Synthesis Technology MOTM E350 Morphing Terrarium
the e350 morphing terrarium is a unique wavetable vco with 2 independent waveform outputs. unlike similar designs, the e350 is a fully self-contained, 1v/oct vco. what sets the e350 apart from previous wavetable oscillators is the voltage-controlled morphing.
the module comes shipped with 3 banks of 64 'basic' waveforms (192 total). each bank of 64 waves is arraigned in memory as an 8 x8 array (like a chess board). the 'rows' are called 'the x direction' and the columns are 'the y direction'. the 2 panel controls and the 2 external control voltages (morph x and morph y) are used to "point" to where in the array we use for the data that is the xy out. the third control voltage is called 'z morph', and it determines the waveshape at the z out. the z control voltage 'scans' then wavetable bank from wave #1 (think as row 1, column 1) to wave #64 (row 8, column 8). for example: if x morph is set to 2, and y morph is set to 5, the signal at xy out is the waveform stored at row 2, column 5 (the 13th wavetable). the z out is completely independent of xy out, so if the morph z knob is at 48, then the 48th wavetable (row 6, column 8) is the output.

controls:

coarse/fine - initial frequency of the vco
fm: attenuates the voltage on the fm jack 0-100%
morph x - sets the starting point of the xy out waveshape in a row
morph y - sets the starting point of the xy out waveshape in a column
morph z - sets the starting point of the z out waveshape (scans the entire bank) bank - selects the a (sine/hammond organs), b (widely varies) or c (lfo shapes/noise) wavetable bank
range - selects the operating range of the vco frequency

1v/oct - 1 volt/octave control for the initial vco pitch
fm - frequency modulation input (dc to 8khz)
sync - resets vco when the input signal exceeds 0.6v
morph x - this cv is added to the panel control
morph y - this cv is added to the panel control
morph z - this cv is added to the panel control
xy out - the waveshape calculated by the morph x and morph y settings
z out - the waveshape calculated by the morph z setting

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Module for 3RU Eurorack system. It is 14HP wide and requires +-12V. /

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Synthesis Technology started in 1996 developing LPC (linear-predicitive coding) speech emulators for Texas Instruments DSP ICs. In 1998, the first MOTM modules were introduced for the hobbiest/kit market. After a review in the March 2001 issue of "Electronic Musician" (still the single highest rating of any hardware product in the last 9 years), demand increased and now 12 years later MOTM is the standard for high-quality modular electronics and sound richness. Synthesis Technology modules have been heard on movie soundtracks ("Watchmen", "Behind Enemy Lines"), video games ("World of Warcraft, "Unreal 2", and the upcoming "StarCraft 2") and television (Nike, LG, Audi, Nickelodean, Cartoon Network, CNN, Fox Sports). The new E Series of Eurorack modules extends the MOTM legacy into the world's most popular format.

the first modules are in stock

Last Edit: 2010-03-02