Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

egwinn2000@... wrote:
> 
> As an owner of an MC505, an RM1X, MC80ex, MMT-8, MSQ-100, QY70 and
> Cakewalk, I've been looking for a sequencer I can use live. This
> might be it.
> 
> More tracks than the 505, deeper synth editing than the RM1X, more
> real-time control than the MC80, faster to work with than the MMT-8,
> more note capacity than the MSQ, more outs than the QY70 and more
> portable than Cakewalk.
> 
> 1. Latching the arpeggiator -- would have been great to have a
> dedicated button to latch the arp. I keep the arp latched and when I
> want to stop it, I go to the main preset screen, move the cursor to
> the arp parameter and use the data knob to switch the arp off. Not
> the most graceful real-time solution. Of course, I could unlatch the
> arp by playing the arpeggiated notes again, but I don't always
> remember which notes I'm arpeggiating.
> 


Use the triggers to latch your arps. We had your use scenario in mind
when we added the trigger feature.  There are 16 triggers. They can be
different notes, and MIDI channels with latching capabilities. The LED
will tell you if its latched. If you need to play a cord, use several
buttons. Each Trigger set up is stored with in a multi setup. You have 63.


> 2. Receive/transmit more CC#'s to edit NRPNs -- would be nice to use
> CC#'s 98 and 99 to control my Electribe drum machine (I can hear the
> chorus now: Why do you need the ER-1 when you've got the XL-7???!!!).
> 
> 3. Send program changes -- This has been asked for by another user,
> but I've got one more thing to add: "me too."
> 
You got it. Coming soon.


> 4. Editing via an events list -- also posted by another user, but "me
> too."

We're working on this one.
> 
> 5. Local off -- also posted by another user, but "yeah, what he said."

You got it. Coming soon.
> 
> That's all I can think of for now. The more I use XL-7, the more I
> love it. Patch cords are an unexpected bonus. Pads that send
> aftertouch, for goodness' sake: Who would have thought of that? And
> being able to slip into and out of grid mode while the sequence is
> running sometimes makes me wet my pants. But I guess that's the price
> of joy. Well, I'm off to sell all my other sequencers now and buy an
> E5000 sampler so I can burn my own presets.
> 
>                  

The 32 MB flash Memory boards are now avaible for your own presets, a
much better deal than the 16 MB ones.

sean at e-mu / ensoniq