Analogue-sequencer

> There's at least one on ebay at the moment.
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/3322h6v

There's one on Vemia too, ending on Saturday, at a current price of 265ukp
http://www.spheremusic.com/Bargaindtl.asp?Item=7562

I've been meaning to sell one of mine for ages.
I'm keeping the unit that was reviewed by Sound On Sound, and the last of
the final production run.
I have another one that was the third last unit produced, new in box.
Last time I sold a synth on eBay, I got quite a shock when eBay's invoice
arrived, so I'll take offers here first if anyone's interested.
It will be liable for VAT @ 17.5% if sold inside the EU, since it is new old
stock.
Best serious offer I get by Monday can have it.

> And the statement about it being an investment that will 
> never lose money is uncertain at best with the Cirklon 
> waiting in the wings.
 
We're over-due an update on Cirklon, but I have been busy !
There have been a few bumps on the road to production... the main one being
the discontinuation of the encoders I was using.
That required a re-lay of the user interface board, but the good news is
that the replacement encoders feel much better than the original type.
I've also had fun and games with the USB port, on the hard and software
sides.
While testing out the native CV/gate outputs, simultaneous with a USB
connection, I was getting a ground loop that caused really bad injected
noise on the synth under CV/gate control.
Apparently this is a major problem for many USB attached devices that have a
separate ground connection.
The solution is a new chip from AD that provides total electrical isolation
of a USB connection.
On the software side, it turned out, after several days of head-scratching
on my part, that the standard USB MIDI drivers on Windows XP don't like
multi core PCs. It'll enumerate the interface, show it in device manager,
and tell you it's working fine. But you may not see any ports.
If there are any WDM-driver coding experts on the list, drop me a private
mail.
The revised PCB layouts are complete now, and boards for the next
pre-production units should be winging their way here from the Orient duly.

> I believe there are only a couple of hundred factory built P3s?

There were 24 pre-production P3s, 139 factory units and 88 kits sold in
total.

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