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

I saved the patterns as *.mid files on my computer.Some of the patterns 
are quite good, have at least a bit of human feel. I play back the files 
now with a cakewalk sonar demo version I recently took from a 
overmount-CD-ROM.  My computer is linked via the midman sport 2x2 to the 
mp-7. I play back the pattern on my computer and record parts of it 
directly to the mp-7.

>>>Why not save the MIDI pattrn as a ".mid" file in Sonar, and then use 
E-Loader to transfer into your MP-7?  That would be far easier and way 
more accurate than realtime recording it into the MP-7! Also, did you turn 
off Rechannelize MIDI before recording?<<<

(Later I split the patterns according to voices and record them to track 1 
(kick), 2 (snare).... to 8 (alt. percussion). Then you can mute/unmute to 
your likes and play variations by that. Sounds terrible, I know, but this 
is a way to have a little more human feel in the drum section.

>>>Again why not split the channels in Sonar, save the mid file and E-Load 
it into the MP-7?  You're making yourself do unneccesary steps currently. 
<<<

This is basically what I do right now with the mp-7. Its a bit off the 
road but - well - why not?

>>>Hey, to each his own!  If we all did the same way, there'd be a million 
Walter (er...Wendy) Carlos's running around right now! <<<