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

I agree. Use e-loader to do this!!! No need to mess with syncing the 
two for this task. With e-loader, you can select several sequences 
at once to download. You can choose to save them in your Sonar 
directory instead of the default e-loader directory. 

HOWEVER:

If you want to sync the two for another reason, you can do that 
later--after you use eloader to get the drum patterns into Sonar.  
You will have to set one up as master and the other as slave.

In the E-Mu (OS2.0) the MIDI menu system has three important clock 
menus: (1) BASE TEMPO, (2) TRANSMIT MIDI CLOCK, and (3) EXTERNAL 
SONG START/STOP (among other important midi options).

If you want to sync the E-Mu to Sonar just as a sound module:
Set BASE TEMPO to 0 (0=external clock)
Set TRANSMIT MIDI CLOCK to off
Set EXTERNAL SONG START/STOP to ignored.

If you want to sync the E-Mu to Sonar and have the E-Mu sequencer 
play along with Sonar:
Set BASE TEMPO to 0 (0=external clock)
Set TRANSMIT MIDI CLOCK to off
Set EXTERNAL SONG START/STOP to accepted.

For both of these make sure Sonar is sending midi clock. I am not 
sure if Sonar 4 is the same as Sonar 3, but in case it is here's the 
Sonar setup:

Select Options | Project | Clock tab
Select Source = internal
Select Options | Project | Sync tab
Select Transmit Midi Start/Continue/Stop/Clock

If you want to sync Sonar [slave] to the E-Mu [master], you can do 
that. Set the E-mu to send clock. Set Sonar options accordingly. 
Also look in Options | Global | Timecode tab.  You probably will not 
have to change anything there, but I mention it just in case you 
really get into doing fancy things with MTC or MIDI Sync--later on 
down the road. 

MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE A MIDI CLOCK FEEDBACK LOOP!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope this helps you get the most out of Sonar and your XL-7. But 
really, for getting the drum patterns into Sonar, use e-loader.

--Steve

PS: If at some time you want to record E-Mu arps or riffs into 
Sonar, you can do that with the E-Mu as master. Check the Tips and 
Tricks files and the archives for how to do this.


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "dwoodaman" <dwoodaman@y...> wrote:
> maybe I am missing the point here, but if what you want to do is 
write
> patterns on the XL and then get them into Sonar, why not just write
> the pattern and dump it to a midi file using the E-loader utility?
> Then when you open the midi file in Sonar, just make sure it 
starts at
> the first tick......
> hope that helps a bit.
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, R Raithel <plankspanker@y...> wrote:
> > I'm trying to control the on/off and tempo of the XL-7
> > with Sonar 4. Basicaslly what I'm trying to do is
> > write drum patterns with the XL-7 and then record them
> > into Sonar using the tempo setting in Sonar and having
> > the drum sequence start and stop at zero in Sonar.
> > I'm getting MIDI note information from the computer to
> > XL-7 with no problem.
> > I hope I'm making sense...
> > Thanks for any help,
> > Robert Raithel
> > 
> > 
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