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

okay, I'm being unclear. I'm  running my mp7 sequenced by my mac. when I hit play, 
sound comes out of every channel w/data regardless of whether the track mute light 
is lit or dark, although the volume controller knobs work normally. I'm guessing this 
is because they are sequencer track mutes and I'm not using the sequencer, only the 
synth part. 
I want to have the track mute buttons work like they do when using the internal mp7 
sequencer, ie if button is lit, track is heard, unlit, track is muted.
It occurred to me that the workaround might involve configuring the trigger buttons 
to send mute messages to the computer app- is there a more straightforward way to 
do this?
Thanx for prompt reply to muddled question and any further illumination
ignant666

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@p...> wrote:
> It really depends what you are trying to do. The mute/trigger buttons 
> can do several things based on your set up. However, if you are 
> trying to turn E-Mu tracks on and off remotely from your software 
> sequencer, I don't think you can do that on a one-to-one basic.
> 
> If you have single channel data on separate tracks (track one only 
> has midi data on channel 10 and no other track has data on channel 
> 10, for example), you could mute that track by setting channel 10 
> volume to 0.
> 
> I am not sure this is what you are trying to do, though. 
> 
> --Steve
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "ignant666" <ignant666@y...> wrote:
> > I think I have figured out that the mute buttons are useless when
> > controlling the xx7 from computer sequencer because they mute
> > sequencer tracks, not midi channels-is this right? 
> 
> [snip]