Analogue-sequencer

> One thing I am wondering about, how is the 
> P3 "analogue"?

P3 is 'analogue' in the sense that you primarily edit the patterns using
analogue inputs, i.e. knobs.
The internal operation, aside from the multiplexing of the 34 knob voltages
into the analogue to digital convertor, is all digital.
The output is pure midi, unless you plug in a midi to CV convertor.

> Can one add 
> CV outputs, or is it just that the P3 resembles an analogue 
> sequencer? I have analog and 
> digital gear here, so naturally I would not complain if I 
> could output MIDI and CVs. From 
> what I have read, though, is this not a MIDI sequencer? I 
> want CVs, but even so, the P3 is 
> great just the same. Since the P3 appears to be so tight, it 
> deserves better than MIDI 
> timing, I'd rather use it than a CSQ600, MC4 or such thing. 

I chose not to put native CV outputs on P3 to keep the cost down, and
because I find external CV conversion more flexible.

When it was only capable of sending a maximum of 8 midi note meesages at any
one instant, the 8ms maximum midi latency was very hard to detect. Now that
it can send 4 CCs for each track as well as the notes, it is possible to hit
the midi bandwidth pretty hard, so the user needs to be aware of that if
he's really laying it on thick.
A lot of the time though, sloppy timing attributed to midi is really
happening elsewhere - in under-spec'ed synth CPUs, badly written OS driver
layers etc.

Sometime soon I hope to get started on a next-generation main board to use
in a big-brother to P3.
The general plan is to make this board backward compatible with the P3 UI.
It would support multiple midi outputs (potentially able to run one or more
of them using a higher speed proprietary interface to drive a dedicated CV
output module) and be available as an upgrade for exsiting P3 owners who
felt an insatiable need for more sequencing power.
Its release will depend on the commercial success of P3 though...

Cheers,
Colin f