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Author: BartonMcLean

Bart’s Melodic Sculptor Tutorial

Bart’s Melodic Sculptor Tutorial

Introduction: I have developed this Kyma Sound over a yearlong time period to work specifically with melodic material as a sculptor might work with a raw slab of stone, the raw material here being a single instrument or voice line

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Bart’s Kyma Tutorial D: Spectral Concepts, Part 2.

Bart’s Kyma Tutorial D: Spectral Concepts, Part 2.

This is a continuation of Tutorial D, Part 1. In this tutorial, we explore live spectral analysis/resynthesis and spectral modification.

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Bart’s Kyma Tutorials D: Spectral Concepts, Part 1

Bart’s Kyma Tutorials D: Spectral Concepts, Part 1

In this tutorial, we explore spectral analysis and resynthesis. Before beginning this tutorial, please download the Kyma Tutorial Sound file that contains the Sounds discussed below. Completion of Tutorial A and Tutorial B is highly recommended. We will be using a keyboard to

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Bart’s Kyma Tutorial C: Generating Patterns Outside the StepSequencer, Part 2

Bart’s Kyma Tutorial C: Generating Patterns Outside the StepSequencer, Part 2

This is a continuation of Tutorial C, Part 1.  Part 2 focuses on the SampleAndHold in several manifestations.

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Bart’s Kyma Tutorial C: Generating Patterns Outside the StepSequencer, Part 1

Bart’s Kyma Tutorial C: Generating Patterns Outside the StepSequencer, Part 1

In this tutorial, we look at other ways to generate patterns in Sound parameter fields.

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Bart’s Kyma Tutorial B: The StepSequencer, Part 2

Bart’s Kyma Tutorial B: The StepSequencer, Part 2

In this fourth tutorial, we continue our work with the StepSequencer.

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Bart’s Kyma Tutorial B: The StepSequencer, Part 1

Bart’s Kyma Tutorial B: The StepSequencer, Part 1

In this third tutorial, we examine the StepSequencer and how it can be thought of as one big, resource-rich automated MIDI keyboard.

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Bart’s Kyma Tutorial A: Getting Things Sounding, Organized, and Uncluttered, Part 2

Bart’s Kyma Tutorial A: Getting Things Sounding, Organized, and Uncluttered, Part 2

In this second tutorial, we look at mixing Sounds and controlling them from the Virtual Control Surface.

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Bart’s Kyma Tutorial A: Getting Things Sounding, Organized, and Uncluttered, Part 1

Bart’s Kyma Tutorial A: Getting Things Sounding, Organized, and Uncluttered, Part 1

In this first tutorial, we look at how to trigger and gate Sounds from a MIDI keyboard.

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Bart’s KYMA Tutorials

Bart’s KYMA Tutorials

These tutorials arose from my own initial struggles with learning Kyma, and were spurred on by subsequent needs of my private students. Learning a new language (whether a spoken language or computer language) is not trivial. But my struggles have

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