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> Greetings everyone. The Kyma system uses a separate rackmountable unit I like the "rackmountable" part. Combine this with a laptop computer to play "host" and it sounds like we'd have a portable setup. > called the Capybara for its I/Os and DSP > processing. This is cool because it does not rely on the host computer > for its number crunching, and is expandable > through the addition of more processing cards for expanded capabilities. > The system itself is very sophisticated, and highly configurable. It is > like having a very advanced modular synthesizer in your computer. On > this machine you have access to virtually any synthesis technique > ever deviced, some of these include > subtractive, additive, granular, FM, resynthesis, and much much more! > You could not only use it as a regular midi instrument, but also as a > very advanced sound processor to manipulate any sound source, and of > course it wouldn't be any fun if every parameter wasn't controllable > through MIDI. You could set up MAX to really freak it out!! > The one drawback is that it is expensive > (around 3000.00 for a basic system) so start saving up! I sure would But if you add up the cost of separate samplers, synths, and effects processors to put together a system of comparable power, the Kyma- Capybara combo sounds like a heck of a bargain. BTW, I heard of a trackball you can control with your foot! I can imagine some twisted genius thinking of ways to use it to control effects/MIDI/looping devices. Paolo Valladolid --------------------------------------------------------------- |Moderator of Digital Guitar Digest, an Internet mailing list |\ |for Music Technology and Stringed Instruments | \ ---------------------------------------------------------------- | \ finger pvallado@waynesworld.ucsd.edu for more info \ | \ http://waynesworld.ucsd.edu/DigitalGuitar/home.html \| -----------------------------------------------------------------