The Kyma Language for Sound Design, Version 4.5

Creating and Editing Sounds
In Kyma, you do not start from scratch when designing a new Sound. Instead, you use an existing Sound
as a template for your new Sound, substituting new components for the old. Any existing Sound can
function as a template for a new Sound.
To create a new Sound, first choose an existing Sound to serve as a template. Drag the template’s icon to
the Sound file window from either a prototype strip or another Sound file window. In Kyma, when you
drag a Sound’s icon from one window to another, you are actually dragging a duplicate of that Sound.
The original Sound remains unchanged, ready to be reused.
Whenever you drag a Sound from a prototype strip, you are really creating and dragging a duplicate of
the Sound. Kyma automatically appends a number to the name of the Sound that you drag from the
prototype strip to indicate that you have a copy of the original. The number Kyma appends to the
Sound’s name corresponds to the number of times you have dragged that Sound from a prototype strip.
Once the Sound you have chosen as a template is in a Sound file window, double-click on the Sound to
begin editing it. A Sound editor window will open, allowing you to make changes to the Sound’s parameters.
When you close the Sound editor window after making changes, a dialog will allow you to
choose between saving or discarding your changes to the Sound.
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