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

Can you not insert a patch change message in the seq on each channel 
or globally from one track to setup all your patches for the seq?
I always used to insert a bar for this purpose at the start of a 
track so all the correct patches get called up.
Obviously you will have to keep the correct patches saved to the same 
memory locations for this to work.
I guess this is what you mean?!





--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Paul Nagle <paul@...> wrote:
>
> I wonder if anyone can help? I asked this on the Proteus 2000 forum 
but 
> they suggested the expertise was over here.
> 
> I always have problems with my P25K and patches, the confusion 
between 
> patches used for patterns, songs and multis. Ideally I'd love a way 
to 
> tell it to never loads patches for songs or patterns but I don't 
see a 
> way for that.
> 
> I tend to use 32 channels - 16 for internal song and pattern stuff, 
16 
> for use with an external sequencer (Sequentix P3). So all I want is 
to 
> load a multi that contains the 32 channels I'll need for my 
combined 
> song using both sequencers. Trouble is I frequently make a mistake, 
load 
> either a song, pattern or multi in the wrong order or save in the 
wrong 
> order and end up with my multi pointing to the wrong patches. My 
> problems are compounded by the fact that the P25K defaults to 
saving at 
> the last position it saved to, not the last location loaded from 
but I 
> guess that's just the way it is... :(
> 
> How does anyone else deal with this?
> 
> Also, I can change multis using remote bank select but this only 
seems 
> to respond to MIDI channel 1, which is weird. Perhaps because there 
is 
> no "multi control" channel that I can see. I keep almost giving up 
on 
> the P25K sequencer but it's so damn useful that I stick with it. 
I've 
> read the manual and it seems to imply that songs/patterns only load 
> patches for which tracks are assigned - but I don't find this to be 
> true, unless I'm doing something wrong? Iuse 1-16A for the internal 
> sequencer, 1-16B for external.
> 
> Any tips gratefully received,
> 
> Paul
>