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Pyramix v15.0 - Release Notes.

Pyramix v15.0 - Release Notes.

Jan 29, 2026

 

 

Pyramix v15.0 Keys

Important:
Pyramix 15 requires Pyramix v15 keys.
To get a free upgrade, you need a valid ASM contract and contact your Sales Partner, providing your SafeNet Dongle Serial number and/or Cloud Activation Key number.
Do not install this version if you do not yet have valid keys



 

Installation

  • Please consult the Installation Guide on Pyramix Installation Guide V15.pdf  for details on the hardware and software installation procedure and Authorization Key registration process.  

    MassCore-RAVENNA users will have to install the NET-MSC-GBEX1 PCIe Ethernet card provided by Merging Technologies.
    TURN YOUR COMPUTER OFF (shut down then switch the power off). Next plug the NET-MSC-GBEX1 card into one of the PCI-Express bus slots on your computer and turn the power back on.
    The NET-MSC-GBEX1 card will only be operational once the MassCore runtime is installed. Refer to the Pyramix Installation Guide for more details.

Updates

Please check our Web site http://www.merging.com periodically for information, patches and updates.

Pyramix 15.0 Installer Information

Pyramix 15.0 is compatible with the following Operating Systems

Pyramix 15.0 is supported under the Windows 10 updates - MassCore/RAVENNA, Native & Native/RAVENNA ASIO

Pyramix 15.0 is supported under the Windows 11 updates - MassCore/RAVENNA, Native & Native/RAVENNA ASIO

WARNING: MassCore and Intel 12th / 13th Gen CPU: Pyramix 14.1.0 & RTX64 4.4 required.
WARNING: Pyramix 15.x is supported on 4th Generation Intel Core Processors (4XXXK and higher) and will not launch on previous Processors generation
Recommended specifications Computer Specifications..
WARNING: Pyramix 15.x is not supported on Windows 7.

Pyramix 15.0 installation notes

Native Installation Notes

MassCore Installation Notes

Warning: Windows 7 is not supported with Pyramix 15.x

Merging Windows 10 Configuration Guide

Windows 10 Configuration
At the Pyramix launch a warning message box will be displayed if your system updates settings are not configured upon Merging’s recommendations.

Merging Windows 11 Configuration Guide

Windows 11 Configuration.
At the Pyramix launch a warning message box will be displayed if your system updates settings are not configured upon Merging’s recommendations.

Additional Note

Flux Plugins

Pyramix 15.0 Release Notes

New with Pyramix 15.0

New MassCore RTX 4.5.1 engine

Pyramix 15.0 Beta 3 runs on a new RTX64 4.5.1 version.  
MassCore users must update to the new MassCore engine RTX64 4.5.1 version.

Network Monitoring

Pyramix 15.0 Beta 3 Network Monitoring allow for automatically monitoring Pyramix Busses and Direct Outs from an Anubis or MT48 running the Monitoring Mission.
Pyramix Busses and Direct Outs are automatically published to the Monitor Mission by Pyramix when loading or modifying a project and made available in the Mission Sources for selection and monitoring.
Busses Names, Channel Types and Bus ordering are published and properly displayed.
Note: MERGING ANUBIS or NEUMANN MT 48 beta firmware required, running in RAVENNA/AES67 mode (Dante not supported)
Ambisonic busses not supported (due to channel mapping)

Pyramix configuration

This feature is only available when the selected audio device in Pyramix is Merging Audio Device when running Native or under MassCore.
In All Settings > Hardware > Audio Device > Network Monitoring, you can set the number of channels available for manual connections (Channels reserved for manual I/O connections: [All, 0, 8, …]), all remaining available I/Os are allocated for Network Monitoring.
E.g. Having 24 I/Os available in MassCore or MAD, and selecting 8 Channels for manual connections will leave 16 Channels for network monitoring.

Note: When changing this setting, current manual connections remain stored in the Mixer but are displayed in red if the corresponding channel is no more available but will be available and properly patched on another system or when the channel becomes available when the feature is disabled.

Note 2: Direct Out channels need to be patched to an output in order to be published to network monitoring. The patching needs to be consecutive without gaps.

Anubis configuration
This feature is only available in the Monitor Mission on both Anubis and MT48 and needs to be enabled in: Settings > Sources

ARA Monitoring Mixer plugin 

Pyramix 15.0 Beta 3.  The ARA Monitoring plugin is available in the mixer, allowing to monitor the direct output from the ARA plugin without playing back.
The ARA Monitoring should be placed on the mixer strip matching the clip track.
Right click below the Mixer Effects section to add the ARA Monitoring.

MacOS Parallels Desktop support

Pyramix 15.0 includes and initial support under Parallels Desktop on MacOS running on Apple Silicon when using our MAD ARM internal version.
This version is available on demand only via support@feedback.merging.com
All Parallels Desktop versions are supported, even the entry level 1-time purchase Standard Edition


Known issues under investigation:


Display Themes

Pyramix 15.0 Beta 2 Global Display Themes 

New MassCore RTX Implementation

Pyramix 15.0 Beta 1 introduces a new RTX implementation (NAL). 

  • The MassCore Network card is no longer used directly but through a RTX Virtual Adapter.  
    The card is no longer displayed in the Device Manager as a “Merging Technologies PCIe 82574L Ethernet Controller”, but is converted to "Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet Controller (RTX64)" and "Merging Technologies Primary Ethernet Controller".  
    When a MassCore Network card is detected, the MassCoreNIC Service will convert it automatically to the new scheme.  This operation can take a bit of time, so the 1st time the system sees a card that needs conversion, it can take 1-2 mins until it’s usable. 

  • Once the MassCoreNIC card has been properly converted to the new scheme, the physical card (below in blue) will show as disabled, and is replaced by the virtual Merging Technologies Primary Ethernet Controller (below in green).

  • The Merging Technologies Primary Ethernet Controller (and / or Secondary)  is the one used for TCP/IP communications.
    If a Static IP has to be used, it has to be set on this adapter.

  • New MSC NIC Card Support (1Gb Network card, based on Intel i210 PCIe)

  • ST2022-7 Mode (requires 2 MassCore NIC cards of the same model) 

 

Clip based Effects

(all screenshots under the clip based fx section are not final)

Pyramix 15.0 Beta 1 

WARNING: in DXD projects, it is known that Clip Based FX generates loud noise if used on DSD medias (also DSD128-256)

The new clip based FX is a new TAB the is available via different ways:

  1. Right click on the clip and got to clip based FX

2. Go into the menu View/Editor Tabs/Clips FX 

3. Directly in the TAB 

Clip based FX tab functionalities


Clip based FX is following the clip group paradigm within Pyramix; when applying a clip based FX to a group clip, it will apply it to all the clips.

Freeze function is available to safe processing. Be aware that the freeze will generate automatically an audio file containing the FX (or multiple FX’s) including the gain, phase invert etc.
By clicking unfreeze it will come back to its original status and one may modify the FX’s.

When a clip group has one or more FX and ungroup is performed the following popup will asks how the individual clips shall behave.


Applying Clip based FX on multiple clips is only possible if all clips have the same length

How to insert a plugin

One can insert a VS3, VST or VST3 plugin including an ARA2 plugin.
It will automatically add it at the bottom of the list, reordering can be achieved by clicking the arrow. The X is to delete the plugin (undo is available)
The ARA2 plugin must always be the first one.

ARA2 support

Once the plugins are properly installed, authorized and the VST3 folder is mounted in the general settings under VST Plug-ins settings, ARA2 plugins can be inserted via the Clip Based FX TAB under VST3 such as any other plugin.
Right click on the clip and select ARA2 will open the plugin directly and insert it in the clip based FX TAB
Following plugins have been tested:

  • Celemony Melodyne

  • Auto Align Post Sound Radix 

  • Auto Align Sound Radix 

ARA Monitoring Mixer plugin (Beta 3)

The ARA Monitoring plugin is available in the mixer, allowing to monitor the direct output from the ARA plugin without playing back.
For example, you can monitor changes in Celemony Melodyne without playing back in Pyramix.
The ARA Monitoring should be placed on the mixer strip matching the clip track.
Right click in the Mixer Effects section to add the ARA Monitoring.

ClipFX Signal Path

ClipFX (ARA2 plugin 1st) > Clip Gain/Fade/Envelope > Automation

 

Improvements

Pyramix 15.0 RC

Updated Project Templates and VS3 Plugins Presets

Pyramix 15.0 Beta 4

3D Panner Axis keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts have been added in the 3D Panner window (like in EQ curves)

Mixer Plugins Automation Mode

The Automation mode of plugins in the mixer is now indicated by a colored dot.
For VS3 plugins, colored dots are also added in the plugin UI on controls that can be automated.
For VST plugins, Automation Read - Write buttons have been put back in the plugin UI.
For VST plugins, individual plugins automation menu is now available when right clicking on the VST plugin in the mixer.
The Strip Effects section allows to set the automation mode on all the strip plugins.

Track Header Monitoring

The Track Header Monitoring icons have been modified for clarification.

Pyramix 15.0 Beta 3

Final Check DXD Support

Final Check Metering can now be used in DXD projects.
Note: No additional filtering is applied to Final Check in DXD (20 kHz filter is not applied)

Known issue : Final Check Settings page do not support scaling

Mixdown Loudness and True Peak Limiting

True Peak Limiter and Loudness Analyzer now upgraded to all Busses types (up to 32 channels) 

Monitor Speakerset Load / Save

In the Monitor Configure page, Load and Save buttons are available in the bottom left of the window :

Pyramix 15.0 Beta 2

MXF Handler

The MXF handler has been updated to fix several audio issues with MXF files.

Important note 

Previous projects containing MXF files will not relink and show offline, due to the MXF Handler changes.

ToolBar layout 

MassCore dedicated memory increased

Final Check 

Platform 

Peak 

Loudness 

Dynamic Range 

Spotify 

- 1.0 dBTP 

- 14 LUFS 

> 9DR 

Spotify Loud 

- 2.0 dBTP 

- 11 LUFS 

> 9DR 

Apple Music  

- 1.0 dBTP 

- 16 LUFS  (±1.0 LUFS)   

> 9DR 

Apple Podcasts  

- 1.0 dBTP 

- 16 LUFS  (±1.0 LUFS)   

> 9DR 

Amazon Music  

- 2.0 dBTP 

- 14 LUFS   

> 9DR 

YouTube 

- 1.0 dBTP 

- 14 LUFS   

> 9DR 

Deezer 

- 1.0 dBTP 

- 15 LUFS   

> 9DR 

CD (full scale) 

- 0.1 dBTP 

> -9 LUFS   

> 9DR 

Soundcloud 

- 1.0 dBTP 

- 8 to - 13 LUFS   

> 9DR 

Tidal 

- 2.0 dBTP 

- 14 LUFS   

> 9DR 

Netflix dialog 

- 2.0 dBTP 

- 27 LUFS  (±2.0 LUFS)   

> 9DR 

Dolby Atmos 
(see note above)

- 1.0 dBTP 

- 18 LUFS  (±0.1 LUFS)   

> 9DR 

Automation Curves Editing 

Automation Curves editing has been reorganized:

 

Clip Envelopes Editing

Envelopes editing has been reorganized: 

Other improvements

 

 

Redesigned UI

Pyramix 15.0 Beta 1  UI has been redesigned.

Main Mixer

  • New Caption Bar

    • Close Mixer

    • Minimize/Maximize Mixer

    • New Menu

      • Main section

        • I/O Routing (replaces the Route page in a separate floating window)

        • Enable/Disable Meter Bridge

        • Atmos Connect

        • Display Scale selection 

          • Follow the System Display Scale (default)  

          • Own Custom Display Scale 

    • Redesigned Mixer user interface 

      • Main Mixer (described below) 

      • Configure page deprecated, all features implemented in the main mixer window. 

      • Route page replaced by a separate floating window (see Main Section above) 

      • Organize page deprecated, all features accessible through the right-click menu 

      • Atmos Connect moved in the Main Menu (see above) 

  • Navigation

    • New Navigation side buttons 

      • Strips - bottom 

        • Collapse/Expand Strip button 

        • Pin button to make Strips visible at all time when scrolling 

        • Menu button to display the previously tooltip style menu for more options for Strips 

        • Effects related menu items moved from the strip bottom tooltip menu to the Effects component menu 

        • Record Pre/Post Effects status now visible in the Effects menu 

        • Remove All FX, All VS3 FX, All VST FX available in the Effects menu now. 

      • Busses - right

        • Collapse/Expand Bus button 

        • Bus Name button acting as a Menu button to display the previously tooltip style menu for more options for Busses. 

      • Right Section

        • Right section of the Mixer enlarged

        • Better displays Buss Names

        • Buttons reorganized

          • [O] Overload Reset (as before)

          • [SC] Strip Color On/Off (as before)

          • [BC] Bus Color On/Off (as before)

          • [GC] Group Color On/Off (as before)

          • [FL] Signal Flow On/Off (as before)

          • Note: Control Click on [FL] focusses the whole mixer on only the currently selected signal flow

          • [S1], [S2], [S3], [S4] Four View Snapshots to set/recall Mixer views:

            • Strips Collapsed, Hidden and Pinned states

            • Busses Collapsed and Hidden states

            • Mixer position and size

            • Strips scrollbar position

            • Click to recall a Snapshot

            • Control + Click to set a Snapshot

            • Control + Shift + Click to reset a Snapshot

          • [DC] Delay Compensation On/Off (previously in the Configure Page)

          • [DS] Delay Compensation Status (as before)

          • [AC] Atmos Connect Status/Connection (previously in the Mixer caption bar, also available in the Main Menu, see above)

    • Master Strips can now be moved

      • Master Strips can be freely moved around and inserted along with Input Strips and VCA

      • Master Strips can now be multi-selected

      • Any Strips moving is done by drag and drop while pressing Control + Shift + Alt

      • Master Strips associated Bus rows are rearranged to follow the Master Strips ordering

      • Press Escape to cancel a drag & drop operation while it happens

  • I/O Section

    • Redesigned section

    • Click on the O Input 1-8 or O Output 1-8 silk screen to toggle to more channels in Strips/Busses with higher channel count than 8

    • Click on the Channel Typing Letter on the left side of the channels indicators to change the channel typing of that channel

    • Click on the Connection Number on the right side of the channels indicators to change the connection of that channel

    • Direct Out connectors aligned below all standard connections

    • Direct Out On/Off and Pre/Post available directly in the mixer

    • Delay and Input Mode moved to the bottom of the section

  • Preamp Section

    • Redesigned section