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Named after the Greek god of dreams, the Morpheus is an aluminum percussion instrument made by the US company Freenotes.  The instrument is modular;  the keys can be rearranged in any order you like, as each metal bar is attached to its own tuned resonator.

The Morpheus is one of the cleanest, purest sounds you will hear - add tremolo and it sounds very much like a vibraphone, but with an extra 'glass-like' quality. Used with subtle delay and phase effects it takes on a hypnotic quality, showing why it is often used for mediative healing. Roll-off the attack transient and you're left with an almost perfect sine-wave, but not quite ; the gloss and shimmer of the metal still remain, making sereneyet characterful sustained tones.