Sounds like there’s some cool stuff happening in Spain in early October. So if you’re in Spain and don’t plan on attending AES in New York, perhaps you should check out Kyma. Sounds like it’ll be a real good time.

Press release after the jump.

First International Kyma Symposium in Barcelona 8-10 October 2009
Sound designers & Musicians Converge on Barcelona for Intensive Immersion in Kyma Sound Design Environment

Champaign IL-September, 2009-Sound designers and electronic musicians are invited to join in the First International Kyma Symposium from 8-10 October 2009 in the vibrant Poble Nou neighborhood of Barcelona. Anyone interested in seeing the new Pacarana and learning more about the Kyma sound design environment is invited to attend master classes presented by the creators of Kyma and workshops presented by Kyma experts from France, Germany, Austria, Mexico and Spain.  Rounding out the program are concerts of live electronic music, DJ Pacarana, the presentation of a silent film with a live-improvised score, and dancing to Cristian Vogel’s Never Engine at the Moog (http://www.masimas.com/moog/) on Saturday night/Sunday morning.

Program: http://www.symbolicsound.com/cgi-bin/bin/view/Connect/BarcelonaProgram2009

 Venue: Niu Espai Artistíc Contemporani (http://www.niubcn.com/workshops/workshop_kyma.htm)

Accommodations: For discussions on accommodations, travel, and the symposium, please join the erutufon forum (there is no cost to join the forum): http://www.no-future.com/erutufon/register.php

To register: http://www.no-future.com/erutufon/payments.php (requires registering for forum first)

Organizers: Station 55 (http://www.no-future.com) in cooperation with Niu, Symbolic Sound (http://www.symbolicsound.com), TC Electronic Spain and the LEM Festival (http://www.gracia-territori.com/lem/2009/lem2009_index.htm)

If you cannot attend…
Follow the events of the symposium live on Unidentified Sound Object (http://usoproject.blogspot.com/).

For more information
http://www.niubcn.com/workshops/workshop_kyma.htm

Background
Symbolic Sound ignited the software synthesis and sound design revolution in the 1990s with the Capybara and reinvented the portable sound computation engine earlier this year with the introduction of the Paca(rana). Symbolic Sound continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning Kyma sound design environment, favored by sound designers for film, games, advertising, music production, and live performances.