Symbolic Sound Announces Kyma X for OS X and XP
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January 21, 2004
Symbolic Sound announced that Kyma X, the next major release of the sound design environment, is now shipping. Kyma X delivers more than 70 features including an elegant new look, a 432 page book of never-before-documented Kyma secrets, a new editor where users can create their own Tools and add them to the Tools menu, and substantial changes in the underlying structure that make it possible for Kyma to run under Mac OS X and Windows XP and 2000 (while maintaining compatibility with OS 9, Win ME and Win 98).
"Kyma X was like a major remodelling or renovation project," said Symbolic Sound president Carla Scaletti. "We stripped the software down to the rafters so we could make major structural changes and improvements--bring it 'up to code' so we could run under OS X and Windows XP. But once that was done we couldn't resist doing a bit of interior designing too: new icons, new fonts, new window elements--the first thing everyone comments on when they start up Kyma X is how great it looks, and the second thing they notice is how fast it runs."
A few highlights from the list of new features and enhancements include:
- Newly designed, zoomable icons that are as meaningful as they are beautiful
- Streamlined operations to improve the ease of use and reduce or eliminate the amount of typing required
- A new book, Kyma X Revealed! , full of never-before-documented Kyma secrets to guide users through every aspect of the software through entertaining hands-on examples.
- A drag-and-drop Expressions Library plus autocompletion, making it easy to create complex controls for any sound parameter
- Enhancements to the spectral analysis and synchronization tools that deliver even more effective and natural-sounding audio morphs
- Sound caching and partial-compilation to speed development in the Timeline
- A new analog-emulation filter with tunable resonance
- And quite a bit more
Pricing & Availability
Kyma X is currently available at Symbolic Sound's online store . The upgrade price for registered Kyma users is $175. People who do not yet have Kyma will also need the Capybara sound computation engine which comes bundled with the Kyma X software ($3570).
Registered Kyma.5 owners received upgrade offers by email during September/October 2003. (Registered Kyma owners whose email addresses may have changed recently are requested to contact Symbolic Sound if they have not yet received an upgrade offer).
Kyma X runs under Macintosh OS X, Windows XP, and Windows 2000. It is also compatible with Mac OS 8 and OS 9 as well as Windows 98, 98SE, and ME. For more information, visit their web site at www.symbolicsound.com. |
