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

Hey Ed - 
Thanks for the suggestion!  It seemed like a very sensible idea to 
me.  So I gave it a shot - just for this one track.  When the track 
was playing from my DAW, it sounded perfect - exactly how I wanted it 
to sound.  So I recorded track 15 in my DAW, then recorded it onto my 
MP-7 simply by hitting record on the MP-7 while it was playing.  
Everything was synced correctly and sounded OK, but again, it's not 
registering when I have let off of a key.  All notes are sustained on 
track 15 indefinitely!  It's terribly bothersome.

Then I had a new idea.  I got the pattern that I'm using onto my 
computer using E-Loader, then I put track 15 in that midi file using 
my DAW.  Then I downloaded that new midi file onto my mp7 using 
Eloader again.  Same problem.  Interesting thing I've noticed about 
it though: if I hit Edit-Pattern then change Track 15's channel 
assign to 16A, the problem goes away!  Fricken odd...

But I also have another problem.  I have things set up (using Cubase 
SX) so that when I hit play in Cubase, it makes the current pattern 
on my mp7 play with Cubase.  I have the Cubase and mp7 tempo's set to 
the same thing.  Eventually, though, the sync between the two drift 
apart!  I've tried to sync the two sequencers using a couple of 
different methods, but nothing seems to work.  I've set the mp7's 
tempo to 0, and I've tried to set up midi sync in Cubase.  In the 
Midi Sync Setup Dialogue box, I've selected: Timecode Source-"Midi 
Timecode" Machine Control-"None", and I've selected appropriate midi 
in/outs.  If I try to select "Midi Machine Control" for the Machine 
Control option, then it won't start when I hit play.

This is really more bothersome than my other problem.  Maybe I should 
post it in a different message.

Any ideas for my problems?  Any and all help would be appreciated!

Thanks,
Steve

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "vibesart" <vibesart@y...> wrote:
> Hi Steve -
> 
> Not quite sure if I understand exactly what you are saying - but in
> general I recommend getting all your MIDI trax together in the DAW
> sequencer including all controller data - and then when they are as
> you want them - record them individually straight into the  MP-7.
> 
> hope that helps
> 
> and good luck
> 
> Ed
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "mercurysbane" <leadguitar@h...> wrote:
> > Hey Everybody,
> > 
> > I'm not really a regular here, but I do check in every once in 
> > awhile.  I've been having this really weird problem, which I'm 
> > *pretty* sure is related to my MP-7, but I'm not exactly sure.  
Let 
> > me describe it to you folks, maybe you can figure out what's 
going 
> > wrong!
> > 
> > I'm using an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe motherboard with an Ahtlon XP 
2600+ 
> > chip with 300mhz FSB.  512 megs of RAM, WD Caviar 8mb Cache 120gb 
HD, 
> > and an M-Audio Delta 10/10lt soundcard.
> > Recently, I've been trying to learn how to use Cubase SX with 
Reason 
> > (utilizing Rewire, of course).  I have the delta's midi in/out 
hooked 
> > up to my MP-7, and my MOBO's onboard MIDI connector (joystick 
port) 
> > to connect to my keyboard.  I've been trying to play things on 
the 
> > keyboard and have them be recorded on the MP7.  This worked fine 
for 
> > the first track I recorded, Track 16 (I already have some drums 
> > recorded on 1-8).  I did this by using Cubase's midi thru 
function, 
> > essentially creating a midi track with my keyboard as the input 
and 
> > mp7 as output.  But then I have tried a couple of times to record 
> > another track (Track 15), and something goes wrong.  For some 
reason, 
> > the mp7 records the notes I play, but doesn't register key-offs!  
> > That is, it's as though I have a sustain pedal pushed down for my 
> > entire track 15.  To verify this, in Cubase, I created a midi 
track 
> > with the mp7 track 15 as input, and a reason synth as output.  
When I 
> > hit the keys on my mp7, they triggered the note, but again, when 
I 
> > let OFF the key, the note didn't turn off!  And if that wasn't 
weird 
> > enough, I started trying all the different keys in different 
octaves, 
> > and SOME keys behaved correctly, although MOST keys did NOT!  Out 
of 
> > curiousity, I started testing the other tracks on my mp7, and 
they 
> > were all similar!  Some keys worked properly, some did not.  No 
> > correlation that I could tell between tracks or octaves.
> > 
> > Other than that, my MP7 has always worked perfectly.  I swear 
it's 
> > the best investment I've ever made!  But this problem is weird 
and I 
> > have no idea what to do...  it's prolly some stupid midi thing 
that 
> > I'd never think of!  ArggghHhH!
> > 
> > All help is greatly appreciated!  Thanks VERY much!
> > 
> > -Steve