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1. L detune T symm fm Spec Thin 4 S P Squeeze 2 spread The Symm symmetry dial right next to the display changes the waveform symmetry As the waveform display also shows the current symmetry setting we suggest you just play with dial with having two clear basic waveform as Sine and Sawtooth to see how it affects he waveform It s pretty straightforward The F free run button located on top just right of the oscillators label determines if the oscillator is re triggered or not When the Free run button is Off the phase of each note is reset at each onset When the Free run MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 13 button is On the phase of each note continues on from the phase of the previous note Both oscillators of the LinPlug MorphoX allow Spread which means playing multiple detuned voices with one Oscillator without the loss of voices full polyphony The Spread slider is used to set the degree of detuning among these voices When moved from the bottom position the slider gradually detunes the voices to produce a thick and fat sound While oscillator one uses five voices and produces a more thick sound oscillator two uses three voices and thus sounds different which might be better suited for certain sounds Oscillator 1 The Phase parameter does allow to specify at which point in the waveforms cycle the oscillator starts from This parameter has no effect in case the oscillator is set to run free see2. Frequency Modulation is produced MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 39 LFO Modulation Matrix Oscillator Ring Modulation Noise An LFO or Low Frequency Oscillator is a periodic signal source usually below audio frequency range used to modulate another module s parameter An LFO can be used for a variety of effects including vibrato by modulating the pitch and tremolo by modulating the volume A signal junction where a source signal can be patched so that it controls a destination signal The MorphoX s Modulation Matrix is used for tasks such as modulating an oscillator s amplitude by an LFO A signal source that generates a periodic waveform at a given frequency The process of combining two audio signals by multiplication Ring Modulation produces sidebands but suppresses both the carrier and modulating frequencies Specifically White Noise is a signal which contains equal energy over its frequency range compared to other types of noise white noise has a bright sound MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 40 MIDI Implementation Chart Product MorphoX Version 1 x Date 10 September 2010 Manufacturer LinPlug Virtual Instruments GmbH Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Channel Default no no Changed no no Mode Default no Omni Changed no no Note Number no yes True Voice no no Velocity Note On no yes Note Off no no Aftertouch Poly Key no yes Mono Channel no yes Pitch Bend n
3. rich with lore music and an infinity of musical possibilities for the sonic explorer Creating TUN microtuning files with SCALA Scala is a freeware utility developed by Manuel Op de Coul in the Netherlands which can be used for the creation and analysis of historical ethnic and contemporary microtunings A powerful capability of Scala is that it enables the user to create the proprietary tuning data required for microtuning a wide range of hardware and software synthesizers and samplers Scala may be used to create the TUN format microtuning files needed to explore microtunings with this instrument The Scala home page is http www xs4all nl huygensf scala Specifying the Reference Frequency of a Microtuning MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 47 One of the powerful capabilities of the TUN file format and Scala is the ability to specify the pitch and midi note which will be the reference pitch for the microtuning in use This becomes a very important consideration when one is using a number of different synthesizers and wishes to keep them in tune with a given base frequency lt is very common for one to specify a chosen concert pitch such as A440 Hz or C261 6256 Hz as a reference for a microtuning however the flexibility of the TUN format and Scala enables one to specify this frequency arbitrarily In Scala this reference is called Map Frequency As well as being able to specify the Map Frequency one can also specify a central mid
4. standard ADSR envelope to control the overall volume Refer to chapter ADSR Envelope right prior this chapter for more details about ADSR envelopes MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 19 Effects The LinPlug MorphoX has two fully morphing stereo effects units Chorus and Delay CHORUS 7 A time rate tdbk y cnorus 1 4 Ka Ka m pupp T00I0 mi DI mum stereo fdbk E A sus Chorus The Chorus effect can be used to thicken a single sound creating the impression that it contains multiple voices The Chorus works by mixing delayed signals with the original signal The Chorus slider in the Master section left of the Chorus allows you to set the amount of chorus mixed to the signal The Time dial is used for setting the delay time Longer times produce a chorusing effect while shorter times create a flanging effect The Rate dial sets the rate at which the delay time is modulated MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 20 The Feedback dial allows you to send back the signal from the output of the Chorus to its input This is usually used when creating flanging sounds with shorter delay times Delay The Delay functions as follows the input signal is first delayed by Pre Time then it s delayed by Left Time and finally by the Right Time If Feedback is applied the Right signal is fed back into the left delay line so that an alternating left right delay is produced The delayed signal usuall
5. symm phase cD E A cm Wave gt kd detune Ai 7 symm fm aD aD J 118 A K freq dly K att Pulse Hollow 2 Saw Plus 2 10 v wave Spec Thin4 2 S P Squeeze 2 wave M gt e A o LFO Sawtoo 1 2 Voices 12 gt spread Z spread wave m o 0 SS freq FILT MIX depth fm cutoff reso FILTER ENV noise gr att dec sus MOD MATRIX _ ring Constant LFO 1 J 1 4 LFO 2 SU Arpeggiator Aftertouch Y LFO 1 MOR 0 8110 Main Osc Stereo 0 1804 Filter Cutoff 0 7437 Osc 1 Symmetry 0 9477 Osc 2 Symmetry 1 0000 Filter Cutoff FM 1 0000 Osc 1 Symmetry 1 0000 Filter Cutoff FM 0 0000 0 0000 0 0000 dly K att ARPEGGIATOR e Tie 100 Chord Off Off 018 off 100 001 Off 047 i 0210 073 ON ge 3 E 1 16 e demo presets overtechnical ja user manual version 1 1 0 _ a vol chorus delay AMIP ENV _ EH gt att dec rel MOD ENV M em em all dec sus rel CHORUS fdbk time speed 1 4 Sp 1 8 stereo fdbk GUIDE mode gt HELD ON 100 4 LinPlug Morpho Copyright LinPlug Virtual Instruments GmbH 2014 All rights reserved Welcome Thank you for purchasing the LinPlug Morphox The LinPlug MorphoX is a synthesizer plugin designed for creating music on your personal computer The LinPlug MorphoX s key features is the ability to morph between two sounds It comes wi
6. B buttons you ll find the Link button which serves as a connection between the modulation wheel and the A and B buttons whenever you move the wheel above its center button B will become active and whenever you move it below its center button A will become active This also works the other way around switching either the A or B button will make the wheel move fully up or fully down for Using this Link button makes sure you always see and edit the sound which corresponds best to the current sound you hear when playing Left of the three buttons are the two dials labeled max and min Sometimes you may find that the best sound for a particular purpose is not at the outermost positions of the wheel For this purpose you can limit the range of morphing by using these two dials to a certain range On the very left of the morph section you find the morph curve Usually the morphing happens in a linear fashion indicated by a straight line By moving this control downwards the morphing slowly moves from A to the middle and quickly approaches B at the end When moving this control upwards however the morphing quickly moves from A towards the middle and slowly approaches B at the end MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 32 Preset Browser File Controls The Preset Display consists of two displays The left one shows the current Bank and the right one shows the current Preset Whenever a Preset is loaded the Preset name is updated with the name o
7. MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 10 The reason for having a not morphing or global area are as follows in case you are interested otherwise just skip this and continue with chapter Oscillators The arpeggiator cannot really morph between two settings because there is no way to musically morph from in example a 3 step pattern to a 5 step pattern Moreover even if the amount of steps would be the same there still could be tied notes in one pattern but not in the other which forbids morphing The Stair Generator and the LFO 3 are host synced LFO s Opposed to the morphing LFO s 1 and 2 which are only tempo synced the Stair Generator and LFO 3 are also position synced which means they don t depend on the triggering of a note but also run when no note is played this is useful for certain rhythmic patterns However once position synced you cannot morph them anymore Finally there are the morph settings itself in the Global Area preset management ECS MIDI learn and the amount of voices polyphony also cannot be musically morphed MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 11 Oscillators The LinPlug MorphoX contains 2 oscillators plus a noise source The oscillators are similar but not identical Pulse Hollow 2 Saw Plus 2 0 ave y S gt vill symm m Spec Thin4 2 S P Squeeze 2 Common to both oscillators The LinPlug MorphoX s oscillators outputs a waveform that is a combination of two basic waveforms Th
8. above Free run The Phase is particularly interesting for certain types of sounds mainly Bass but also when Oscillator 1 is used for FM or AM FM and AM are explained in the Glossary of either the Oscillator 2 or the Filter Between the two oscillators you find the Detune dial which allows you to adjust both oscillators frequency in two different directions to create the typical swirling or detuned sound Oscillator 2 The FM controller will adjust the amount of frequency modulation of Oscillator 2 through Oscillator 1 This type of modulation is great for producing metallic bell like tones and can also be used to produce rich and complex waveforms MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 14 Oscillator Mixer In the Oscillator Mixer you can adjust the volume of the two oscillators and the noise source The dials Osc 1 and Osc 2 can be turned into red which means that their volume can be turned so high that it saturates at the filter input and thus produces new harmonics The Ring ring modulation parameter below the Osc 2 dial allows a gradual adjustment of how the output of Oscillator 2 is made from Oscillator 2 and its integrated Amplitude and Ring Modulator see glossary for explanation of Amplitude and Ring Modulation Turned fully left the output of Oscillator 2 is purely Oscillator 2 Turned fully right the output of Oscillator 2 is fully the ring modulation result of Oscillator 1 and Oscillator 2 In mi
9. and oo MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 33 Mono means that say that you hold down one key and then press and release a second key In the case of the mono voice setting the first note will sound and then the second note sounds When the second note is released the first note sounds again This is typical for MONO mode and creates a pedal tone effect The oo setting allows maximum polyphony which is 32 voices Undo Redo The next two buttons allow to undo and redo parameter changes Sometimes when editing a sound you may accidentally change a parameter or not be happy with the sound you created If you only changed a few parameters it might be easiest to undo these recent changes You can do so by clicking the Undo button once or multiple times In case you went back to far having clicked Undo once too often you can simply redo that is kind of undo the undo the last change Note that you can redo as many times as you did undo before Note complex operations like loading a new sound cannot be undone MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 34 ECS MIDI Learn The ECS Easy Controller Setup section makes it simple to control the LinPlug MorphoX from an external MIDI controller either hardware or software All you have to select Learn from the ECS menu select a LinPlug MorphoX parameter with the mouse and finally send some MIDI messages from you MIDI source That s all there is to do From now on you can change the paramet
10. fixed correlation between the amount of levels and the length of a complete cycle MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 Sawtoo 1 2 page 30 This is the simplest stair made of 2 levels which makes a 2 step cycle In MorphoX it is named 2 2 This stair has 3 levels the floor one in the middle and the highest It takes 4 steps to complete one cycle lts named 3 4 This is the 4 6 as it consists of 4 levels and takes 6 steps The last example is the 5 8 you guess it it has 5 levels and takes 8 steps so at a speed of 1 16 it takes 8 1 16 half a note to complete ZO The possible amount of levels goes way further up and finally produces a more and more almost triangular looking waveform at the maximum setting the waveform is hard to be perceived as steps anymore depending on the kind of modulation the Stair LFO is used for MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 31 Morph Settings The Morph Settings are best explained from right to left On the very right you find the modulation wheel which serves both as a control you can click and move with your mouse as well as a status display of your real world keyboard s modulation wheel Moving this control or either your keyboard s modulation wheel will morph the sound of MorphoX between the two sub programs and B You can switch the display between the two sub programs and B by using the A and B buttons left of the modulation wheel Between the A and
11. in the following assuming a 1 16 clock and mode Up Note C being played with maximum velocity length 1 16 Note E played just the same 1 16th length and 127 velocity then a 1 16th pause Note G played with velocity 100 an average volume and a note length of 1 8th as the next step is tied to this step then Note C again played with a very gentle velocity of 30 at 1 16th length finally a 1 8th pause After reaching the end the arpeggio just starts over from the beginning Note that the arpeggio will variate the pattern such that when starting with step one again it now plays a E with velocity 127 and 1 16th length first that s because we played a 3 note chord and have a 4 note step definition playing C E G C next round E G C E and then G C E G before starting with the first pattern again Also note that a Tie after an Off is just the same as placing an Off behind another Off both resulting in a longer pause Arpeggiator Mode Below the step display on the very left the Mode defines how the Arpeggiator functions with several options available Chord does not play the Chord as separate Notes but as a Chord in rhythmic phrases defined by the other parameters Modulation Basically the Arpeggiator is Off and does not influence Chords or single notes being played But the Arpeggiator is available as a Modulation Source in the Modulation Matrix as if it were switched On Using MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 p
12. play all the notes as 1 16th notes Arpeggiator Retrigger The small Retrig Retrigger switch to the right of the clock parameter defines whether a new chord will restart the Arpeggiator or not lf you have a pause between two chords being played the Arpeggiator will restart with MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 28 the first step when the Retrigger is activated If it s deactivated it will continue on the next step when a new chord is played Arpeggiator Octave This extends the note range being played regardless of the octave in which you played them originally For example you can choose notes of the chord and not only they will be played in the octave at which the chord is played but also in the octave above This can be extended up to 4 octaves again we recommend you just try it to hear the obvious effect Arpeggiator Steps Steps allows you to define how many of the up to 16 steps are actually used for a particular arpeggio lt could be a very short two step arpeggio or anything up to 16 steps Arpeggiator Gate The Gate is the only morphing parameter in the Global Area simply because its technically possible and musically useful The fact that its morphable is indicated by the special label below it which will also change when changing from sub program A to B or vice versa Gate defines the length of the actual Note On time of a note followed by a certain Note Off time As we said clock defines the length of the
13. source or destination To remove a modulation source or destination select the entry in the menu To change the modulation depth click on the amount display and move the mouse while keeping the mouse button pressed upwards or downwards increasing or decreasing the value until the desired amount has been reached The further you move the mouse the less sensitive it gets allowing more drastic changes A negative modulation depth inverts the waveform of the modulation source Double clicking on a modulation depth display sets the value to 0 00 disabled Double clicking again on the display restores the previous value This can be useful when creating new Presets to quickly disable modulation routings The modulation of pitch has a special display for modulation depth In example a modulation depth of 2 50 means that the respective pitch is modulated to a depth of 2 semitones and 50 cents Modulation Envelope The Modulation Envelope is a general purpose envelope used as Modulation Source in the Modulation Matrix See chapter Modulation Matrix right before this chapter for more info on the matrix and chapter ADSR Envelopes for more info about ADSR envelopes MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 24 Glide Glide continuously changes the pitch from one note to the next connecting the notes and letting you smoothly glide from one to the other sometimes called portamento mode PR time Glide has 3 modes Off H
14. will find a file named MorphoX Installer xxx dmg located in your download folder The xxx Is the actual version number in example 100 Double click this file to decompress and open the image then double click the installer program which will guide you through the installation process The instrument file MorphoX and the factory presets will now be placed in the right directory for virtual instruments on your Mac The next time you start your host software the LinPlug MorphoX will be listed in the AU RTAS VST Instrument list Installation on PC After downloading the LinPlug MorphoX for PC you will find a file named MorphoX Installer xxx exe located in your download folder The xxx Is the actual version number in example 100 Start this program and the Installer will guide you through the installation process Make sure you choose the right directory so your host software finds the MorphoX Refer to your host software s manual if you are unsure about where the host software plug in directory is located The instrument file MorphoX dll and the factory presets will be placed in the chosen directory The next time you start your host software the LinPlug MorphoX will be listed in the VST Instrument list Common to Mac and PC After you ve installed and opened the LinPlug MorphoxX for the first time please open the Options page by clicking the Options button in the lower right continued on next page MorphoX user manua
15. O as the source for a permanently moving sound or with Envelopes to let the oscillator output move through the stereo panorama Modulates the start point in the waveform of oscillator 1 if its not set to Free Run Osc 1 or 2 Spread Pitchlf Spread is used in the respective oscillator one can hereby control the amount of detuning within the range null no detune up to the value as set by the Spread slider MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 44 Osc 1 or 2 Spread Volume Osc 2 Ringmod Osc 2 FM Amount Filter Cutoff Filter Cutoff FM Filter Resonance Filter Env Depth Filter LP Volume Filter BP Volume Filter HP Volume Main Amplitude Main Pitch Main Noise Volume Main Osc Stereo MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 If Spread is used in the respective oscillator one can hereby control the volume of the additional voices within the range null no additional sound up to the full volume Controls the output of oscillator 2 in the same way as the Ringmod parameter below osc 2 in the mixer thus allows to dynamically change the mix of oscillator 2 and the ring modulators output Controls the amount of frequency modulation of oscillator two by oscillator one Cutoff frequency of the Filter often used with an LFO to create filter sweeps or with Velocity to simulate an acoustic instrument s response to note attack The intensity of the FM modulation of the filters cutoff frequency Resonance of the Filter sometimes a
16. age 27 the Arpeggiator in the Modulation Matrix is like having an LFO with up to 16 individually definable steps Up Down UpDown DownUp UpDown and DownUp modes play typical arpeggiator patterns or arpeggios which as we said before are the notes of the chord being played successively instead of simultaneously In Up mode the notes are played from lowest Note on upward In Down its the other way around UpDown and DownUp alternatively play the notes from lowest to highest and from highest to lowest With UpDown it s as the name suggests first notes are played from the lowest note upward With DownUp it s just the opposite A sign behind the mode indicates that the highest and lowest notes are being played twice For example a C E G chord would be played in UpDown Mode C E G E and again from the beginning while in UpDown mode it will be played C E G G E C and from the beginning on again AsPlayed Mode plays the notes in the order the Note On signal arrives or simply the way you actually played the chord This effect is easiest to understand when you play notes of a chord not exactly at the same time The order they are actually played is exactly as you played them Random Mode plays the notes of the chord in a random order Arpeggiator Clock Next to the Mode is the Clock setting which allows you to set the length of the individual notes in which the chord is separated by the Arpeggiator For example when set to 1 16 it will
17. ance of Morphox The controls dials on the user interface are operated in a linear manner so drag them with your mouse up down to modify a control Holding down the ALT key while clicking on a control changes the selected control s value a minimum step upwards when clicking in the upper half of the control or a minimum step downwards when clicking in the lower half of the control Holding down the CTRL key Windows or COMMAND key Mac while clicking on a control sets the control to its default value e g for Volume controls it sets the control s value to 0 dB Holding down the SHIFT key while changing a control s value enables finer control values to be set Double clicking one on a Modulation Matrix Depth parameter sets the value to 0 00 Double clicking in the same parameter a second time resets it to its previous value This is handy for quickly disabling and re enabling one or multiple modulations All Controls can be controlled using external MIDI messages To do this you need to use the ECS MIDI Learn which is described in detail later in this manual The Morph Wheel bottom right is always connected to the MIDI Modulation Wheel MW as thats the main and most important function of MorphoX Of course you can record the MW in your DAW or use the DAW parameter automation to control it MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 9 Morphing Area and Global Area The upper part of the MorphoX user interface shows what we call th
18. applied once when the note starts MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 46 Appendix B Using TUN Files By Jacky Ligon About Microtuning Microtuning or microtonality are methods for tuning musical instruments whereby musicians may explore and compose with ethnic historical and contemporary tuning systems Microtuning musical instruments allows one to use scales which may have pitches lying between the notes of our familiar Western 12 tone scale These pitches which are found in the cracks of 12 Tone Equal Temperament are one of the things that give music s of Bali India Africa Thailand Turkey and the Middle East to name but a few a special intonational flavor but is something that is of immeasurable value to the contemporary acoustic and electronic composer who may require a more broad palette of musical pitches for their music The quest for creating beautiful and musically useful tuning systems has been an unending process of discovery and debate amongst musical theorists mathematicians physicists and musicians going back to early history Quite often the reasons for micro tuning instruments may involve improving the consonant intervals of a tuning system for sweeter sounding harmonies as well as offering wider variety of choices for melody Microtuning an instrument can sometimes mean there may be less or more than 12 tones in an octave or even that the octave itself may be stretched or compressed Microtuning is a vast topic
19. ddle position the output is mix of Oscillator 2 and the ring modulation result which is the same as Amplitude Modulation or in short AM MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 15 Filter Filter Env The LinPlug MorphoX contains a special newly designed filter which produces a unique characteristic sound you won t find in any other instrument lt supports morphing and offers three simultaneous outputs low pass band pass and high pass The FM parameter determines how much the filters cutoff frequency is modulated by Oscillator 1 Note that even if Oscillator 1 is turned fully silent in the Oscillator Mixer it can be used to modulate the filter cutoff frequency Cutoff is used to set the frequency at which frequencies are filtered out of the signal When using the Low Pass output higher settings produce brighter sounds while lower settings result in darker sounds When using the High Pass output higher settings produce thinner brighter sounds while lower settings produce fatter darker sounds When using the bandpass output only the frequency spectrum around the cutoff frequency is passing the filter Track tracking is used to control the degree to which the filter tracks the note being played So higher notes have a higher cutoff frequency while MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 16 lower notes have a lower cutoff frequency When the dial is moved to the left the effect of filter tracking is just opposite as described The Dept
20. dulated with the same random amount The amount of course changes randomly on each note being played Unipolar means that the source is only increasing or if applied with negative depth decreasing the targets value MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 43 Random Bipolar Alternate Const Similar to Random Unipolar however a random bipolar source Bipolar means that the source is randomly increasing or decreasing the target s value The Alternate modulation source changes between values of 1 and 1 for each note This is useful for modulation effects such as auto panning bipolar The Modulation Amount is used as a constant modulation value unipolar Modulation Destinations Osc 1 or 2 Amplitude Osc 1 or 2 Pitch Osc 1 or 2 Symmetry Osc 1 or 2 Panning Osc 1 Start Phase The amplitude volume of the respective Oscillator In order to create the classic tremolo effect it is better to use Main Amplitude as the modulation destination as this is applied to the whole voice The pitch of the respective Oscillator In order to create the classic vibrato effect it is better to use Main Pitch as the modulation destination as this is applied to the whole voice Pulsewidth or Symmetry of the respective Oscillator waveform used to thicken a sound or make it swirl effect depends on intensity and modulation speed typically with LFO Pan position of the oscillator output used for stereo effects for example with an LF
21. e Morphing Area That s the area holding all the controls to operate the modules which are morphing between the two sub programs A and B It s not required to technically understand the process of morphing especially as it behaves differently for each module The important thing is that it s not just a volume crossfading which would be quite boring but a process which gradually changes one sound to another revealing some often unexpected intermediate sounds between the two sub programs A and B You surely already came across a sound where moving the modulation wheel does open the filter that s a very simple morphing process having two synth sounds one with filter closed and one with the filter more open In MorphoX however there is not changing just one property but about 100 properties of a sound from which some describe complex modulations the ones from the modulation matrix All Parameters above the line do morph between the settings A and B LinPlug All Parameters below the line do apply to both A and B and do not morph While the complete basic synth engine and the chorus and delay effect can be morphed there is also a Global Area The Global Area opposed to the Morphing Area above does hold modules and controls for the whole instrument which does not depend on the modulation wheel and thus not morph All aspects of the Morphing Area and the Global Area are described in detail in the following chapters
22. e signal flow within the LinPlug MorphoX synthesizer 8 Fee T The shadow behind each module indicates that there are two complete independent settings for all these modules the sub programs A and B actually there are even more modules morphing in example all the LFO s and Envelopes but this is only audio signal flow Audio signals are generated by the oscillators who gets pitch information from the host software MorphoX receives its MIDI data on all Channels simultaneously Omni mode The LinPlug MorphoX has two oscillators plus a noise oscillator Each oscillator s pitch amplitude panning and more can be controlled using the Modulation Matrix Oscillator 2 is followed by a Ringmodulator which is also feed from Oscillator 1 The output of all of the oscillators and Ringmodulator is routed to the Filter The Filter modifies the frequency spectrum of the oscillator s output The MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 7 filters works in stereo and has an envelope for controlling its cutoff parameter Oscillators one s output can be used to independently modulate the frequency of oscillators two and the filter cutoff This option increases the richness of the spectrum of the modulated oscillator and filter producing very interesting harmonically rich results The output of the Filter section is then sent to the Amp FX Effects section which contains two successive stereo effects modules a Chorus and a Delay The output of t
23. eld and On The On and Off functions turn Glide on and off The Held setting is similar to On but works as follows If notes overlap then Glide is applied however if they don t overlap then the notes are played without Glide This makes it possible to apply Glide only to selected notes The Time dial controls the time it takes to move from one note to the next lt will take the same amount of time to reach the destination pitch regardless of whether the preceding notes are a semitone apart or an octave apart Precision The Precision control below the Glide section can be used to set the accuracy of the LinPlug MorphoX s signal generation When the Precision control is set to less than 100 small inaccuracies are introduced at various points in the LinPlug MorphoX s signal chain This is useful if you re trying to replicate the warmth of an old analog synthesizer Precision can be set in a range from 90 to 100 MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 25 Global Area In the global area there are the not morphing parts like the two global LFO s the arpeggiator the morph settings and the preset handling controls att AS SO precision ae vD N N D i A a AA A PERA So EEN LinPlug Miorpho gt Seck o BER J Ke hy in aja O Ss 8 D NI Tie off off 018 Off 100 100 100 001 Off 047 Tie AEN 073 104 Chord 1 16 UNDO REDO ESE overtechnical j The Arpeggiator The MorphoX s Arpeggiator is the dominating module in t
24. er with that controller You can define up to 128 parameter controller combinations This does not depend on the type of controller you have nor the particular MIDI Control Change messages it sends ECS settings are save automatically but can be saved and restored manually using the Load and Save functions from the menu A single controller assignment can be cleared using the Clear menu entry and move controls that you wish to be cleared de assigned from MIDI CC s The Clear All function clears all controller assignments at once Don t forget to switch Off the ECS after you have finished making or clearing assignments A special feature in MorphoX is the ability of ECS to control both the parameters of the A and B sound this is described in detail as ECS to A and B in the next chapter Settings MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 35 Options The Options of the LinPlug MorphoX are accessed by clicking on the Options button at the bottom right of the front panel On the left of the Options page you find the information about which version of MorphoX you are running as well as the Serial Number input field Please enter your serial number the one you got after your order is fulfilled in the field labeled Enter Serial here Once the full version of the instrument is unlocked the serial number edit box is no longer editable but shows Valid as in the example above Please keep your serial in a safe place as it s your p
25. eriodic and below the audio range less than 20 Hz tremolo is produced When the modulation frequency is within the audio range metallic overtones are produced A signal processing device that changes the amplitude and hence the volume of a signal A signal processing device that changes some aspect of the input signal An enormous number of different effect types are available These include Chorus which produces a thickening of the signal Delay adding echoes to the signal and Distortion which changes the shape of the waveform usually adding overtones A time varying signal used to control the development of another signal after it has been triggered Envelopes are often used for controlling a signal s amplitude or filter s frequency The shape of the envelope is determined by the number of control parameters Usually four parameters are available Attack Time Decay Time Sustain Level and Release Time A signal processing device that suppresses or filters out specific parts of a signal s frequency spectrum Numerous types of filter are used in audio synthesis These include Low Pass High Pass Band Pass and Notch FM or Frequency Modulation is a process where the frequency of one oscillator or filter the carrier is controlled by another the modulator When the frequency of the modulator is periodic and below the audio range less than 20 Hz vibrato is produced When the modulation frequency is within the audio range
26. ese waveforms are constructed from harmonic sine waves using a unique additive process which ensures a smooth high quality output signal The type of waveform is set by clicking on one of the Wave names below the Waveform Display This opens a menu that allows you to select from the available waveforms With the arrow keys next to the wave name you can switch through all available waveforms one by one good for checking while playing Right of the name you have the option to set the Octave setting for a waveform in the range 2 to 2 octaves just drag it up or down to adjust the pitch in one octave steps The combined output waveform is shown in the Waveform Display MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 12 The Wave dial allows you to interpolate between the two basic waveforms When the dial is at its leftmost setting the waveform consists of purely the first waveform Similarly if the dial is moved all the way to the right the waveform consists of purely the second waveform When in an intermediate position the waveform is a mixture of the harmonics of the basic waveforms It s probably easier to see this in the display rather than explain it so try it for yourself Set one wave to Sine in the Dark category and the other to Sawtooth As you move the Wave dial from one end to the other you can see the wave changes between Sine and Sawtooth QU IT ALE a GE e symm phase dP Pulse Hollow 2 EMMY LA SawPlus2 0 EM spread wave
27. f the loaded Preset and the Bank name that s the name of the directory that contains the Preset demo presets overtechnical In this example the bank is the demo presets bank and its the preset named overtechnical from Jan Ancic By default the Preset Browser points to the factory presets installed with the LinPlug MorphoX The location of the library can be adjusted on the options page Presets can be changed in three different ways 1 You can select the desired Preset directly from the right display which turns into a full screen file menu when you click on it 2 You can switch to the previous or next preset in the bank by clicking the lt Previous or gt Next arrow buttons located right of the Preset name 3 You can also change a Preset by sending a program change command from your host to the synth could be either a built in feature of the host ora MIDI program change from your MIDI controller The Bank can be changed by clicking the bank name and choosing the desired bank from the appearing menu The Save button allows you to save the current settings as a new Preset Note that when you load a Preset the previous Preset is erased so if you want to keep changes in a Preset make sure you save it before loading another one Voice Limit The Voices control is used to set the polyphony available The maximum polyphony is 32 voices A variety of settings are available for polyphony mono S to Sp A
28. h dial is used to set the degree to which the filter s envelope effects the Cutoff Setting Depth to 100 i e turning the dial completely counter clockwise means that the envelope has full negative effect on the filter Adjusting the dial to the middle position means that it has no effect on the filter Turning the dial completely clockwise means that the filter is modulated by the envelope s full range 100 The negative envelope depth can be used for special effects in example for opening the Filter when a note is released this is impossible with a non inverted ADSR envelope Reso resonance is used to set the amount of emphasis around the cutoff frequency up to self resonance thus adding something to the signal Higher settings create a more pronounced peak in the signal while lower settings produce a flatter response Below the Filter you find the Filter Envelope which is a standard ADSR envelope for more details see the chapter ADSR envelopes right after the Filter Mix section Filter Mix To the right of the filter there on three dials to mix the different outputs of the filter Each dial controls the volume of low pass band pass and high pass respectively LP lowpass This filter type allows frequencies that fall below the cutoff frequency to pass HP high pass This filter type allows frequencies above the cutoff frequency to pass BP bandpass The frequency band directly surrounding the cutoff frequency i
29. he center of the global area It allows you to create a vast variety of user defined arpeggios Arpeggios are chords that are played as separate successive notes or broken chords With the MorphoX s Arpeggiator you can control the way the Arpeggio is played in many unusual ways including some wicked modulations Clicking on the title Arpeggiator offers you a menu of functions that includes saving and loading arpeggios initialisation and copy and paste so you can easily transfer arpeggios to other presets or your own creations You can build an entire library of your own creative arpeggios The parameters of the MorphoX Arpeggiator are Arpeggiator Step Display The large display with the 16 step values is the heart of the Arpeggiator Here is where the rhythmic variations of the Arpeggiator can be defined MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 26 As we said before an arpeggio is a Chord broken into Notes of equal length defined by using the Clock parameter In the Steps you can give these equal Notes different velocity values make pauses instead of notes or tie notes together to create notes with a different note length Each step can be set to it s own velocity value of 1 127 and also to the value Off which means that there is actually a pause or to Tie which means that the steps are bound together creating a longer note If you play a C E G chord in example the step values of 127 127 Off 100 Tie 30 Off Tie would result
30. he effects is send back to the host software s mixer At various points throughout the signal path you can modulate the signal using either envelopes LFOs the Arpeggiator or MIDI Controllers The LinPlug MorphoX contains 3 independent envelopes one for the filter cutoff frequency one for the main amplitude and one general purpose envelope designed for use with the Modulation Matrix All of these can control any available modulation destination via the Modulation Matrix The LinPlug MorphoX also contains 4 independent LFOs Two LFOs allow morphing including their delay attack envelopes The other two LFOs are not morphing but have other special features LFOs can be routed to any available modulation destination The Arpeggiator finally allows to create a vast variety of user defined arpeggios Arpeggios are chords that are played as separate successive notes or broken chords With the MorphoX s Arpeggiator you can control the way the Arpeggio is played in many unusual ways including some wicked modulations More detailed information can be found in the following chapters MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 8 Operation Controls On Mac the interface supports both traditional and Retina displays automatically You have the possibility to change the User Interface size with the menu on the very top left Available resolutions are M 100 L 150 and XL 200 The selected size is stored permanently and used whenever you open up a new inst
31. i note which will become the starting point for the microtuning in use Being able to specify a particular midi note on the controller provides a way to map a microtuning beginning on any desired midi key making it easier to navigate the keyboard when there may be more or less than 12 tones per octave or where one may desire to have the notes of a tuning fall on certain physical keys Important Note When one uses a TUN microtuning file in the MorphoX the above specified mapping properties will override the Master Tuning reference Normally when one is using the default 12 Tone Equal Tempered Scale the Master Tuning will be used to make fine pitch adjustments around the standard concert pitch of A440 Hz but when one has specified another pitch base for a microtuning when the TUN file is created in Scala such as C261 6256 Hz the data in the TUN microtuning file will provide a new pitch reference MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 48
32. itude envelope This envelope controls the overall output Volume however if it makes sense within the preset to do so the envelope can be used as a modulation source unipolar MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 42 Filter Envelope Mod Envelope Glide Envelope LFO 1 LFO 2 LFO 3 Arpeggiator Stair Generator Random Unipolar The envelope of the Filter This envelopes control the Filter cutoff frequency however if it makes sense within the preset to do so the envelope can be used as a modulation source unipolar The Mod Envelope is dedicated to be used in the matrix and can be routed to any available modulation destination unipolar The envelope of the Glide effect when used This envelopes control the gradual frequency change of the played note when Glide is activated However if it makes sense within the preset to do so this envelope can be used as a modulation source unipolar LFO 1 bipolar LFO 2 bipolar LFO 3 bipolar As a special modulation source the Arpeggiator is useable as modulation source too Usually it then runs in Mod Only mode but every mode other than Off will work unipolar The Stair Generator is a special globally running LFO It is quite similar to LFO 3 however it has a different stair alike waveform A random unipolar source The value of this source is the same if used in several modulation routing If you for example route it to filter and amplitude both will be mo
33. l 1 1 0 page 22 The Freq Frequency parameter determines the LFO s frequency within a range from 0 01 to 32 Hz This parameter has no function if Sync is used Right above the Freq dial is the Sync menu to sync LFO tempo with the current host song tempo Note that the LFO is restarted with each Note s start You can also apply a simple envelope to the LFO using the Delay Attack dials The Dly delay parameter sets the time before the LFO begins running When set to the leftmost setting it starts immediately The Att attack dial next to it determines the time it takes for the LFO to reach its full level and thus the full modulation depth This can be used to slowly increase the amount of modulation applied When turned fully left it means that modulation commences immediately Modulation Matrix Key follow The MorphoX s Modulation Matrix allows you to create user defined modulation routings Many parameters are available as modulation destinations which can be modulated by various modulation sources see MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 23 Appendix A for a complete listing and description of all modulation sources and destinations Modulation sources are shown in a column on the left of the display while the destinations are shown on the right The modulation amount is displayed in the middle To change a routing click on the source or destination that you want to change A menu will appear which lets you select the new
34. l 1 1 0 page 4 You will see a Serial Number edit box top left which reads Enter Serial here in red letters version numb serial number Enter the serial number you have received Gemeng struments GmbH D D D e ngnts reserved plugin tec nology y em ra into this edit box If the serial number has concept Peter Linsener not been entered or it has been entered programming Peter Linsener amp Pavol Markovic e i i E gui design Branislav Paki incorrectly the LinPlug MorphoX will remain em Aessen in demo mode To switch back to the main edit screen click the Ok button located bottom right If you have any questions regarding the installation of LinPlug MorphoX please contact our support at http www linplug com support support htm MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 5 Features The LinPlug MorphoX combines a number of features which LinPlug is known for with some new exciting features The sound can be continuously morphed between two individual sounds in real time using the modulation wheel Two versatile oscillators with many modulation capabilities plus noise oscillator Oscillator cross modulation FM AM Ringmod cross modulation intensity itself can also be modulated Individual spread multiple voices and saturation for both oscillators Stereo Filter with simultaneous low pass band pass and high pass Filter FM intensity itself can also be modulated Three ADSR envelopes for filter amplitude and general m
35. o of them described in this chapter the other two located in the Global Area and described there as well as a Modulation Matrix that is used to control modulation routing the Modulation Envelope Glide and Precision an analogue instability simulation CHORUS time spee K symm phase E e 2 NE e Saw Pius 0 spread eg l I pre left right D E ST E 14 5 8 1 8 ko i4 Ze oa stereo fdbk mobile mmm III utludududul dudd TU LUT n c il et o Dat D G Er OS Sony wave Irlanda dit propano Jul mmm Di E ek Wd An sus AN gt 78 ring Ae ei cm MOD MATRIX ant 0 8 A y ereo SLIDE S P Squeeze 2 ee q _ spread J De ARPEGGIATOR e Sawtoo Tie Off 018 Off Off 100 100 1 2 100 001 Tie 10210 073 104 e ON A NICE a ON MOI 3 Das e voices 2 UNDO demo presets overtechnical ja LFO 1 and LFO 2 An LFO is an oscillator that generates low frequency signals that are used to modulate other aspects of the signal To select one of the LFOs waveforms click on one of the waveform buttons at the left of the respective LFO section Seven LFO waveforms are available and printed right onto the waveform buttons It should be noted that when the Noise and Sample and Hold waveforms are synced to tempo they run at a faster tempo than the other LFO waveforms The Sample and Hold and Noise waveforms will change their state exactly 12 times faster MorphoX user manua
36. o yes Control Change no yes Program Change no yes System Exclusive no no System Common Song Position no no Song Select no no Tune Request no no System Realtime Clock no no Commands no no Aux Messages Local On Off no no All Notes Off no yes Active Sensing no no System Reset no yes MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 41 Appendix A Modulation Sources and Destinations Modulation Sources Keyfollow The note being played with a linear response The modulation value follows the note number bipolar Velocity The MIDI note on velocity information The harder the key is hit the higher the modulation value unipolar Aftertouch The Aftertouch also sometimes called Pressure value either Mono or Poly whatever your keyboard supports is used as modulation source Your MIDI keyboard must support this If this doesn t work it is likely that your keyboard has no aftertouch unipolar Pitch Wheel The value of the Pitch Wheel is taken as modulation source maybe it makes sense to reduce the Pitch Wheel range on the Settings page to O when using the Pitch Wheel as modulation source The Pitch Wheel is bipolar Modulation Wheel The MIDI modulation wheel MIDI CC 1 unipolar This one is mainly used to control the morphing Thought it might make sense to use it in the modulation matrix Breath Controller MIDI CC 2 unipolar Foot Controller MIDI CC 4 unipolar Expression Contr MIDI CC 11 unipolar Amp Envelope The Main Ampl
37. odulation the envelope times can be modulated Two LFOs with various waveforms delay attack and tempo sync LFO tempo can be modulated Modulation Matrix which includes 10 routings with more than 20 sources and more than 40 destinations Adjustable Precision for recreating the warmth of analog synthesizers Mono and polyphonic Portamento Glide morphing Chorus and Stereo Delay effect units fully morphing 2 sound layers each containing all above mentioned features Arpeggiator with 16 step rhythm sequencer step length clock settings various modes including modulation and chord switchable re trigger save load copy paste functionality Two global LFOs one with special adjustable stair waveform Morph Section allowing setting the morph range and the morph curve for fine adjusting the morphing Sound programs are stored directly on hard disk Sounds are sorted into style maps for easy search Integrated Sound Browser MIDI program change supported Microtonal support Scala file import for different scales Indian Arabic etc 32 voice polyphony adjustable voice limit mono 1 12 32 MIDI Learn settings can be saved restored MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 6 Overview The LinPlug MorphoX is a 32 note polyphonic virtual subtractive style synthesizer combining various oscillators a special filter module many modulation and effects modules with its real time morphing capability The block diagram below shows th
38. phoX user manual 1 1 0 page 2 Table of Contents INSTALLATION e eden ed oO 4 EC 6 OVERVIEW a e do o le Mes al cl cele ie 7 OPERATION ICONTROLS nn nrn crono nor nn nr nrnrrnnnnnnnnnnnrrnnanns 9 MORPHING AREA AND GLOBAL AREA cccceccccecececcceccceecececeeaeaeaenereeess 10 RTE Me EE 12 OSGCIUEEATOR MIXER ss ele Ae a e cate een ete ed Ate ae 15 AS eee ee ey A 16 FILTER MP case e a ee ea ee 17 ADS EN VELO Biased Ee ee BEE 18 MASTER AMP ENT ic 19 E E KEE 20 CHORUS ee 20 DEE AAA be iene toned ata eed cite natetae 21 MODULATION EE 22 LFO TANDE EFO Zin 22 MODULATION Maps 23 MODULATION ENVELOPE 24 IER A EA 25 PRECISION soit ioe fet oa ie een ees eee Be 25 GLOBALAR Pe ba eee ace seston ase ce en esis aora asias 26 THE ARPEGGIATOR ccccccctcescecccccssccsccssceasseseeuseacs 26 Re EE 30 SAREGO hie A 30 alel a E R Ee E E AE a 32 PRESET BROWSER FILE CGoNrpoLsS 33 VOICE LIMIT a a 33 LUvpoo Reno 34 ECS MIDI LEARN ees eebe gees 35 OPTION Site at ria ees Seeing ented cial 36 EOS A bata ches cae esac EA EAE AEE A oaene cat bonne 39 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHANTAL 41 APPENDIX A MODULATION SOURCES AND DESTINATIONG 42 MODULATION SOURCES cceccececececcaecececececaeaees 42 MODULATION DESTINATIONS ceccecceccecceceeceaees 44 APPENDIX B USING TUN FILES E 47 MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 3 Installation Installation on Mac After downloading the LinPlug MorphoX for Mac you
39. rather subtle effect sometimes drastic Controls with how much the filter envelope affects the filter cutoff frequency The volume of the low pass output of the filter The volume of the band pass output of the filter The volume of the high pass output of the filter Used to control the overall volume of the patch Used to control the overall pitch of this patch Allows modulation of the noise amount in the oscillator mixer When oscillator one or oscillator two runs in Spread mode the different voices are usually centered page 45 Matrix Depth 1 2 3 4 LFO Speed 1 2 3 Envelope Xxx Att Envelope Xxx Dec Envelope Xxx Rel However when increasing the value of this modulation target the voices are gradually spread in stereo panorama Intensity of the first four entries line 1 to 4 in the Modulation Matrix often used with the ModWheel as source to control a_ specific modulation parameter e g Vibrato Speed of LFO 1 to 3 this allows tempo changes of the LFO to be programmed Typically this is used with Mod Env as the source Another example is Key Lin which can be used to make the LFO run faster with higher notes The Attack Time of the respective Envelope either Amp Amplitude Fil Filter or Mod Modulation The Decay Time of the respective Envelope The Release Time of the respective Envelope Note that the envelope modulation targets will not allow continuous modulation This modulation is always
40. rimary proof of ownership and is required for support updates and of course to reinstall MorphoX OPTIONS PER 25 555 7 GLOBAL Miorpho gt lt versionnumber 1 1 0 bend range up map to mod wheel map to aftertouch serial number Valid 2 wr Mod Wheel v Aftertouch Copyright 2010 2014 by Linplug Virtual Instruments GmbH bend range down startup preset All rights reserved VST plugin technology by Steinberg gt at stylized emulationicyborg s drawbars ja concept Peter Linsener programming Peter Linsener Pavol Markovic PER INSTANCE gui design Branislav Paki C vstplugins64 MorphoX Banks manual Peter Linsener microtonal scale 12 ED2 262 Hz 60 C tun OPEN O ECS to A B Dubhad dh EEN O allow midi program change Cet Merlin cm Ed Ten Eyck edt YT 4 gt allow host program change Jan Ancic ja Luigi Raimondi Ir Summa sum Vivolator vv Please visit us at linplug com for more exciting instruments and support Thank you library path factory sounds Bigtone bt allow midi volume change QUICK TIPS Di gt B t MATRIX DEPTH Y Y MINIMUM STEP UP DOWN WHEN CLICKING IN THE UPPER LOWER HALF OF THE CONTROL FINER CONTROL OPENS A DIALOG FOR VALUE ENTRY 2 E h Ba g y WIN OR Cmd g MAC y MATRIX DEPTH SET TO THE DEFAULT VALUE SET TO NULL BACK TO ORIGINAL VALUE 4 LinPlug Morpho The Options are divided into three kinds of options Per Preset options setting which are stored within each pre
41. s allowed to pass All other frequencies are cut By mixing LP and HP one can also create a band reject filter BR or Notch filter MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 17 ADSR Envelope ADSR envelopes can be found in the Filter Env section controlling filter cutoff depending on the Depth dial in the Filter section in the Amp Env section controlling the overall amplitude of the sound and in the Mod Env section a general purpose envelope routed in the modulation matrix The A Attack Time Slider is used to set the time it takes for the envelope to reach its full level For example if the Attack Slider is Time set at lowest position full down the envelope will move from zero to peak level immediately If the Attack Slider is set to highest position the envelope will move from zero to peak level in the maximum time of about 16 seconds So by adjusting the slider position one can change the time it takes for the envelope gradually from zero over some milliseconds up on many seconds and finally 16 seconds The D Decay Time Slider determines the time it takes for the envelope to move from the peak level to the Sustain level which is set with the next slider Again set to the lowest position the envelope will move from the peak level to the Sustain level immediately and set to top position it will take about 16 seconds The S Sustain Level Sliders setting determines the envelope level after the initial Attack Decay pha
42. se while a note is being held If set to the lowest position the envelope will be at zero level when finishing the Decay phase If set to the maximum position the envelope will remain on peak level so actually it will not really decay when sustain is at maximum position The R Release Time Slider is used to set the time that the envelope takes to move from their current level to silence after the note is released Typically this will happen from Sustain level however when the note is being released before Sustain is reached the release time starts right where the envelope currently is MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 18 Master Amp Env The LinPlug MorphoX s Master section is located to the right of the Filter Mix section This section contains controls for overall and effects amplitude chorus delay The Master sections follows right of the filter section It features Vol volume control to adjust the overall output volume The Vel velocity control allows adjustment of the influence that the note s velocity has on volume When turned fully to the left the velocity has no influence on the volume while turned fully right means that the volume is mainly depending on velocity The Chorus and Delay sliders control the amount of chorus and delay which is added to the synth output signal It s the same as the Wet control you often find on effects plugins Right below the Master section is the Amp Env section which consists of a
43. set Per presets options control how MorphoX works when loading this particular preset They are too saved with your song or project in your DAW MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 36 Per Instance options These are valid for each instance of Morphox that is for every instrument you open and only for this one They are not affected when you load another preset They are used to make one particular instance of MorphoX work in a desired way of course this is saved with your song or project in your DAW Global options Global options are valid for all MorphoX Instruments in every song project they store automatically and work in each and every instance of MorphoX that will be opened on your computer So neither loading of a preset or a song project will affect them The Bend Up Range control is used to set the LinPlug MorphoX s response to pitch bend messages Bend Range can be set from O to 24 semitones A setting of O means that the Pitch Wheel won t affect the sounds pitch The Bend Down Range control is used to set the LinPlug MorphoX s response to pitch bend messages Bend Down Range can be set from O to 24 semitones The Bend Down Range control can also be set to Link in which case the Bend Down Range is the same as the Bend Up Range Microtonal Scale See Appendix B for a complete description of how to use TUN files in the LinPlug Morphox Master Tune is used to set the overall tuning of the LinPlug MorphoX if no micro t
44. steps such as a 1 16th note With the Gate parameter you can define how much of this time the note is actually On and how much it is Off With a setting of full right the note length is the same as the step length A middle setting allows the Note to be on just half of the time for example a 1 32th of the 1 16th step The more you turn the dial to the left the shorter the note is played The effect is most prominent with sounds that have a short release time MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 29 LFO 3 The LFO 3 is a host synced LFO lt synchronises both with tempo as well as song position so the start of a bar in the song will also be the start of a cycle of this LFO This only works for speeds equal or faster than 1 1 if you for example choose 4 1 of course the LFO can only starts its cycle every 4 bar Sawtoo 1 2 The first parameter selects the Waveform while the second selects the Speed in note s length When choosing Retrigger the LFO is only tempos synced to the host song but not position synced it will start its cycle with each first note after a pause Stair LFO The Stair LFO is a globally running LFO with two controls the lower one is setting the speed at which it proceeds from one step of the stair waveform to the next The upper parameter defines how many levels the stair is made of and thus how long it takes for a complete cycle As you can see from the examples on the next page there is a
45. th a set of high quality presets in a wide range of styles an easy to use interface and a highly flexible sound engine including many processing and modulation options and a powerful flexible arpeggiator This manual describes all aspects of the LinPlug MorphoX synthesizer and is designed so that your use of this software is as efficient and as pleasurable as possible We feel that the LinPlug MorphoX is exceptional because of its audio quality and its features especially because of it real time morphing ability We are confident that you will get a lot of pleasure using the LinPlug MorphoX synthesizer and that it will become an inspirational part of your music making the LinPlug team September 2010 February 2014 Concept Peter Linsener Instrument Pavol Markovic and Peter Linsener Graphics Branislav Pakic Sounds in alphabetic order Bigtone Cet Merlin dubhad Ed Ten Eyck Jan Ancic Luigi Raimondi Summa Vivolator Manual Peter Linsener Thank you to all beta testers All technical specifications of the products specified in this manual may be subject to change without notice The documents may not be changed especially copyright notices may not be removed or changed MorphoX is a trademark of LinPlug Virtual Instruments GmbH LinPlug is a trademarks of LinPlug Virtual Instruments GmbH VST is a registered trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Mor
46. uning file is loaded Tuning can be set from 415 3 Hz to 466 2 Hz Next are two options which allow you too choose a different Controller to function as Modulation Wheel or Aftertouch This is useful when you not play with a keyboard or when your keyboard has not Aftertouch also called Pressure function but you have for example a Breath Controller connected in this case just choose Breath Controller for the Aftertouch function and you can play MorphoX using the Breath Controller to control all sounds which are programmed using Aftertouch Next is the Startup Preset and Library Location setting When you install MorphoX the Library thats the presets is placed in a default location On PC that is in the same folder where you installed MorphoX on Mac it is Library Application Support LinPlug However lf you for some reason want to place the library in a different MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 37 location you can do so and point MorphoX to the library manually by choosing a preset from the new location This is how Click on the Set button next to the Startup preset name and navigate to a preset that MorphoX should load upon startup This not only defines your initial patch that is loaded when you open a new instance of MorphoX but also defines at which location MorphoX should look for the rest of the factory library The path to the factory library is shown below the startup preset and you will see how it adjusts to the start
47. up preset when you change it Next come a couple of switches for several options ECS toAandB when this option is checked the MorphoX s MIDI Learn will not only allow to control a certain parameter but will also support changes to both part A and part B depending on which page you are currently editing the sound When using MIDI controllers to perform live or to automate parameters its recommended to have this switched Off When using MIDI controllers to edit a patch you might find it useful to have this switched On The Allow MIDI Program Change option can be used to suppress MorphoX to respond to program change messages received as MIDI data from the host software your DAW software The default setting is On The Allow Host Program Change is similar but allows or suppresses the host to change a program patch in MorphoX The default is again On The Allow MIDI Volume Change option can be used to suppress a response to volume change messages CC 7 received as MIDI data from the host software your DAW software The default setting is On as its used by a couple of DAW s To switch back to the Front Panel click the Edit button in the bottom right MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 38 Glossary AM Amplifier Effect Envelope Filter FM AM or Amplitude Modulation is a process where the amplitude of one oscillator the carrier is controlled by another the modulator When the frequency of the modulator is p
48. y appears on the left first The Pre Left and Right menus are used for setting the pre delay left and right channel delay times in note length the delay is always tempo synced The Stereo dial is used to set the pan position of the left and right delays When set fully right the Left delay signal appears left and the Right delay signal appears right moving the dial gradually reduces stereo width In the middle position the output of the delay is centered Turning the dial fully left inverts the stereo positions so the delayed signal appears on the right first The Feedback dial allows you to set the number of times the signal repeats or echoes The small LP and HP dials gradually apply a low pass or high pass filter on the delayed signal so the signal changes its harmonics with every repetition This is both good for natural delays as well as some special effects The Stereo Mono switch in the Delay s title is usually set to Stereo however for certain sounds especially those with a stereo signal in example when the Oscillators are panned it can sound better to mix down the input of the delay to mono Thus the delay can be switched to mono Note It s still a Stereo delay with Stereo output just its input is changed MorphoX user manual 1 1 0 page 21 Modulation One of the key features of the MorphoX are its sophisticated modulation capabilities The instrument contains four independent LFOs low frequency oscillators tw
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