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

Ok, here you go (this is all in the FAQ too BTW):

HOW THE HELL DO I MAKE THOSE FX WORK?
What do those 4 sends in the Global FX menu refer to?

>>>Inside the XL-7 there are only 2 effects processors, no matter what 
mode you're in Pattern, Song, Preset, they all use the exact same two 
effects processors.  To add more flexibility than just sending a track to 
an effect processor fully wet, you're given 4 sends to use for more 
options.  Here's the thing that confuses most people I wager, the sends 
(1-4) all feed both processor in series.  So, Send 1 goes to Effect A, 
then goes to Effect B.  Same with the other 3 sends, they feed Effect A, 
then go right to Effect B.  But each send lets you specify an amount for 
each effect, so that you can control if you want a send going to one 
effect, both, or neither.  With me so far?  For example, lets say your 
Effect A is set to a reverb, and your Effect B is a delay.  Now say you 
want track 3 to get only some reverb, but no delay.  You would set Effect 
A (reverb) amount on Send 1 to whatever value you feel appropriate, like 
30%, but in the Effect B pages, you would make sure that it's send amount 
is 0 for Send 1.  That way, any tracks routed to Send 1 (via Global Menu 
"Mix Output" page, use the cursor to highlight the channel number and 
scroll to change all tracks to what you want), will get 30% reverb applies 
to them, but no delay.  Now let's say you want track 5 to have a bit of 
delay, but no reverb.  You would need to use anotehr send to make this 
happen, in this case we'll use Send 2.  In the Effects A pages (Global 
menu BTW), you would make sure that Send 2 was set to 0%, while Effect B 
was set to say 20% (or whatever value you want).  Now any tracks you route 
to Send 2 will get no reverb applied, but will get 20% delay applied.  You 
can send any tracks to any send BTW, you're not limited to just one track 
per send. <<<
 
If I go to FX page in Preset edit, everything is blank, and tells me 
Master FX in Use. Then How do I send?

>>>Probably the best way to use the Effects if you're creating patterns or 
songs, is to leave this set as is at Master FX.  In this situation, the 
effects types and settings are saved with each Pattern, not with each 
Preset.  You can find all the Effects related pages in the Global menu. If 
you were only playing one Preset at time (say live from a controller 
keyboard), then you might want to set up your Presets so that they 
referrence their won effects, since only one sound will be playing at 
once.  In the case, you would go to the Global menu "FX Multimode Control" 
and change it from Master FX, to "Preset on Channel 1", or whatever 
channel you'll be playing the the XL-7 on.   In this case, the effects for 
the same way, but you can now speficfy which Preset layers go to each 
send, instead of which tracks in a pattern or song.  Like I said if you're 
just making patterns, don't work about he effects menus in Preset Edit, 
just control your effects amounts for each track from the Global menu.<<<
 
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