Re: Kyma (was: www-cycling74 wow.:)

[Marzzz <Marzzz@aol.com>]

In a message dated 1/21/98 6:36:58 PM, Paolo wrote:

>Since you have a PC and not a Mac, maybe you should check out 
>Kyma/Capybara
>by Symbolic Sound.  The beauty of Kyma/Capybara is that it runs on a 
>separate box loaded with DSPs instead of directly on your computer so it
>doesn't rob processing time from your computer.   The computer mainly 
>serves
>as a controller for the box.   Symbolic Sound just started offering a 
>PCMIA card so that you can run Kyma on a laptop.   I don't know if it has 
>looping/overdubbing functions like the Echoplex but maybe it's worth a 
>look.

>From what I know about the Kyma system, it should be able to perform 
>looping
and overdubbing functions in real time, it is extremely flexible.....the 
only
downside is that a system would cost a little over $4000 right now, but 
then
again that isn't so bad if you compare it to an Eventide.....


Marshall