I just looked at the SoundArt - also an interesting box. Kyma has a
better interface (actually, a really good one) and a minimum of 4
DSPs with 96 MEgs of memory. It also has 4 analog inputs, 4 outputs
(can you say MOTM in quad?!?), 2 digitla IOs (AES/EBU or SPDIF), and
FireWire to the computer. The 4 ins are very cool for taking the 4
outs of the MOTM-410, for example :)
Programming is different, too. You can visually program by dragging
and dropping, script using SmallTalk, build Sound primitives in C/C++
and ultimately build stuff in DSP (Motorola).
The system is more costly than the SoundArt, but that box appears to
be close to a grand, also not cheap. With 4 DSPs and an OS that runs
things in parallel (and you can add up to 28 DSPs total) you gte a
heck of a lot of processing power. I can do this: input cool MOTM
sound, apply Frequeny shifter, modifiy the frequency with my voice in
real time!
It's a gas...
Mike
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Scott Juskiw <scott@t...> wrote:
> At 3:58 PM +0000 2003/09/30, Mike Marsh wrote:
> >The learning is pretty huge, but that's more than half the fun!
> >There are many levels to the beast and you can make new, creative
> >stuff at any of them. From tweaking the existing 1,000 sounds to
> >programming your own primitives in DSP assembly and all points in
> >between.
>
> I'm wondering how the Kyma compares to something like the Soundart
> Chameleon in terms of developing custom applications with DSP. I
was
> thinking about getting a Chameleon, but if the Kyma can do all that
> and more, hmmmmm......