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Re: MOTM + Kyma

2003-09-30 by Mike Marsh

Hey Tobias -

We would all *love* to hear some samples of your work!  It will be a 
gas to hear the MOTM in the theater, too...

Mike

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Tobias Enhus <tobias@m...> wrote:
> Learning curve is pretty high, but you can choose your own level. 
It's 
> like a bag of onions. A whole bunch of instruments that you can 
peel and 
> modify all the way down to pure assembly code if wanted 
(nirvana?!). 
> Once you have an instrument it's the easiest thing in the world to 
run it.
> It's a hefty investment , but in return Symbolic sound has the most 
> generous upgrade system I know of. Sure the new G5 is probably 
faster 
> than current basic Kyma platform, but not for long. And when the 
upgrade 
> happens you will be able to trade in your old Capybara for a 
nominal 
> fee, even if you bought the Kyma used on ebay! Same goes for 
software 
> updates (lots of it. at least 6 times a year). That's more than you 
can 
> say about your Mac or PC.
> 
> I just finished a score for a movie called "Blind Horizon", where 
more 
> or less all synth sounds have been created with the MOTM / Kyma rig 
and 
> Csound. Some stuff augmented with an old Fairlight III (melotron 
choir 
> and cello).
> The movie is a spy thriller with Wal Kilmer and Fay Dhunaway 
hitting 
> theaters after Xmas.
> You can hear the MOTM growl in all the pads and basses. I also used 
alot 
> of MOTM for explosive FX hits. Most of the wind sounds are pure 
MOTM 
> with Kyma surround treatment.  I'll see if I can figure out how to 
post 
> stuff on the yahoo group, if so I can through up some sound 
examples for 
> you to check out.
> 
> Tobias
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Mike Estee wrote:
> 
> >
> > On Sep 30, 2003, at 10:10 AM, Scott Juskiw 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......
> >
> > Different beasts. The Kyma is more comparable to an Eventide 
Orville
> > than a Chameleon. The Soundart box is great to play with if you 
enjoy
> > DSP programming. There are no fancy GUI tools, no drag and drop 
wires
> > to connect up. The DSP on the Soundart box is rather wimpy 
(56303) by
> > todays standards, also, you can't pull anything higher than 
24/48. The
> > Kyma on the other hand can basically grow to fit the size of your
> > pocket book. On the other hand, the cost of the Chameleon is 
about what
> > you'll pay in sales tax for a Kyma setup...
> >
> > --mikes
> >
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