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

Actually, I disagree. I'll slow things down a few bpm, but any more and
my 'feel' of the groove will start to go. Of course, this is as far
recording goes, not practicing.
 
You're better off getting very friendly with your 'erase track button'. 
 
bIz
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg [mailto:golerage@...] 
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 9:23 AM
To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [xl7] Re: Need real time recording tips.....


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:
> 
> - 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.
> 
> rEalm
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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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