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

(1) Several thoughts on this most worthwhile thread.

Think of the command stations/P2500 in terms of separate but 
interrelated systems, especially (as concerns the original question):
--(a) the sequencer
--(b) the synth engine
--(c) the controllers

I could be wrong, but the synth engine system [which 
include "patchcords"] cannot output midi data. The sequencer and 
controllers can.

Even though each preset has settings for arps and riffs, those are 
really sequencing functions.

When you use the knobs (for example) to send CC data to external 
gear, you are using the knobs as controllers. The synth engine and 
the sequencer can also do stuff with the knobs, but that doesn't 
mean that the patchcords can be used to take synth engine 
functionality and generate a stream of midi data.

I agree with the original post--it is wishful thinking to be able to 
use an lfo [synth engine function] to generate midi data, such as 
CCs.

The thought is so compelling, I would love to find a work around to 
trick the CS/P2500 into doing that. 

(2) Don't forget, you can embed sysex commands (with external 
software) into patterns.  As I wrote previously, you can--for 
example--embed sysex commands that change the CC assignments for all 
16 knobs.

One application is that if you create a song by chaining together 
patterns and manipulate the knobs on the fly in a performance, each 
section [pattern] can have the knobs do different things.