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

One of the very few things that disappoint me with my XL is that for 
most purposes that I can think of, the B channels are useless since 
there is only a midi out. I would love to control my external boxes 
from the B channel, but it just wasn't all that practical (or I just 
didn't get how to do it).
As a result, I am now limiting myself to 16 channels, which is OK 
but how much nicer if Emu just could have squeezed out another port!
Oh well..........
Dana

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "mike" <curiousproductions@r...> wrote:
> I did not know that the pan and volume did not transmit on the b 
> output, seems odd.
> The only thought I had was timing.  Keeping things devided can 
keep things a little tighter.
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "soundcrafter" <aurastar@c...> wrote:
> > Hi all...  I've been trying to use the volume and pan knobs on 
the XL to control those paramaters on my other gear.  I was having a 
bit of trouble, so I checked things out with Midiox.
Volume and pan information only seems to transmit to the A output.  
> > Is there a way to change this, or is it by design?   
> > If I have to switch everything over to the A out, I guess it's 
no big  deal... I had been considering a switch anyway.  I currently 
use A channels for the internal synth and B channels for outboard, 
but I rarely use more than 16 tracks in a song... if I do, I just 
end up combining tracks anyway.  It seems like I'm just doing a lot 
of unnecessary setup, and it would actually be to my advantage to 
> have everything together on the A channels.