<s>
Kyma	B-Application
is	O
a	O
visual	O
programming	O
language	O
for	O
sound	O
design	O
used	O
by	O
musicians	O
,	O
researchers	O
,	O
and	O
sound	O
designers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Kyma	B-Application
,	O
a	O
user	O
programs	O
a	O
multiprocessor	O
DSP	O
by	O
graphically	O
connecting	O
modules	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
of	O
a	O
Macintosh	B-Device
or	O
Windows	B-Application
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kyma	B-Application
has	O
characteristics	O
of	O
both	O
object-oriented	O
and	O
functional	O
programming	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basic	O
unit	O
in	O
Kyma	B-Application
is	O
the	O
"	O
Sound	O
"	O
object	O
,	O
not	O
the	O
"	O
note	O
"	O
of	O
traditional	O
music	O
notation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Kyma	B-Application
,	O
which	O
computed	O
digital	O
audio	O
samples	O
on	O
a	O
Macintosh	B-Device
512K	I-Device
was	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
in	O
1986	O
by	O
Carla	O
Scaletti	O
in	O
Champaign	O
,	O
Illinois	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
1987	O
,	O
Scaletti	O
had	O
partitioned	O
Kyma	B-Application
into	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
generation	O
engines	O
and	O
ported	O
the	O
sound	O
generation	O
code	O
to	O
a	O
digital	O
signal	O
processor	O
called	O
the	O
Platypus	O
designed	O
by	O
Lippold	O
Haken	O
and	O
Kurt	O
J	O
.	O
Hebel	O
of	O
the	O
CERL	B-Operating_System
Sound	I-Operating_System
Group	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1987	O
,	O
Scaletti	O
presented	O
a	O
paper	O
on	O
Kyma	B-Application
and	O
demonstrated	O
live	O
digital	O
sound	O
generation	O
on	O
the	O
Platypus	O
at	O
the	O
International	O
Computer	O
Music	O
Conference	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
identified	O
by	O
electronic	O
synthesis	O
pioneer	O
Bob	O
Moog	O
as	O
a	O
technology	O
to	O
watch	O
in	O
his	O
conference	O
report	O
for	O
Keyboard	O
Magazine	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
new	O
language	O
that	O
acknowledges	O
no	O
distinction	O
between	O
sound	O
synthesis	O
and	O
composition	O
is	O
Kyma	B-Application
,	O
a	O
music	O
composition	O
language	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
that	O
views	O
all	O
elements	O
in	O
a	O
piece	O
of	O
music	O
,	O
from	O
the	O
structure	O
of	O
a	O
single	O
sound	O
to	O
the	O
structure	O
of	O
the	O
entire	O
composition	O
,	O
as	O
objects	O
to	O
be	O
composed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Illinois	O
at	O
Urbana-Champaign	O
eliminated	O
the	O
funding	O
for	O
the	O
PLATO	B-Operating_System
laboratory	O
in	O
1989	O
,	O
Scaletti	O
and	O
Hebel	O
formed	O
Symbolic	O
Sound	O
Corporation	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
continue	O
developing	O
Kyma	B-Application
and	O
digital	O
audio	O
signal	O
processing	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
