E-Mu MORPHEUS User Manual

Morpheus Operation Manual146
STEP-BY-STEP
• Application - Sound Splicing
Sound Splicing is an operation that uses most of the features we've gone
over. As mentioned above, Sound Splicing merges the attack of one
sound with the body of another to form a new sound. The process is
illustrated below.
The alternate volume envelopes are used to fade one instrument out
while another fades in. Morpheus also contains many digitally gener-
ated waveforms that may be combined with sampled instruments to
change the character of the sound, perhaps to add a digital “edge” or
add bass. The Sound Delay, Sound Start, Volume and the Transpose
parameters allow you to refine the splice point between the primary and
secondary instruments.
As an example, let's splice a Piano and an Acoustic Guitar to create a
sort of “Piatar”. Start with the default preset again, and change only the
parameters listed below. The piano instrument is shaped by the Alter-
nate Volume Envelope so that only the percussive attack is heard (a
short delay and decay with the sustain set to zero).
The Acoustic Guitar 3 instrument serves as the body of the sound. The
Sound Delay parameter is used to delay the onset of the guitar until the
piano attack has finished, The guitar attack is removed using the Sound
Start parameter. The Attack parameter of the Secondary Alternate Enve-
lope is set to 04 so the guitar will smoothly fade in as the piano fades
out. The guitar has also been transposed up an octave so that the
pitches of the two instruments match. Finally, the volumes of the two
instruments are balanced with the volume control.
Splicing is only of the many things you can do with Morpheus. Think of
Morpheus as an audio construction set, which allows you to mold the
sound as you would a piece of clay. The instruments are like your raw
material and the other parameters are the sculpting tools.
Instrument: 012 AcoustcGtr3
Volume: 127
Transpose: +12
Alt Envelope: On
A H D S R
04 00 55 00 24
Sound Delay: 001
Sound Start: 033
Instrument: 033 BrightElPno
Volume: 082
Transpose: +00
Alt Envelope: On
A H D S R
00 04 12 00 00
Sound Delay: 000
Sound Start: 000
Primary Secondary

E-Mu MORPHEUS Specifications

General

Brand	E-Mu
Model	MORPHEUS
Category	Synthesizer
Language	English