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

(1) In pattern edit, you edit tracks.  You have 16 internal tracks 
total.

(2) Each track can hold data on 16 midi channels.

(3) With CHANNEL ASSIGN, you can override where the data will be 
sent.

Remember, on e-mu sequencers tracks and channels are different 
things.  So, you are correct--you only have 16 [internal] tracks. 
But, you can route the data on each track to different places:

Channel Routings:
(1) an individual channel (01A -> 16B)
(2) all 16 channels (MultiA, MultiB)

Destination Routings:
(1) internal synth engine
(2) external (midi ports)
(3) bother internal and external
(4) none
 
Some multi-timbral examples using just track 3:
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Example 1:

T03 CHANNEL ASSIGN
Channel: 03B    Dest:int

--> all data on TRACK 3 will be routed to the internal synth engine 
and will play the preset selected on channel 3B.
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Example 2:

T03 CHANNEL ASSIGN
Channel: 05A    Dest:int

--> all data on TRACK 3 will be routed to the internal synth engine 
and will play the preset selected on channel 5A.
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Example 3:

T03 CHANNEL ASSIGN
Channel: 08B    Dest:ext

--> all data on TRACK 3 will be routed to the external gear 
connected to port B that responds to data on channel 8.
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Example 4:

T03 CHANNEL ASSIGN
Channel: MultiB    Dest:int

--> all data on TRACK 3 will be routed to the internal synth engine 
and will play the presets selected on channel 1B through 16B.
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Example 5:

T03 CHANNEL ASSIGN
Channel: MultiA    Dest:both

--> all data on TRACK 3 will be routed to (1) the internal synth 
engine and will play the presets selected on channel 1A through 16A 
and (2) external gear connected to port A that responds to data on 
channels 1 though 16.
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Example 6:

T03 CHANNEL ASSIGN
Channel: MultiB    Dest:none

--> all data on TRACK 3 won't go anywhere, but it is still stored as 
part of the pattern.
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Not to confuse things, but if you have another sequencer (harware or 
software) or other gear that generates midi clock data (such as an 
intelligent arranger), you can have additional external tracks.  But 
that is another whole range of issues.

Hope this helps.

--Steve

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, BEAUFILS Adrien <fatalojyxvsfacial@y...> 
wrote:
> Since I have read this mail I 'm doubting about having 32 tracks 
sequenced in my xl7. Is it possible for example to sequence 16 
internal tracks to midi A and 16 others tracks to midi B. I think it 
isn't because of the pattern edit show only 16 " canal ".
> Is there a way to do what i want selecting in this last menu C1A : 
Multi A and C2A : Multi B?
> Thanks for your reply.