E-MU Morpheus Z-Plane Synthesizer + Expansions

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"E-MU Systems Morpheus 32-Voice Z-Plane Synthesizer

Extremely powerful and pretty rare synth

100% working and in Excellent conditions with a very bright display

all the buttons are perfectly working

Encoder works perfectly with absolutely no skipping!

Following expansions SysEx format included:

9200 – Morpheus Expanded
9201 – Film Score Composer
9202 – Dance Rage
9203 – Song Writer

also included these 2 amazing banks: Pcmorph Acidtones (preview on youtube video)" [posted here]

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E-Mu Morpheus Z-Plane Synthesizer SN 119300736 w/ New Blue OLED Display

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E-MU MORPHEUS Z-PLANE Synthesizer SN 129301105

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E-MU Systems Morpheus 32-Voice Z-Plane Synthesizer (Model 9053)

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"Freshly replaced internal battery and main encoder. Works flawlessly, a must have for any E-MU head. Includes AC power cable. Backlight is nice and bright, OS version 1.03."

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E-MU Systems Morpheus Z-Plane Synthesizer + New OLED Display SN 059704110

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"Solid example of the pioneering digital synth with 3D morphing filters and complex envelope generators.

Freshly serviced:
Brand new OLED display installed. Actual color is a lovely aqua/turquoise. Very crisp, yet easy on the eyes.
Brand new encoder (data wheel) installed.
Internal RAM battery freshly replaced.
Factory RAM presets and default settings restored.

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E-MU Systems Morpheus Z-Plane Synthesizer

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"Endless sound sculpting possibilities with the many parameters and of course those legendary Z-Plane filters."

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E-mu Ultra Proteus Model 9060 Rackmount Synthesizer SN 109402 350

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"An updated EMU Morpheus version with different wavetable and filter table.

A one of kind module able to create and morph motion textures with evolving pads.

RACKMOUNT 1 rack height unit.
The main panel features a 16 x 2 lines display, 8 buttons and a data encoder.

Back panel terminal connectors:
- Midi interface
- main out
- 2 assignable AUX

Front panel terminal connectors:
- headphones out
- data card slot.

VOICE a 16 bits core Motorola MC68020 manages up to 32 voices polyphony.
A basic sound patch is a combination of 2 samples "primary" + "secondary" - each with individual parameters:
- oscillators crossfade osc1-> osc2 / osc2 -> osc2
- stereo panning position
- keyrange
- pitch tune
- monophonic with portamento
- reverse sample play
- loop mode.

WAVETABLE the internal 16 MB ROM contains 484 PCM waves at 39 kHz / 16 bits resolution, most of these are from previous Emu Proteus machines.
The wavetable contains various kind of PCM including: drums, choir, strings, organ, moog bass, guitar, harmonics, piano, basic waveforms and ethno percussions.

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Ableton M4L XY-Plane Filter 3.2.1

video by Akihiko Matsumoto

"XY-Plane Filter (.amxd file) is 2 dimentional digital complex filter for ableton live. https://gum.co/EcnsO​

This M4L device was inspired by the classic Z-Plane filter which can be found on E-mu Morpheus synthesizer."

INSANITY - E-MU Systems Morpheus - Z-Plane Demos

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INSANITY 1 【Ambient Psychedelic Synthesizer】
INSANITY 2 【Ambient Psychedelic Synthesizer】
INSANITY 3 【Ambient Psychedelic Synthesizer】

Found these via the following auction for an E-Mu Morpheus.

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"E-MU Systems Morpheus - Z-Plane filter morphing digital synthesizer with memory card & original box"

"Yes, it sounds like the video (which was recorded directly from a Morpheus) *if* you know how to program it and modulate it the way that artist does. Please be aware that the artist behind "Insanity 2" is a mega genius and also that it would take years even for a mega genius to discover how to program sounds up to that level, though the unit does indeed project that amazing quality.

You'll get:

(A) E-MU Morpheus unit shipped in the original box with foam sides, boxed again within the shipping box.
(B) 512 MB memory card, formatted loaded with presets, hyperpresets, and midimaps (pictured)
(C) power cable (D) a download link to the sysex factory bank, and a few more full sysex banks (E) bonus: two more download links to a synth/keys/orchestral .wav sample library totaling 6GB. (This sample library cannot be used with the Morpheus, but you could use it with a wide variety of samplers and with NI Kontakt.)

Condition: excellent - see pictures. The last picture shows a scratch on the top casing, the worst cosmetic issue with the whole unit."

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E-MU Systems Morpheus Z Plane Synthesizer SN 019402287

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E-Mu Morpheus Z-Plane Synthesizer Tutorial | VHS (1994)

Daniel Johnson

"This video captures a rare VHS-era intro to the E-Mu Morpheus and Z-Plane Synthesis.

Synthesist Gerry Bassermann discusses the Morpheus hardware and then digs into creating sounds with it.

The Z-Plane Filter, introduced with the Morpheus, lets you control the characteristics of the filter precisely, including frequency, bandwidth and degree of peak. This lets you get a wide variety of filter effects and also lets you morph between filter settings"

BeatPPL Podcast 70 - Rossum-Electro's Dave Rossum & Marco Alpert

Published on May 16, 2020 BBoy Tech Report

"Dave Rossum & Marco Alpert of Emu Systems & Rossum-Electro joins the podcast for a conversation about the EMU legacy, SP1200, and their current eurorack projects. Livestream scheduled for May 16th, 2020 at Noon pacific.

About Dave...
Starting with his co-founding of E-mu Systems, Dave provided the technological leadership that resulted in what many consider the premier professional modular synthesizer system. The E-mu Modular System combined superlative analog design, innovative use of digital technology, and unparalleled physical construction and reliability.

In the following years, Dave and E-mu turned their attention to affordable professional digital sampling with the Emulator keyboards and racks. The Emulator II in particular established sampling as the leading music technology of its time, becoming a standard fixture in professional studios worldwide and appearing on innumerable hit records and film soundtracks. SP-1200It was followed by the Emax samplers, the legendary SP-12 and SP-1200 sampling drum machines, the Proteus sound modules and the Morpheus Z-Plane Synthesizer.

In addition, Dave also developed and licensed technology that enabled the creation of many iconic synthesizers, including the Oberheim 4-Voice, the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 and, via his design of many of the SSM music ICs, instruments from Korg, Kawai, and many more."

E-MU MORPHEUS Z-PLANE SYNTHESIZER ROM Sound Cards

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Morpheus Expanded 9200
Film Score Composer 9201
Dance Rage 9202
all 3 cards comes with the original plastic cases

Very rare and hard to find

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Anyone know if these are based on existing PCM sound waves in the Morpheus or if they contain new ones?

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1993 E-mu Systems Inc. Morpheus "Z-Plane" Synthesizer Brochure

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Custom Faced E-MU Systems Morpheus Z-Plane Synthesizer

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"A rare and really unique synthesizer in good working condition with obviously a bit of a custom paint job on the face plate. Buttons have labels so you can still tell what you are doing though."

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FINALLY! E-MU Morpheus Z-Plane Synthesizer Tutorial!!!

Published on Apr 5, 2019 Ran Jurgenson

"A video introduction to the E-MU Morpheus vintage synthesizer.
RARE VHS TAPE RIP.
N'jOY :)"

If I could give a post of the day award, this would be it. I believe this is the first time this has popped up anywhere. You can find some great demos of the E-Mu Morpheus in the archives, but not the official E-Mu VHS. BTW, creating a new VHS label for these. If you see any older official VHS video posts let me know and I'll add the label.

Update: here's an image of the VHS from a previous listing.

E-MU Systems Morpheus Z-Plane Rack Synthesizer

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E-MU Morpheus Z-Plane Synthesizer

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"The E-mu Morpheus was an innovative machine at the time of its release in 1993. The big news was the introduction of its "z-plane" filters, that had the capability of "changing smoothly their function" over time. The Morpheus contains 8MB of 16-bit samples as the starting points for its sounds. There are 197 filters to choose from. There are three banks of 128 sounds. The hyperpresets allow you to stack or split up to 32 sounds in a patch. A bit hidden in the MidiMap there are also 28 effects, including reverb, delay, chorus, phaser and flanger. Other features include three sets of stereo outputs, user definable alternate tuning, and extensive MIDI implementation."

E-mu Morpheus Synth Demos

E-Mu Morpheus Z-Plane Synth Quick Run Through of Sounds Published on Feb 3, 2017 Electric Denim Studios

Three demos, previously not posted, in order of length. Above is a walkthrough. Below are pure sound demos.

"I love some of the Saws and Pads in this synth. I thought I would run through some of them so you can hear them. The Z-Plane filter sounds pretty awesome too."

E-mu Morpheus synth demo, by Pulse Emitter

Published on Feb 9, 2014

"E-mu Morpheus Z-Plane synthesizer, 1993. All sounds custom programmed and played live with no external effects, just reverb and chorus from the unit itself. 'Liquid' is the first word that comes to my mind when describing the sound of the Morpheus. Then 'ethereal'. It's a powerful and easy to program synth, and I know it can do a variety of styles, but for me it's an ambient music machine. It sounds like some multidimensional jellyfish swimming in the aether. Creating sounds on this thing takes dedication, there are 197 different filters to choose from. And so you know, the presets in this synth are pretty terrible, you won't find anything like what i have here in there at all."

E-MU MORPHEUS Z-Plane Synthesizer sounds 【Synth Demo】

Published on Jan 10, 2015 oscillator

Some distortion from :32 to :55 and then it's gone.

"Z-Plane Synthesizer rackmount module with ASIC chips to deliver sweepable parametric 14-pole digital filter "cubes" (the Z-plane filter). The Z-Plane filter is composed of up to eight complex filters that model and interpolate resonant sound characteristics. In this demo track you can hear some single notes, chords and sequences to give you a conception about Z-Plane filter synthesis possibilities of this legendary machine."

E-MU Morpheus Z-Plane Synthesizer Model 9053 SN 089403 153

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