posted 23 March 2004 13:59            

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I am working on an older 667 mHz PowerBook G4 in OS 10.3.3. I am trying to record some live processing into Logic audio. In OS X, Logic (in conjunction with a Core Audio driven Digigram PCMCIA sound card) really sucks the life out of my computer so in order to make things run smoother, I've been launching my KYMA sounds and then quitting the application to give Logic as much room as possible.

I have some sounds I'm using that I enjoy "rolling the dice" with while I'm playing. I've been doing this with a foot pedal that sends MIDI program change 128 (or 127 depending how you look at it). Unfortunately, when I quit KYMA, there is no longer a virtual control surface (duh), and my sound doesn't respond to the random parameter change anymore.

I'm assuming that this type of random parameter control isn't built into the sound and sent to the Capybara but instead is a function of the VCS. Is there an easy straight-forward way that I can get this kind of control back without having the KYMA application running or do I have to go in and mess with random number generators and MIDI input within all of my sounds?

Am I just being lazy?

Any "hot tip" would be appreciated.
Lowell Pickett

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posted 23 March 2004 19:08            

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Sorry but it's not possible!
Kyma has to be running to roll the dice (even from the MotorMix button).

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posted 12 April 2004 21:37            

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I haven't tried it just now, but I remember this Max patch working to send the dice command even when the laptop was unplugged using the PCMCIA interface. I don't remember where this patch came from, but it is not my work - I have adapted it for my purpos, but the author is no I.

Garth

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max v2;
#N vpatcher 40 55 478 510;
#P outlet 158 371 15 0;
#P outlet 60 371 15 0;
#P window setfont Palatino 12.;
#P newex 158 182 74 1048588 select 98;
#P button 59 226 24 0;
#P newex 59 182 74 1048588 select 98;
#P newex 59 143 50 1048588 keyup;
#P newex 158 143 33 1048588 key;
#P button 158 226 24 0;
#P message 27 273 31 1048588 3 47;
#P message 76 273 37 1048588 11 15;
#P message 131 273 37 1048588 67 47;
#P message 191 273 37 1048588 11 15;
#P newex 27 324 68 1048588 ctlout a 1 1;
#P comment 12 50 230 1048588 If Kyma is under control of the Motor Mix in the Preferences (see Performance) this patch will generate a message equivalent to depressing the dice button in the Virtual Control Surface. bang sends the message.;
#P window setfont Palatino 18.;
#P comment 12 28 180 1048594 Kyma Dice Patch;
#P window setfont Palatino 12.;
#P comment 98 327 54 1048588 to Kyma;
#P comment 192 145 26 1048588 "b";
#P connect 13 0 8 0;
#P connect 5 0 4 0;
#P connect 6 0 4 0;
#P connect 7 0 4 0;
#P connect 8 0 4 0;
#P connect 11 0 12 0;
#P connect 12 0 13 0;
#P connect 13 0 15 0;
#P connect 13 0 7 0;
#P connect 9 0 6 0;
#P connect 10 0 14 0;
#P connect 14 0 9 0;
#P connect 9 0 16 0;
#P connect 9 0 5 0;
#P pop;
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posted 17 June 2004 22:26            

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Lowell ye zainey buckeneer

you got me into this kyma madness years ago, i used to evaporate with you and ori.
First you take the foot pedal and you smear it with a sort of cream made from blended refracted splinters of time. with ye jolly old pirate equipment , get, well rather uncomfortably sexy and do the boogalootsnoot in six folding dimentional fractions of the sound of a tree blooming from a seed in reverse ripping its molecular tranquility back into itself in the VCS.
Been throwing some really fun parties in the pine barrens for some years now, you and your partner in crime should hit it up. I do not know if you will get this in time, but we are throwing our next one this saturday (the 19th). email me for directions (jowe@juno.com)
your symbiotic wormhole dilator- adam

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