Analogue-sequencer

> Just wondering, did you plan to stop one day to add to/change the P3  
> software?
> Maybe I get stoned for this question (hi Paul), but someone I am  
> longing for a finished version (except bugfixes of course :-))

Nothing wrong with getting stoned...
It's funny, I've heard some hardware sequencer owners complain about a
*lack* of updates... ;-)

There is no compulsion on anyone to update your P3 beyond the version that
you received it with.
Every build is 'finished', in as much as it gives you a complete instrument
with a defined feature set.

But bear in mind that a lot of the perceived 'best features' of P3 came
about as a result of user feedback.
If my approach had been to not act on that, you wouldn't have anything like
the refined sequencing instrument you have today.

I'm always careful to avoid adding anything that fundamentally changes the
way things work, considering that existing users may want to upgrade for one
of the rare bug-fixes, but don't want a given new feature.
My philosophy has always been that new features shouldn't get in your way
unless you want to use them.

As long as there is space left in the ROM, my inclination is to add
suggested new features, or tweak the operation to make it easier to use. It
would seem a shame to leave something unimproved just for the sake of
closure.
Having said that, the ROM is a finite size, and though complier updates and
optimisation of the code have stretched this much further than I though it
would go, the free space is certainly diminishing.
I can't see there being many more significant things to add, once the remote
control features are complete.
Plus there are other projects I want to do, so I need to knock it on the
head soon.

The current TBI list includes:
 * Completion of Remote Control features - bank and part select, FTS sync,
external sequence advance and accumulator over-ride
 * A shortcut way to tie multiple notes together and stretch the note value
across multiple steps
 * 'Silent' part select - to have P3 start running without playing anything
until a real part is selected
 * Sticky mute hold - or rather a way to make 'mute hold' the default
behaviour
 * Selectable Pre/Post-FTS PXPos

Once that lot is done, I don't have any more ideas down. Maybe Mr Nagle does
;-)
So, in summary, it'll be finished one day, but not until it's finished.
I'll be glad when it is, too.

Best regards,
Colin Fraser
Sequentix Music Systems Ltd
http://www.sequentix.com