MOTM

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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