Tiré de la FAQ sur le Kyma:
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Kyma is a visual sound design environment that runs on your Macintosh or Windows PC. The Capybara is a sound computation engine that hooks up to your Macintosh or Windows PC through a PCI card or FireWire port. You use your Mac or PC to design, layer, and sequence your sounds. You use the Capybara to generate and process your sounds in real time.
You could even think of Kyma as a visual programming language for sound and the Capybara as a multiprocessor computer dedicated to computing or rendering the sound in real time. (This does not mean that Kyma has a geeky command line interface. Kyma is a visual programming language. So you "write" programs by connecting icons on the screen of your Macintosh or Windows PC, and you "schedule" start and stop times of these programs by dragging the icons into a timeline).
What this does mean is that Kyma is an unusually open-ended, flexible, and real-time controllable environment for creating new sounds. Kyma provides you with hundreds of basic modules and over a thousand complex examples that you can combine to create your own synthesis algorithms, your own effects algorithms, and your own forms of sample manipulation that can be performed in real time with responsive controls.
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Il faut donc une interface de traitement en plus du soft.
Sinon, c'est comparable à MAX/MSP d'après vous? Ca m'a l'air d'avoir à peu près le même concept, non?
Ha oui, les infos de prix qui calment tout de suite:
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Basic Kyma System for Macintosh or Windows................................................$3570
A basic Kyma System includes a CD-ROM containing Kyma.5 with over 1000 presets and 350 prototypes, the Kyma
manual, a Kyma FireWire interface with 3 meter FireWire cable and 1.5 meter Capybara cable, a Capybara•320 sound
computation engine with four processors and 96 megabytes of sample RAM, four channel 24-bit A/D and D/A
converters (up to 100 KHz sample rate), dual two channel 24-bit AES/EBU digital audio interface (up to 100 KHz sample
rate), word clock and video house sync inputs, VITC and LTC time code inputs and outputs, and MIDI In/Out/Thru.
Please specify host computer type (Macintosh or Windows) and Capybara•320 side panel type (desktop or rack-mount).
Four Channel I/O Upgrade .................................................................................$995
Add 4 channels of 24-bit 100 KHz A/D, D/A, and AES/EBU audio I/O to a basic Kyma System (for a total of 8 channels).
Capybara•320 Expansion Card .........................................................................$595
Each card provides two additional processors and 48 megabytes of sample RAM.
Additional AES to S/PDIF Cables ...........................................................................$16
Use these cables to connect S/PDIF equipment to the Capybara•320. A set includes one XLR female to RCA female (for
stereo S/PDIF output) and one XLR male to RCA female cable (for stereo S/PDIF input). Both cables are 18 cm long. One
set of these cables is included free with your Kyma System order.
CM Labs Motor Mix MIDI Controller ....................................................................$799
This is the ideal MIDI controller for Kyma.5 and the Capybara•320. Eight bank-switchable software-controlled motorized
faders, 8 continuous rotary pots, 56 lighted switches, and LCD scribble strip labels that show current parameter names.
Capybara Flight Case .........................................................................................$300
This ATA flight case lets you check your Capybara as luggage on an airplane. The flight case is made of 6 mm thick
plywood covered with blue ABS plastic, aluminum edging, 5 cm thick high-density foam padding inside, locking
recessed latches, and telescoping handle and wheels. See it at
http://www.SymbolicSound.com/flightCase.jpg.
Capybara Carrying Case......................................................................................$75
This padded nylon case lets you carry your Capybara with you. It has an adjustable shoulder strap, and fits under the
seat or in the overhead storage compartment of most airplanes. See it at
http://www.SymbolicSound.com/carryCase.jpg.
Additional FireWire Interface...............................................................................$495
This 400 Mbps IEEE-1394A interface allows you to use Kyma on another desktop or laptop.
Kyma Manual (when ordered separately)...........................................................$35
The 550+ page Kyma Language for Sound Design manual provides a detailed description of the capabilities and
functionality of the Kyma System. We’ll deduct the cost of the manual when you order your Kyma System.
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