In this third tutorial, we examine the StepSequencer and how it can be thought of as one big, resource-rich automated MIDI keyboard.
Bart’s Kyma Tutorial B: The StepSequencer, Part 1
Thoughts on FM: behind the algorithms
In the past, the Frequency Modulation technique was used widely in radio transmission but had not been applied to sound synthesis. In the early 1970s, John Chowning, a composer and researcher at Stanford University, developed some important new techniques for music
Ecosystemic Programming and Composition Part 1
A large part of my work the past decade has involved applications of ecosystemic programming. I was introduced to the concept of musical ecosystems by Agostino Di Scipio’s lectures on his Audible Eco-Systemic Interface (AESI) project at the Centre de
Reading CSV Files in Kyma: Part 1
I’ve been interested in data-driven music over the past few years, and have explored this topic in some of my previous work (San Giovanni, Carbonfeed, #Ferguson) and I am currently working on a sound installation using historical data sets of California’s
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.
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.
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