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

Damn, I love this board. You guys are really helpful. I will check 
back on that and let you know if your suggestions will solve my 
problems. Calling up the EMU support in the US would cost me a 
fortune, as I live in Germany. Pity, its too far for having a cup of 
coffee together, guys. 
One thing I forgot to mention: I noticed the mp-7 receiving a 
constant midiflow when I wanted to record a pattern - even if 
cakewalk stopped, the red light of the mp-7 midi-in was flickering 
all the way. When I changed to cubase 5, the midi signal was received 
properly - say: light on when a signal came in. Strange, isn´t it?

Cheers

HEinrich


--- In xl7@y..., Alex Jacobi <lx-posse@g...> wrote:
>  
> Hi Heinrich,
> 
> Go into the note list and look also, if the length of the notes is 
too low.
> I had a problem with notes that were only on tick long in logic. 
Importing
> this lines into my mp-7 made the notes not play. The problem was, 
that the
> note on and off came on the same tick and the note didn´t play. 
Actually
> this was a mistake from logic´s midifile but your problem sounds 
similar to
> me. Try to make the events longer if they are only one tick long. 
If the
> problem persists, call the emu support hotline in the usa, these 
guys do a
> really good job and helped me solving some problems i had.
> 
> 
> Alex
> 
> >Von: erik_magrini@B...
> >Antworten an: xl7@y...
> >Datum: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 08:49:58 -0600
> >An: xl7@y...
> >Betreff: Re: [xl7] my final round with the mp-7
> 
> 
> 
> >Go into Note List edit and look at the velocities and note lengths 
of the notes
> that aren't playing back.  Are the velocities too low, or the note 
lengths
> too long?  Also, the HH's typically use a feature called Assign 
Group to
> allow open HH's to turn off closed HH's (although it has many more 
uses than
> just this).  Check on page 178 of the manual to see what I'm 
talking about.
> Go into the Preset Edit mode for the Drum Preset that's >giving you 
the
> trouble,a nd check to see if that HH is assigned to a mono >group.  
That
> would explain why the note is silent, even though you can >still 
>see it.
> Check to see if you've got other drum sounds at the same >locations 
>as the
> quiet notes, my guess is that this is what your problem >is.
> 
> >rEalm 
> 
> 
> 
> >>I recorded a mididrumfile from cakewalk sonar on track 1 of the 
mp-7.
> >>It contained - besides the kick, snare and some percussion - a
> >>hihat and cymbal pattern with 16th. The file is definitely not
> >>overloading the track, thers not much happening. Quantize during
> >>recording was set to "off". Playing back the unrecorded file was 
no
> >>problem at all. But after I recorded it, there are notes of the 
hihat
> >>pattern without sound. On some part of the pattern only one. On 
other
> >>parts more. No matter how often I tried this - allways the same 
notes
> >>do not sound. When I play back the recorded file very slowly I
> >>realize, the midi note seems to be there (or was it just a 
controller
> >>event?), because I can see the green light on, but the sound of 
this
> >>note is missing. I altered the quantize setting when I was playing
> >>back the file from 16 to 32. But still the same. I changed the 
preset
> >>kits - still the same problem. Is it a bug? I don´t think so, 
because
> >>its so "regular". Did I miss something?
> >>
> >>Any help is appreciated. I spent a lot of time last night in 
trying
> >>to solve 
> >>this. 
> 
> >>Heinrich