Analogue Solutions Polymath - Manual (Page 4)

Polymath
4 Polymath, what is it? | Analogue Solutions
be physically removed, swapped or changed with other circuits, like say, VCF. (For instance
a Concussor or Doepfer modular) to be classed as modular.
Some say the synth can be called modular if the circuits are fixed and not swappable, but
has a full complement of sockets.
I won’t debate which is the correct description of semi-modular or fully modular, but I would
say Polymath can safely be classed as modular!
What we can say is that every circuit is completely independent, and can be patched where
you want with just a few exceptions. The exceptions are there to reduce the amount of cable
patching to a reasonable level. Where there is prepatching within Polymath, it can almost
always be ‘cancelled’ by zeroing a control or flicking a switch.
PREPATCHED
The control voltages from the MIDI-CV converter are prepatched to each VCO, VCF, VCA,
EGs. However, in many cases the signal can be switch out via a toggle switch.
In a similar way to above, some other signals are pre-patched to other circuits, but once
again can be ‘turned off’ via a control or toggle switch.
The position of many key sockets has been carefully chosen so that in the most common
patches the patch cables can be short, and will not ‘hang’ over the controls and obscure
front panel vision. E.g., the VCF audio output socket is right next to the VCA audio input
sockets. Since you’d normally patch these together we placed the sockets right by each
other.