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

I know this thread has been going on for awhile; so, please forgive 
me if someone has already suggested this. 

I have Cakewalk HomeStudio O4.  I think some of the stuff in 
HomeStudio would be similar to Sonar.  This is what I would look for.

(In Options-Project Options-Midi Out tab)

Send MIDI Sync 
When Home Studio is the timing master in a master/slave synchronized 
setup, use this section to set sync options: 

Transmit MIDI Start/Continue/Stop/Clock--(Which you probably know)
Choosing this option causes Home Studio to tell the slave when to 
start, when to continue, when to stop, and what timing data to go 
by. (Eventhough you have this selected you still have to set the 
tempo in Cakewalk to the tempo of the XL-7, or vice-versa; unless, 
you setup a sysex messege to send from Cakewalk to the XL-7, telling 
the XL-7 and other equipment what tempo to change to.)

Use Start, Never Continue--(You may or may not want this on.)
Choosing this option causes Home Studio to only transmit MIDI Start 
messages every time it restarts, even in the middile of a song. If 
you have a drum machine slaved to Home Studio, and the drum machine 
is playing looped patterns, you probably want it to start at the 
beginning of its loop whenever Home Studio restarts, even if Home 
Studio restarts from the middle of a song. 

Transmit MIDI Song Position Pointer (SPP)--(This might help)
Choosing this option causes Home Studio to send an SPP message 
before starting or continuing playback. 

Locate Delay for SPP Recipient--(This might help)
Some older MIDI devices take a small amount of time to respond to 
SPP messages. This option causes Home Studio to delay briefly after 
sending an SPP message, in order to give the slave device time to 
respond. The delay is in 1/18ths of a second. Enter 1 for a 1/18th 
second delay, 2 for 2/18ths of a second, or 18 for a full second 
delay. 

Other things that might help are project specific sysex banks or 
sysex data that you can send automaticaly, or whenever you want.  
That way when you open a song or project it will tell the XL-7 what 
tempo it should change to and other settings.  If you're having 
sysex messeges sent, you can adjust the timming (in milliseconds) 
you're XL-7 recieves the packet.

Another thing I thought might help, which you may have already done, 
Is making sure Sonar is set to 384 Ticks per quarter-note, in 
Options-Project Options-Clock.


GoodLuck,
Brandon
  


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Aaron Eppolito <synthesis77@y...> wrote:
> If there's a way to have Sonar send clock even when it's stopped, 
that
> will make a world of difference.  What happens is when Sonar 
starts, if
> it hasn't been sending clock, the XL-7 has no chance to figure out 
what
> tempo it is before it needs it.
> 
> -Aaron
> 
> --- steve_the_composer <smw-mail@p...> wrote:
> 
> > Is it possible there is a bottlenecking effect on the Sonar side 
at 
> > start-up?
> > 
> > What happens if you insert a two measure count-in? Do you still 
get 
> > the same problem?
> > 
> > --Steve
> > 
> > 
> > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "freakyfreq" <freakyfreq@y...> wrote:
> > 
> > [snip]
> > 
> > > I am using about 11 stereo tracks of digital audio in this 
project.
> > > 
> > > What I've noticed over the past couple weeks, is that it takes 
the
> > > XL-7 a measure or two to achieve sync with Sonar.
> > 
> > [snip]
> > 
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