The Kyma Language for Sound Design, Version 4.5

You can create shared inputs between Sounds in several ways using an input field:
♦ Use Copy from the Edit menu to place the input Sound into the clipboard. Then repeatedly use Paste
special… from the Edit menu to place the input Sound into each of the parameter fields that need
that input Sound.
♦ Hold the Control or Option key while dragging the input Sound from the parameter field where the
Sound is used on top of the Sound you want to replace in the signal flow diagram.
♦ Hold the Control or Option key while dragging the input Sound from the signal flow diagram into
the parameter field where you want to share that Sound.
Script fields are text fields that contain a script for Kyma to evaluate when it is compiling a Sound. For
more information about scripts, see Scripting on page 522.
Value fields are text fields that contain a numeric value. The numeric value may be given directly, or it
may be the result of a Smalltalk-80 calculation. Certain value fields (with cyan colored backgrounds) are
hot; hot value fields can be set to a time-varying numeric value. Some value fields require units to be supplied
along with the numeric value. You can add explanatory comments to value fields by enclosing the
comments within double quotes.
Array fields are value fields that contain a list of numeric values. The numeric values are simply listed one
after another, separated by spaces. If the value is complex or the result of a calculation, it must be enclosed
in curly braces so that Kyma can find where one value ends and the next begins. For example,
1 !Fader1 {2 + 3} {!Frequency * 2}
could be used in an array parameter to specify four different values.
More about Value Fields
A value fields is a text field that contains a numeric value. These fields can contain anything from a simple
constant value to a complete Smalltalk program. The value of the field is calculated when the Sound
that contains the field is compiled.
There are two types of value parameters: hot and cold. Cold parameters are fixed values, set when you
first load the Sound and never altered again. Cold parameter values can be constants, variables, or
Smalltalk expressions that evaluate to constant values. Hot parameters can be continuously updated even
after the Sound has been loaded into the signal processor. Using hot parameters, you can control Kyma
Sound parameters in real time. Hot parameter fields can be identified by their light cyan background
color and italicized parameter names. Hot parameter fields can take all the same kinds of values that cold
parameters can; in addition, they can be controlled by Event Values or the output of other Kyma Sounds.
See Event Values, Virtual Control Surface, and Global Map on page 472 for more information.
Duration and Sample are cold parameters; Frequency, Gate, etc. are hot parameters.
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