Glossary
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Kyra Manual
Latency
A delay, always undesired, between an action and its cor-
responding effect. Low latency in audio systems is especi-
ally critical when live playing by a human is involved as
any significant latency between keyboard action and hea-
ring the sound is highly detrimental to the whole experi-
ence.
Many factors contribute towards the total latency. Kyra
features exceptionally low latency due to the custom
hardware it has for MIDI processing and sound generation
but poor configuration of your computer or the software
running on it, or poor performance of the computer itself,
can result in the overall latency being unsatisfactory.
Legato
A style of playing whereby the next note is played before
the previous one is released. On Kyra, only notes played
legato whilst in Mono key mode will sound with portamen-
to.
Limiter
A process to limit the dynamic range of a signal in a musi-
cal way. Kyra hosts two Limiters on each Part. The first is
located after the EQ module and before the Distortion
module in the effects chain and has three programmable
settings. The second is located at the final Part output and
has a fixed configuration.
LFO
Low frequency oscillator. An oscillator with sub-sonic
frequency (typically below 20Hz) used to provide modula-
tion effects. Kyra has a total of 6 distinct LFOs, three for
general synthesis and three in the effects section.
Master Tuning
The reference pitch to which instruments playing together
are tuned. Kyra allows its pitch to be set such that the A
above middle C is in the range 430 to 450Hz. This is the
instrument's root tuning to which all other pitch offsets
are relative to, even if microtuning is used. The default
setting is 440Hz.
Microtuning
Microtuning is the ability of a synthesizer to individually
tune each note to a frequency other than that defined by
the default equal temperament tuning. This allows the
instrument to play in tuning schemes other than equal
temperament. Kyra supports global (all Parts) full key-
board microtuning by means of the MIDI Tuning Standard
(MTS) for real time and non-realtime (bulk) updates.
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