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

I know exactly what you are going through.  I had to overcome this 
obstacle myself not to long ago.  The way the XL-7 saves its song 
and pattern information is messed up. There are ways to get around 
this "glitch".  The key to recording all the MIDI tracks onto 
separate MIDI tracks in Sonar at the same time is in the way you 
setup the Sonar MIDI tracks.  Example insert sixteen MIDI tracks on 
the Sonar program.  Now, go through and set the MIDI In Channel on 
each track in Sonar according to which MIDI channel you want Sonar 
to record from the XL-7.  Basically, so Track one is MIDI channel 
One, Track two is MIDI channel Two, and so on.  Then go back and set 
all the bank and sound patch information on each Sonar track to 
match that of the XL-7.  Its easier if you've downloaded the 
instrument definitions for the XL-7 from this site.  But doesn't 
make a real difference.  It should be okay if you have any program 
changes.  Sonar will record those and make the changes accordingly, 
even though the track may be set to start with another sound patch.  
So, assuming you have got all of your MIDI devices setup, you should 
be able to press record on Sonar, which will make the XL-7 start 
playing, and record all the MIDI information on its appropriate MIDI 
track.  It sounds like a lot, but once you get the process down its 
just a few mouse clicks.  Now, the next thing you might want to know 
is how to record one track of Audio without all fifteen others 
playing at the same time.  That's a whole other post, though.  As 
far is the GM drums, thing.  Its all in the way you are setting up 
the MIDI tracks in Sonar.  You've got to have the MIDI Outputs on 
the MIDI drum tracks set to what everything else is and not to one 
of the drum maps.  Set the Channel, Bank, and Patch numbers to what 
they are in the XL-7 and make sure the MIDI Output of that track is 
set to go to the XL-7.  If you have any questions about any of this 
feel free to ask me.  

Good luck,
Brandon           


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Shane <lvrshn@...> wrote:
>
> Hey everyone, I just bought Sonar 5 producer edition and I'm 
trying to load my xl-7 songs into sonar.. It seems in my opinion 
that when I complete my song on my xl-7 it turns into format 0 so it 
only loads 1 track with everything on it..However there is another 
problem.. I have been using the XL-7 setup to do my beats you know 
kick on track 1 snare on track 2, kick 2 on track 5 and snare 2 on 
track 6 and so on (as described in our XL-7 thick ass manual) 
however Sonar only reconigzes GM and XG formats and it will record 
in midi everything except my drums that are on track 1 and 2 and so 
on.. How can I fix this problem.. Is there some kind of GM or XG 
template I can download for the XL-7..Or maybe I'm doing something 
wrong.. Has anyone mess with sonar 5 and EMU and if so does it 
record your drums tracks??????? That's my only problem it will 
record everything else except my drum tracks
> 
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