The Kyma Language for Sound Design, Version 4.5

to replace the old value. §
Then use Ctrl+Space Bar to hear the results of your change.
Frequency & Duration Fields
Frequency, Duration or Time parameter fields require that you specify the units of frequency or time.
Frequency can be specified in units of hz (for hertz), or nn (for note number) or specified as an octave
number followed by the lettername of the pitch class (for example 4 c is middle C or MIDI note number
60). Time and duration can be specified in units of s (seconds), ms (milliseconds), usec (microseconds),
or longer durations like days. You can also type the word on (with no units) into a Duration field if you
want the Sound to stay on forever (actually, just 2 years). See Specifying Units in Parameter Fields on
page 210 for a complete list of units.
Any Sound that reads a file from disk (for example, a GenericSource, DiskPlayer, SumOfSines) can also
read the “natural” or original duration of that file from the file header, so you can use some shortcuts in
the Duration or Frequency fields.
In these Sounds, you can use the word Default in either the Frequency or Duration fields (no units
are required because Default is automatically in units of seconds for times or durations and units of
hertz for frequencies). ‡ This specifies that the originally recorded frequency or duration should be used.
§ It is one of the quirks of Smalltalk that you must include the leading zero whenever you type a fractional number. Try
getting rid of the leading zero and recompiling the Sound. Kyma will put the error message Nothing more expected->
into the parameter field. This is because Smalltalk interprets the decimal point as the period at the end
of a statement, and it does not expect to see anything beyond the end of the statement.
‡ Alternatively, you can use 0 s instead of Default in Duration fields, and 0 hz instead of Default in Fre-
quency fields.
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