Symbolic Sound Kyma | How to Build a 3 Oscillator Synthesizer
Channel: Spectral Evolver
Date: 2019-06-18

Inspired by the master synthesists of the 20th century I made this simple starting point of a 'patch'- a seed for future designs. Kyma users can follow along step-by-step in creating this synth and learn how to make it their own. Further, as always, there's tips and tricks sprinkled throughout the video on how to optimize your Kyma use in general, which I've meticulously notated below.

Non-Kyma users can still apply the principles found in this video. If nothing else maybe this will spark an idea for you. 

00:00 Intro with synthesizer playing on the Haken Continuum
00:24 Overview of the video 
00:45 Start of Kyma tutorial (Navigating to the 'Waveform' folder in the sound browser)
00:59 01:27 12:33 Tip in sound browser for quickly changing wavetables
01:09 First oscillator prototype
01:35 The ADSR prototype (copy/paste into oscillator) 
             02:42 Adjusting the parameter fields
03:36 Second and third oscillator prototypes
03:49 Tip for organizing sounds in the mixer prototype
04:03 11:10 Tip for cleaning up the appearance of the sound editor
04:23 Tip for quickly copying parameter fields to other parameter fields
05:35 LowPassFilter prototype: 
             06:05 Adjusting the cutoff to let higher frequencies in with !KeyVelocity
07:26 MidiVoice prototype (making the synth polyphonic)
07:54 Virtual Control Surface (VCS) 'clean up'
08:13 Changing the type of widget and range without unlocking the VCS
08:55 Tip for quickly mapping a MIDI continuous controller to a widget
10:02 Hearing the synth and setting the !DetuneDepth
10:41 Saving changes in the VCS (option to overwrite the default)
10:56 Eugenio Stereo prototype (adding reverb)
11:43 My settings in the VCS
12:05 Hearing the synth with the fake keyboard in Kyma
12:22 Final thoughts and seeing the wavetable

Any thoughts or comments are welcome.

Recommended reading on Kyma and computer music:
Kyma and the SumOfSines Disco Club: https://amzn.to/3lDiYv0
The Computer Music Tutorial: https://amzn.to/3noHqka
The Csound Book: https://amzn.to/38PZcc6

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