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Capytalk — a functional reactive programming language

Capytalk — a functional reactive programming language

Capytalk is a Functional Reactive Programming Language that you can use to define interactions between internal or external data streams and Kyma Sound parameters. Reactive programming is a paradigm for computing and modifying asynchronous data streams. Some examples of asynchronous

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Getting sound from Kyma onto a network

Getting sound from Kyma onto a network

There are several circumstances in which you might want to stream audio from your Paca(rana) onto a network, for example, you may want to: Share a Paca(rana) or a small number of Paca(rana)s among a group of sound designers working

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Remote collaboration, telematic performances, and online learning

Remote collaboration, telematic performances, and online learning

Networked collaboration, telematic performances, and online learning have been growing in popularity for several years, but the lockdowns and social-distancing guidelines precipitated by the global COVID-19 pandemic have accelerated the adoption of these modes of interaction. This is a brief

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The online magazine where sound designers, musicians, researchers, and educators share insights on what they’ve found to be the most effective, productive and inspiring approaches to Kyma.

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    on 15 April 2026 at 20:29

    A new kind of bass trap! Low-frequency sound absorption achieved by replacing the high-stiffness neck of a Helmholtz resonator w/ a soft, viscoelastic cylindrical shell for tunable viscoelastic damping. Greater than 97% absorption of 227 to 329 Hz with deep-subwavelength thickness (λ/15 at 227 Hz). [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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    on 15 April 2026 at 01:29

    Bumble bees learned to discriminate rhythmic patterns; generalized those patterns to slower & faster rates; and transferred learning of 2 vibrational patterns to their equivalent flashing light patterns. Suggests that bumble bees have truly flexible rhythm perception. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz2894

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