How to "deconstruct" or "dissect" a patch

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How to "deconstruct" or "dissect" a patch

Post by dingebre » Sun Sep 19, 2021 3:31 pm

One way I learn about creating patches is by dissecting or deconstructing a different patch. Using a "patch book" for my Minimoog or my modular or an editor/librarian for my Voyager, etc. provides some very useful insight into the signal path, modulation, filters, envelopes, and other parameters.

That said, is there any way to dissect or deconstruct a Moog One patch? I haven't found any editor, librarian, or other piece of software which will take a ".mp1" file and break it down into an understandable format.

The *.mp1 patch files are in ASCII format, but are thousands of lines long and the entries are a bit inscrutable. I can make good guesses about some things, but not everything. Just an example from the Chorusaurs patch (this file is 3222 lines long):

/p/part/t/3/in/cv/exp1/dest "MASTER VOLUME"
/p/part/t/3/in/cv/exp1/en true
/p/part/t/3/in/cv/exp1/in-max 5.0
/p/part/t/3/in/cv/exp1/in-min 0.0
/p/part/t/3/in/cv/exp1/out-max 1.0
/p/part/t/3/in/cv/exp1/out-min 0.0
/p/part/t/3/in/cv/exp2/dest "FILTER CUTOFF"
/p/part/t/3/in/cv/exp2/en true
/p/part/t/3/in/cv/exp2/in-max 5.0
/p/part/t/3/in/cv/exp2/in-min 0.0
/p/part/t/3/in/cv/exp2/out-max 1.0
/p/part/t/3/in/cv/exp2/out-min 0.0

Thanks!

David
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