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Re: Kyma Capybara
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