Analogue-sequencer

oooo... the ARM7. I LIKE ARM7's!

I spent 3 years coding on a dual core ARM 7!

GO-GO COLIN!

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sequentix (05:09 PM 6/26/2008) 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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