Symbolic Sound Kyma: Products TauDemo

Morphing in MiddleEarth: Examples of using the Tau for time and pitch warping, morphing, and synthesis. Listen for time/frequency warped flutes, granulated trombone-dogs, morphing wizards, random trombone sweeps, a trombone morphing to male vocal "ah", Federico morphing to Valeria, a chorus of Jeffs, drops of water morphing into a spoken "oh", flute morphing to an angry cat, a bongo roll slowing down, and a monotonized Valeria morphing to Federico.

Continuum Trombone: A key-mapped morphing Tau trombone played by Edmund Eagan on his Continuum fingerboard. He started with 5 individual trombone tones each played at a different frequency, analyzed them in the Tau editor, and pressed the Gallery button to get a key-mapped morph. All expression, frequency changes, and timbre changes are being performed live on the Continuum.

The Planet of Intelligent Dogs: Formant-shifted beats, synthesized Harley RPMs, alien ambiences, analog synths, filtered noise-drums create the pack-mind of intelligent dogs

Squeaky: An inexpensive violin and a rusty player supplied the four original tones. After Tau analysis, they were played realistically out of tune on the Continuum.

Down for the Count: A smooth morph back and forth between three different people saying "1, 2, 3" with Tau transmogrifications and synthesis in the background.

Clear Pathetic: Another live performance by Edmund Eagan, this time crossing a temple bell with the sound of a breathy vocal.

Slide Kalimba: In this example, Edmund Eagan started with just two Kalimba notes, both the same pitch, one soft and one loud. He used the Tau formant-shifting to make that one frequency playable over a wide pitch range on his Continuum fingerboard.

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