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

I thought I implemented song select.  Really, it doesn't work?  Also,
you *can* load multisetups via program change - it's MSB 80, LSB 00, PC
xxx where xxx is the multisetup number.  At least that's the combo I
remember off hand.  I thought there was also another bank select for
sequences too, perhaps MSB 81?  I'm out of town at the moment, but I'll
try and look up the code when I get home on Tuesday.

-Aaron

--- steve_the_composer <smw-mail@...> wrote:

> Insults are like spam--you just gotta ignore them. (Besides, the 
> optimist in me says it may not have been intended as an insult; it 
> may just have been a poor choice of words.) 
> 
> There is a very simple solution I thought I referenced in my first 
> reply: use momentary contact footswitches.  For example, have one 
> set to Sequence+ and the other set to Play. If the tunes in your set 
> are sequenced consecutively (eg, 001^1, 002^1, 003^1 . . . 088^1) 
> one footswitch will start the tune. When its over, press the other 
> switch to advanced to tune # 2. etc. If you prefer, you could have 
> one footswitch set to Play/Stop which alternates between the two.
> 
> Lotsa parameters, including channel assignments, preset assignments 
> for 32 channels, etc. are stored in sequences. When you switch to a 
> particular song, those settings are "booted up" if you will before 
> the song starts. So, for example, all preset channel assignments 
> should be ready to go when you press Play. 
> 
> Keep in mind that in song edit mode, you have a sub menu system for 
> EVENT SOURCE (tempo, preset, volume, pan, mix, arp, fx). Each of 
> these has 4 possible choices: song events only, 1st pattern only, 
> all patterns, and song & patterns). So, if your song consists of 
> chained patterns which each have different test fx settings (for 
> example), you can use 1st pattern only or song events only to 
> override the pattern settings.   
> 
> Unfortunately, while Song Position Pointer is implmented in the E-Mu 
> sequencer, Song Select is not. If it were, that would be the easiest 
> solution to switch songs. 
> 
> (If Song Select were implemented, you could switch songs and thereby 
> switch presets with one button. One work around, is to use one foot 
> switch to step through songs sequentially and another to play the 
> song (a two-button solution). There are other work arounds--
> including the use of sysex.)
> 
> As for me, I had fun browsing the FC-300 manual. 
> 
> Whether or not the XL-7 will work for you, you asked a valid 
> question. Let the motto be: IGNORE SPAM; IGNORE PERCEIVED INSULTS.
> 
> To quote King Gustavus Adolphus III: "Excelsior!!!!! 
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Jamie Orlando" <jamie@...> wrote:
> >
> > You didn't have to insult me in responding to this the way you
> > did.  I've used MIDI gear for years.  My whole set up is MIDI-
> > ized.  I have 6 pieces of gear that get their presets changed
> > with one button from my foot controller.  I was assuming when I
> > bought the XL-7 that I'd be able to send a program change command
> > to load a song.  But this isn't the case.  Usually a work-around
> > can be accomplished with some sysEx.
> > 
> > Seems simple enough.  Can someone else help me out???
> > 
> > The Proteus Midi chart sucks, and I'm having a hard time reading
> > it.  If this can't be done, I'm selling my XL-7.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Jamie
> > 
> > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "scodoha04" <scott.d.harvey@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Too bad you don't have the slightest clue as to what sysex is
> > > or does huh? There can't be a one button solution when multiple
> > > equipments exist.
> 
> > >   The stuff regarding how you write the code starts on page 36.
> > > However sending known, well documented sysex data to the xl-7 is
> > > problematic....(documentation being a real stumbling block) 
> 
> > >   The midi implementation on the fc-300 only pertains to Roland
> > > equipment and more specifically to the fc-300; useful if you
> > > want to talk to the fc-300 by way of some other device using
> > > sysex.
> 
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