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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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Insights Contributor: Barton McLean

Insights Contributor: Barton McLean

Having been taught and mentored by Henry Cowell and having developed his electronic music techniques in the studios under the direction of Ianis Xenakis, Barton McLean has experienced both the academic and the professional worlds of the composer, having had

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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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    And this vocoder! https://mixwiththemasters.com/videos/rich-costey-muse-supermassive-black-hole/part/6 [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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    on 8 October 2025 at 19:24

    Otophysans, known for their enhanced hearing comprise 2/3 of freshwater fish. Recent discovery of a fossil places their origin ~154 million years ago. Their distinctive hearing abilities evolved in conjunction with fusion of hearing ossicles & freshwater adaptations. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr4494

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