MOTM

In a message dated 2/29/2000 4:56:29 PM, alt_mode@... writes:

>I suppose I too am addicted to patch cords; I'm just exploring other options
>that
>can help with that modular "lateral thinking"...

I was thinking that there must've been a time in the development of modular 
gear, that people were using binding posts and just stripped and tinned wire 
-- no jacks at all. I've been meaning to ask this on the diy list when 
pro/con connector threads start showing up.

>Along the same lines, how do folks "store" patches from their MOTM systems?
> I
>haven't bothered to write things down yet, preferring to have my patches
>as a form
>of temporary "art" but I wonder if any folks just get out a notebook and
>write down
>a block diagram or do something else.  Thoughts?

I rarely (never) log my patches, if I come up with something new to me, I'll 
generally leave it patched up for weeks, and change the other stuff around 
it, until it becomes part of my "patch repertoire." In EM classes, I did log 
patches, but found the real important if subtle info is lost (like 
relationships between two oscillators in some FM patch for example). I have 
said that MOTM stability and large knob size might make logging patches 
easier.

JB