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In terms of audio signals, Z-plane filters, etc., the term "morphing" does
have some merit, but those are more complex, multi-dimensional signals, not
simple summations. A control voltage is just a level at a particular point
in time, so it seems strange to refer to a varying CV as 'morphing.' Is an
EG "morphing" it's output? I guess technically, "morph" just means "form,"
so one could argue that it does, but it seems odd to apply that term to such
a simple process. The whole point of voltage-controlled synthesis is the
ability to alter voltages in real time, so by that definition, they're ∗all∗
morphing.

Any time you feed more than one CV into the summer of a module, say the CV
inputs to a filter, and controlling the strengths of those cvs
independantly, you're getting the same effect.

I apologize if it sounds like I'm beating a dead horse, but I'm just trying
to understand what I'm missing. Personally, while I intend to buy at least
one of every MOTM module, ad infinitum, I don't share the ravenous interest
in the Dual VCA/Panner that most others on this list do, and I feel like I'm
just missing something that everyone else understands better. The selectable
slope is cool, sure, and the greater precision. But in general there's an
understanding out there that there's "nothing like it" in the MOTM line, and
that confuses me.

With regards to the term "morphing," I just know that if I saw that as an
advertized feature and it turned out that it was just doing a simple
cross-fade between two analog voltages, I'd be let down, because that term
is applied to more sophisticated processes in other areas. Again, that's
assuming that I'm not missing something here.