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Subject: Re: [motm] motm patch documentation project

From: Mike Estee <squeeker@...>
Date: 2005-06-15

On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Kenneth Elhardt wrote:
> Just to see how Roland does their block diagrams, here is a scan from a
> typical patch of theirs (Doepfer is very similar). Everything is in squares
> but mixers and VCAs are triangles and voltage inverters are a triangle with
> a bubble on the end (in other words, a digital inverter symbol). If you
> want to stay standard and keep in line with what's already out there, this
> would be the way to do block diagrams.

Thanks!

Does anyone have an opinion one way or another about this? On one
hand, just using blocks makes a lot sense, mostly because it can get
pretty ambiguous as to what group things belong in. What does the
frequency shifter belong in? Osc or Filter? On the other hand, I think
it's a little easier to read with some catagorization.

In my example patches I use a circle (osc) to both represent a 440
(it's in self res) and a 300.

--mikes