkey system, please go to Cabling Pyra-
mix in your System Environment on page 12. If you are a new user with a card and
software set, please start here:
System Requirements For Pyramix Virtual Studio
Computer
• PC with Intel Pentium PIII 800 MHz or higher, minimum 256 MB RAM.
• PCI 2.1 compliant card slot(s) in which to install the Mykerinos board(s).
• Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Windows NT Workstation (v4.0 SP6 or higher OS
• Graphics Adapter with a minimum resolution of 1024x768 (Dual Head with resolution of 1280 x
1024 recommended).
• Sufficient HD space and speed for your audio media files. The speed and amount of disk space
required depends on sample rate, bit depth, number of tracks and length of program material. A fast
(10k rpm or better 15k rpm) SCSI drive (e.g. Seagate Cheetah) or a SCSI RAID array is recom-
mended for larger multi-track projects, high sample rate and DSD work. Low cost IDE drives are
fine for smaller projects of up to 24 channels.
• We recommend disks should be formatted as NTFS volumes.
