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Re: [motm] Patch Documentation Query

2000-12-03 by Paul Schreiber

I bought a copy of VISIO which allows custom templetes to be used. You can
easily draw
MOTM panels, save as a templete, then "darg and drop" a patch sheet.

Paul S.

----- Original Message -----
From: <mbedtom@...>
To: <motm@egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 3:58 AM
Subject: [motm] Patch Documentation Query


> I am a newbie to this group and still awaiting the delivery of my
> first batch of MOTMs.  Have never owned a modular synth so I am
> contemplating some of the gotchas in advance.
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> After discovering a number of sounds that one likes, how are the
> patches usually documented?  It is one thing to draw a CAD picture of
> your synth and then draw lines for knob settings and patch cord
> connections.  But it is quite another to "document" what manner of
> sound was created.  It would seem that in short order, hundreds of
> worthwhile patches would be identified.  Looking over past posts I
> was amused by some of the sound descriptions that were invented.  The
> trouble is, I might know what a "splufferoscitor" sounds like but
> nobody else will.  And six months later, I won't remember what it
> sounded like, either.
>
> I'd be grateful to hear from all who have devised a workable approach!
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Tom Farrand
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