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# PatMan

Patman is a GUS-patch (.PAT) player.

![Patman](/files/-LuiQfB2ZZguvmQIvY-S)

GUS patches are patches associated with Gravis Ultrasound soundcards. Their concept is very similar to SoundFont and they can be considered SoundFont predecessors.

Patman is a simple patch loader. It also allows looping of the patch. There aren't many patches online, but you can find a pretty good collection [here](http://freepats.zenvoid.org/).