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RE: [analogue-sequencer] sending program changes

2004-06-03 by blip

On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Colin f wrote:

> The processor in P3 has a 16 bit address space, so the 64k that's fitted
> is the maximum possible without bank switching.

ahhhh...

> 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.

it's hard for me to think in those terms... trying to pull other
patterns is somethign i might do occasionally but not frequently.

> 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.

would it be something you'd hate doing and wouldn't use yourself? if so, i
wouldn't want you to bother with it. but if it does interest you, i'm sure
there'd be a decent demand... about how much do you think the extra PCB
would cost? would a new mainboard be necessary (yikes!)

bleep.
out.

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