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I would like to develop a tube drum machine. It's still a bit early, I have to breadboard and test some sound circuits. But I thought I'd ask in advance. It probably would not be ready for sale until early 2010 at soonest. It is necessary to build a prototype to try out, before committing to a "product". God knows if this will even work adequately. It would be nice to have a decent programmer built into it, PIC-based or whatever. It need not be as complicated as the MB-808, as there will only be 6 or 7 drum sounds available. So it only needs to produce, at most, seven 0-5v output trigger pulses, and possibly with an extra pulse output for accent (optional). I think 64 patterns with chaining would be fine. MIDI could be limited to sync input or output. I also need to keep the complexity and cost within reason. Bloody thing will cost plenty to make, before it even gets a PIC processor built in. Think of the S-1000 Wretch Machine, in (rough) terms of complexity and cost. This will be a very limited issue product. In fact, I'll be amazed if it sells 20 pieces a year. The writer of the code is welcome to use it elsewhere, or give it away to DIYers. I don't care. Do what you wish with it. Also don't care which processor is used. Simplicity of construction is a plus. If someone is willing to devise a version for this project, it would be much appreciated, and I can offer some money up front plus a per-unit "royalty". Comments welcome. Many thanks. -- E. A. Barbour METASONIX www.metasonix.com