[sdiy] presets on a modular

[Peter Grenader]

Poysonally, I think the ability to save patches on a modular is a great
idea, and would rock the world of the working professional, especially those
who do film work.

I'm sure many would burn my home down for saying yah to this, as I'm
supposed to be an analog purist and therefor willing to loose the most
brilliant patch I've ever conceived because I jotted it down incorrectly.

Of the examples you show, I like the first one, as the others (imho) look
like they would require a bit too much work to recall and presets are (also
my opinion) supposed to be a fast, painless and on the fly kind of affair.

The thing I'd like to see (and btw, my VCO has been set up mechanically so
that's possible) is that all possible connections are also routed to some
sort of digital matrix, so that one would have the option of connections
through that digital device.

OK, as long as we're in fantasyland here, picture this:

No patch jacks, anywhere.  Instead, lit momentary buttons.  If you want to
run an virtual patch cord from one point to the other (in this example let's
say the saw out of a VCO into a filter input), then all's ya do is depress
the saw out button and then immediately press the filter input button.  Once
you do this, I see them both blinking one and off together a couple of
times, giving you a visual indication that the connection was made.  The
patching matrix would need to be intelligent, not allowing you to connect
two outputs together, etc.  It would also need to be programmed so that each
patch cord could be stepped through visually, so you could see what was
going on in a complex patch step by step, one connection at a time.

For me, this would be the affirmation of the ultimate 21st century analog
modular.

- P