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User Manual : Installing Pyramix Virtual Studio Hardware

User Manual

Installing Pyramix Virtual Studio Hardware

Mykerinos Board Installation

The Merging Technologies Mykerinos board can be installed in any free PCI slot in your PC. In general,

it is best NOT to install the board in the PCI slot adjacent to an AGP graphics adapter; and in a PCI slot

which may be physically shared with an ISA slot.

Please consult the merging.com website for current compatibility information.

Make absolutely certain the PC power is OFF before installing the board!

With most of the current generation motherboards this means either the mains switch on the power sup-

ply or the power outlet switch. Where no switch is provided, either on the PC or the supply socket, then

the PC should be unplugged.

Always observe proper static precautions when handling any PC boards! Use a static strap, and/or be

sure to firmly ground yourself to the computer power supply, chassis or if the PC is unplugged, to a

known good earth before handling and installing the Mykerinos board.

Some PCs have batteries, cables, jumpers, etc. which could prevent proper board seating in one or

more slots. Make certain the board is firmly and fully seated before switching on.

Multi-board installation

Multiple boards must be installed in adjacent slots. To enable multi-board operation, all Mykerinos cards

in the PC have to be connected together using a special HDTDM ribbon cable. This cable has to be

plugged into the multi-pin connectors located on the top edge of the I/O daughter cards. Please contact

your Merging Technologies dealer for information on how to order this HDTDM ribbon cable.

HDTDM

The HDTDM cable has the following functions in a multiple Mykerinos board installation:

a) synchronization (to 1/512th of an audio sample accuracy) This enables Pyramix to "see" a single sys-

tem comprised of a large pool of DSP power and I/O resources spread over separate cards.

b) transfers all audio signals (Live Inputs, Internal Send/Return Busses, Mix busses, Aux busses, Live

Outputs, etc. between all the Mykerinos I/O daughter-cards which comprise the multi-board system.

Daughter-cards

Please see Appendix II I/O Daughter-card Options on page 339 for a description of the available

daughter-cards.

External Audio D/A-A/D Converter Boxes

Most of the I/O options for the Mykerinos board are digital. Pyramix will often be used with external

audio D/A (for playback) and A/D (for recording) converters. Many such converters are available from

Merging Technologies as options: for example, the Merging Technologies Dua II and Sphynx boxes.

Contact Merging Technologies Sales for more information.

Capabilities of third party D/A - A/D converter boxes are widely variable. Please check with the manu-

facturer to ascertain which sample rates, word lengths and number of I/O channels are supported. You

will need this information later to appropriately configure the Pyramix software.