posted 17 November 2002 17:05            

Has anyone who may have done some of this have any advice to give?

I have started putting together little startup homework problems, such as 'devise a sine wave that only has the positivie transitions of each cycle.'

I remember my learning curve with Kyma was the usual befuddlement followed by a great big 'AHA!!' Anyway, I'm trying to think up was of streamlining the process for my students (undergrads mostly), many of whom have fiddled at home with their Rolands and 'Cakewalk' but don't have a clue about what a wave is.

I do go into wave theory at first, even in the old MIDI course, to give a grounding in the principles of synthesis.

Anyway, I'm not sure that the standard KYMA tutorials are structured enough for neophytes.