I'm trying to make sense of how everything generally wires together in
a modular. Obviously, anything is possible, and the experimentation
is where the fun comes in, but I would like to understand the
"typical" way that a synth is wired, so that I can know what I'm doing
when I deviate from it. I'm just not 100% sure of how the signal
flows from one device to another to form a complete synth. I've
pieced together bits and pieces, and just wanted to put it all down in
front of you guys, and see if I'm on the right track. So, here goes.

basic synth:
midi gets converted to cv by a-190
cv goes into VCO, which puts out audio signal
audio signal from VCO goes into VCA, which puts out audio signal
audio signal from VCA goes into your mixer, recorder, or DAW

a bit fancier:
gate signal from a-190 goes into VC splitter
one VC goes into ADSR then VCA to control volume envelope
another VC goes into VCO sync so wave starts cleanly on every midi note

for a moog type of sound:
cv from a-190 goes into a cv splitter
cv's go into same setup as above, but into 2 or 3 chains of
VCO->ADSR/VCA, slightly detuned from one another, mixing wave shapes,
etc to fatten up sound...
all VCA's audio outputs go into an audio mixer, which mixes down to
one signal going into your DAW.

LFO's can then basically be plugged into any VC input in any above
setup to provide modulation, or introduce some variance to your sound.



Am I thinking about this in the right way Obviously, you can run
VCO's or LFO's into each other's sync inputs and get some chopped up
waves with weird harmonics and stuff, but I'm just trying to
understand the absolute basics of how this works before I really start
tearing up the sound and see what this beast is truly capable of. :)