kyma

sound design inspiration

Symbolic Sound makes Kyma — a hardware & software environment for creative sound design, live performance, and scientific exploration.

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on 31 October 2026 at 00:27
Who knew? In the early 1980s, long before the first DAW, a Lucasfilm team built the SoundDroid w/ a touchscreen, graphic waveform display, non-destructive editing & a realtime ASP audio signal processor. Matteo Milani's new book DROIDS reveals the untold story — and it’s available today for FREE! [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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on 14 September 2026 at 18:31
Study finds that while rats are consuming chocolate, they emit a distinct—40 kHz inverted-U type—ultrasound vocalization (USV). When consuming standard food pellets, they emit only flat USVs. https://www.eneuro.org/content/13/8/ENEURO.0356-25.2026