Vostok2020
Analogue Solutions
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APPROACH
As mentioned the approached taken is just the same as with cables. Think about your signal flow.
Add a pin at a time.
You can do entire patches using just pins, or just cables. However, the best patches will probably
require using some of each.
Just as with any modular, not every connection you make will necessarily sound great! So keep
working at that patch.
Sometimes weird and unexpected things will happen! It’s impossible to make an analogue
patchable synth 100% ‘perfect’ - but that’s why you bough this right? Analogue means character,
happy accidents, interesting sounds!
CO-ORDINATES
You will find by many of the jack sockets have labels such as ‘Y6’.
These are co-ordinates showing where this jack is on the matrix panel.
In this case, Y6 refers to Noise output.
PINS SUMMARY
Shorting pins (short ones).
Advantages : cheaper!
Disadvantages: some signals won’t mix too well using these.
Resistor pins (long ones).
Advantages: usually mix signals better!
Disadvantages: they are very expensive since they are custom made for Analogue Solutions.
It is best to generally use the short ‘zero ohm’ shorting pins, for no other reason that these are the
lower cost of the two types, so you’re likely to have more of them.
The matrix itself isn’t bu
ff
ered, however most of the circuit ins and outs are. You can usually split
any signal with no problem.
Most signals will mix into an input with no problem. However, if you do find odd things going on,
like pitch or signals dropping a little when multiple pins go to the same destination, use a 10K
resistor pin (long handled pins). This usually improves bu
ff
ering.
And once again, just like patch cables, some patches won’t seem to do exactly what you expect
(or hope). That’s not to say the patch won’t sound good, just maybe a little odd in some way. It’s
impossible to design an analogue modular synth where every single patch, out of the millions
possible, are totally predictable, like it would be in a software synth. But then that’s the point of
this synth isn’t it? Right? Analogue synths give you those happy accidents and quirky sound
artefacts that you couldn’t possibly intentionally have created.
With all those (good!) caveats out of the way, for the most part your patching will give you the
predictable results you’re planning.
Note: Pin colours supplied may vary to what you see in photos and video.
