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

On 1/30/05 8:43 PM, "Brock Hiroshima" <brockhiroshima@...> wrote:

> okay how do I program/record on 1-16B using just the midi pads and not trigger
> the sounds from 1-16a? I want to be able to hear the sounds of my outboard
> gear on the pads w/o the internal sounds of the Xl-7...I turned 1-16a to INT
> and 1-16b to ext and I still get playback from 1-16a.....also since I've
> changed to recording on the back 1-16b channels howcome the tracks on 1-16a
> are still lit up in the in the command functions section

Sounds like you've got rechannelize off. Turn it on in the MIDI menu. Also,
make sure your Keyboard Channel is set to "Basic" in the CONTROLLERS menu.
If it is set to a specific channel, rechannelize won't affect it.

Tracks 1-16 are always lit in the command functions section - there are 16
tracks. Each track can be set to its own output destination - A or B port,
internal or external.

Example:  Tracks 1-3 are internal sounds, Track 4 is an external sound on
channel 1 on the synth connected to port B.

Going into Pattern Edit, I scroll to the CHANNEL ASSIGN screen, make sure it
says T04 in the left corner. If not I scroll to it with the Track/Channel
buttons. I change the Channel: to "01B" and the Dest: to "ext".

In the MIDI menu, Rechannelize should be "always". Both the keyboard and the
knobs should be set to transmit MIDI.

Now, when I select Track 4, it will play my external synth connected to Port
B on MIDI channel 1. Button number 4 in the Command Functions section will
mute and un-mute this track. Pretty darn nifty, eh?

The Command Station sequencer seems a bit strange at first, but having used
quite a few other hardware sequencers, I find it to be a nice blend of
simplicity and flexibility. Everything is routable somewhere, but setting
things up initially is pretty easy and as you see, quite logical. I strongly
suggest reading the manual if you haven't - it's one of the better manuals
out there and it explains the sequencer very well!
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Mibrilane