The Kyma Language for Sound Design, Version 4.5

TimeFrequencyScale
Frequency & Time Scaling Category
Simultaneously time stretches and/or frequency scales a disk recording or a sample stored in wavetable
memory.
FrequencyScale
The frequency of the input will be multiplied by this value.
For example, to shift up by an octave, the FrequencyScale should be 2, and to shift down and octave, the
scale should be 0.5. To shift up by 3 halfsteps, you would use:
2 raisedTo: (3/12)
To shift down by 7 half steps, you would use:
2 raisedTo: (-7/12)
Rate
This is the rate of playback. The value should be less than or equal to 1, because the Sound can only do
time stretching, not time compression. For example, use 1 to play back at the original rate, 0.5 for half
speed, 0.25 for one quarter of the speed, etc.
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.
MinInputFreq
This is the minimum frequency you expect to hear at the input. Follow the usual conventions for
specifying frequencies.
MaxInputFreq
This is the maximum frequency you expect to hear at the input. Follow the usual conventions for
specifying frequencies.
MaxFreqScale
This is the largest scale that will be applied to the frequency (the maximum allowable is 4).
Detectors
This determines the sensitivity of the frequency tracking. Try starting with a value of 10, and then
experiment with more or fewer if you want to try fine tuning the frequency tracking. (More is not
necessarily better; there is some optimal number of detectors for each circumstance.)
FromDisk
When the box is checked, read the recording directly from the disk. Otherwise, look for it in wavetable
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