Analogue-sequencer

Where do I send my down-payment?

Thx for this exciting update Colin.

On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 5:09 PM, sequentix <colin@sequentix.com> wrote:

>   Folks,
>
> I seem to be getting more emails of the 'when is P4 coming out'
> variety these days, and just as little spare time to answer them, so
> I thought I'd post a summary of where the P4 project has got to here
> so I can refer people to it with the flick of a link...
>
> The new sequencer is to be called the Sequentix Cirklon.
> The OS will be a superset of P3 functionality, taking the P3 v4 OS
> as a starting point.
> In fact I already have an intermediate prototype which has a P3
> front panel with an ARM7 CPU dev board behind it, running the ported
> v4 OS.
>
> The ARM CPU is a 32-bit part, with considerably more oomph than the
> P3 CPU.
> It provides four hardware serial ports, so there will be four fully
> independent MIDI outputs, and at least two MIDI ins - maybe all four
> if I can think of a use for so much input.
> Internal storage will rise to at least 1MB of battery-backed RAM
> (just less than double a MemXed P3), but there will also be flash
> memory card storage, so that internal RAM will only need to hold
> banks currently in use, or being loaded.
>
> Software changes will include a simpler method for organising and
> assigning patterns to tracks, and a more flexible replacement
> for 'parts'.
> Additions will include a linear song mode, and some other cool stuff
> I wont divulge until I'm sure I can make it work ;-)
> I'm fed up using my 909's internal sequencer (cant even go into edit
> mode without stopping!), so dedicated percussion programming is
> going in.
> Cirklon will also support native, hi-res CV and gate ouputs.
>
> The Cirklon mainboard is currently a work in progress, as a well as
> a learning experience for me in a new PCB design package, but I'm
> getting on pretty well with it now, and aim to have a proto board
> ready in the next month.
>
> The physical user-interface for Cirklon is yet to be finalised, but
> my plan is for the mainboard to support far more switches, LEDs,
> pots, encoders and alphanumeric displays than I could possibly
> require.
> That will allow me to build a hideously over-knobbed prototype that
> can be reduced to something a bit more sensible for production.
>
> Best regards,
> Colin Fraser
> Sequentix Music Systems Ltd
> http://www.sequentix.com
>
> 
>


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