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Re: Can KYMA Capybara be used as a MIDI Sequencer?
Disclaimer: I'm a Kyma owner but not a MIDI sequencer owner. Kyma is deep
and
highly customizable. So here's my answer based on my knowledge/experience
with
the standard Kyma facilities. Mileage may vary.
The concise answer is: no.
The more exact answer is: maybe, depending on what you want to do.
The Kyma/Capybara is incredibly flexible in responding to MIDI. And much
less
flexible in creating MIDI although you can certainly do this. I've
developed a
"Capture EDP Loop" object in Kyma, for example, that captures the current
loop
from an EDP. [Pardon the following EDP jargon.] It has check boxes to
select
post-capture behavior. The choices are "Mute current loop", "Erase current
loop", or "Clear EDP". These send MIDI messages to short press MUTE (a
note-on,
note-off), long press REC (a note-on, 0.5 sec pause, note-off), or long
press
REC followed by long press MULTIPLY. So this sequence is controlled by a
state
machine I programmed into Kyma. I found that sending note-on/off is easy
but
sending other messages is much more complicated.
Hope this helps.
What kind of behavior do you want for your MIDI sequences?
Dennis Leas
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dennis@mdbs.com