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

Wow - that's great info.

I own a P25K and am looking at a GM based drum kit for some backing 
track work I have to do.  I am not an avid programmer of this unit 
and was weondering if you knew whether otr not these steps apply to 
the P25K too.

Regards, Peter

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Alien" <23rdsigil@...> wrote:
>
> In regard to where a Protean Drums Rom can be found, my best
> suggesetion would be to keep an eye on things like e-bay.
> 
> Concerning the post I promised to make, below you will find a 
retype
> of what is contained in the PX-7 manual in regard to creating 
custom
> drum kits.  As this comes from the PX-7 manual, some of what it
> details is Protean Drum Rom specific, however, a fair amount of the
> ideas it offers I've found can easily be applied to just about any 
ROM
> one may have.  Hope you all find this usefull.
> 
> Regards,
> 
>      Al
> 
> FLEXIBLE KIT VARIATIONS
> 
> We've provided lots of different ways to create new kits based on
> existing instruments.  We'll use the "Bread n Butter" kit as an
> example.  Each of the other five acoustic kits follow the basic 
template.
> 
> 003 kit:Bread & Butter- This is a complete kit with all
> velocity-switch layers built in.  This kit is presented as an all 
in
> one instrument, including hats and generic general MIDI percussion
> below B0 and above F3.
> 
> 008 kit:B&B No Hats- This is the same kit as 003, with noting on 
the
> keys where the hi hats would be.
> 
> 009 kit:BnB no GM- This is the same kit without hats or general 
MIDI
> percussion.
> 
> 018 kit:B&B HOTLayer - This kit presents just the hottest velocity
> level layer of the kit without hat or General MIDI percussion.
> 
> 711 kit:BnBNoGMNoPan- This kit presents the git without toms 
panned.
> 
> 716 kit:BnB No GM v2 - This variation provides a different velocity
> switch feel for teh same instrument based on creating different 
switch
> points between the layers of samples per key.  For example, it 
will be
> harder to reach the top velocity in one layout.  Various versions 
follow.
> 
> 789 kit:BnB Layer 1 - This variation presents only teh lowest 
velocity
> layer.
> 
> 790-792 - These kits present three other velocity layers 
separately so
> that you can create your own layering and switching.
> 
> 780 kit:B&B Clap - D#1 has the GM standard clap on D#1 instead of 
the
> press roll or other cool snare sound we provide usually on D#1.
> 
> Each component group of each acoustic kit is also provided under 
its
> own prefix.  Only the keys used by those components (in a standard
> drum map) are filled, leaving the rest blank for layering.
> 
> Example:
> 0075 cym:BreadnButter (C#2, D2, D#2, E2 etc.)
> 0053 hat:BreadnButter (F#1, G#1, A#1)
> 0059 kik:BreadnButter (B0, C1)
> 0064 snr:BreadnButter (C#1, D1, D#1, E1)
> 0069 tom:BreadnButter (F1, G1, A1, etc.)
> 0050 gen:GM noKickB0 (below C0 and above F3)
> 
> This way, you can mix and match components from different kits into
> your own custom kit in a preset.  YOu can use link presets 
(lnk:___)
> if you run out of layers.
> 
> Example:
> 
> 1.Starting with preset 127-3 (the basic default), select 060
> kik:Studio for layer 1.
> 2.Select 0064 snr:BreadnButter for layer 2.
> 3.Select 055 hat:Studio 2 for layer 3.
> 4.Select 072 tom:Stadium Rock for layer 4.
> 5.Go to LInk 1 and assign present 111-3 lnk:Cym4 for the cymbals 
and
> if desired, assign 107-3 lnk:GM1 for the extraneous percussion up 
the
> keyboard and below B0.
> 
> You have now created a custom kit and you can adjust the pans and
> volumes, filters, tunings, and envelopes of each component 
seperately.
> (Or just dial up separate MIDI channels for each component and do 
it
> the multitimbral way!)
> 
> You can also mix various acoustic and synth kit layers on top of 
each
> other for blended hybrid kits.  When in doubt, use key range 
limits to
> confine drums to the keys you desire.
> 
> YOu can find each velocity layer of each component separately in 
their
> respective prc instruments.  For example, 080 prc:All Kicks 1 
contains
> every kick sample in the box one per key.  And 163 prc: Kick 1 
through
> 255 prc:Kick 93 offer each individual kick pitched on C4 and 
stretched
> over the entire keyboard for your listening pleasure.
> 
> For instant gratification, plr (player) instruments have been 
created
> especially for PX-7 owners to use transpose and audition important
> parts of each major acoustic kit with and without hats and also 
some
> of the synth kits.  These can be heard in presets 000-0 and 001-0