From EMF@emf.org Wed Aug 27 22:50:09 1997 X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["7245" "Wed" "27" "August" "1997" "16:14:44" "-0400" "Electronic Music Foundation" "EMF@emf.org" nil "185" "A Morpehus Offer" "^From:" nil nil "8" nil nil nil nil nil] nil) Received: from User2.Logical.NET (root@Logical.NET [204.97.128.1]) by relay.cs.ruu.nl (8.8.5/8.8.5/UU-CS) with ESMTP id WAA14142 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 1997 22:50:08 +0200 (METDST) Received: from [204.97.130.51] (dialup17.logical.net [204.97.130.49]) by User2.Logical.NET (8.8.4/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA29663; Wed, 27 Aug 1997 16:12:04 -0400 (EDT) X-Sender: emf@logical.net Message-Id: From: EMF@emf.org (Electronic Music Foundation) To: list@emf.org Subject: A Morpehus Offer Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 16:14:44 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ELECTRONIC MUSIC FOUNDATION ============================ August 27, 1996 A SPECIAL OFFER ***** We hope you've had a good summer! Here's a cheerful note to get you started into the fall: E-mu Systems, an EMF corporate sponsor, is making the Morpheus Z-Plane (TM) Synthesizer available to EMF Subscribers for $629! We're happy to be collaborating with E-mu Systems in this project. As Dave Bristow, E-mu's Vice President of Marketing put it, "This is an exceptional event for us. The Morpheus is one of our most complex and interesting synthesizers. It's not your ordinary MIDI synth. And because we recognize EMF Subscribers as among the most creative musicians in the field, we're very pleased to be able to make this offer." ***** Contents: 1. About the Morpheus 2. Technical specifications 3. Place an order 4. If you're not a Subscriber now, this may be the time to become one 5. On or off this list ***** 1. About the Morpheus The Morpheus Z-Plane (TM) Synthesizer is considered by many musicians to be one of the most powerful synthesizers available today. That reputation is due to the Morpheus Z-Plane filter. The filter in more conventional synthesizers typically consists of a single lowpass section that lets you attenuate a sound's harmonics above a single cutoff frequency. By contrast, a Z-Plane filter consists of 7 filter sections. Each filter functions like a band of parametric EQ, allowing for the independent control of frequency, bandwidth and degree of peak or notch. As a result, Z-Plane filters can model virtually any resonant characteristic, whether that of an acoustic instrument, a human voice, or an imaginary sound. The Z-Plane filter allows any of the waveforms stored in the Morpheus to be filtered with the resonant characteristics of any sound. A piano waveform, for example, can be processed with the resonances of the human vocal tract. Yet more striking, the filters allow for interpolating (or 'morphing') between resonant models, which allows you to transform sounds dynamically and achieve continuous timbral changes that are simply not possible with other synthesis techniques. To control the parameters of the Z-Plane filters, each synthesizer voice includes 3 envelope generators and 2 programmable function generators. As part of E-mu's so-called MIDIPatch Modulation System, each function generator can be assigned to control any of 35 filter variables, including morphing. The function generators are, in effect, 8-segment envelope generators. But far more powerful than a typical envelope generator, each of a function generator's 8 segments are controllable in level, rate, and shape. 64 shapes, such as linear, exponential, random, and chaotic, are available. Further, jumps from one segment to any other can be made conditional on the state of a chosen parameter, such as velocity, footswitch position, note-off, etc. For example, you can specify that when your footswitch goes below a certain level, the function generator will jump to segment 7, thereby changing the sound in whatever way you've programmed it to change. Other Morpheus features include the ability to split, layer and cross-switch between 16 presets, to play up to 32 sounds simultaneously via 16 MIDI channels, and to access dual stereo effects processors. The effects include a variety of reverberation programs, shimmer, stereo, flange, phaser, stereo chorus, delay, echo, fuzz, ring modulator, and others. 6 polyphonic audio outputs are available for mixing and processing flexibility. The Morpheus interface is, as in all of E-mu's equipment, simple and clear. If you have specific technical questions, contact service@emu.com ***** 2. Technical specifications -Audio Channels: 32 -Data Encoding: 16-bit linear, 18-bit output DACs -Sound Memory: 8 MB (Expandable to 16 MB) -Preset Capacity: 384 (128 RAM, 128 ROM, 128 Card) -HyperPreset Capacity: 256 (128 RAM, 128 Card) -Filter: 32 14-Pole Interpolating Digital Filters employing 32-bit internal arithmetic -Programmed Filter Types: 198 -Inputs: stereo effects return in (2 pairs), MIDI in -Outputs: 6, polyphonic (configurable as 3 pairs of stereo outputs w/programmable panning), mono mix, headphone output, MIDI out, MIDI thru -Data Card: PCMCIA card stores 128 Presets, 128 HyperPresets and 16 MIDI Maps ***** 3. Place an order E-mu Systems, as an EMF corporate sponsor, is offering the Morpheus to EMF Subscribers for $629. For purposes of comparison, the list price is $1,495. If you're not yet a Subscriber, please become one (see below). The price includes freight via best ground transport for all domestic orders. International orders will be shipped freight and duty collect. If you're interested in taking advantage of this offer, we suggest that you move pretty fast. One of us here in the EMF office has already placed an order, and E-mu tells us that the supply is a bit limited. To place an order, send us your credit card information (VISA and Mastercard) including name as it appears on the card and expiration date, shipping address, and telephone number. E-mu Systems will ship a Morpheus directly to you. The Morpheus is also described on our web site. See: http://www.emf.org/cals_emumorpheus0897.html Contact us: By email to emf@emf.org (write morpheus in the subject line) By fax at (518)434-0308 By voice at (518)434-4110 ***** 4. If you're not a Subscriber now, this may be the time to become one Become a Subscriber in Electronic Music Foundation. We ask a once-in-a-lifetime fee of $100, in return for which you'll receive occasional special offers (such as this one), a 10 percent discount on all sales, and whatever ongoing professional support you need and we can provide, including links to your home page and sales of your compact discs. We'll also list your name on the web as someone who has helped us during our years of early growth. If you need further information, contact us at emf@emf.org ***** 5. On or off this list You're receiving this offer because you're a Subscriber or you're on our general email list. Unless you've specified that you'd like to receive only certain types of mailings, you'll receive an Update and The EMF Worldwide Calendar on a monthly basis. You'll also receive special catalogs, offers (such as this one), and the CD Hotline (if you're a Subscriber or if you've requested it) on an occasional basis. 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