Media Management & Libraries : Drag and Drop
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Performance Tips!
Database Location
For optimum housekeeping perfomance Merging recommend strongly that the Default Database Location
should be set to point to the fastest drive on your system. SATA2 - 7200 rpm Disks are recommended and, where
possible, not the C:\OS defaultdrive (since a drive with less activity and higher speed should perform better).
Saving
V7.0 will speed up Project Save times if Saves are made to a high-performance Disk (e.g. SATA2 7200 rpm). Saving
to older Disks (e.g. IDE, 5400 rpm etc.) or saving to the Disk where the OS is located (this disk is often very busy
with other tasks) could slow down Saves times.
Media Folders
Media Folders are Windows folders or drives which contain Media Files. Pyramix needs to mount these Media
Folders specifically, in order to access the Media Files contained therein. Once mounted, suitable files are dis-
played as Master Clips. I.e. pointers to the underlying Media audio files. Mono and interleaved Stereo and Multi-
channel Media files are all displayed and manipulated as single Master Clips
These can be dragged and dropped or copied and pasted directly into the Timeline or into a User library from
the Media Management Window regardless of format, sampling rate or bit depth.
Media Folder Syncronization
Pyramix synchronizes the contents of mounted Media Folders with the underlying Windows folders automatically.
When media is added to these folders by Merging Technologies or third-party applications the changes are
reflected automatically. In the event of a consistency problem the Media Manager Media Folder > Refresh Media
Folder function will remount the selected folder and rebuild indexes.
Media Target Settings
When a Project is created, either with Project > New or Project > New From Template and a Media Folder is cre-
ated or selected, the Project General : Project Media Folder Media Folder, the Record : Target settings Media
Folder, the Project > Render : Target Settings Media Folder and the Project > Mix Down : Target Settings
Media Folder all point to the same folder. These target settings can be changed later and each can point to a differ-
ent folder.
Audition Play
Master Clips in the Media Management window and all audio objects in the Library windows can be auditioned
through the Monitor as a MONO downmix as determined by the Monitor settings Please see: Media Manager
and Library Monitoring on page 276. The toolbar Play (Space) and Stop (Esc) buttons starts and stop playback
of a selected object. Double-clicking an object begins playback at the start.
Drag and Drop
Audio Media files compatible with Pyramix may be dragged and dropped into Pyramix Libraries and the Timeline.
Single or multiple files can be dragged and dropped in the conventional Windows manner from browser windows
and from applications that support such operations, e.g. iTunes. As a rule of thumb, if you can drag and drop a file
from a location to the Desktop, you can drag and drop to the Pyramix Timeline or libraries.
Example:
Start Pyramix, open a Project and a library view. From a Windows Browser window select one or several audio files
and drag them over the library. If the selection contains compatible audio files the library will highlight. Drop the
files over the library. Any compatible files will be added to the library and can be then used just like any other
library file in Pyramix.
Note: The converse, dragging and dropping from a Pyramix library to the Desktop or to a
browser or other application is NOT supported.
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