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9. Click the Perform button to view performance controls, then click the Wheel pop-up
menu under the Transform pad, and choose Control 1.
You can now use the mod wheel to move performance control 1.
10. As optional steps, click the source A button, then click the Edit button to view the main
edit window for this source.
• If necessary, drag the S and E handles (start and end point markers) in the waveform
display to trim the file.
• Double-click above the waveform display to place additional warp markers at
important syllables in your speech samples.
• Click the B button in the main edit window to view source B parameters.
• Double-click to create additional warp markers. Existing warp markers already
correspond with those created for source A. The syllable tagged with warp marker n
in source B is time-aligned with the syllable tagged with warp marker n in source A
at the halfway point of the morph.
Morph four additive sources using a pair of MSEG envelopes in Alchemy
1. In MainStage, from the Name bar, click the File button and choose Initialize Preset from
the pop-up menu to reset all Alchemy parameters to default settings.
2. Switch to advanced view, then click the Morph button to show morphing parameters.
3. Click the source A select field, and choose Import Audio.
4. Select Additive mode in the Import browser, choose a suitable sample, and import it.
Turn on Formant mode.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each of the other three sources. Make sure Spectral mode is
chosen and the Formant button is on when importing to sources B, C, and D.
6. Click the Morph button at the left to view morphing parameters, then click the Morph
XY button.
You can now morph between the four sources using the X and Y knobs. Follow the steps
below to assign the X and Y knobs to MSEG 1 and MSEG 2, respectively.