The Kyma Language for Sound Design, Version 4.5

Sample
Sampling Category
Plays the specified Sample from the wavetable memory of the signal processor. If there is a loop stored
in the header of the sample file or if you have SetLoop checked, the sample will play once up through the
LoopEnd; then it will loop back to LoopStart and continue looping for as long as Gate has a positive
value; when Gate returns to zero, the sample will play on through LoopEnd to the end of the sample file.
Frequency
Use 0 hz here if you want the Frequency to equal the pitch of the recorded sample. The frequency can
be specified in units of pitch or frequency. Different frequencies are obtained by changing the size of the
increment through the recorded sample. The following are all ways to specify the A above middle C:
440 hz (in hertz or cycles per second)
4 a (as the 4th octave A)
69 nn (as a MIDI notenumber)
4 c + 9 nn (as 9 half steps above middle C)
1.0 / 0.00227273 s (inverse of a period at 44.1 kHz sample rate)
The following are examples of how to control the frequency using MIDI, the virtual control surface, or a
third-party program:
!Pitch (key number plus pitch bend)
!KeyNumber nn (MIDI notenumber)
4 c + (!Frequency * 9 nn) (continuous controller from 4 c to 4 a)
Gate
Enter a 1 in this field to play the Sound exactly once for the duration you have specified in the Duration
field.
If you use an EventValue (for example, !KeyDown) in this field, the Sound can be retriggered as often as
you like within the duration specified in the Duration field.
When Gate becomes positive, the Sound is heard; when Gate becomes zero, the Sound is released and
will finish playing through the sample and then stop.
If the sample file has loop points stored in its header, Kyma will loop the sample for as long as Gate
remains positive (so, for example, as long as the MIDI key is held down).
Sample
Choose a sample from among those stored in the Wavetables folder or directory. When you
compile/load/start, Kyma will read the sample from the hard disk of the host computer and load it into the
wavetable memory (the sample RAM) of the signal processor. This Sound then reads the sample from
the memory of the signal processor, not directly off the disk.
SetLoop
Check this box if you would like to set the loop points using the LoopStart and LoopEnd parameter fields.
LoopStart
When SetLoop is checked, this is the start point of the loop (otherwise it is ignored). Enter a value in the
range from 0 to 1, where 0 is the beginning of the sample and 1 is the end of the sample. In other words,
this is the proportion of the total sample duration when the start point should occur. (To compute the
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