> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Kellogg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 03 July 2000 16:30
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Recomendations?
>
>
> I'm was using an Rm1x, A3000, and Nord Modular. I suffered from an acute
> case of 'option anxiety'. I couldn't get anything written -- there were
> to many paths to take. I put the sampler in the closet in order to focus
> on the Modular, which is truly an amazing (and somewhat intimidating)
> machine. I can get some great crunchy drums sounds running the Rm1x
> through the Modular's audio inputs.
>
> Have any of you experienced this sort of gear anxiety?
All the time - Kyma is just so seductive. You can fall into it and never
come out, unless you discipline yourself. Mind you, it can be extremely
productive if there's something specific you want. I recently did a bunch of
SFX and about 5 minutes of 'robot voice' stuff (which had to be extremely
intelligible, which was the hard part) for Dundee Science Centre. Kyma
helped get the whole job done in half a day, which was outstanding really. I
recorded the voice into my Paris system, did the initial editing in that
(it's really fast for that kind of editing because it has proper scrub and a
real, physical remote control with a jog wheel). I exported the audio as one
big WAV, then processed that using Kyma with the audio coming from and going
back to disc in real time. Once that was done, I did the mastering and cut
up the results into individual WAVs using Soundforge. There were also some
SFX, bleeps and so on, which I just did in Kyma and did some final mastering
in Soundforge again. The whole job took just over half a day, start to
finish.
Having said that, sometimes I've started tracks and never really gotten
anywhere because all I ended up doing was fiddling with Kyma. Being an
alpha/beta tester for them also takes a bit of time, but it's fun getting to
try stuff before other people see it, and also to see some of my suggestions
get incorporated. :) The president of Yamaha never calls me at the weekend
to ask how I'm getting on - there's a bit of a difference with Symbolic
Sound!
Sarah
