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A synthesizer '''patch''' (some manufacturers chose the term '''program''') is a sound setting. [[Modular synthesizer]]s use [[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)], 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.
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