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The term 'morph' is used because there are Multiple functions that are
cross faded!

If it used all of the AN's parameters to 'morph' with then I suppose you
could call it a true Crossfade, but as the AN's 'Morph' function only
crossfades SOME of the AN's parameters then  I  suppose 'Morph' is the
correct term.




In article <9fuaeo+8n9l@...>, lars.l.arnwald@... writes
>Hi
>
>I would guess Gary is the natural recipient of this message, but of 
>course anybody is welcome to comment. In p.36 of the PLG150-AN manual 
>under Mrph CtrlNo it says: 
>
>"...MIDI Controller....is used to 'morph' or crossfade between two 
>different voices."
>
>To me this is a prime example of how new terms are being introduced 
>and used without having been sufficiently explained in the first 
>place. I think the first time I saw the term crossfade was in the 
>70's when I got some pieces of Serge modular synths. Crossfade simply 
>meant and still means to have one voice or oscillator or other source 
>of sound fade out while another is fading in. IMHO morphing is 
>something totally different. From what I can recall, it was first 
>used in the movie industry to have one visual object gradually 
>transform into another, "Terminator II" has lots of these effects. 
>
>Translated to synthesizer techniques this should mean that one sound 
>morphs into another by gradual changes of parameters like waveforms, 
>envelopes, filter settings like center frequency, resonance, etc. Am 
>I right, or ....? 
> 
>Regards,
>Lars Arnwald
>lars.l.arnwald@...
>
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See ya,

Reggie