posted 24 June 2002 16:23            

Here you have hit on two of the major differences between Kyma 4.5 and Kyma 5:
* Presets should now by saved as Snapshots in the Virtual Control Surface (VCS). The module called "Preset" has been kept around just to keep everyone's older examples working. But it should not be relied upon for new Sounds. To save presets, click on the camera icon to snapshot them in the VCS instead.
* In Kyma 4.5 every Sound had to have a Duration. But this made it awkward to *change* the overall duration (since every module had to be modified). So in Kyma.5 every module is assumed to have an infinite duration. To create shorter durations, use the SetDuration module (or place the Sound in a timeline and graphically set its duration).

"In Audio Demonstrations Tutorial, pp98-99: There is no Volume fader with the Oscilloscope, so no opportunity to set the fader."

You're right, the !Volume fader was replaced in the example by an expression that automatically compensates for the settings of the settings for each harmonic. It isn't necessary for the example (you can use the rightmost zoom button in the Oscilloscope to increase the size of the signal in the display)

"-I could not locate the text file for input of the "16 samp inverse" phrase, as is suggested on p99"
The tutorial refers to "your Kyma calculator" text file in a weak attempt at humor. Seriously though, you can create a text file in Kyma and then use it as a calculator. You can type expressions into the text file, select them and then use ctrl-y to evaluate that text. (Any parameter field can also be used for this purpose--as long as you remember to the delete the results of your calculation once you are finished). This can be a handy way to test the value of expressions such as

495 - 50 + 6

or

Float pi * 2 normSin

or (to multiply a number by the Fibonacci ratio)

21 * Float phi inverse