Analogue-sequencer

This very well might be user error - the last few months I've spent playing
with software mostly, having just discovered the world of Windows vst
synths...

But I booted up the p3 yesterday to start working with it again. Now, I have
probably forgotten some of the workings of the P3 in those few months - but
I couldn't figure out why, after initializing a bank, that occasionally all
of the default patterns would reset themselves. I didn't see a reason for
it - there were no constructed playlists - they just listed pattern 1 - but
after working with the bank for an hour or two, suddenly I could only play
back pattern 3. I hadn't even touched playlist mode, and it had been
defaulting to pattern 1 just fine for that time. A very simple little
sequence here, and pattern 3 was totally blank.

Ok - I figured that either I'm just forgetting some basic stuff here
(possible) or maybe I should reload the p3 software in case something is a
bit scrambled. So, I thought that for the latest version you needed to
install the bootloader. I sent the Bootloader 3.1 - T89 version.

Everything seemed fine at first - I got the
size0680 chk2F31
boot 		flash

display. But when I hit f1, the readout says 'Firmware check...' and just
stays there, and the readout is a bit jittery, like it's trying to process
something. I'm not sure what I should do at this point. This has come after
a weekend of repeated software glitches, so I am royally peeved at the
moment...