EMUSIC-L Digest Volume 70, Issue 15 This issue's topics: Hardware Q&A TECH: Control Voltage to MIDI What's a Kurzweil 1200 Pro 1 expansion board? (2 messages) fatar keyboards (3 messages) Samplers/EMAX Compatibility (2 messages) quadraverb (3 messages) 1622..Opinions? Matrix 6 - Matrix 1000 Schematics Available Mixers (3 messages) rom, pcm (5 messages) Sound processors... (5 messages) workstations (6 messages) Prophet 600 Frankfurt music Equitment show casio ct-6000 Pitch to MIDI converter (2 messages) E-MU Morpheus (3 messages) Your EMUSIC-L Digest moderator is Joe McMahon . Please send articles to emusic-l@american.edu. Administrative mail should be directed to the editor at the address above. You may subscribe to EMUSIC-L by sending mail to listserv@american.edu with the line "SUB EMUSIC-L your name" as the text. The EMUSIC-L archive is a service of SunSite (sunsite.unc.edu) at the University of North Carolina. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Nov 1994 15:45:53 EST From: Rich Fox Subject: TECH: Control Voltage to MIDI I need to find a low-budget, multiple (at least 8) input Control Voltage to MIDI processor. I've already been in contact with PAiA; they've removed their products from the market. Can anybody recommend some effective products (past or present)? Richard Fox Graduate Industrial Design Program MID Lab University of the Arts Philadelphia, PA e-mail: rfox@hslc.org voice: (215) 875-1059 fax: (215) 875-1047 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Nov 1994 22:00:10 -0600 From: Arne Claassen ISE Subject: What's a Kurzweil 1200 Pro 1 expansion board? A friend of mine came across one of these at a local pawn shop and wanted to know if someone had some stats on it, as the pawn shop is oblivious other than knowing that it wants about $700 for it... Thanks, arne -- Arne F. Claassen On the Web: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "[I]f a license was required to drive your synth, there might be less of a need for these newbie-type questions - then again, we'd have to deal with a Department of Transportation (Workstation?) - aaahhhhh!" - Jeff Schultz ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Nov 1994 04:09:44 -0500 From: Benjamin Leon Subject: Re: What's a Kurzweil 1200 Pro 1 expansion board? Greetings! Do you mean Pro 1 module of the 1200 keyboard?? I have a pro one module that is fantastic! The piano sound in that unit alone is worth the money! It's a very good module. It's light years ahead of the Micro Piano module that's out, and this Pro 1 has more sounds. $700 is a bit high. I bought mine new from Guitar Center in CA a little more than 1 year ago for $625 with a warranty. Watch out for the buttons on the unit, if they've been abused they will stick or not work. Let me know if you or your friend buys it. If not, let me know. I could always use another. :) :) ;) Ben Leon Bandito9@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 13:27:29 CST From: "Kevan L. Moore" Subject: fatar keyboards hello all. anybody out there had any experience with low-end fatar 88-note controllers? good? bad? how'z the action? how fast can you repeat one note? (angry young man ... billy joel) thanks. kevan ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 15:28:12 -0500 From: Thom Subject: Re: fatar keyboards I use a FATAR STudio 9001 (I think that's what its called) It's fabulous - I have only good things to say, especially in terms of sending dynamics, FATAR is very touch sensetive giving very accurate control of the whole range. Its been very reliable and it feels good. I disagree with the ads that suggest that it feels like a grand piano however. Thom Cox ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 17:00:21 CST From: "Harry F.P. Haecker" Subject: Re[2]: fatar keyboards My opinion of Fatar keyboards is that the touch was great, but if you're buying it out of state and you're in the United States, DON'T let United Parcel Service carry it if at all possible. They screwed up my 2001 *twice* in transit, with the OS all messed up both times, and the Mod wheel actually pushed into the cavity (breaking the support screws in the process!) once. I ended up getting a Roland A-80 in town, but it is very heavy in comparison, and has a heavy touch, too. It is sturdy, though. Harry Haecker ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Nov 1994 18:02:55 PST From: tony cappellini Subject: Samplers/EMAX Compatibility I need to know which machines (samplers) are floppy compatible with the original EMAX. I need to transfer some samples from the EMAX to another sampler so I can get them into Sample Vision. The owner of the EMAX doesn't have access to a PC, so I thought I'd go the long way. If anybody knows of a sampler mailing list please pass it my way. Thanks. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Nov 1994 01:24:25 -0500 From: Ron Jones Subject: Re: Samplers/EMAX Compatibility Oberheim DPX-1 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Nov 1994 10:46:26 -0500 From: Phil Skiba Subject: quadraverb Hey peoples...I have a question for all the effects mongers ;) out there. I'm doing a show in a couple of weeks, and we are renting a quadraverb (alesis) to do delay/reverb processing for the vocalists. Could anyone give me any helpful hints in using the device? Good/bad experieces? Do's and don'ts? Thanks phil sps5251@siena.bitnet p.s. it is alesis who makes the critter, right? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Nov 1994 18:43:50 -0500 From: "Rob Barrett, Jr." Subject: Re: quadraverb Phil, Have fun with your new toy. I really like the Quadraverb for certain things. A couple hints: 1. If you are using it as an effects unit, you always need to remember to adjust the direct level to 0 and the effects level to 100(located under the mix button). That is, unless you are using it as a through box. This is the case everytime you change presets. 2. I like some of the vocal delay programs like No. 74? multi vocal, if you pull down the delays alittle bit. And others around there. 3. As far as the reverb presets the chamber reverb seems to work much better than the hall reverb. But I mainly do Studio mixes. 4. stereo spread and the lead guitar 2 are preety cool. Make sure to check the Eq. Sometimes the presets are a little mid heavy. have fun Rob Barrett, Jr. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 03:15:22 -0500 From: Forevrl8 user Subject: Re: quadraverb I have a Quadraverb!! I use it all the time. I use it in my guitar effects rack, but sometimes I unpatch it from the rack for doing mixes. I don"t use any of the factory presets. In fact, I don't know if the bank that I use has any left in it. I have them saved in sysex though. I bought the upgrade that gives you "tap delay, tremolo, sampling, resonating, and some other things. As far as I'm conncerned, I think that for the money, it's one of the better units. I'm not sure if it is "true" stereo though (I don't think it is). ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 12:55:53 -0800 From: "Michael A. Dalton ADP OPuS" Subject: 1622..Opinions? I am a hobbyst musician using a Fostex A8, several Roland and Yamaha sound modules, and DigiTech effects all through a small Mackie 1202. I really need a good budget board, and have a pending deal on a Alesis-1622 that I'd use in conjunction with my Mackie 1202. Any opinions on this board pro or con from real users? I'm mostly interested in its ability to be transpareent and not to color the sound. I already know its specs and functionality well and its configuration. If you have a few words regarding its performance from a subjective user-viewpoint I'd love to here them here (if appropriate) on vie email at the address below...thanks in advance! -- +---------------------[ Remember the Holocaust ]---------------------------+ | | __/\__ | | | Michael A. Dalton | \/ \/ | "What I say to you, I say to | | miked@plaza.ds.adp.com | /\ /\ | everyone: Watch!" -Mark 13:17 | | | ""\/"" | | +-------------------------> "Never Again!" <-------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 09:23:00 PST From: tony cappellini Subject: Matrix 6 - Matrix 1000 Schematics Available I have the following Oberheim Matrix documents that I would like to make available for copying costs plus postage (US postage only). 1. Matrix 6/6R Schematic - 8 pages 2. Matrix 1000 Schematic - 14 pages 3. Matrix 6/6R Midi Specification (3rd printing 1987) for software rev 2.13 or later 22 Pages 4. Matrix 6 Owners Manual Addendum (sw rev 2.13 and later) 14 pages 5. Matrix 6 Service Manual 6 Pages. copies for all of the above $15.00 (US postage included). ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 08:36:58 -0800 From: atomic city Subject: Re: Mixers Mike Reed writes-- > >Hello fellow sound byters? >I'm looking for current info/opinions on mixers for the home studio. >I've looked @ the mackie 1202, the Ross RCS1402, & the Samson MPL1502. >They all come close to my $ & feature range. All their respective sales outlets >say that they are each "the mixer exactly for my needs". Any other > recommendations for equipment would be helpful. Also the best place/price to > purchase them. Mike, this topic belongs on SYNTH-L, not on EMUSIC-L. Please direct any further mail about this over there, which is where you'll find my reply to your question in just a few moments. Thanks; we like to keep EMUSIC-L clear of questions like 'what device is best' and 'what is a good price'....that's what SYNTH-L is for. for the management mike -- mike metlay * atomic city * box 81175 pgh pa 15217-0675 * atomic@netcom.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Let's just say I'm what you might call globally impaired." (d. harkless) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 21:20:26 -0500 From: "Peter A. Cecere" Subject: Re: Mixers Go with the Mackie! I have several that I use in the studio and in live sound reinforcement. Compare the specs, features, and price and you will find that Craig Mackie has done it again. ( as in Tapco mixers ) Good luck. Pete C. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 12:55:34 -0500 From: Brian Shaw Subject: Re: Mixers I just bought a Mackie 1202. It sounds great. It's got more clean gain (28db+) than anything I've ever owned. If you put noise in it'll do a great job of making it louder if you need it to but it generates little noise of it's own. Stereo imaging and phase relationships seem unusually good too. I also have a large Tascam console and this small Mackie blows it away. The in the last year or two Electronic Musician or Keyboard Magazine reviewed quite a few of these smaller mixers and the Mackie fared pretty well. Rane and Roland makes some real small rack mount mixers that might do the job too. One tip: If you get the Mackie be sure to use the TRS jacks to use the balanced output. This changes the characteristic output quality very dramatically. Also try to keep things at unity and note that when you use a balanced output the unity mark on the master fader is actually lower. B. Shaw ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 11:49:02 EST From: "Eric Harnden (Ronin)" Subject: rom, pcm hmmm.... i think we have a classic conflation of terms, here. pcm (pulse code modulation) refers to a single process with two possible purposes, and to a result of either. the basic process is the modulation of pulse code - that is, the specification of which bit frames of a linear pulse signal are high or low. this is related to, but not quite the same as, pulse width modulation, which is a synthesis technique - by which i mean, is a method by which carrier tones are manipulated to affect their timbre. pcm could be used as an audio maodulation technique, but i do not believe it currently is. typically, pcm is used as encoding scheme to specify the data that is stored in digital memory, meant to represent sampled sound. the virtues of the technique are 1) that it operates on bit frames, so that its resultant waveform can be be stored in byte-size chunks without further modification, and 2) the byte-size chunks of the pcm waveform are directly manipulable as data entities... they represent the instantaneous amplitudes of the encoded signal in a very straightforward numeric form... like, you can almost just graph the numbers, and you reconstruct the signal. pcm is such a simple and efficient encoding method that it is universally used in synthesizers that work with sampled sounds. real samplers store pcm data in their memories and on their disks. sample playback engines make use of pcm-encoded signals stored in rom, or on cards. the general use of pcm encoding as a storage mechanism for systems that perform synthesis - that is, generate tones and process them - has led to the identification of the term "pcm" with the process of synthesis itself. but it is a confusion. a pcm synthesizer is not a synthesizer that modulates an audible carrier, making "pcm" something akin to "am", "fm", or "pwm". it is a synthesizer that reconstructs sampled sounds from pcm-encoded data, then passes those sounds through a synthesis architecture - which may include audio modulation, as well as the usual complement of filters, gain processors, etc. in brief : pcm is linear byte-oriented data, stored in linear byte- oriented memory, which encodes time-sampled linear signals. does this address the question, nick? <--- Entropy Always Wins, And I Like To Be On The Winning Side ---> Eric Harnden (Ronin) harnden@physics.american.edu (202)885-2746 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 18:42:40 +0000 From: Nick Rothwell Subject: Re: rom, pcm >in brief : pcm is linear byte-oriented data, stored in linear byte- >oriented memory, which encodes time-sampled linear signals. >does this address the question, nick? Erm... so is it a simple linear encoding of successive amplitudes of 16-bit waveforms at so many KHz (split into bytes), or something more subtle (using bit-length encoding or something)? Nick Rothwell CASSIEL Contemporary Music/Dance nick@cassiel.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 18:34:31 EST From: "Eric Harnden (Ronin)" Subject: pcm yes. pcm is a linear code that directly expresses the instantaneous amplitude of a signal, successive words of which are generated at the sampling rate. words can be any number of bits long, but tend to be in multiples of four. <--- Entropy Always Wins, And I Like To Be On The Winning Side ---> Eric Harnden (Ronin) harnden@physics.american.edu (202)885-2746 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 16:03:08 -0800 From: atomic city Subject: Re: pcm Eric Harnden writes-- > >yes. pcm is a linear code that directly expresses the instantaneous >amplitude of a signal, successive words of which are generated at the >sampling rate. words can be any number of bits long, but tend to be >in multiples of four. In other words, "sample playback." *sigh* Thanks, Eric; it's always nice to knock the stuffing out of ad hype. I wonder what the RS in RS-PCM stood for? I've forgotten.... ps. in the Silly Overspecialization That Some Folks Don't Find Silly At All Department, the USENET news hierarchy now finally has a newsgroup entirely devoted to one keyboard: alt.music.synth.roland.u20. And perhaps even more amazing, there hasn't been a single offtopic post out of the first fifty or so, except one person complaining that such a group was a waste of bandwidth and one person telling him to get lost. Apparently the very long and technical name of the group has shielded it from casual misposters. Whatever next? alt.music.synth.oberheim.cyclone.crash.burn.die? -- mike metlay * atomic city * box 81175 pgh pa 15217-0675 * atomic@netcom.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- metlay's equation: (flippancy) - (context) = great .sig Quote! (j. drukman) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Nov 1994 19:49:13 +0000 From: Nick Rothwell Subject: Re: pcm >Whatever next? alt.music.synth.oberheim.cyclone.crash.burn.die? alt.music.synth.oberheim.cyclone.sY.rC.In.E4.34. Nick Rothwell CASSIEL Contemporary Music/Dance nick@cassiel.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 23:46:49 -0500 From: Kerry Lindner Subject: Sound processors... Has anyone heard of any sound processing programs for PCs? There are several WAV editors that allow echos, reverb, amplitude changes. Is there anyone out there familiar with a method by which to do further editing? I'm looking to do some industrial sounding music and was wondering if there is anything for PCs that mimic some of the signal processors available for guitars (variable distortion levels, chorusing, etc) Thanks! Just Say "Know" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 04:34:32 -0500 From: Forevrl8 user Subject: Re: Sound processors... Hi, has anyone created general midi compatable patch banks for the Korg M1? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 07:53:14 EST From: "Trythall, Harry G" Subject: Re: Sound processors... An excellent idea about a General MIDI for various instruments. Has anyone a ba nk for the SY77 or SY99? I seem to remember that GM lists 128 instruments. If s o, a bank of 64 won't get it. Gil Trythall u5600@wvnvm.wvnet.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 19:10:42 -0500 From: Ted Johnson Subject: Re: Sound processors... Lots of MIDI instruments for all sorts of different keyboards at: ftp.ucsd.edu in the "midi" directory... Probably some Korg stuff there, they have a pretty good selection. --MacBruin@aol.com P.S. (Nothing to do with music) How about those Bruins beating USC today! Yeah! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Nov 1994 22:02:17 -0500 From: Kerry Lindner Subject: Re: Sound processors... Speaking of ftp's....I'm just getting my feet wet. Can someone recommend a public list of FTPs with an emphasis on midi? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Nov 1994 15:45:00 +0100 From: Jose Manuel Adan Subject: Re: workstations I an not a keyboard player, but I play in a band and the keyboard player owns a KORG 01 W /FD anf it sounds great. I don't know about the others. Un saludo para Mejico desde Espaqa. Jose ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Nov 1994 08:33:12 -0700 From: "Guillermo Rosado O." Subject: Workstations. I need to buy a new workstation. I need great sounds, effects and a good sequencer. I want to know which one of the following is the best or any comments you have: Korg 01/W Korg X3 Alesis QuadraSynth Yamaha SY-85 or 99 Peavey ? Ensoniq TS-10 Thanks. ************************************* * Ing. Guillermo Rosado * * Monterrey Institute of Technology * * Campus Colima, Mexico * * al174292@campus.col.itesm.mx * * naso@campus.col.itesm.mx * ************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Nov 1994 16:18:23 -0500 From: Forevrl8 user Subject: Re: Workstations. Hi, I use a Korg M1, and Alesis Quadraverb(along w/other stuff). My M1 and Quadraverb are the core of my set-up. I think it sounds great! Forevrl8 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Nov 1994 18:50:27 -0500 From: Joe Holiday Subject: Re: Workstations. Quadraverb is ok. CHeck out the sonic transparencyy of the high end lexicon reverbs.. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 08:29:22 +1000 From: David Rodger Subject: Re: Workstations. On 26 Nov, Joe Holiday wrote: >Quadraverb is ok. CHeck out the sonic transparencyy of the high end lexicon >reverbs.. Check out the price of the high end Lexicon reverbs! Time for a second mortgage! Regards, David ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 11:59:02 PST From: Tapas Das Subject: Re: Workstations. > I want to know which one of the following is the best or any comments you > have: > > Korg 01/W > Korg X3 > Alesis QuadraSynth > Yamaha SY-85 or 99 > Peavey ? > Ensoniq TS-10 Korg 01/W FD is the best. Sweetwater sells them for $1725. If later you wish to add another sound module, buy the Roland JV1080. This is the best, and surprise, this is the first Roland product I found to be "hiss free"! Roland finally got it right. They were able to keep the sparkling highs and crystalline quality without bringing in the added hiss. I know this is not on your list, but hey, get the 01/W for its excellent feel, sequencer and great on board sounds, and then add this JV1080 64 note polyphonic monster later when street prices fall below the $1000 mark. You have to give this a try. Tapas. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 12:33:59 PST From: Chris Sherwood Subject: Re: Workstations. I'll reply to this, but I would first like to ask if someone can describe to me the diff between this list and the SYNTH-L (?) list, or at least a charter for chat on this list (I looked in the reply I got from joining and couldn't find anything by listsvr stuff -- no specifiq EMUSIC faq). ---------- |From: Tapas Das | |> I want to know which one of the following is the best or any comments you |> have: |> |> Korg 01/W |> Korg X3 |> Alesis QuadraSynth |> Yamaha SY-85 or 99 |> Peavey ? |> Ensoniq TS-10 If this list, I would suggest either the Korg 01/W or the SY-99, depending on your needs. For Ensoniq machines, you should be looking at the TS-12 for wieghted keys -- I would them place that with the other two for consideration. I would not suggest the Alesis for comparison with any of those. I don't like the X3, but that's my own personal opinion of it's sound 'signature'. You also did not mention two others worth mentioning, the Kurzweil K2000 or the Roland JV-1000, which would compare favorable against the 01/W or SY-99 (though they're all different). |Korg 01/W FD is the best. Sweetwater sells them for $1725. Sound's pretty subjective to me, which is hardly helpful... me thinks. |If later you wish to add another sound module, buy the Roland JV1080. |This is the best, and surprise, this is the first Roland product I found |to be "hiss free"! Roland finally got it right. Oh, so all prior Roland products have hiss (when others don't). Very good--all of us D50 and JV80 owners will be glad to know that they finally got it right, even if we didn't notice the hiss before. Anyways, I agree -- the JV1080 would be an excellent enhancement to a workstation environment (especially that's already Roland 'JV' free). And I think that a Korg Wavestation SR/AD or a Kurzweil K2000R would be a good 'palette expander' for JV-1000 owners |add this JV1080 64 note polyphonic monster later when street prices |fall below the $1000 mark. That'll take a few years, wouldn't it? Chris ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Nov 1994 06:16:25 EST From: Kurt Luette Subject: Prophet 600 Greetings. Can anyone tell me how to manipulate the midi Rx/Tx on the Prophet 600? (i.e. setting the channels/changing the channels/turning Rx on.off) I have been trying in Vein to tracks down this inf0.-Thx Zillah --- Sent via WorldLink on 11/23/94 at 19:17:42. From: Fantasy Express Rio Rancho, NM Over 25K Files, 12 Lines ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 10:00:46 +100 From: Lasse Hein-Magnussen Subject: Frankfurt music Equitment show Can anyone here please tell me where I could get Info about the annual music-equitment-show in Frankfurt (in Germany)? Where can I buy tickets? When does the show start? Adresses to contact? Lasse Hein-Magnussen Denmark ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 09:12:35 -0500 From: Phil Skiba Subject: casio ct-6000 Hello everyone. I keep getting delivery failure reports from the server at synth-l. could someone please forward this over there, as I beleive it does not belong on emusic-l. My keyboard blew out, and now I am faced with the problem of ressurecting an old casio keyboard, mid to late 80's model. I am wondering if it;'s midi implementation will work with my proteus. are there "old" and "new" midi's? I am only worried about getting sound out of the proteus, and I don't really care about sending othert midi info (i.e. volume, pan etc). It is only for a few tunes and I can live with basic note on-off stuff. does anyone have experience with this monstrosity? phil p.s. the really screwy thing is that there is no "midi" stuff on the keyboard except the in/out plugs. I guess this means it has all it's midi chanells selected already? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 08:04:41 -0500 From: Greg Dorter Subject: Pitch to MIDI converter Having just complained about the volume of requests for info about equipment, let me post one myself. Can anyone recommend a reliable Pitch to MIDI converter? The one I have now is falling apart. I'd really like something that can track crescendos and diminuendos and convert this to MIDI aftertouch data. I've heard of a ZETA Infinity Box which is still in development, but no word on when it will be out or the $. Thanks, Greg Dorter University of Western Ontario 215 Bernard Ave. gdorter@julian.uwo.ca London, ON N6A 2M9 519-438-2287 CANADA ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 11:13:57 -0500 From: Ab Wilson Subject: Pitch to MIDI converter Greg Dorter writes: > Can anyone recommend a reliable Pitch to MIDI converter? Follow ups should really be going to synth-l. But anyway... Have you heard of Emagic Logic Audio? It's a sequencing/direct to disk recording system that is cabable of real time audio to midi conversion. I don't know that much about it but you can find out more on the Logic mailing list: logic-users@mcc.ac.uk Ab. -- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 11:34:46 MET-1 From: ITA BAL ZS Subject: E-MU Morpheus Hello everyone ! I am a new member of this list, and first I want to ask for help referring to E-MU Morpheus. My friend owns one, and is really cool. But still he has not got a keyboard. We went to the music shop, and the SY-22 seemed to be decent as Midi keyboard. I wonder, how can we take the advantages of the vector controller in the case of Morpheus ? Thank you. \\|// (o o) ------------oOO--(_)--OOo------------ Nev : Ita Balazs E-Mail: ITA@AJK.JPTE.HU Intezmeny cime: JPTE Jogi kar ------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Nov 1994 07:34:51 -0800 From: atomic city Subject: Re: E-MU Morpheus ITA BAL ZS writes-- > >Hello everyone ! > >I am a new member of this list, and first I want to ask for help >referring to E-MU Morpheus. My friend owns one, and is really cool. >But still he has not got a keyboard. >We went to the music shop, and the SY-22 seemed to be decent as Midi >keyboard. I wonder, how can we take the advantages of the vector >controller in the case of Morpheus ? It's funny you should ask about this; I have a borrowed Morpheus in my studio right now, and I'm having a dandy time controlling it from my SY35 (identical in vector control function to the SY22). I found the morphing filters rather boring at first, because of the three axes of a filter 'cube', two are sampled at note-on and then fixed, and the third is variable, which seems to provide less control than one might like. However, if one assigns the X and Y axes of the vector joystick to these two axes of the filter, and moves the joystick as one plays notes, one can cause the two axes to 'track' as note-ons are fired, producing a cascade of changing timbres that are quite lovely. I used my SY35 through an arpeggiator into the Morpheus, and quite rapidly produced some beautiful, kaleidoscopic textures, with only a simple sawtooth wave as input. I'm a big believer in vector joysticks as control devices; I own a Sequential, a Korg, and a Yamaha vecotr synth, each with its own joystick, and routinely control all of my other synths with them (with the axis controllers remapped where necessary). mike -- mike metlay | atomic city | Nick Rothwell on the Alesis Quadrasynth: p.o.box 81175 | pgh pa 15217-0675 | "Goomba... Alesis drags synthesis technology atomic@netcom.com | kicking and screaming into the 1960's. Film at 11." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Nov 1994 14:19:52 -0800 From: Peter Elsea Subject: E-MU Morpheus >ITA BALZS writes >We went to the music shop, and the SY-22 seemed to be decent as Midi >keyboard. I wonder, how can we take the advantages of the vector >controller in the case of Morpheus ? The Sy-22 vector controller sends control change data as controllers 16 and 17. (At least when the vector play button has been pushed.) In the Morpheus (In master mode), set the MIDI control C to 16 and MIDI D to 17 Find (In edit mode) realtime patchcords in a preset with one of the peaker filters. Assign Control C to FIlter Freq and 17 to morph. Enjoy! Peter Elsea UCSC ------------------------------ End of the EMUSIC-L Digest ******************************