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

I have two and use them as sequencers for live performances.  I couldn't live without them.  They do the "hard work" while playing on stage.  Other synths that I have use as central brain for my hardware setup, collapse with too much MIDI information.  Command stations are very brave synths, they tell to the other synths what to do, and I use them not just for sequencing, but also for the drum sequences and some leads.  Great for organ chord hits due to their high reso filters.
   
  

Aaron Eppolito <synthesis77@yahoo.com> wrote:
          This is actually exactly the point of the XL-7. It's not meant to be a workstation. It's meant to be a live sequencing / inspiration capturing device. For full on MIDI editing, the computer is going to be easier to use. That's why the XL-7 incorporates a USB port and the Standard MIDI File as its native sequence format. If you want to do extensive editing, it's assumed that you'll do a quick roundtrip with your favorite sequencer of choice.

I'm not saying that there's not a class of people who want the all-in-one workstation (like yourself) but we had to devote feature development time somewhere, and in-depth editing came second to realtime live capture/performance.

Hope you enjoy it!
-Aaron

----- Original Message ----
From: Atom Smasher <atom@...>
To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 7:56:58 PM
Subject: Re: [xl7] list edit increment

On 
Wed, 
23 
Jan 
2008, 
Aaron 
Eppolito 
wrote:

> 
----- 
Original 
Message 
----
> 
From: 
Mauricio 
Balma 
<balmaproducer@...>
>
>> 
I 
like 
to 
add 
randomized 
values 
to 
my 
notes 
to 
give 
a 
human 
touch 
to 
>> 
the 
track. 
I 
donÿÿt 
like 
too 
accurate 
start 
times, 
so, 
if 
recorded 
>> 
quantized, 
I 
go 
note 
by 
note 
to 
modify 
the 
start 
time 
of 
each 
one. 
>> 
Thatÿÿs 
very 
hard 
on 
the 
command 
station.
>
> 
Wow, 
that's 
dedication. 
Note/List 
Edit 
were 
put 
in 
there 
as 
a 
last 
> 
resort 
if 
you 
really 
had 
to 
edit 
that 
sort 
of 
detail. 
It's 
not 
> 
something 
I 
try 
to 
use 
too 
often. 
When 
I 
do, 
it's 
usually 
to 
erase 
(or 
> 
transpose) 
that 
one 
bum 
note 
in 
a 
track. 
You 
can 
use 
it 
to 
do 
full 
> 
editing, 
but 
it's 
really 
just 
to 
hard 
to 
do 
computer 
style 
sequencing 
on 
> 
a 
2x24 
character 
display!
================

the 
MC-50 
(and 
MC-50mk2) 
only 
have 
2 
line 
displays, 
but 
they 
have 
just 
about 
every 
edit 
feature 
you'd 
want 
implemented 
reasonably 
well. 
and 
for 
everything 
else, 
there's 
the 
"microscope 
mode"; 
similar 
to 
the 
note 
edit 
on 
the 
XL7 
but 
each 
note/event 
plays 
as 
you 
scroll 
to 
it, 
and 
of 
course 
it 
doesn't 
work 
while 
playing/recording.

for 
loops 
and 
realtime 
stuff 
i'll 
take 
the 
XL7... 
for 
off-line 
editing 
the 
MC-50 
wins. 
i 
really 
wish 
the 
XL7 
had 
the 
editing 
capabilities 
of 
the 
MC-50... 
the 
MC-50 
makes 
it 
easy 
to 
extract 
data 
from 
one 
track 
to 
another 
(or 
delete) 
based 
on 
channel, 
note 
(range), 
bar 
(range), 
etc... 
these 
things 
can 
be 
done 
on 
the 
XL7 
but 
it 
seems 
like 
i'd 
have 
to 
make 
extensive 
use 
of 
the 
clipboard 
and 
bounce 
things 
around 
and 
still 
edit 
midi 
events 
one 
at 
a 
time.

-- 





...atom

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