What do the upper case suffixes on the patch names mean?

  • JH = Jörg Hüttner


    Projects - Jörg Hüttner
    Web page showing current and past projects of German composer and synth programmer Jörg Hüttner, selectable by category.
    jorghuttner.com

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  • FYI, the installer of the Virus TI software also installs a bunch of manuals and tutorials (on macOS in /Library/Documentation/Access Music/Virus TI). Among them is a file called "Patchnames.pdf". It lists all the ROM patches for the Virus TI 1 and contains following notes about the abbreviations:

    • ROM-A: Patches by Ben Crosland (BC)
    • ROM-B: Patches by Manuel Schleis (MS), http://www.vengeance-sound.com
    • ROM-C: Patches by Howard Scarr (HS)
    • ROM-D: Patches by Matt Picone (M@)
    • ROM-E: Patches by Matthew Stolley (M)
    • ROM-F: Patches by Howard Scarr (HS)
    • ROM-G: Patches By Ben Crosland (BC)
    • ROM-H: Patches By Ben Crosland (BC), Cosmic Dreamer (SV), HJ Scheffler (JS) and Mikael Hansson (MH)
    • ROM-I: Patches By Cosmic Dreamer (SV), Howard Scarr (HS) and Rob Papen (RP)
    • ROM-J: Patches by Joerg Schaaf (J), Matthew Stolley (M) and Zack Steinkamp (zs)
    • ROM-K: Patches by Joerg Huettner (jh) and HJ Scheffler (JS)
    • ROM-L: Patches By Xmorph/Icon Of Coil (XM) and Joerg Huettner (jh)
    • ROM-M: Patches by Manuel Schleis (MS) and Mikael Hansson (MH)
    • ROM-N: Patches by Ben Crosland (BC) HJ Scheffler (JS), Matt Picone (M@) and Shin Murayama (SM)
    • ROM-O: Patches By Cosmic Dreamer (SV)
    • ROM-P: Patches by Claudio Cardone (CC), Cosmic Dreamer (SV) and Peter Schelfhout (PS)
    • ROM-Q: Patches by Juho Lepisto (JL)


    This by itself is a piece of synthesizer history.

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