RE: [Doepfer_a100] Re: Now that I've got my first A-100
2002-07-21 by Sebastian Schnitzenbaumer
Joe, don't worry, I'm not trying to avoid my personal in-depth trial-and-error odyssee with this machine .-). What strikes me though is that I've already had some really cool patches going and then I naturally, being the scatter-brained human I am, forgot to remember the patch. And then you never ever get the exact same patch going *except* if you had written it down. I know this is a feature and not a bug. Everytime you sit down and torture this thing it would do something else, making it the unique experience I wanted to go for in the first place. But what if I really do like a complex patch and would like to reproduce it later on? Being a software guy, it's a no-go for me to take a piece of paper and a pencil and do some art expressing the patch. So I'd write an PatchML page for myself to capture the patch just like I would write a HTML page and put it on the web, maybe just for myself to remember later on... If others find it and like it too, even better, but that's maybe not the main purpose... - Sebastian -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: buechlerjoe Gesendet: So 21.07.2002 13:54 An: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com Cc: Betreff: [Doepfer_a100] Re: Now that I've got my first A-100 > I'd love to spend more time finding out more about patches on > the web. I have only found: http://www.modular-planet.de so > far. Unfortunately the patches are not grouped by module set. So it > is hard to indentify patches that I can do with just the A-100 M > set. This would be a great use case for a XML-based web app: > I'd create a markup language, similar to HTML, for patches, say > PatchML, and we'd share patches thru PatchML web pages. I could > search those pages and sort them by category, e.g. check for > <modules-in-use>A100M</modules-in-use>. I might actually > do this if people think its worth the time... Hi Sebastion A while back, I started organizing information by module from this group (click the Database link on the right), including patch snippets, reviews and techniques. Unfortunately, the volume of information has increased so much that I haven't been able to keep up. Happily, it's just as easy to type some of the individual module numbers into the "search" box on the top of the page. The A100 group archives are an incredible treasure trove of patch ideas and information. I'd also recommend that you don't try to impose a digital paradigm on an analog modular synth. Patch libraries, web-based or otherwise, were an outgrowth of the DX7 phenomenon, where most people couldn't program their own synthesizers any more. If your experience is anything like mine, you'll learn more about synth programming in the next few months with a modular system, than you have in all your previous experience put together. Read some stuff about general analog synth techniques, and develop your own patches! It's much more fun and rewarding. Joe ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Free $5 Love Reading Risk Free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/wlyPtD/PfREAA/Ey.GAA/QnLolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: doepfer_a100-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]