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

That does sound like a great tip.  I couldn't get to your link for some reason though.  I got 
an error message when I tried to enter the folder.

Mark

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "mike" <mikedancy@e...> wrote:
> I don't know how much this will help you. but I had a friend record guitar on my digital 
> recorder a while back.  Then I sync'd my px-7 to it.  I attacked the guitar track one 
pattern 
> at a time.  I can't remember exactly, but it was something like 7 or 8 patterns when I 
> finished.  I chained them in song mode and it worked perfectly.  Not knowing much 
about 
> drums, let alone music, it sounded ok.  It didn't take much time at all, which surprised 
me.  
> 
> If you want to hear it go to:
> 
> http://f1.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/mikedancy
> 
> Look in the "Old Stuff" folder for a track called "Original Song Draft"  I definitely could 
have 
> been more creative with the drums, but you'll get the idea.
> 
> Regards,
> Mike
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "zerocrossing2001" <zerocrossing2001@y...> wrote:
> > Hi.
> > 
> > I've been using drum machines for years, and for the last 12 or so I've synced audio 
> > loopers (Lexicon JamMan and Electrix Repeater) to them. It's always worked great (and 
> still 
> > does) but I think I use my drum machines in a somewhat non traditional way.  I use 
> either 
> > a Korg Electribe ESX-1 or E-MU XL-7 to put together dense loops and then kind of 
> > randomly mute/unmute tracks while in song mode.  The lack of traditional song 
> structure 
> > is great for the way I like to improvise.
> > 
> > Well, this weekend I decided to put together something with a more "pop" structure 
and 
> I 
> > found the song modes on both the above drum machines to be SO awkward 
compared 
> to 
> > a DAW like Digital Performer or Logic, I ended up with nothing.
> > 
> > So, am I just spoiled by modern computer sequencing... or am I approaching the drum 
> > machine song construction in the wrong way?  My idea is to avoid having to bring a 
> laptop 
> > to gigs, but if it's going to be so much easier I'll do it.  I can get around pretty quickly 
in 
> > Digital Performer 4... then I started to think "well if I'm bringing a laptop for 
sequencing, 
> > why not use it as a sound source as well?"  The ESX-1 is a sampler and the XL-7 is a 
> > ROMpler so it's not like I'd have issues with a laptop not being able to have fast 
enough 
> > processors.
> > 
> > So, if there's a song construction tip that you can think of, I'd love to hear it.  If you've 
> > found a better tool that lets one work more intuitively, (the Electribe has a way better 
> > interface than the E-MU IMO) I'd like to hear that as well.  If song construction in 
> modern 
> > drum-machines is just a big pain compared to software, than I guess I'll abandon my 
> little 
> > yellow boy for my current project, or use it purely as a sound generator.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Mark