WALDORF - KYRA - Virtual analog synthesizer
Kyra is a powerful, hardware virtual analog synthesizer capable of creating a wide range of contemporary sounds for live and studio musicians.
From first glance it is patently obvious that Kyra is a beautifully-designed desktop VA Synthesizer — as the wording elegantly emblazoned on its eye-catching front fascia subtly states. As a truly multitimbral instrument it features eight independent ‘parts’ with up to 32 notes per PART, each effectively being a complete synthesizer with sound sources (OSC GROUP 1, OSC GROUP 2, SUB 1, and SUB 2); FILTERS; modulators (EGs, LFOs, and MOD MATRIX); multi-effects unit (EFFECTS); and a USB 2.0 connection — can exchange MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) information, as well as send the audio from each stereo PART to a computer as eight stereo 24-bit streams at 96kHz (with 48kHz downsample mode available) and one stereo audio return from the computer supporting a single 24-bit stereo audio stream from the host DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). With that being said, the only other resource they share are the four balanced, stereo output pairs — OUT A (Right and Left), OUT B (Right and Left), OUT C (Right and Left), and OUT B (Right and Left) — using 32-bit DAC (Digital-to-Analogue Conversion) running at 96kHz sampling rate connected to four internal stereo busses and that powerful pool of 128 hardware voices. Versatility further abounds as each PART has a dedicated multi-effects unit comprising nine stereo effects modules — namely, three-band EQ, Formant filter, input Limiter, Distortion module, Delay module, six-state Phaser, Chorus flanger, Stereo reverb, and output Limiter — with dedicated audio stream via USB (Universal Serial Bus).
Features :
Sound engine:
Virtual analog synthesis
- 128 voices
- 8 parts
- All sound features can be used simultaneously
Oscillators per voice:
- two Wave osc with 4096 waveforms
- two Pulse osc
- two Saw osc
- two Noise osc
- two Sub osc with several waveforms
- Hard Sync
- Hypersaw Mode
- Oscillator FM and Ring mod
- Oscillators are in two groups for better overview
- All osc per voice are available simultaneously
Per part:
- 9 simultaneously available effects
- 6-slot Mod Matrix with multiple destinations per slot
Furthermore:
- 2 filters: 12/24dB and LP/BP/HP in all configurations
- 3 envelope generators (EG)
- 3 LFOs with 128 shapes each
Extras:
- 26 patch banks (A to Z) with 128 slots each
- Arpeggiator with 128 preset patterns
- Octave Transpose
- Double Mode: layers the same sound two times and detunes them against each other
Hardware:
- Sturdy full metal case
- 256x64 pixel OLED
- Kensington Lock
Connections:
- USB 2.0 for MIDI and audio
- 5-pin DIN MIDI In/Out/Thru
- 8 balanced analog audio outputs plus Headphone out
Audio interface
- Kyra can be used as an audio interface
- Audio is transmitted to the computer via USB in up to 24bit/96kHz
- Each Part is transmitted to the computer in stereo (16 channels in total)
- 2 audio channels from the computer can be played back through Kyra
