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

Woah, how many questions here? If you don't have any computer 
sequecing gear, maybe the best thing is to actually explore how much 
you can do with the XL. I come from using Sonar for years, but I am 
having lots of fun messing about with the sequencer in the XL, it is 
NOT the same thing as a software based sequencer. I think of them as 
fundamentally different ways of sequecning but complimentary ways of 
working. If you do get computer based sequencer - and I would point 
out that all the major software packages have cheaper versions that 
will still do great midi stuff, you can easily use that in 
conjuction with the XL, bouncing tracks back and forth using 
eLoader. You can, as rEalm pointed out, import tracks up to 64 
measures long, even tho the manual says its only 32.
Plus of course you can use the XL live and not drag the computer 
around with you.
I would suggest you search the archives, read the manuals (get the 
latest in the file section) and play with the box till you have a 
good handle on what it can do. And that will take a damn long time, 
I have had mine for a year and I feel I am only scratching the 
surface of what this amazing thing will do.
You can go to my website:http://www.braintransfer.org and on the 
songs page, the last two songs make heavy use of the XL7, including 
the sounds from the now crazily expensive World sounds card.
have fun with it!
Dana

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "u_ri_p_ui" <u_ri_p_ui@y...> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've got a problem: I've made some Fruityloops tracks that sound 
not 
> bad. Sequencing in Fruityloops is very easy, the best interface so 
> far. But my goal is to make a track only with the XL-7 not only 
> because I've spent 600,-EUR for that beast.
> 
> So, I've started with creating some sounds on my own. The results 
> were not bad. Some nice "megasaws", fatter Kicks and Basses. So 
far, 
> so good. The effects settings are not very flexible. Is bpm-synced 
> cross-delay possible there? The two effect processors are too few, 
so 
> I've had to use the chorus setting in the preset menu.
> 
> But then, the sequencing. A pattern can be max. 32 bars long, 
right? 
> Hmm, what about filter sweeps that are at least 64 bars long? How 
> should I start seuquencing a whole track? Meaning intro, fill-in, 
> verse, break, outro etc.? How are complex melodies that are longer 
> than 32 bars possible? How do _you_ do it?
> 
> Or should I use a PC sequencer? Which one? Should I use 
Fruityloops 
> for that? Or is there a nice _freeware_ midi sequencer available? 
> Even if it is, then I've paid too much for the XL-7 because I 
don't 
> need the onboard sequencer anymore. And that's a pity.  I really 
miss 
> a piano-roll view of the tracks there. Even a tracker-style view, 
> meaning showing the notes, velocities, note lengths and additional 
> parameters would be enough, but editing in the event editor there 
is 
> a real pain in my eyes.
> 
> So:
> 
> What is the best way to sequence on the XX-7?
> 
> 
> Another point:
> There are 1102 members in this group, but there are only a handful 
of 
> people who posted a link to mp3 of them containing tracks made 
with 
> XX-7. Why? 1102 members and only 10 posts about mp3s? Not to say 
> about "groovesharing" on EMU's site. This section is dead. Why? Is 
> there no one who wants to share it's pattern/songs for uploading 
it 
> on the XX-7?
> 
> 
> Thanks for reading and cheers,
> Uri