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9. Click the Morph button at the left to show the morphing section at the upper right, then
drag the handle in the middle of the morph control area from left to right to hear the
level of each source crossfade.
The default view shows XY set to crossfade, not morph, between the sources.
10. Select one of the two morph buttons in the morphing section to access the elemental
morphing controls. Because there are only two sources, click the Morph Linear button,
then click the A-B button to limit morphing to these two sources.
11. Drag the handle between the two sources while holding a note to create a fundamentally
different effect than the crossfade between them.
What you can hear is a true morphing between discrete components of each sound. The
transition is not simply between the overall level of each sound, but between the levels
of multiple narrow frequency bands and the formant characteristics of each sound.
Drag the handle to the far left, then listen as you move slowly to the right to hear a
phantom shaker-like rhythm that doesn’t exist in either loop. Once you have finished
exploring, move the handle back to the far left before looking at the next task.
Morph elements independently in Alchemy
1. In Logic Pro, click the Elements button in the morph section to access controls
that allow independent morphing between different sound elements, as opposed to
morphing all sonic aspects simultaneously.
2. Play C3 on your keyboard, then move the Spectral control handle (orange dot) from left
to right. You can also rotate the Spectral knob.
You can hear the spectral components of the first loop transition to those of the
second loop. The change is similar to that heard in step 10 of the previous task, but the
phantom shaker rhythm is clearer, and the kick sound from the Lockstep Beat remains
intact longer. In fact, this combination causes the kick to change tone and become more
pronounced at beat 1 of each bar. When the Spectral control is full right, the original
kicks are replaced by a pronounced “thump” at the head of each bar.