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This paper introduces a digital reconstruction of the morphophone, a complex magnetophonic device developed in the 1950s within the laboratories of the GRM (Groupe de Recherches Musicales) in Paris. The analysis, design, and implementation methodologies underlying the Digital Morphophone Environment are discussed. Based on a detailed review of historical sources and limited documentation – including a small body of literature and, most notably, archival images – the core operational principles of the morphophone have been modeled within the MAX visual programming environment. The main goals of this work are, on the one hand, to study and make accessible a now obsolete and unavailable tool, and on the other, to provide the opportunity for new explorations in computer music and research.

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