KiwiTechnics is located in Auckland, New Zealand PC Service Ltd was established in 1988 as a design and support company specialising  in hardware and software. We then grew to also manufacture microprocessor based  versatile LED lighting systems for use in the film industry.  The name Painting with Sound was adopted when a synth repair division was started in  2006. It was during this phase that the concept of the Patch Editor was born.  Combining the microprocessor and film lighting experience along with an obvious need  for a replacement for the Roland PG series of controllers that are rare, expensive and  in some cases poorly made, development of the PE was begun in 2008. The name Kiwitechnics was adopted for this division  in 2009 as it has grown and developed a life of it’s own.  The frustration of developing the PG-200 part of the PE and the obvious shortcomings of the JX-3P has led to the  development of the 3P Upgrade. This began as a patch of the existing code but this quickly showed it’s shortcomings and it  has now become a full cpu replacement and a complete rewrite. Next we will look fitting an adaptation of the code into the  Roland MKS-30 and a midi upgrade for the PG-200.