MOTM

Steve Maietta writes:
>>It seems that audio is going from left to right and cv's, gates etc come
into modules from the bottom.  This should be standardized as well to make
digestability quick and easy.<<

Yeah, that's the way it should be done.  But it is amazing how many people
fight against that most logical way of thinking when it comes to placing
modules in their synth.  There have been entire threads where people argue
against left to right flow and control coming from the bottom.  Go figure.

Mike Estee writes:
>>You wouldn't happen to have this sound as an MP3 anywhere? I was trying to
recreate the patch on my MOTM, but the slider positions mean nothing to me
as I don't have a roland modular ;) I might have recreated, I might not
have. I have no idea.<<

Nope.  The Roland books didn't come with any tapes/records.  For a synth
other than theirs, you just have to look at the basic patch connections and
then set knobs by ear.

Scott Juskiw writes:
>>Signal sources (oscillators, noise generators, microphone) are often
represented with a circle. Modifiers (VCF, VCA, inverter) are often
represented with a triangle (like an op amp). Controllers (ADSR, keyboard,
sequencer, bias source) are often represented with a rectangle. But
eventually even this breaks down because LFOs can be considered controllers
at low frequency or signal sources at audible frequency.<<

Some of this also makes sense.  However I noticed they don't use a triangle
for mixers.  Since a mixer takes several signals in at the left and output
one to the right, a triangle makes most sense there.  And as you point out
there are lots of modules that don't fit any catagory, such as sequential
swithes, s/h modules, ring modulators, delay lines, and so on.  Perhaps
squares/rectangles for all misc modules.

-Elhardt