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

Slowing things down is probably the best advice you can get. Timing 
issues usually require dedication and practice to work out. SInce you 
are dealing with a machine, timing is going to be a lot more strict 
than if you had a real drummer playing beats. I would recommend 
picking up a basic drumming video or dvd to give you some exercises 
in counting and feeling the beat. I actually started playing drums 
just for that reason.

There is big difference in how things feel in more recent recordings 
compared to my earlier ones where I was dropping things on the step 
recorder. 

Also using a midi controller keyboard such as the oxygen 8 has helped 
as well.

Main thing is to count and practice. It will all come together in 
time.

-Greg



--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> What kind of problems are you having though?  Just not getting the 
timing 
> right?  Without knowing your exact problems, here's somethings I do 
> occasionally to help me with this:
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> - Slow the tempo down and record your parts, then speed it up to 
what you 
> want the tempo to be.
> - Set your Pattern length to 32 measures, even if you only need a 8 
> measure pattern.  That way you have more time to get your groove 
on :) 
> ONce you get a measure (or however many you want) just right, then 
you can 
> cut and paste that voer the rest of the pattern.
> - I don't like to quantize much either, but the swing settings in 
the XL-7 
> are VERY nice IMO.  Try setting a swing of 53-56% with an Amount of 
65%, 
> use that on just the HH's or back beats.
> - The pads work best after they've been hit for some time.  So if 
you box 
> is fairly new, or you haven't spent much time using the pads for 
note 
> entry, spend some time breaking them in.
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> I need some help programming my beats real time, I don't like to 
> quant.... I'm not that good step recording either.... I usually 
> either play the part  live and the work with a wave file or play 
live 
> and edit midi in logic. I'm really bad working with metronome 
> (usually get it right after a couple of bars and copy/pasting is 
> quite time consuming on the XL7) and I'm having problems banging my 
> drum parts on my xl7. I usually work with midi/wave loops so this 
has 
> never been much of a problem, but I'm trying to use more of the XL-
7 
> to see if I could faze logic out... Do any of you have any tips or 
> advice that could help me out? 
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