Quickstart Guide : The Timeline
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Similarly, during Track recording or input monitoring, Pyramix will attempt to automatically route the input
selected on each Mixer channel to a corresponding Track, so that the Mixer channel 1 input routes to Track 1 input,
Mixer channel 2 to Track 2, etc.
These default Track I/O assignments can easily be changed by the user.
In each Track Header, you will find a pale green box with a number superimposed on it; and a pale red box with a
number superimposed on it. The green box is the Track output assignment TO the Mixer channel input; and the
pale red box is the Track input assignment FROM the Mixer channel live or internal bus input.
To change a Track input or output assignment, just click on the corresponding Track input or output, then select
the appropriate Mixer channel from the pop-up list.
When an input or output channel is not assigned to a Track, the corresponding box for that Track will have a dash
in it instead of a superimposed number.
Many track outputs can be assigned to the same Mixer Strip Channel, they are therefore sub-mixed before enter-
ing the Mixer. This allows a lot more tracks to play than the number of Mixer Strip Channels.
Clips and Compositions
Dragging Clips onto a Track
The simplest way to place an audio Clip onto a track is by dragging it from a Media Folder or User Library. To drag
from a Media Folder:
1.
Click on the
Media Management
Tab in the Project Management Panel.
2.
Under the
Media
list in the window, click on a mounted Media Folder or subfolder to select it. It will be high-
lighted. The Master Clips contained in that Media Drive will all be listed on the right side of the window.
3.
Select a Master Clip from the right side by clicking on it with the left mouse button. It will turn be highlighted.
4.
Drag that Clip into a Track. You can place it into any Track, at any point on the Track.
5.
The procedure for dragging a Clip from a Library is virtually identical to that outlined above for Media Drives.
However, access the Library using the
Global Libraries
or
Document Libraries
Tabs in the Project Manage-
ment Panel.
Note:
If you drag a clip from a Library or the Media Manager and release it over the blank
space below the tracks in the Project Editing pane a new track (or tracks) will be created
to accomodate it.
Copy and Paste
Another way to get Clips into Tracks is by copying and pasting them.
1.
Select a Master Clip in a Media Folder or an object from a Library.
2.
Right-click on the object, and choose
Copy
from the pop-up.
3.
Place the Playhead Cursor where you want to paste the beginning of the object.
4.
Right-click on the Track to which you wish to place the object, and choose
Paste to Cursor
from the pop-up.
The beginning of the object will be placed at the Play Head in the Track on which you right-clicked. You can
also choose
Paste
to insert the object under the mouse cursor.
5.
Be aware that Pyramix allows clips of different sample rates to be placed in the Timeline. Where the sample
rate of the Clip does not match the sample rate of the Composition it will play at the wrong speed unless
autamtic sample rate conversion is set (default). Where a clip’s sample rate is different to the project a small
SR
icon is displayed in the track to indicate that it is at a different sample rate and is being converted automati-
cally. If the
SR
icon is red, automatic sample rate conversion is switched off and the Clip plays at an incorrect
speed.
6.
Sections of Master Clips and selections which may encompass several clips over several tracks are treated in
the same way.
