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

You can send a sysex of arps to your E-Mu.  I have seen one for the 
TCSY rom floating around.  You can also get different arps that come 
with some of the roms.

But, I would encourage you to try making your own arps.  It is not 
that difficult. Try a short cut to start:

1. Make a very simple percussion pattern in arp form.
2. Vary extension and interval.

Once you've done that, make another one that jives with the first 
one. (Extension and interval need not be the same as the 1st one.) 
Make more.

I believe someone wrote procedures here a few years ago on how to 
set up polyrhythms with different time signatures using overlapping 
arps. (I tried it at the time, but never got back to it.)

I haven't heard your music, but it might work for your style.

Hope this helps.

--Steve

PS: So far as I know, there are no repositories of user developed 
arp banks. Also, a few years ago someone started work on a midi-to-
arp conversion program (or was it the other way around?). As I 
recall, it worked as long as you didn't violate any ofthe rules. (I 
don't recall a version after the 1st or 2nd beta version. It may 
still be in Files.)


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "malik" <malik_martin@h...> wrote:
> do i have to hand make arps? can i load them or record them as 
midi 
> files into the mp7?