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

Thank you! This is exactly what I am trying to do.
Don't know if it will work as I have an earlier OS in
XL-7, but it looks promising.
Again, thanks! You've been a tremendous help!
Plankspanker

PS. Where does one get e-loader? As you can probably
tell, I'm brand-new to the XL-7.


--- steve_the_composer <smw-mail@...> wrote:

> 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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> 
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