What is a patch?

A patch is the whole graph you build on the canvas.

Nodes are the parts.

Connections are the relationships between those parts.

Read a patch from left to right

Most of the time, a patch becomes easier to understand if you ask one question:

Where does the signal start, and where does it end?

In a simple patch, the answer looks like this:

osc -> out

In a slightly richer patch, it might look like this:

osc -> flt -> amp -> out

What changes as a patch grows

Small patches teach one concept at a time.

Larger patches combine those concepts into instruments, effects, and eventually modules.

The important part is that the graph should still be readable.

Use modules to keep that readability:

• g groups selected nodes into a module.
• u ungroups a selected module.

Next steps

• Learn the basic unit in What is a node?.
• Learn how signal moves in Signal flow.
• Build one yourself in First sound.