greetings to everyone!

i just got into the modular world, and, as my system consists almost entirely on Doepfer modules

[12 out of the 14 modules are doepfer ones]

it's great to know about this forum and be a part of it.

as i have no experience at all, prehaps my questions will sound naive for you, please excuse me for this.

i would greatly appreciate any help, so that i can understand modular things better

[and avoid silly questions in the future :-)]

> i have a A190-1 MIDI-to-CV interface, two A110-1 Standard VCOs and A140 ADSR,

all in the same bus, as to take advantage of the internal cv/gate connections

and control them by sending midi data from my daw.

now, first, in the A190-1 manual it says that all VCOs in the same bus can be controlled by the internal connections.

may i supose that this means only Doepfer VCOs

if at some point i get a Braids module, should i control it by connecting the cv out of A190-1 midi-to-cv,

and, if yes, will plugging the cv out of 190-1 be breaking the internal connection

second, and most important, while searching for info about the cv/gate internal connections,

i read that sending two gates on a bus controlled by the A190-1 internal connections can cause damage!

in fact, a person said that

"module fried by having a Midi interface and manual gate on the same buss by accident."

is that correct

to help me understand, let me give a couple of patching examples:

A] midi data from DAW > A190-1 MIDI-to-CV interface internal connections >

controlling A110-1 Standard VCOs pitch

and at the same time A145 LFO pulse triggering the A140 ADSR gate.

B] midi data from DAW > A190-1 MIDI-to-CV interface internal connections >

controlling first A110-1 Standard VCO pitch

and at the same time, CV/Gate from, say, a sequencer

patched to the CV in of second A110-1 VCO and gate of the second ADSR.

could those, or any similar connections cause any harm

by the way, i wish that the manuals of all brands had instructions about what to avoid.

if you could please let me know at least a few basic rules about what NOT to patch or any action that can cause damage.

for example, is it safe to run a synth's audio out to the A105 SSM Low Pass Filter,

or the RingMod

what happens if an audio signal is patched to a cv input, or a control signal is patched to an audio input etc.

thank you very much for taking the time to read all this;

i'll be more than greatful for any help.