sorry, if this continues for some a now dead thread.
quoted 7 lines As far as Kyma goes, I'm not so sure it's as rampant as you say. And in> As far as Kyma goes, I'm not so sure it's as rampant as you say. And in
> fact, (and I'm sure this will be controversial but what the heck) You can do
> almost every thing that Kyma can do with the hand full of software only
> programs you mentioned. Especially MSP, Reaktor and SuperCollider. To tell
> you the truth, I can't really see that advantage to Kyma other then the
> whole "more is better" thing. Aside from Formant morphing, (which you can
> almost do with MSP) The algorithms aren't that original. There is the
umm, the algorithms are what you program them to be. if you are just
using the presets then yes you are better off buying something
else (like a roland groovebox.) however, if you accually have any desire
to create sound and program your own algorithms then nothing i've seen
does it better. those in the uk may be familiar with the tape
gallary. they do the london metro (bus) ads and use the morphing features
to great effect.
there is also the latancy issue. something which i hate about computer
based software. even on a g4, there is absurd latancy and if you want to
bring in an outside controller, ack. i personally don't like to wait 400
ms for my fader movements to be recongized while playing live. kyma
removes that (at least to the under 10 ms range.)
having used generator and msp, you cannot do the real time control as
you can with kyma.
quoted 5 lines dedicated DSP but for $3,500 - $4,000 for the base system, you better get> dedicated DSP but for $3,500 - $4,000 for the base system, you better get
> what you pay for... Right? Then there is this little nagging bit about
> having to compile your setups before you can hear them... At least that's
> the way it was the last time I checked. They may have changed it since then.
> A friend of mind wanted one really bad until he found out about that.
compiling is the price you pay for removing the latancy when playing the
sounds live. it really isn't all that bad of a delay, and in the new
verison (5.0) it has been streamlined more. i personally feel that it is
worth every penny and much more. the a/d convertors alone are worth
more then the $3500. ever price good a/d convertors, like
digidesign's? (which accually arn't all that good) they could easily
package the a/d convertors and sell them for upwards of $6k.
another benchmark would be, how much would it cost to get equalivant
processing power. kyma basic unit is about equal to the processing of 3
g4s. 3 g4s will run you about $10k. having spent time with the folks at
symbolic sound, i know they are in no way trying to gauge you as a
user. their upgrades are free, and their support is amazing. the cost of
the system is as low as it can be. they also seem to have little desire
to be a corporation (being in business for the sake of making money), so
they are going to build the best system they can and not try to market to
or deal with the entry level market.
kyma isn't for everyone so if it isn't your bag then so be it. while
music may be the most glamorous use of kyma, it is used in academia,
psycho-acoutics research, and as a data analyst. it is what you make it.
b.
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