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

It will take some work, but for best results I recommend chopping up
your song into sections of no more than 32 measures (less if the
section just loops) and recording each section into the XL-7 as a
separate pattern. Then you can step through the patterns at will,
which will also give you more control over your live set. A single
backing sequence might be easier (just press play and go), but it's
much less flexible and this is live music after all - flexibility is
important because you never know until you get there exactly how
things are going to go. Some parts of your set might need to be longer
than you thought, others might need to be dropped entirely. If you're
just playing a single sequence, you don't have the option of changing
these things. Plus, a live "remix" is just more fun to watch.

I don't think external channels will blink, but in a pinch you could
set the internal sound to a preset which made no noise, and set the
track output to "both"...that should work but you might also need to
make a different silent preset for each external patch number so your
program changes will work...

Posted while away from my ComStat, so no promises.

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "joshua langberg" <negativetime@c...> wrote:
 > When the xl7 is a slave can I route the MIDI so that I can use the 
> volume and pan functions live for all internal and external channels?
> and is there a way to set it up, so the channel lights will flash on 
> external channels (triggering other gear) without any sound coming 
> out of the xl7?
> I want to use this as a reference to see which channels are being 
> triggered on my microwave xtk.
> 
> This is what my setup is:
> Channels 1-8 xl7 drums
> channel 9 xtk bass
> channel 11 e6400 ultra
> channel 12 super jupiter mks/mpg80
> channel 13 xtk synth
> channel 14 xtk synth noises
> channel 15 syntecno teebee
> 
> Any help asap would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!!
> Thanks a bunch,
> -Josh Langberg
> 
> p.s. if anyone is interested the info for the event is 
> http://www.portaltechnology.org