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Sequent · Post by **Sequent** » Sat May 30, 2015 7:11 pm

Personally, I find the patch descriptions great and it's always good to know where you were coming from when creating them. If you find yourself spending more than a few minutes per patch to the point where it becomes a chore, then it's probably too much. Finding a balance can be difficult. But one or two sentences are much appreciated. Besides, I'm always looking for that elusive "perfect" broccoli recipe.

Ranjarresh · Post by **Ranjarresh** » Sat May 30, 2015 8:10 pm

I buy patches for their descriptions. After installation I delete patches to keep documentation only.

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Sun May 31, 2015 5:23 am

Ranjarresh wrote:I buy patches for their descriptions. After installation I delete patches to keep documentation only.

Sounds sensible!

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Sun May 31, 2015 5:26 am

Sequent wrote:Personally, I find the patch descriptions great and it's always good to know where you were coming from when creating them. If you find yourself spending more than a few minutes per patch to the point where it becomes a chore, then it's probably too much. Finding a balance can be difficult. But one or two sentences are much appreciated. Besides, I'm always looking for that elusive "perfect" broccoli recipe.

While writing these descriptions I often have to re-analyze what I actually programmed, with complex patches this can take up to 10+ minutes, then things get tweaked again (which isn't bad, like the final polish gets polished even more).

Elusive broccoli™ - hmmm - the name for a next project maybe.

Michael L · Post by **Michael L** » Sun May 31, 2015 6:00 am

Your pdfs identify where the key mods and limits are, and saves much trial and error. It's one part of your total approach of patches+written descriptions+audio demos+video demos that helps me learn what is possible, so I can sloooowly become better. So valuable.

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Sun May 31, 2015 6:49 am

Michael L wrote:Your pdfs identify where the key mods and limits are, and saves much trial and error. It's one part of your total approach of patches+written descriptions+audio demos+video demos that helps me learn what is possible, so I can sloooowly become better. So valuable.

Ahhh, that goes down like oil as we say, so that's a vote for keeping things as they are

Spip · Post by **Spip** » Sun May 31, 2015 12:44 pm

What about adding a third option to the poll ?

"Making a long pdf takes a lot of no-fun time, I prefer to spend this time to add more presets to the sound bank. Are you Ok to buy it ? "

For me, I don't like to read something that is already on the software panel, or to obvious, like you said above about reverbs.

On the other hand, I appreciate when there is some infos or images about the samples. Where they come from, how they were recorded, etc.

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Sun May 31, 2015 12:57 pm

Spip wrote:What about adding a third option to the poll ?

"Making a long pdf takes a lot of no-fun time, I prefer to spend this time to add more presets to the sound bank. Are you Ok to buy it ? "

For me, I don't like to read something that is already on the software panel, or to obvious, like you said above about reverbs.

On the other hand, I appreciate when there is some infos or images about the samples. Where they come from, how they were recorded, etc.

Naaa, it's not about MORE of everything but LESS, thank´s for the input.

Sparky77 · Post by **Sparky77** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:20 am

As long as they have pretty photos im in!

Touch The Universe · Post by **Touch The Universe** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:37 am

Hey man, I think it shows you really care and like what you do and you go the extra mile. Thumbs up in my book

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 1:26 pm

Sparky77 wrote:As long as they have pretty photos im in!

Some do, if there was something to photograph, I always include it in the PDFs. My webdesigner even made pics inside the Serum synth for the first Serum set...

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 1:28 pm

Tjgoa wrote:Hey man, I think it shows you really care and like what you do and you go the extra mile. Thumbs up in my book

Thank you!

Flako · Post by **Flako** » Mon May 02, 2016 5:49 am

Yes. I think the detail in your descriptions is informative and helpful. A dry list would be less so. I mean, you program it to create an effect and when you describe the effect produced by a modulation or knob turn that is interesting and helpful.

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Mon May 02, 2016 6:12 am

Flako wrote:Yes. I think the detail in your descriptions is informative and helpful. A dry list would be less so. I mean, you program it to create an effect and when you describe the effect produced by a modulation or knob turn that is interesting and helpful.

Thanks for the feedback!

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