Analogue-sequencer

Hi Gene, 

> 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.

It's possible that could be a problem with corruption of the main program in
flash.
But it would give you a checksum error on boot if there were something
wrong.
 
> 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...

What happens if you hold FUNC+PAGE when you power on ?
Does it go into the boot/flash screen, or just get stuck at the Firmware
check...
This could indicate either a problem with the CPU, or with something else on
the mainboard.
I can ship you out a replacement CPU to check that. I've had a couple of T89
CPUs do strange things, but a hard re-programming fixes them up.

Cheers,
Colin f