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

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "malik" <malik_martin@h...> wrote:
> 
> hi there steve i understand everything you have just told me.
> thanks for the effort kinda makes me feel bad that you wrote that
> much. 

Don't feel bad because all the effort teaches me stuff.  I don't use 
grid mode, but I have wanted to learn.  By trying to figure things 
out based on questions people ask, I am advancing my own knowledge.

> i had explained that ive done all of this but the gate still isnt
> working. i cant seem to figure it out....

When you turn the knobs, the Gat(e) percent doesn't change in the 
display? Hmmmm.

> i havent touched scale shit nor do i fully understand it but i just
> turned it up to 18 and hit play and no w nothing sounds tso
> scale/shift has nothing to do with it :)

SCALE SHIFT DURATION could be used to change the duration of a whole 
bunch of notes in one or more tracks.

> quantise resolution does give the results i want either. the only
> other thing i can think of is that my mp7 is broken

Sorry the explanation didn't help. But don't give up.  Create 
another short pattern in grid mode, using the little knobs to change 
the gate.  Upload it to files and I will take a look.

--Steve

> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@p...> 
wrote:
> > 
> > Malik, let me see if I understand your problem.  You can edit 
note 
> > durations (note lengths) in edit mode AFTER you record a 
pattern, 
> > but you cannot figure out how to set the note length 
(duration/gate) 
> > when you are in grid mode record.  Is that the problem?
> > 
> > If so try the following steps in pattern mode/view:
> > 
> > (1) find an empty pattern
> > (2) press record twice
> > 
> > Do you see something that looks like the following (A or B)?
> > 
> > A:
> > ===============================
> > T01 GRID K:C1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
> > B:01.1 Gat:0% _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
> > ===============================
> > 
> > B:
> > ===============================
> > T01 GRID K:C1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
> > B:01.1 Vel:00 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
> > ===============================
> > 
> > (3A) If you see A, turn any of the 16 knobs.
> > 
> > Gat(e) should go from 0% to 100% when you turn a knob. Knob 1 
should 
> > change the gate (% duration of resolution) of the first beat in 
the 
> > grid; knob 16 should change the gate of the last beat in the 
grid.
> > 
> > (3B) If you see B, press the button which changes the knob 
functions.
> > (4B) Does it now look like A? If so, turn the knobs.  Does Gat
(e) go 
> > from 0% to 100%?
> > 
> > If not, what happens?
> > 
> > ===================================================
> > 
> > NOTE: You can also change gate by moving the cursor under a grid 
> > step and twisting the big knob.
> > 
> > ===================================================
> > 
> > QUESTION: Are you simply pressing the 16 buttons to toggle 
between 
> > on and off and not getting the gate to change from 76%?  
> > 
> > If so, all you need to do is use either of the two methods above-
-
> > (1) change the big knob to set the gate that the 16 buttons 
toggle 
> > on and off or (2) change any of the 16 little knobs to change 
the 
> > gate at the desired beat.
> > 
> > Once you change the gate in the display, that becomes the new 
level 
> > that the buttons toggle between. 
> > 
> > ===================================================
> > 
> > Hope this helps.
> > 
> > --Steve
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "malik" <malik_martin@h...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > well i can edit the nmote lenths in the note menu after i 
create a
> > > pattern in grid mode but i still cant use the gate in grid 
mode. 
> > > 
> > > please anybody help???
> > >