Kyra Sound Programming
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Kyra Manual
crunchy basses as well as percussive metallic effects and
adding a sharp edge to electric piano sounds FM synthesi-
zers became famous for. On Kyra, as the wavetables cover
many of these sounds directly, FM more useful for
achieving controlled distortion. Remember that FM has an
intensity control and it can be the destination of a modula-
tor in the Mod Matrix, so you can vary the intensity of the
FM effect using a modulator (e.g. only apply it during the
initial part of a sound or increase the FM with aftertouch).
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Be sure to use Kyra’s Mod Matrix to control the FM
variables (the frequencies and shape of the carrier
and modulator as well as the FM output level).
Wave Mode Ring Modulator
Ring Modulation (referred to as 'Ring Mod') is a technique
where two signals are mathematically multiplied. The
result of this is the production of a massive number of
additional harmonics, the sound of which vary hugely on
the waveforms (and hence harmonic content) of the two
source sounds as well as the ratio of their frequencies -
even a tiny amount of fine tuning can produce dramatic
results. Ring Mod is an all-time classical effect and has
been used in countless productions for decades.
Like FM, Ring Mod is contradictory to Hard Sync and using
Ring Mod with Hard Sync is unlikely to be useful. On the
other hand, Ring Mod works exceptionally well with FM
and can add considerable grit to the sound.
As with FM, you'll need to experiment to get great sounds
and Ring Mod. Experiment with the wavetable shapes and
the semitone intervals between the two Oscillator Groups
to obtain the best effects. Unlike FM, Ring Mod does not
affect the operation of any of the existing oscillators, it
takes the output of the two wavetables and produces a
new sound source.
On Kyra, the Ring Mod operates on the two wavetable
oscillators, one of which is present in each of the Oscillator
Groups. The two signals are taken before the wavetable
level controls, so you can choose whether to hear one or
both original wavetable sources with the ring modulated
output or just the ring modulated combination and
anywhere in between. As there are three level controls in
total for the Ring Mod, the two wavetable levels as well as
the Aux Oscillator level, you can mix the three however
you wish, either manually or via the Mod Matrix.
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Be sure to use Kyra’s Mod Matrix to control the
Ring Mod variables (the frequency ratio as well as
the three levels – the two inputs and the Ring Mo-
dulator output).
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