Merging releases PCI Express version of Mykerinos

klaukholm · 23rd December 2006

Merging has released a new version of Mykerinos with a great deal more horsepower and best of all it is PCIExpress!

Thank you Merging, this could not have been better timed for us!

kindest,

TEMAS · 27th December 2006

I'm not familiar with Merging or their products but I spent a while browsing around their site and there's a labyrinth of stuff that sounds interesting.

Do you have to use these Mykerinos cards (and their Daughter I/O cards) with their own Pyramix DAW software? Or can they be used with other common native software?

Also, am I right in thinking that their stuff is PC only / not Mac?

I'll order a 24 channel AES-EBU I/O card right now if it's Mac/PCIe/Logic compatible.

the1Hub · 29th December 2006

unfortunatly the boards only work with pyramix. and they onlywork with windows. however i spoke today with a friend of mine that works for merging and he said that the cards have been finished for a while but that they wanted maake sure they worked great with the mac pros before they anounced them. however when i asked him if that merging has finally started to develop for osx he said no.

ryan_pribyl · 29th December 2006

The Mykerinos cards do come with an ASIO driver. It's not as elegant as some, since it still works with their mixer (you have to build your mixer to configure your I/O and it sits between your Mykerinos card and your DAW.

But it is PC only. It is a great product and it sounds amazing!

Baithak · 30th December 2006

Would appreciate additional information on this. I am a Pyramix native user and have been waiting for this upgrade before buying their hardware.

Thanks,
Baithak

Quote:

Originally Posted by klaukholm

Merging has released a new version of Mykerinos with a great deal more horsepower and best of all it is PCIExpress!

Thank you Merging, this could not have been better timed for us!

kindest,

Legacy · 2nd January 2007

It works only with version 5.1 software which was written with the new cards in mind. I haven't heard anything definitive about how much more horsepower there is but some have said in the neighborhood of 30% more power which would make them quite powerful indeed. I've had a hard time finding the limits of my Mykerinos MB5 card, its predecessor, ganged with an earlier MB3.

I believe they work with Nuendo on PCs as well.

I'm hoping the new ones will allow me to make a multichannel DSD rig with one less card than before....8 channels with 3 cards, maybe 16 with 3....

You can read about v5.1 at www.merging.com

Other than the change to PCI-Express and a bump up in DSP I don't think there is anything different about them than what is described in the Mykerinos section of the above site.

Best,
Silas

23rd December 2006	#1
klaukholm Lives for gear Joined: May 2005 Location: EU Posts: 2,431 Thread Starter	Merging releases PCI Express version of Mykerinos Merging has released a new version of Mykerinos with a great deal more horsepower and best of all it is PCIExpress! Thank you Merging, this could not have been better timed for us! kindest,

2nd January 2007	#6
Legacy Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2005 Location: NYC Posts: 635	It works only with version 5.1 software which was written with the new cards in mind. I haven't heard anything definitive about how much more horsepower there is but some have said in the neighborhood of 30% more power which would make them quite powerful indeed. I've had a hard time finding the limits of my Mykerinos MB5 card, its predecessor, ganged with an earlier MB3. I believe they work with Nuendo on PCs as well. I'm hoping the new ones will allow me to make a multichannel DSD rig with one less card than before....8 channels with 3 cards, maybe 16 with 3.... You can read about v5.1 at www.merging.com Other than the change to PCI-Express and a bump up in DSP I don't think there is anything different about them than what is described in the Mykerinos section of the above site. Best, Silas __________________ Silas Brown Legacy Sound High-End Location Recording Legacy Mastering Mastering for classical, jazz, and acoustic music

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27th December 2006	#2
TEMAS Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2006 Location: London Posts: 1,434	I'm not familiar with Merging or their products but I spent a while browsing around their site and there's a labyrinth of stuff that sounds interesting. Do you have to use these Mykerinos cards (and their Daughter I/O cards) with their own Pyramix DAW software? Or can they be used with other common native software? Also, am I right in thinking that their stuff is PC only / not Mac? I'll order a 24 channel AES-EBU I/O card right now if it's Mac/PCIe/Logic compatible.

29th December 2006	#3
the1Hub Gear addict Joined: Feb 2005 Location: where there are blue skies 315 days a year Posts: 460	unfortunatly the boards only work with pyramix. and they onlywork with windows. however i spoke today with a friend of mine that works for merging and he said that the cards have been finished for a while but that they wanted maake sure they worked great with the mac pros before they anounced them. however when i asked him if that merging has finally started to develop for osx he said no.

29th December 2006	#4
ryan_pribyl Gear interested Joined: Apr 2006 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 13	The Mykerinos cards do come with an ASIO driver. It's not as elegant as some, since it still works with their mixer (you have to build your mixer to configure your I/O and it sits between your Mykerinos card and your DAW. But it is PC only. It is a great product and it sounds amazing!