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

I was wondering what tricks everyone has worked up to smooth out their 
mixes.  Like, how do you make the transistion from one sound patch, or 
pattern, to another?  How do you change the effects, filters, volumes, 
ect., to give it a flow?  Tell us what techniques you've used to 
really get the crowd going; not what the manual has to say!