PyxisMT- Who Needs
it?
Pyxis MT is a unique solution for anyone needing high quality
video with more than 8 professional quality audio tracks. Recording,
editing, ADR and file transfer and transcode applications are
supported.
Film Mixing Stages
• Use Pyxis MT to play back up to 192 tracks, plus your picture
source.
• Record stems back into Pyxis MT in perfect sync.
• Work with Native 24P pictures at 23.98 while recording at 48 kHz
Live Television
• Record all audio feeds during rehearsals and use them to refine
mixer settings before the show.
• Capture video, mixes and multi-track audio feeds during the show
for use in promos.
Machine Room and Transfer
Bay
• Ingest, encode, transcode amongst a huge range of file formats.
• Sits comfortably in your network structure.
• EDL conform without using studio time.
• Balance reels prior to studio edit and recording sessions.
• Load ADR sessions (from text files) ready for sessions.
ADR and Foley
• Create cue lists in Pyxis MT, or load them from CVS files
• Inserts streamers and floating Timecode into SD or HD output
• Record unlimited takes on each track and edit in place
• Simple user interface provides all needed controls in one panel
• Animation Production
• Record unlimited takes on each track, including video of the
artist performing.
Music studios
• Record unlimited takes on each track, including video of the
artist performing
• Phase-locked, sample-locked audio amongst all tracks
• Records native to BWAV for instant takeaway to downstream
processing.
Concert, Event and Show Recording
• Record every audio source from the stage, plus the primary
video feed, in perfect sync on one machine
• Pyxis MT saves to disk on the fly, protecting your valuable
material against power failure.
What is PyxisMT?
Pyxis MT is a powerful new audio/video product.
It is a custom-configured PC equipped with Fairlight’s CC-1
processing engine, a high-end video acceleration card, plus the
SX-20 sync I/O system. These elements combine with RAID hard disks
to form a media monster capable of up to 192 audio tracks in perfect
sync with a video stream in any format up to uncompressed HD.
Capabilities
• Handles up to 192 tracks of 48 kHz 24-bit audio
(up to 96 in record)
• Handles video up to uncompressed HD 4:2:2 format
• Record video and audio direct to the timeline simultaneously
• Drag and drop files from any network location into your project
• Import and export a huge range of SD and HD file formats (see list
below)
• Fast, simple video and audio editing
• Auto-Conform from EDL
• Professional ADR package
• Dual machine control over Sony 9-pin
• LTC/MTC chase and generate
• Genlock to external video
• Timecode burn-in and watermarking in SD and HD
Real Sync
Video and audio always locate and play in perfect
sync, with all audio tracks in-phase and sample-locked. While
editing you can locate anywhere in a frame to place audio exactly.
The system supports dual machine control on 9-pin, plus LTC and MIDI
Timecode chase and generate. It also supports tri-level sync and
Word Clock.
Tape Mode
Pyxis MT offers you the choice of non-destructive
(layered) or destructive (Tape Mode) audio recording.
Layered mode prevents accidental loss of material, and allows you to
build stacks of takes on a single track for later editing.
Afterwards these can be quickly rendered to a single file per track
for export.
Tape Mode is economical with disk storage, and yields a single file
per track as soon as you finish recording.
Flexible
Packaging
Most facilities don’t need 192 tracks, so why pay
for them? Similarly, you may not need uncompressed HD video
recording, so the host PC can be scaled accordingly.
Pyxis MT starts with 48 tracks, and goes up in logical steps to 192.
You can enter at any level, and upgrade at any time without penalty
(note that higher video formats and larger track counts require
faster disk storage).
Brochures
