Pyramix

[TSTW]

Handles up to 64 inputs and outputs as well as 64 playback and record streams to/from your PC.

Anyone used this thing yet? Looks interesting....


Extremely low latency processing (typical 2.7 ms at 48kHz), ideal for live events, dubbing, re-recording and voice-overs.

Runs at 2.8882MHz (DSD), 384, 352.8 (DXD), 192, 176.4, 128, 96, 88.2, 64, 48, 44.1 and 32 kHz in 16, 24 and 32 bits encompassing all needed formats for SACD, DVD-A, DVD, HD-CD, CD and more.

On-board stereo 24-bit / 96kHz monitoring output.

Highly flexible modular I/O architecture can be tailored to user's needs by the use of dedicated daughter boards including ADAT, AES/EBU, SDIF, TDIF and/or MADI formats within the form factor of a single half length PCI slot. This I/O modularity offers a unique opportunity to meet a wide range of market requirements

Built-in SMPTE/EBU timecode reader/generator including LTC and VITC with timecode insertion in a video window. Great for video Post-production.

Ultra low jitter clock, with lock to Video (Auto detect PAL/NTSC), HDTV (all common rates), Audio, Wordclock or Internal, answers all Audio for Video requirements.

Multiple card interconnection through HDTDM (High Definition Time Domain Multiplex) Bus provides 128 bi-directional audio channels and supports up to 8 Mykerinos boards in parallel or daisy chain mode.

Unique virtual console, freely customizable and fully automated providing mono, stereo and surround mixing. Ample power to manage very large consoles with aux busses, send/returns, monitoring busses, multiple concurrent mix versions and so much more.

Based on 2nd generation Philips Trimedia 32 bit floating point processing VLIW technology

High Performance (> 400 MFlops sustained, 800 MB/s SDRAM interface, etc.)

Support for all sampling rates from 32 kHz up to 384 kHz (needs full version of Pyramix above 48 kHz)

Open Plug-In (all C-code) architecture supporting Surround-sound, SACD and DVD formats

Very high performance card capable of high track playback (up to 64 tracks) and vast I/O capabilities (up to 64 channels)

[pounce]

i played with it a little when it first came out. not enough to have a very in depth opinion, mind you. it seemed great, and was arguably better than pro tools at lots of things at the time. reminds me somewhat of nuendo, in that besides being a high quality daw program, there were a lot of features for video in there. i have no doubt that pyramix still handles audio in a pristine way. however, i no longer no how it fits in the marketplace, or whether it will be around for any length of time.

[Tim Armstrong]

Anyone used this thing yet? Looks interesting....


Extremely low latency processing (typical 2.7 ms at 48kHz), ideal for live events, dubbing, re-recording and voice-overs.

Highly flexible modular I/O architecture can be tailored to user's needs by the use of dedicated daughter boards including ADAT, AES/EBU, SDIF, TDIF and/or MADI formats within the form factor of a single half length PCI slot. This I/O modularity offers a unique opportunity to meet a wide range of market requirements

Ultra low jitter clock, with lock to Video (Auto detect PAL/NTSC), HDTV (all common rates), Audio, Wordclock or Internal, answers all Audio for Video requirements.

Unique virtual console, freely customizable and fully automated providing mono, stereo and surround mixing. Ample power to manage very large consoles with aux busses, send/returns, monitoring busses, multiple concurrent mix versions and so much more.

High Performance (> 400 MFlops sustained, 800 MB/s SDRAM interface, etc.)

Very high performance card capable of high track playback (up to 64 tracks) and vast I/O capabilities (up to 64 channels)

I was beginning to think this was a Bear-ringer product!

Cheers, Tim

[malice]

It's from switzerland ...

It must be good


malice

[Skwaidu]

My regular mastering place( http://www.chartmakers.fi ) use it as their main DAW. Works great for them. I don't know enough about the multitrack features to say anything about that application...

[studjo]

It's from switzerland ...

It must be good


malice

and expensive

Jo

[Tim Halligan]

Had a demo session with it about 12 months ago.

Very impressive...but I was looking at it with a post-engineer's eyes rather than a music engineer's eyes.

Seems at first glance to be far more intuitive than Alsihad...but IMHO most things are... :Roll eyes:

Seems from my limited experience to be faster that Alsihad in terms of keystrokes per operation. It is certainly not as fast as Fairlight or AMS...but nothing is.

There is a couple of systems in town, and the operators are very happy with the performance of the machine, plus the support from their dealer, and with the responsiveness of the manufacturer WRT software feature requests.

If I had to set up a facility tomorrow doing the kind of work I usually do, I would have no problem working with this system.

Cheers,
Tim

[Bob Olhsson]

The gotcha is that they are expensive and not all that common. Being able to move files between studios, e-mail overdubs and comp vocals on an airplane is a revolution.

A friend and I brought the first Pro Tools onto a Skywalker dubbing stage and their New England Digital gear instantly became obsolete because they were a production bottleneck. The NED workstation was lots faster but not nearly as fast as the ten Pro Tools systems that replaced each of them.

[Tim Halligan]

The gotcha is that they are expensive and not all that common.

Er...not really; and fair cop when compared to Alsihad.

The prices that I was quoted for Pyramix in comparison to a similarly spec'ed PT rig were cheaper...but it's possible that it was some kind of introductory deal.

PT has been around longer than Merging, so no surprises that Pyramix is less common...


A friend and I brought the first Pro Tools onto a Skywalker dubbing stage and their New England Digital gear instantly became obsolete because they were a production bottleneck. The NED workstation was lots faster but not nearly as fast as the ten Pro Tools systems that replaced each of them.

Interestingly, some of the NED gear from way back still sees some use. One of the DVD extras with the latest Star Wars release showed Ben Burt still using a Synclavier to design sounds in conjunction with Alsi.

I'd bet that original Alsi rig you mentioned isn't still working...

:lol:

Cheers,
Tim

[Tim Halligan]

Highly flexible modular I/O architecture can be tailored to user's needs by the use of dedicated daughter boards including ADAT, AES/EBU, SDIF, TDIF and/or MADI formats within the form factor of a single half length PCI slot. This I/O modularity offers a unique opportunity to meet a wide range of market requirements

Built-in SMPTE/EBU timecode reader/generator including LTC and VITC with timecode insertion in a video window. Great for video Post-production.

Ultra low jitter clock, with lock to Video (Auto detect PAL/NTSC), HDTV (all common rates), Audio, Wordclock or Internal, answers all Audio for Video requirements.

Multiple card interconnection through HDTDM (High Definition Time Domain Multiplex) Bus provides 128 bi-directional audio channels and supports up to 8 Mykerinos boards in parallel or daisy chain mode.

Unique virtual console, freely customizable and fully automated providing mono, stereo and surround mixing. Ample power to manage very large consoles with aux busses, send/returns, monitoring busses, multiple concurrent mix versions and so much more.

Based on 2nd generation Philips Trimedia 32 bit floating point processing VLIW technology

High Performance (> 400 MFlops sustained, 800 MB/s SDRAM interface, etc.)

Support for all sampling rates from 32 kHz up to 384 kHz (needs full version of Pyramix above 48 kHz)

Open Plug-In (all C-code) architecture supporting Surround-sound, SACD and DVD formats

Very high performance card capable of high track playback (up to 64 tracks) and vast I/O capabilities (up to 64 channels)


Hey TSTW!

If you're impressed by serious number-crunching, go to www.fairlightau.com and check out the CC-1 card, and the DREAM II stuff.

May possibly blow your hair back... :lol:


Cheers,
Tim

[studjo]

Er...not really; and fair cop when compared to Alsihad.

The prices that I was quoted for Pyramix in comparison to a similarly spec'ed PT rig were cheaper...but it's possible that it was some kind of introductory deal.


The prices I was quoted were higher than the same PT system
24 in - 32 out

and remember I live in Switzerland - so they don't have to send it over the ocean :very happy:


Jo

[Bob Olhsson]

My friends tell me there's still a bunch of stuff only the NED can do. I'm the only one in my crowd who never learned it.