The Kyma Language for Sound Design, Version 4.5

Compiled Sound Grid
The Compiled Sound grid is useful for organizing Sounds to be used in an interactive performance environment
(which could include musical performances, psychoacoustic tests, classroom demonstrations, or
any other environment where a user selectively loads Sounds whose ordering and timing are not predetermined).
The grid provides a means for quickly loading and starting Sounds that have already been
compiled, simply by clicking in a box in the grid or by sending a MIDI program change with the number
indicated in the box.
Creating a Compiled Sound Grid
To create a compiled Sound grid, select New… from the File menu, then choose Compiled Sound grid as
the file type. The interface for a compiled Sound grid consists of a grid of 128 boxes, a program channel
field, and an On check box. Each numbered box in the grid corresponds to a MIDI program number. To
associate a Kyma Sound with a specific MIDI program number, drag the Sound into the corresponding
box. To edit a Sound in the grid, make sure the On box is unchecked and then double-click the Sound in
the grid.
The Program Channel Field
The value you enter in the program channel field determines the MIDI channel on which Kyma looks for
program changes. To set the channel, type in the number of a MIDI channel and press Enter. This setting
does not affect the MIDI channels on which the Sound(s) can receive or send MIDI information other than
program changes. In other words, all other MIDI events are received on the default MIDI channel. This
default channel need not be the same channel on which you choose to receive program changes.
Using the Compiled Sound Grid
When you have finished making the associations between Sounds and program numbers, choose Compile
to disk… from the Action menu; this compiles each Sound, stores the compiled Sound on the disk in
Kyma’s temporary folder, and names each file using a unique number. Compiling also stores copies of
the samples that would be loaded into sample RAM and copies of any MIDI files needed to play the
Sounds, as well as saving the global map, the current number of expansion cards, the available wavetable
memory, and the full file names of any sample files (such as digital recordings) used in the Sound.