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A synthesizer '''patch''' (some manufacturers chose the term '''program''') is a combination of settings and connections.
== In modular synthesizers ==
[[Modular synthesizer]]s use [[patch cords]]s to connect the different sound modules together. Since these machines had no memory to save settings, musicians wrote down the locations of the patch cords and knob positions on a "patch sheet", which usually showed a diagram of the synthesizer. Ever since, an overall sound setting for any type of synthesizer has been known as a patch.
In the late 1970s, patch memory (allowing storage and loading of "patches" or "programs") began to appear in synths like the [[Oberheim Four-voice]],<ref>[http://retrosynthads.blogspot.com/2010/02/oberheim-polyphonic-synthesizer.html Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer Programmer], advert in Contemporary Keyboard Magazine, September/October 1976, p. 19</ref> [[Sequential Circuits]]' [[Sequential Circuits Model 700 Programmer|Model 700 Programmer]] (1977) and [[Sequential Circuits Prophet-5|Prophet-5]] (1977/1978). After [[MIDI]] was introduced in 1983, more and more synthesizers could import or export patches via [[MIDI SysEx]] commands. When a synthesizer patch is uploaded to a personal computer that has patch editing software installed, the user can alter the parameters of the patch and download it back to the synthesizer. Because there is no standard patch language it is rare that a patch generated on one synthesizer can be used on a different model. However sometimes manufacturers design a family of synthesizers to be compatible.
== See also ==
* [[
* [[:Category:Patches]]
* [[Patch cables]]
== References ==
{{From Wikipedia|Synthesizer}}
{{reflist}}
== Further reading ==
* ''[http://www.synthesizer-cookbook.com/ Welsh's Synthesizer Cookbook]: Synthesizer Programming, Sound Analysis, and Universal Patch Book
* ''The Source Book of Patching and Programming'', Polyphony Magazine, 1978, {{ISBN|0-933338-00-7}}
* ''Notes on Modular Synthesis'' by Peter Elsea, [https://www.lulu.com/en/en/shop/peter-elsea/notes-on-modular-synthesis/paperback/product-1p7qr6ep.html lulu.com] - fifty pages of the basic patches to famous patches.
* ''Patch & Tweak - Exploring Modular Synthesis'' by Kim Bjørn, Chris Meyer, Bjooks Media, 2018, {{ISBN|9788799999514}}
* ''A synthesist's guide to acoustic instruments'' by Howard Massey, Amsco, 1987, {{ISBN|071191124X}} - audio files from the book at [https://www.matrixsynth.com/2008/06/synthesists-guide-to-acoustic.html Matrix synth]
== External links ==
* [https://github.com/spektroaudio/patchbook Patchbook] - Markup language and parser for writing and distributing patches for modular synthesizers.
=== Patches ===
*[http://www.modular-planet.de/modular-planet-survey.html Patches] at modular-planet.de▼
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180123151034/http://musicthing.co.uk/pages/patches.html Patch ideas] at Music Thing Modular
*[http://www.angelfire.com/music2/theanalogcottage/clasptch.htm Classic and Weird Patches] at The Analog Cottage▼
▲* [http://www.modular-planet.de/modular-planet-survey.html Patches] at modular-planet.de
▲* [http://www.angelfire.com/music2/theanalogcottage/clasptch.htm Classic and Weird Patches] at The Analog Cottage
* Mod Wiggler forum:[https://www.modwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12812 Newb looking for 'Patching for dummies' kind of thing]
* [http://sonic.net/mjones/archive/docs/index.html Synth & Studio Docs Archive]
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa9Em_H8Xs_ZDNkkchkYaa64czV85TqPG A Patch From Scratch - Modular Synth Patch Tutorials], The Tuesday Night Machines YouTube playlist
* ''[http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~clark/nordmodularbook/nm_book_toc.html Advanced Programming Techniques for Modular Synthesizers]'' edited by James J. Clark
* Also in [[Polyphony magazine]]
* ''Notes on Modular Synthesis'' by Peter Elsea, [https://www.lulu.com/en/en/shop/peter-elsea/notes-on-modular-synthesis/paperback/product-1p7qr6ep.html lulu.com], 2018 - pp.61-93 basic patches and pp. 94-108 generative patches
* [https://modwiggler.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=84 Synthesis Techniques], Mod Wiggler Forum
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