The Kyma Language for Sound Design, Version 4.5

Sample Editor
Graphic Editor
this problem is to write the samples to the sample memory of all the expansion cards by checking
Global in the MemoryWriter.
If you inadvertently try to read from memory before you have written anything there (or if you write to
memory and never read what you have written), you will also get a warning message. You can usually
solve this problem by putting a TimeOffset on the Sound that reads the memory.
The sample editor can be used to edit or create AIFF, SD-I, SD-II, SF/IRCAM/MTU or WAV format sample
files stored on the hard disk of your computer.
Select New… from the File menu, choose Sample file as the file type, and press Enter or click OK to create
a new sample file. Select Open… from the File menu and choose Sample file as the file type to open a
sample editor on an existing sample file. Alternatively, double-click a sample file name in the file organizer,
or click the Disk button while holding down the Command or Control key in a parameter field of
the Sound editor.
There are two parts to the editor: the graphic editor (top half) and the generator templates (bottom half).
The graphic editor displays a graphic view of the samples versus time and is primarily used for editing
what is already there. The generator templates section provides both templates and short Smalltalk programs
for generating new samples.
The top half of the graphic editor provides an overview of the entire sample file. Click and drag in this
part of the editor to choose the portion of the sample file to be displayed in the lower half of the graphic
editor. Click and drag in the lower half of the graphic editor to select the samples you wish to manipulate
or play. Cut, Copy, Paste, Clear, and Trim from the Edit menu all operate on this selection.
The numbers to the right of the overview provide information on the selection. The upper number tells
you the magnification of the waveform shown in the lower half of the graphic editor. The lower numbers
tell you the beginning and ending times of the current selection, with the total duration indicated in parentheses.
Click on the numbers to switch between dB and linear scales and between seconds and
samples.
The buttons between the top and bottom sections of the graphic editor perform operations on the selection
and control the placement and size of the detailed view in the lower half of the editor.
From left to right, the buttons perform the following actions:
scrolls one page of samples to the left
plays the currently selected samples
pastes a disk file over the selection
causes selection to exactly fill the display area
contracts the display in the time direction
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