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The whole site as one patch. Cards are pieces, cables are the cross-references the writers made between them, and the colour of a cable is the section it leaves from.

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Signal & PathVoltage Is the LanguageIN 6 · OUT 2 Signal & PathWhy Your Oscillator DriftsIN 1 · OUT 1 Signal & PathGates Hold; Triggers FireIN 1 · OUT 1 Signal & PathWhat the Filter Is Actually RemovingIN — · OUT — Signal & PathDC Coupling, the Quiet RuleIN — · OUT 1 ModulationThe Envelope: One Voltage, Four DecisionsIN — · OUT 1 ModulationThe Shape Is the ArgumentIN 1 · OUT — ModulationDepth Is the Parameter Nobody LabelsIN 3 · OUT 1 ModulationWhen the Audio Rate Becomes the ModulatorIN — · OUT 1 PatchingEvery Patch Point Is a QuestionIN — · OUT 1 PatchingFeedback Without CatastropheIN — · OUT — PatchingWhy the Patch Always Breaks at MidnightIN — · OUT 1 PatchingSerial Feels Safe; Parallel Opens UpIN — · OUT 1 Building A RigPower Before ModulesIN — · OUT 1 Building A RigThe Half-Populated CaseIN 2 · OUT 2 Building A RigFormat Differences That Actually MatterIN — · OUT 2 Building A RigThe Rig Is Never Finished and That Is the PointIN — · OUT 1 Repair & Calibration1V/Oct: What Calibration Is Actually DoingIN 6 · OUT 1 Repair & CalibrationWhat the Trimmers Are Actually ForIN 2 · OUT — Repair & CalibrationWhen to Stop and Send ItIN — · OUT 1 Repair & CalibrationReading a PCB Without the DatasheetIN — · OUT 2 Repair & CalibrationWarm-Up, Cool-Down, DriftIN — · OUT 1

Every piece on the site. Click a card to light its cables, then trace downstream to see where the argument ends up. IN counts cables arriving, OUT cables leaving.

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Signal & Path

What a signal is, where it goes, and what each stage of the path does to it.

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Modulation

What a modulator does to a waveform — the envelope, the LFO, and everything between.

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Patching

What patching teaches you that a preset never will — routing logic, feedback, and deliberate signal flow.

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Building A Rig

The practical logic of assembling a case that coheres rather than accumulates.

4 pieces#8494A1

Repair & Calibration

Keeping analog hardware accurate, stable and honest — principle over instruction.

5 pieces