posted 07 January 2007 07:51            

You can read about it here http://www.clavia.se/downloads/manuals/nord%20modular%20G2/Nord%20Modular%20G2%20Mutator%20Manual%20(eng).pdf

posted 07 January 2007 09:33            

Apologies for the sarcasm, but sometimes these comments seem to assume that, merely because one owns a Kyma system, one must be a multi-millionnaire. Some of us can barely afford a basic system, with all the limitations that that entails. For that reason, a few of the remarks here, such as, "Why should you want to use the Capybara for its converters; let it do what it's supposed to do?", or, "Why not focus new controller development on the Lemur?" can become mildly irritating, over time.

posted 07 January 2007 10:20            

I was making a suggestion for a design idea.

I think it was unpleasant of you to flame this thread - your post has come across very bitter sounding.

posted 07 January 2007 10:38            

I'm a starving musician myself, and I still have to pay a big part of the student loan I got to buy my capy a couple of years ago. I'm far from being able to afford a Lemur, but I would be very happy to see SSC develop integration of the Lemur with Kyma, as I think that this is the way that controllers will go in the near future (OSC and touch-sensitive screens) and the possibilities are very exciting. Camille has already done a lot in this direction by developing the OSCulator, and he doesn't even own a Lemur! Just because we can't afford certain things that doesn't mean that they shouldn't be implemented or that we can't learn from them! Nobody is assuming anything here about what other people have, everybody is just trying to learn from each other and to make music with Kyma and whatever tools we have available, and I think that whatever development comes from this exchange of ideas is always a positive thing. Besides, the more Kyma develops the less likely we'll be to need other toys such as the G2.

Cheers,

posted 07 January 2007 13:47            

Yes not all of us have the opportunity to have all the gear we would like, but I think no one here will send arrogant messages. For example, I would love to own a Lemur and I hardly make a living of my music.

Just think about this: Cristian is a well known performer, he surely do not need and has no time to expose his gear and be arrogant, he's just sharing ideas on the edge of technology.

I feel concerned about this thread because I think Kyma's forum is unique. I love the ideas shared in this forum and its friendly atmosphere. I am registrered since 2 years, and never had any problem. We have a very high level of competence here ; take a look at Ableton Live's forums and you'll understand what I mean and what a boring forum is.

posted 07 January 2007 16:44            

Randomish.kym

In the following Sound, a !Fader determines the value of a !GeneratedEvent, until a !Dice push injects a new random value (within constrained parameters) to set the !GeneratedEvent (!Max and !Min set the random boundaries). Then, when the !Fader is moved again, the !Fader controls the !GeneratedEvent, until the !Dice is pushed again (and so forth).

posted 07 January 2007 17:00            

@cristian_vogel : Perhaps your idea could be implemented in the VCS - whereby there would be two snapshot lists and a slider allowing for morphing between the parameter values in each snapshot and also a numerical input by the dice to indicate by what degree the parameters get randomised.

@RXB : Perhaps things will change for you in the future, whereby you'll be able to afford the equipment you want. Speaking as someone who has been unemployed for four years, I understand what you feel - making money from music is not easy but I think it's great to have people on this forum who have managed it - perhaps we can learn from them and then order our mansions and yachts

@HectorBenard : I think Camille is a she

@Camille : I am right, right?

@JackRosete : As an official Tweaker, yes you're right. And I don't post any of my tweaks 'cos I think they are too basic - usually I've combined sounds into one another rather than creating totally new sounds like the real Kyma Power Users do.

posted 07 January 2007 18:23            

Nope Hector was right, I am a 'he' ;-)

posted 08 January 2007 12:16            

@cristian_vogel : Perhaps your idea could be implemented in the VCS - whereby there would be two snapshot lists and a slider allowing for morphing between the parameter values in each snapshot and also a numerical input by the dice to indicate by what degree the parameters get randomised.

This sounds a lot like what the InterpolatePresets sound does. Are you guys familiar with that sound and PresetSpace? It might be useful for what you're trying to do, as they at least allow you to interpolate between presets right from the VCS and explore the possibilities within the parameters of your sound.

The thing about implementing Cristian's idea on the VCS (as a modification to it) is that then it would have to be done by SSC. This could be interesting, especially as it would then be automatically available for all your sounds. But I think there are many ways to get that kind of behavior with a little capytalk in the sound editor that would also be very useful, like Jack suggests.

I'm in the middle of writing a chamber ensemble piece (with a fast approaching deadline), so I haven't been spending much time with Kyma lately. But as soon as I have a chance I'll give it a shot and see if I can come up with something interesting along the lines of what Jack has started (though by then you guys will have probably already come up with something awesome).

Best,