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

Thank you that makes perfect sense..  I will try tonight 

"Bob S." <tttsystems@...> wrote:          This is how I approach this.....if I am using the XL7 as a stand alone sequencer or an external sequencer synchronized to another sequencer (the other could be software based, like your Sonar), I am free to use the XL7 song mode to capture the sequence of patterns that make up a song or part of a song. If a am primarily using a software sequencer or DAW, and I want to use the XL7 as a tool for capturing or realizing music ideas that can be captured in a pattern, I can use the XL7 and transfer the patterns of interest to the software based sequencer and position or reassemble as necessary. If I want to use both the XL7 and Sonar as you seem to be doing, I can create a music piece in Song Mode of the XL7 and when done, play it back via MIDI into the software sequencer/DAW and capture the song song that way. It may not be the most pure way of transferring a MIDI based song from one recording mechanism to another, but it will
 work fine assuming the hardware sequencer (XL7) is not overburdened with so much MIDI data that it can not output the MIDI data at the proper timing moment....

Bob
El Segundo, CA

-----Original Message-----
>From: Shane <lvrshn@...>
>Sent: Jun 6, 2007 9:42 AM
>To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [xl7] XL-7 Question.. Help Please
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>Thanks everyone.. So it is best not to use song mode correct? One last thing, how do I record in realtime in song mode.. when I select record it doesn't let me select my next/current pattern.. maybe the steps are wrong can someone just tell me the steps please?
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>"Bob S." <tttsystems@...> wrote: and thank you Aaron for sharing your knowledge of this great machine....
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>Bob
>El Segundo, CA
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: Aaron Eppolito 
>To: xl7@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 3:51 PM
>Subject: Re: [xl7] XL-7 Question.. Help Please
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>Alas, no. You can personally blame me for that gigantic oversight. 
>Songs were pretty much always the bastard stepchild of the XL-7. There
>was always that unfortunate knowledge that there was no good way out of
>song mode other than by importing the patterns, but I could never
>justify spending much time on anything song mode related.
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>Someday, I'll do a v3... <sigh>
>
>-Aaron
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>--- "Bob S." <tttsystems@...> wrote:
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>> Aaron/others, it sounds like the Song, created from patterns, must be
>> "flattened" into a single midi file. I remember this feature from
>> some of my Atari Hybrid Arts sequencers. Does the XL-7 have this
>> feature, either built in or otherwise?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Bob
>> El Segundo, CA
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> >From: Aaron Eppolito <synthesis77@...>
>> >Sent: Jun 5, 2007 4:55 PM
>> >To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
>> >Subject: Re: [xl7] XL-7 Question.. Help Please
>> >
>> >Songs are typically just linked patterns, which would mean they have
>> no
>> >data other than some events to switch patterns. If you open them in
>> >Sonar, you'll pretty much see nothing.
>> >
>> >However, patterns should load just fine into Sonar.
>> >
>> >Furthermore, if you've realtime recorded into the single long song
>> >track, those notes should show up in Sonar.
>> >
>> >-Aaron
>> >
>> >--- Shane <lvrshn@...> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hey everyone...
>> >> 
>> >> My question is this.. I have Sonar 6, and when I load a standard
>> >> preset song form XL-7 rom bank into sonar it breaks it all up into
>> >> seperate tracks.. But when I create my own song from my own
>> patterns
>> >> an load it into sonar my song doesn't even appear.. Why is that?
>> >> 
>> >> Can I choose Midi type 1 or 0 as to how I save my song? If so
>> How?
>> >> 
>> >> 
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