E-Mu MORPHEUS, Operation Manual

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Morpheus Operation Manual 108
PRESET MENU
• Nontranspose
This function turns keyboard transposition On or Off for the primary
and secondary instruments. With Nontranspose On, the keyboard will
not control the pitch of the instrument. This is a useful function for
drones or “chiffs”, which you may not want to track the keyboard.
NONTRANSPOSE
pri:Off sec:On
• Loop Enable
This function allows you to turn the loop in a sound On or Off. Looping
is a way that sounds can be sustained indefinitely. If you want an in-
strument to play once, then stop, turn Off the Loop Enable function.
LOOP ENABLE
pri:Off sec:On
• Loop Offset
All the Morpheus instruments have been factory looped for your conve-
nience. The Loop Offset function allows you to modify the Loop Start
Point and the Loop Size so you can create your own loops.
By looping the sound on the attack portion of an instrument, you can
create new waveforms. The Loop Start and Loop Size parameters can
cross sample boundaries so that more than one instrument will play.
Sample boundary crossing may be useful to create a special effect or
background ambience. A Start and Size Offset of 000,000 returns you to
the factory loop setting.
LOOP OFFSET LOOP OFFSET
StartP +000,000 SizeP +000,000
LOOP OFFSET LOOP OFFSET
StartS +000,000 SizeS +000,000
LOOP OFFSET IDEAS
••• Loop offset can be used
to create interesting new
timbres by looping on the
attack transient of an
instrument.
••• By traversing several
instruments you may find
interesting polyrhythms.
••• Extremely LONG loop
sizes can create incredible
background ambience. Use
pitch-shifting and multiple
keys.
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In some cases, such as the
individual percussion sounds,
looping may not be desirable.
If this is the case, turn Loop
Enable Off.
Primary
Secondary