Re: PCM 80: to morph or not to morph

[Jon Durant <74074.1316@CompuServe.COM>]

Matthias writes:

>You meand there is no possibility to do the sounds on a PCM80? That must 
>>be a
limit of the Lexichip then, because I cannot see anything the 2105 >does 
that
the "big" standard DSP don't do.
 
The Lexichip is a great *reverb* chip, designed *specifically* to handle 
the
rigors of Dave G.'s secret sauce. (not to mention remove the liklihood of
reverse-engineering!) It does have it's limitations, due to the nature of 
it's
design. In the PCM 80, the Lexichip is teamed up with a 56K, giving you 
the best
of both worlds. The new MPX-1 is a Lexichip/2110 combi platter, better 
suited to
Vortex-like oddness. But don't expect anyone to be doing them soon. Bring 
up the
naughty M-word, and you're likely to be run out of town.

The beauty of "morphing" in the Vortex, as opposed to, say, Digidrek (who 
began
using the term for a couple of months when they thought we were on to 
something)
was that it doesn't simply cross-fade between effects. A good look at the 
Vortex
Manual gives you a block diagram of the many different algorithmic 
structures.
Which tend to be convoluted and bizzarre. When you morph, those structures 
get
transformed, and along the way, some unbelievably cool stuff takes place. 

The PCM 80 is designed very differently, and for a number of reasons, I'm 
not
convinced it would work the same way. That doesn't mean it wouldn't be 
cool, but
it would be different. And, besides, as I mentioned earlier, no one's 
going to
go there.