The unofficial, half-assed, Muffs Book of Bad Ideas

HIMA · Post by **HIMA** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 3:31 am

replicating this post here cause i know most of you never visit the general forum...

As someone who came at modulars from the world of soft synths, I felt a bit lost 'cause of the lack of tutorial videos around modular techniques. Luckily, there are a handful of people who generously produce module walk throughs in video format and there is some printed material around as well. But without doubt, the very best resource is Muffs.

I took the time to surf the 80 pages of topics in the Modular Synth General Discussion sub-board. And every time I encountered a topic that hinted at the idea it might contain non-module-specific knowledge, I dived it. Pretty soon I realized two things:

1. People tend to ask the same things over and over. In some instances this
goes on for yearsÃ¢â‚¬Â¦
2. There is enough info in there for a book.

Then I got the idea to share my learnings with the community. Sadly it happened too late in the process to think to credit the individual contributors. But everything is copied verbatim, so if you'd like to know who said what, just do a search.

Download The Book of Bad Ideas here: http://bit.ly/1oz2zaI

Hopefully you find this useful. At this point I'm thinking to continue updating the document. I'll try improve the format, structure and design when time allows. If you have something you'd like to directly contribute (ideas to improve the booklet or techniques), send it my way or better yet, post it at muffs!

tiny333 · Post by **tiny333** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 3:38 am

Great thanks for that

Yes we cat

Ha ha

richard · Post by **richard** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 3:39 am

thanks for sharing this but you should know that doubling posting is considered a really bad idea here

HIMA · Post by **HIMA** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 3:43 am

my bad. just wanted to try help out as many as possible.

Moderator? hello, please delete from the Euro sub-forum.

tiny333 · Post by **tiny333** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 3:56 am

Na leave it hes right folk seldom stray lol

Matos · Post by **Matos** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:02 am

This is great! It won't stop people from asking the same questions week after week, but it's a heroic effort non the less

Noise for Fiction · Post by **Noise for Fiction** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:04 am

Great,thanks

z3r01 · Post by **z3r01** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:20 am

Great effort, HIMA! Thanks for taking the time to compile all these.

oootini · Post by **oootini** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:26 am

great! i have a folder of notes on my phone that i keep with exactly the same kind of patch tips. this is really great. kudos.

HIMA · Post by **HIMA** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:31 am

oootini wrote:great! i have a folder of notes on my phone that i keep with exactly the same kind of patch tips. this is really great. kudos.

it would be great if you could share, then i can incorporate them into v1.2. i'm bound to have missed stuff. anyway, i'll start trawling the euro board soon to get moving on the next edition. but first i have to try everything in the PDF!

Protofrangiste · Post by **Protofrangiste** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:33 am

Wow! Great job HIMA, thank you for that!
Very useful!

AsceticUnderground · Post by **AsceticUnderground** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:37 am

Great stuff HIMA, thanks for putting that together

Kalerne · Post by **Kalerne** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:48 am

thanks !

karmadelic · Post by **karmadelic** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:25 am

nice one Ã¢â‚¬Â¦ :-)

kimu · Post by **kimu** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:34 am

thanks HIMA !!!!

great job !!!!

deserve to be sticky!

nf · Post by nf » Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:41 am

Really nice! Thank you.

I can imagine this being really useful when stuck for ideas.

Prunesquallor · Post by **Prunesquallor** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:57 am

This is brilliant!

Of course, everyone will be expecting you to rifle the Eurorack and 5U subforums as well, when you've got time. No pressure...

myecholalia · Post by **myecholalia** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:07 am

Great stuff, HIMA! When you mentioned this on Sunday, I wasn't expecting something this elaborate. Fantastic job.

Ekofisk · Post by **Ekofisk** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:43 am

Great job! Thanks a lot!

doctorvague · Post by **doctorvague** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:55 am

Great job!!

oberkorn · Post by **oberkorn** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:01 am

WOW a most awesome contribution. much appreciated!

Entrainer · Post by **Entrainer** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:06 am

so, what is the best filter?

bodo · Post by **bodo** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:07 am

Great work, thanks for sharing this!

transistor logic · Post by **transistor logic** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:13 am

great job !!

jhindsight · Post by **jhindsight** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:19 am

As i'm Mr Noobington of 1 Begginer Street in Cluelessville i appreciate this pdf greatly.

Thanks

MUFF WIGGLER

MUFF WIGGLER

The unofficial, half-assed, Muffs Book of Bad Ideas

The unofficial, half-assed, Muffs Book of Bad Ideas