Analogue-sequencer

> I didn't think the price had been finalised, the only comment 
> I've seen is that it is expected to be below £1000.

The final price still depends largely on one cost I don't have - that of the
production enclosure, which is the single largest expense on the bill of
materials by a long way. I'm presently waiting on people coming back to me
with quotes.

The sticker price will be based directly on the cost price.
Building a piece of electronic equipment in low volume, to a high quality
level, with most of the work done in a country with a minimum wage is always
going to be expensive by comparison to mass-market consumer electronic
devices churned out of a factory in China where the workers have low pay and
no rights.
If I used cheaper tact switches, encoders and knobs, I could probably shave
a bit off the price too.
But the aim here is to produce something that feels solid and durable, not
cheap and disposable.

> I think Colin has already commented that because of the 
> increased complexity (& smaller footprint?) a DIY kit is not 
> practical.

True enough.
P3 was all thru-hole, and easily hand-solderable.
Cirklon uses various 0.5mm pitch ICs that take skill and practice to solder
reliably.

Issues of build-ability aside, there is a huge amount of development effort
in a device like Cirklon.
If I sell a low-price kit, there is very little return on that investment.
Kudos won't pay the mortgage.

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