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

OK, this makes sense.  I don't really think this is explained well in 
the RevC manual I downloaded from EMU, but I understand both the 
mechanism and the reason.  Now that I understand that I need to FIRST 
extend the part, then insert a pattern change, I will have much less 
difficulty creating dance remixes of radio length songs.

Thank you for your prompt and accurate (I've tested it) response.

--- In xl7@y..., Aaron Eppolito <aarone+xl7@e...> wrote:
> Think of inserting and deleting pattern steps as inserting and 
deleting
> events.  Say you have a pattern change A, B and C at bars 1, 5 and 
9.  If you
> delete step B, all you've done is erase that event that says "play 
B".
> Therefore, A now plays from bar 1 to 9.
> 
> Inserting also works the same way.  Lets go back to our original A, 
B, C
> song.  If you go to bar 5 (where the "play B" event is) and ask it 
to put a
> step in, it does nothing because there's already a step there.  If 
you go to
> bar 7 for example, and insert a step there, now your song looks 
like this: A,
> B, X, D at bars 1, 5, 7, 9, where X is the new pattern.  You can 
then change
> the lengths just like you would have if you deleted a pattern.
> 
> Odd as this is, it's done that way for a reason.  In song mode, the
> assumption is that you're interested in a long linear song track.  
Since
> moving steps around can cause the song track to no longer line up 
with the
> patterns that used to be there, inserting and deleting steps tries 
to avoid
> moving patterns as much as possible unless it has no choice (as 
when you
> change the length of a step).
> 
> -Aaron