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

Thanks for all replies! It's an interesting and useful discussion.
(for convenience, I'm responding to several posts at once)

Atom Smasher <atom@...> wrote:
> on the rm1x, is there anything special about 60 "styles" * 16 
> "variations", or is that really just a fancy way of saying "960
> patterns"? is there any special relation between the styles and
> variations?

"Variations" are just assignments of MIDI "phrases" to the 16 tracks.
The instruments, effects and track->channel routings do not change.
If you know Ableton Live, think of a "style" as a Live project, 
and "variations"
as scenes.

What's interesting is that phrases can be named, and phrase memory is 
global (shared among all styles). This means that you can change a 
phrase that a track plays, to any other phrase from Rm1x memory, in 
realtime - somewhat like Xmix, except that the change happens when 
phrase loops over, rather than instantly.

> can the rm1x have multiple midi channels per track? looking at the
> manual, it doesn't seem possible.
No, it's not possible.

Aaron Eppolito <synthesis77@...> wrote:
> Also, as I've said, try Xmix.  Since you can save and switch
> patterns while playing (make sure you save your edits before
> editing the next!), you can easily set up a duplicate sequence
> then use Xmix to pull in interesting tracks in realtime.
> Give it a shot, you might like the flexibility!
> 
> Also, another interesting thing is to save your sequence to a new
> location while playing.  This automatically puts you in the new
> sequence without stopping or resyncing to the beginning or anything.
> You can make a variation then switch between in realtime.
> Also, you could then record those changes in song mode too...

Thanks for the suggestions Aaron! I really should try this, and look 
deeper into Xmix.

Mauricio Balma <balmaproducer@...> wrote:
> I have two command stations, they work on my setup like the two
> sides off the brain.  One of them controls objective, tangible,
> very logic and reasonable sound concepts, and the other one, works
> more with the abstract and subjective concepts of the music, the
> combination of both results on a balance between order and chaotic 
music. 

Now that is really intriguing! So, you run both sequencers in 
parallel? I actually have XL7 and MP7, and thought of selling one of 
them. But now I'm having second thoughts.. :))