The recent results in the Classical Grammy categories reinforced Pyramix as the DAW of choice for serious recording projects and with high resolution downloads gaining in popularity, this becomes even more relevant. Merging has always tried to provide users with more than "just another DAW". The advent of the MassCore Audio Engine in 2006 is still bringing ultra-low latency DSP to users at the fraction of the cost of the competition. The HEPTA sample rate conversion algorithm introduced with V7, which works in real time on the timeline, when mixing down or when creating CD/SACD masters, has been dubbed "the best sounding SRC available today" by many of the world's top recording and mastering engineers.
And then, in April last year, Merging Technologies redefined the way in which audio engineers connect to their environment with the introduction of another world first, the Horus Networked Audio Interface. A native connection between DAW and interface using standard Gb LAN infrastructure and employing the RAVENNA IP Audio (AoIP) protocol meant that Pyramix could now truly be the workstation for the networking age.
Almost every single project ever started with a Pyramix system begins with the act of putting a microphone in front of an instrument and recording it onto a timeline. With this in mind the Pyramix 8.1 release is a complete revamp to the way in which this most basic of functions is completed.
Merging Technologies continues to push boundaries by focusing this release on exceeding what they consider the "normal" sample rate of 192kHz. Pyramix 8.1 combines with the Horus Networked Audio Interface to provide, in addition to the now almost standard at Merging, DXD and 384kHz PCM, the world's first hardware and software combination capable of DSD256. This is 4 times the resolution of the SACD standard (DSD64); the truest representation of an analogue signal ever. But, for those not ready to step into this world yet, Pyramix 8.1 has a huge number of new recording enhancements for any sample rate.
Pyramix offers a new methodology for capturing sounds from the world around you. After a simple setup, users will now see some new objects in the transport window called Background Recorders. Four of these can be initiated in a project and are fully capable multi-track recorders, each with their own record mixer where plugins can be inserted to record EQ and other FX "to track".
(Jim Evans)
