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A 2025 MIDI INNOVATION AWARD entry
"The Morphonium Family is a 3-part MIDI controller used together to continuously shape sound in realtime. Consisting of the Alpha 'wheelboard' with a unique keyboard-like layout of over 100 wheels & switches, the Delta keyboard with a suite of novel gestural controls & the Omega pedalboard, allow the player to continuously shape and add nuance to sound. The beauty & depth of expression achieved is unrivalled in the world of MIDI controllers and provides a system to compose, perform, record, teach & notate music in the electronic domain."
The Morphonium consists of three parts:
Wheelboard (timbre control)
74 wheels and 30 buttons for MIDI notes and continuous controllers
Touch screen for programming and feedback
Keyboard (melody)
4 octave velocity sensitive keyboard
"Vibe bar" for vibrato and calibrated pitch bends
"Gliss strip" for up to 2 octave glissando
"Tron" for theremin-like continuous control of pitch and volume
"Pusher" (up/down) and "Spinitt" (rotary) expression controllers
"Transer" shifts octaves based on proximity of the hand to the back of the keyboard
Breath controller to articulate volume and brightness
Pedalboard
Continuous expression pedal for filter / brightness
Sustain pedal (continuous or digital)
4 digital pedals for loop control
See https://www.morphonium.org for additional details.
