Saving patches on the XL that use the CV patch chords

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Hi

If you create a patch on the XL that uses the additional CV patching features, does this mean you can’t save the sound to memory?
I am curious how this works, as of course the cables would not necessarily be in the same place the next time you recall your sound etc.

Cheers

Andy

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You have to move the “patch” cords back to the same postions or your sound will be different. (Just like we have to do with our modulars.)

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If you can afford the XL, maybe you can afford this one too:

http://www.solid-state-logic.com/music/xlogic%20x-patch/

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Digital camera FTW.

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You can always chose the “old analog” way of life.
I’ve been doing it for years.

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Ill bet that took a long time to evolve into an efficient process.

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It did.
I can look back at early books and see how sloppy it looked compared to today’s work.
I cannot work without it now. It is second nature.
I like being able to know if what I am trying is a totally new idea or like something I have done before.
I keep records on when the wiring started and when it is torn down as well.
I keep records on records. (I write notes about the notebooks themselves… in a seperate notebook)

Believe me when I tell you that I am by far stranger then what I let on to.
Engineers are a strange group of people.

It is nice, because I can see exactly when a piece of gear hit my studio… my orginal ideas on using it and how it has evolved into how it is being used now.

Pictures do say a thousand words, but a thousand words are worth way more than a picture to me.
I have over 100 cabled that are dedicated to CV.
A picture looks like a spagetti.

Have a good day gents. (and thanks for the last email Eric…I hope all is well in your world)

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Thanks for the replies guys. I guess a digital photo would be the way to go. Thats how I capture the good patches on my Pro One.

I’m still waying up the purchase of the XL. Though I have saved up enough, and the wife is allowing me to buy it (!), I cant help feel its a HUGE indulgence.
If I dont buy it I am pondering the Voyager Select plus a Roland System 100 instead. Any thoughts?

Cheers

Andy

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How about a Voyqager Performer with the XV module and some Synthesizers.com modules?

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Hi all,

I’m new to the forum but have used analog synths since 1972 when I bought an ARP 2600 from Douglass Music in Chicago ( $2200 ). The ARPs used to come with patch sheets which were just a printed layout of the front panel of the synth on which you could draw in the patch ( colored pencil ) and draw in the fader settings. It is an admittedly pretty old school technique but also pretty bulletproof. Very much the same as the Mackie Mixer fader maps provided in their manuals.

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I use patch charts as well (I go back to the 70s with synths, too).

The mention of a system that’s pretty much bulletproof reminds me of something worth suggesting, though. It’s maybe a good idea to draw up a computer template for settings you like. A word processor file with spaces where you insert the actual settings works fine.

That way if anything happens to your patch charts you have a backup you can print out again. And if the worst happens and you lose your synths and your patch charts in a fire or similar, you can print your backup and re-program your replacement synths.