Re: Kyma Capybara

[John Vosbikian <johnvos@home.com>]

Dennis,

Thank you!  You've been the only one to clearly answer this one 
remaining question I had about Kyma.

John


>  >But you can't take your Kyma "sounds"/patches and work perform with
>>them in another sequencing program.  Do I have that right?
>
>As a short answer, no, you can't take your patch "into" another sequencer.
>
>Here's more detail, hope it's not too much.  Sounds/patches in Kyma are 
>small
>programs which are downloaded into the Capybara hardware accelerator.  On 
>the
>host computer system (either a Mac or Windows system) where you write the
>programs, they appear on the screen as icons that you connect with 
>"wires" to
>implement the signal flow.  Some of the icons represent such 
>functions as mixing
>several inputs in one output, matrixing several inputs to several outputs,
>filters, delays, samples from disk, live input, algorithmic computations, 
>etc.
>After you write the "patch", you compile it, load it into the Capybara, 
>and
>execute it (this is as simple as typing control-space).  So in final form 
>the
>patch is a set of DSP instructions to be executed on the Capybara. 
>Once loaded
>with your patch, the Capybara acts as any piece of studio gear like a MIDI
>controlled FX unit, sampler, synth, etc.  Now you can deal with the 
>Capybara
>(transformed into whatever you want it to be via programming - 
>Vortex simulator,
>looper, sampler, reverb unit, digital mixer, etc., compressor/expander,
>graphic/parametric EQ) as if it were a just another piece of equipment.
>
>>If so, is
>>the Kyma sequencing program as sophisticated as a dedicated
>>sequencing program like Digital Performer?
>
>It is not a good general purpose MIDI sequencer.  For these uses, 
>Symbolic Sound
>suggests running a MIDI sequencer on your host computer to control the 
>your
>equipment (including the Capybara).  For controlling internal sequences,
>however, the Kyma system is quite sophisticated and precise.  You can 
>specify
>time intervals in microseconds for example.
>
>Dennis Leas
>-----------------------------
>dennis@mdbs.com