Load/combine a saved patch

▸What it is

Patches in PatchPond are portable: a saved patch is a structured description of every knob position — oscillators, envelopes, filter, modulation, effects, voice mode, arp settings — that any PatchPond engine can load. Bringing a previously built patch into a new lesson lets you keep your sound's identity while changing how it is played; loading a pluck patch into an arp lesson, for example, arpeggiates that pluck rather than a generic synth. The patch format encodes synthesis intent — the parameters — not the rendered audio, which means the same patch played on iOS may sound a little nicer than on the web because each platform renders the patch with the best DSP it has.

▸Questions

• Will my patch sound exactly the same on iOS and web?

  Very close, but not identical. iOS uses richer DSP and a higher-quality soundbank where it helps. The shared contract is the patch format, not the audio.

• Can I load any patch into any lesson?

  Yes. The lesson controls which knobs are in focus; the loaded patch sets where everything is positioned to start.

• What is stored in a patch?

  Every parameter described in the synth model — oscillators, envelopes, filter, LFO, modulation routes, drive, delay, reverb, voice mode, arp — plus metadata like name and timestamps.

▸In the curriculum

First taught

AR3 · Combine — Bring a Pluck or Pad patch in and arpeggiate it. Part of the Arp track.

This concept is taught once and is not directly reused in another lesson.

▸Related concepts

Concepts that share a lesson with load/combine a saved patch: