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RE: [analogue-sequencer] sending program changes

2004-06-03 by Colin f

> speaking of which... how hard would it be to add more memory 
> to the P3?
> could you just swap out some resistors, the RAM controller, 
> and the RAM
> chips themselves? or does it involve redesign? i think lack 
> of memory is
> the only remotely weak thing about the P3.

The processor in P3 has a 16 bit address space, so the 64k that's fitted
is the maximum possible without bank switching.
Bear in mind that each track's patterns are independent - there are 384
16 step patterns in there with 8 bytes of data per step.
To support more memory, I'd need to design bank-switching logic with
extra memory slots on a daughtboard, and add software support for it.
Not impossible, but there would need to be some demand for it.

Cheers,
Colin f

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