Standard synthesizers sound "good" by default. Bytebeat sounds "broken" by default. By patching MIDI into it, you give yourself a rope to climb out of the noise. You can guide the chaos, reigning it in for melodic moments, then releasing it for breakdowns.

To understand the "patched" concept, we first need to understand the natural incompatibility.

This article dissects how this patch works, why you need it, and the sonic chaos that ensues when you bridge 1983 with 2011.