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Summary of Contents for SOUNDHACK MORPHAGENE

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Page 2: ...Size and Slide 16 Morph 17 Types of Recording 18 Sound DNA 20 Sound On Sound and Vari Speed 21 Stopping Playback and Microsound 22 Synchronizing the Morphagene 23 Time Stretch 24 Gene Shift 25 Non Rea...

Page 3: ...ted and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when t...

Page 4: ...e fault of the user are not covered by this warranty and normal service rates will apply During the warranty period any defective products will be repaired or replaced at the option of Make Noise on a...

Page 5: ...ww makenoisemusic com systems shtml for examples of Eurorack Systems and Cases To install find necessary space in your Eurorack synthesizer case confirm proper installation of included eurorack bus bo...

Page 6: ...Tape and Microsound manipulations into brand new Splices as if using two independent machines one for playback and one to record The Morphagene also allows for the storage and recall of multiple soun...

Page 7: ...pening Press the REC Button again to stop After recording or deleting the microSD Card is busy writing as indicated by the flashing Shift Button All parameters are active and ready for use except Reel...

Page 8: ...es current Reel including all Splices and audio Deleting last Reel exits Reel Mode and creates new Reel Removing microSD Exits Reel Mode Record into Current Splice Press REC Button Records into curren...

Page 9: ...he full Splice when full counter clockwise to extremely short potentially inaudible at full clockwise see Page 23 8 Gene Size CV IN Bi polar control input which sets Gene Size Range 0V to 8V 9 Gene Si...

Page 10: ...nd while in Reel Select Mode Strobes at High Gene Size and Morph values to indicate excitement 25 End of Gene Splice Gate Output Outputs Gate at the end of each Splice and or Gene 0 to 10Vpp see Page...

Page 11: ...hen 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 extre...

Page 12: ...rall musical architecture or form measured in minutes or hours or in extreme cases days 4 Meso Divisions of form Groupings of sound objects into hierarchies of phrase structures of various sizes measu...

Page 13: ...Reel Activity Window diplays Reels in the following color order The current Reel is loaded on the Morphagene or a new Reel is created Starting with an Empty Reel hold the REC Button and press the Spl...

Page 14: ...distributed through the Organize Panel Control regardless of their relative length 4 sec Splice Marker 2 Splice Marker 3 12 sec 7 sec 15 sec Splice Marker 1 38 sec 4 sec Splice Marker 2 Splice Marker...

Page 15: ...ift from one Splice to the next Note Organize Panel Control always takes priority In other words changes to the Organize Panel Control override the Shift Button and Gate Input Splice 1 Press Splice 2...

Page 16: ...plice 1 The Slide Panel Control and CV Input determines where in the selected Splice the first Gene will begin playing In other words Slide offsets the start point of the Genes NOTE If Gene Size is se...

Page 17: ...verlap This state is indicated by the Morph Activity Window the Opposing Vari Speed LED turning Amber Reverse Playback Forward Playback Silence Gene Gaps and Overlaps turn the Morph Activity Window i...

Page 18: ...the Morph Panel Control the overlap is more than one half of the full Gene length and a third instance of the Gene is added At about 1 00 the start postions of all three instances of the Gene are equ...

Page 19: ...ng TLA all audible manipulations of S O S Vari Speed and other panel controls are reflected in the next playthrough of the currently selected Splice Using the Organize and or Shift panel control to na...

Page 20: ...Slide immediately moves the playback window so modulating with Stepped Voltages often results in fast hard timbral changes as you move from one cluster of samples to another Continuous signals such a...

Page 21: ...press the Splice Button This removes the next Splice point For example if you are on Splice 3 and remove the next Splice point Splices 3 and 4 merge together See the visual guide on Page 26 for a diag...

Page 22: ...ince the sound is cut up manually to achieve such variation While modulating Organize and or Slide some quasi random Micromontage may be performed automatically by patching the EOSG output to the Spli...

Page 23: ...t to the playback window during Time Stretch PLAY IN Patching a Clock or Gate signal to the Play Input allows for triggering and retriggering of the Gene or Splice at the rate of the Clock or Gate Thi...

Page 24: ...order to indicate Time Stretch In this mode the External Clock source synchronizes the currently selected Splice with each Clock or Gate Increasing the External Clock Rate results in Time Shifting of...

Page 25: ...e CLK IN setting the Morph panel control to 11 00 or lower changes the Morph Activity Window to Red in order to indicate Gene Shift In this mode the External Clock increments Genes with each Clock or...

Page 26: ...g the Shift Button and then pressing the Splice Button This merges the currently selected Splice with the next one Note Alternately recording and deleting Splices while the SD Card is busy SHIFT Butto...

Page 27: ...hift Button and then holding the Splice Button for 3 seconds Clearing the Reel Delete all audio in the Reel by holding the Shift Button and the REC Button for 3 seconds Splice Marker 1 Splice Marker 2...

Page 28: ...hagene is a brief preview of the highlighted Reel Select the Reel for loading and exiting Reel mode with the same button combination holding Splice and Pressing Record The final Reel selected by the O...

Page 29: ...29 These screenshots illustrate how to edit Splice Markers and export Reels using Reaper http www reaper fm First drop a sound file into the scene Add Splice Markers by pressing M at the desired loca...

Page 30: ...Editing Reels and Splices with Reaper Cont d 30 Render the wav file Render settings where UNTITLED 2 is the name of the SD Card mgx wav Note Tail UNChecked Sample rate 48000Hz Channels Stereo bit dept...

Page 31: ...m items as Project markers They now show up as Reaper Standard After editing Render with the same settings as described on the previous page You are welcome to remove any or all Reels either via Reel...

Page 32: ...ift at Shift In hold the Shift Button to momentarily stop the clocking or modulation Sound On Sound S O S may be misused as a Voltage Controlled Cross fader between Live and Loop or VCA for Loop no Li...

Page 33: ...rd time firmware makes this even more of a factor Read and Write times will be MUCH longer when you have a Full 2 9 minute reel For example if you decided to erase a 5 second Splice in the middle of a...

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