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A synthesizer '''patch''' (some manufacturers chose the term '''program''') is a sound setting. [[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
==See also==
*[[:Category:Patches]]
==References==
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==Further reading==
*[http://www.synthesizer-cookbook.com/ Welsh's Synthesizer Cookbook]: Synthesizer Programming, Sound Analysis, and Universal Patch Book; by Fred Welsh.
==External links==
*[http://www.modular-planet.de/modular-planet-survey.html Modular Planet]
*[http://www.modularsynth.net/viewforum.php?f=3 Electro-Music Patch subforum]
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[[Category:Modular synthesizers]]
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