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Signal & Path
What a signal is, where it goes, and what each stage of the path does to it.
Everything in Signal & Path
Each piece states what feeds it and what it feeds. Nothing here is numbered, and any of them can be the first one you read.
- Fed by 6
Voltage Is the Language
Audio, modulation, and gates are the same substance doing different jobs — once you see that, the patch opens up.
- Fed by 1
Why Your Oscillator Drifts
Analog VCOs drift because physics says they must. The question is whether the drift you're hearing is within tolerance or signaling something wrong.
- Fed by 1
Gates Hold; Triggers Fire
A gate is a duration; a trigger is a moment. Confusing them wastes patches and puzzles envelopes.
- Loose jack
What the Filter Is Actually Removing
Walks through filter topology — low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, notch — by describing what each configuration does to a waveform's harmonic content rather than what it sounds like.
- Loose jack
DC Coupling, the Quiet Rule
The modular patch carries control voltage and audio on the same wire. Lose DC coupling at the wrong point and half your patch goes silent in the wrong way.
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