Waldorf Kyra

Kyra SpecificationsSound engine

• Virtual analog synthesis.
• 128 voices.
• 8 parts.
• All sound features can be used simultaneously for each part.

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.

Effects

• 9 simultaneously available effects.
• 3 band EQ, Formant Filter, Input limiter, Distortion module, Delay module, 6 stage phaser, Chorus flanger, Stereo reverb, Output limiter.

Modulators

• 3 envelope generators (EG).
• 3 LFOs with 128 shapes each.
• 6-slot Mod Matrix with multiple destinations per slot.

Filters

• 12/24db/octave with LP/BP/HP available. Two filters per voice and true stereo signal path available in Dual Mode.

Extras

• 26 patch banks (A to Z) with 128 slots each.
• 128 Multi configurations.
• Arpeggiator with 128 preset patterns.
• Octave/key transpose.
• Dual Mode: layers the same sound two times (which can be detuned against each other) .
• and provides true stereo signal path, Dual Filters and stereo LFOs.

Hardware

• Sturdy full metal case.
• 256x64 pixel OLED.
• Kensington lock receptacle.

Connections

• USB 2.0 for MIDI and audio.
• 5-pin DIN MIDI In/Out/Thru.
• 4 stereo, balanced, analog audio outputs plus stereo headphone output.

Audio interface

• Kyra can be used as an audio interface to stream a single stereo stream from your computer.
• Kyra can stream its 8 parts individually to your computer via USB in stereo at 24bit/96KHz (48KHz option).
• USB MIDI and Audio 2.0 class complient - can be used with Mac OS and Windows (windows with supplied driver).