Make Noise SOUNDHACK MORPHAGENE - Signal Input and Quality; Recording Quality and Reel Capacity; Vari-Speed Playback Explained

Signal To Be Captured!
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The Signal Inputs (1+2) accommodate modular synthesizer signals, as well as line level sources. Signals are leveled using
Automatic Leveling (Hold REC Button, Press Shift Button) so that the resulting output is around 10Vpp.
Early electronic music composers often recorded pure sine waves to tape at dierent frequencies and amplitudes, editing and
splicing sounds into musical phrases; however, this was largely because there did not exist the means to control electronic sounds.
Laboratory instruments were being used as musical instruments but lacked the vast controls needed for musical expression. The
arrival of the VCO, VCA, and Sequencer made complete control of Frequency and Amplitude possible on a time scale determined
by the composer.
Previous tools for recording in the modular domain have often had lower-quality results than when playing back pure tones from
a synthesizer. However, the Morphagene features high delity playback even when under heavy modulation, making early Tape
Music processes feasible again.
You may nd that the most interesting source material for the Morphagene is not your synthesizer, but instead any sound that
surrounds you. So grab a microphone or patch into the internet and nd some seemingly-mundane sound to massage into a
gorgeous, jumbled up symphony of Micronoise!
Recording Time and Quality
The record and playback frequency of the Morphagene is kept at a constant of 48 kHz with 32-bit dynamic range. This quality is
maintained even when modulating playback speed or granulating the audio. Each Reel loaded to the internal memory of the
Morphagene can hold roughly 2.9 minutes of quality stereo audio and can handle modulation of extreme speed and intensity
with instantaneous results. Additional buers or “Reels” can be manually loaded from the microSD card. Morphagene is always
storing your latest recordings and Splices to the microSD Card. If you do not want to write over a card, remove it once you
have loaded the desired Reel.
Vari-Speed
The Vari-Speed control plays back at original speed and pitch when set to about 9:30 (Reverse) or 2:30 (Forward). The respective
Vari-Speed Activity Window lights Green when this playback speed is set. Note: The VARI-SPEED control does not aect the
record speed in any way, only the playback speed. This makes it useful for doing overdubs of new material over
pitch-shifted or reversed instances of previously-recorded sound.
The Morphagene is always modulating the sound based on the settings of the panel controls and any CV being applied. After
recording modulations into a new Splice, refer to the “initialization” settings on p. 7 to see how to set up the Morphagene to do
unmodulated 1/1 looping playback of your new recording.
Signal OUT
Any modular system with a Morphagene installed is at a great advantage, as many Analog Synthesis techniques and processes
work well with the Morphagene. Amplitude Modulation, Echo, Reverb are commonly-suggested post-processing techniques in
Microsound and Granular Synthesis. Since the Morphagene is a stereo device, consider recording dierent sound material into
each of the two inputs and sending each output to independent locations for parallel processing.