Kyra Sound Programming
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Comparing Wave and Hypersaw Mode
When creating sounds bear in mind that Hypersaw is
useful for a relatively narrow (but highly pleasing and
popular) range of sounds. It lacks much of the flexibility of
Wave Mode and relies almost entirely on the filters to
achieve significant evolution of timbre as the note sounds.
In Wave Mode you have a vast palette of wavetables to
draw on as well as the ability to modulate parameters like
Pulse width, FM, ring mod and the ability to cross-fade the
various sound sources using the Modulation Matrix to
achieve very complex, evolving timbres. As always, expe-
rimentation is the key to getting the right sound.
You can re-create most of the functionality of Hypersaw
Mode in Wave Mode; you get the same number of oscilla-
tor sources (by setting the Wavetable to a sawtooth and
operating the Sub Oscillators at root pitch) and they need
not be sawtooth waves either. You don’t get as much
detuning control (four pitches rather than six) but you can
choose alternative tunings and modulations that Hypersaw
Mode can’t achieve. You also get the advantage of having
two independent filters to process the sound. It takes some
time to configure but the results can be outstanding.
By setting the Wavetable to a square wave (or similar) and
the Sub Oscillator to a root pitch square or pulse, you can
configure a ‘Hypersquare’ – a variation of a hypersaw that
uses square or pulse waves. You can mix and match to
combine the two, the possibilities are endless.
Even though Kyra doesn’t allow Hypersaw and Wave Mode
to be used at the same time, you can achieve very similar
effects by using the techniques described above. As men-
tioned, layering a Hypersaw and Wave Mode Patch is
another way to achieve this without compromising the
number of oscillator sources. Kyra is powerful enough to
do this even when playing big chords with long release
times.
Using Dual Mode
Dual Mode doubles up two Kyra voices to build on both
Wave Mode and Hypersaw Mode configurations. Dual
Mode is not simply a unison of two voices.
Designed for sounds that need extra impact and stereo
width, Dual Mode doubles up Kyra's oscillators and filters
to provide a true stereo signal path. Additionally, in Hyper-
saw Mode, Dual Mode doubles the resources available to
the hypersaw as well as providing true stereo imaging to
provide an amazing twelve partial stereo hypersaw sound.
In Dual Mode, alternate hypersaw partials are sent to each
side of the stereo bus via its own filter.
Dual Mode features a Panorama control to allow you to
adjust the stereo spread of the voice. By default, this is at
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