The Kyma Language for Sound Design, Version 4.5

For more information, see Virtual Control Surface on page 481.
File menu: File organizer
Open the file organizer by choosing File organizer from the File menu. The file organizer provides a way
to quickly access, edit, and audition sound-producing files on the hard disk of the host computer.
The file organizer lists the files on the host computer’s hard disks, color-coded according to the type of
each file, and indented to indicate the folder hierarchy. The color conventions are:
Description Color Code
Unopened disk or folder Gray
Open disk or folder Underlined Black
Sample, EX Turquoise
Spectrum Purple
GA Red-brown
RE Yellow-orange
MIDI Green
Double-click on a disk or folder to hide or show the folders and files contained in it. Select a file or folder
by clicking on it once with the mouse. Use the arrow keys and the page up and down keys to move
around in the list.
The information stored in the header of the selected file is displayed in the lower part of the file organizer
window. The items displayed include the full path name for the file, the date and time on which it was
last modified, and other information specific to the file type.
To hear the selected file, use Ctrl+Space Bar. Kyma plays samples files directly. For analysis files
(spectrum, GA, or RE), Kyma uses the analysis to synthesize the sound. For MIDI files, Kyma constructs a
minimal “orchestra” and plays the notes of the MIDI file on those simple “instruments”.
To edit the selected file, press Enter or double-click on the file. This will open the appropriate Kyma
editor or, if there is an external editor specified for this file type (see File Editors… on page 430), it will
open the preferred program for editing files of this type.
To create a Sound based on a file, drag the file from the file organizer into a Sound file window. To set the
value of any parameter field in the Sound editor, drag a file name from the file organizer into the pa-
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