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

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "anthonyhoneyford" <honeyford@...> wrote:
>
> Hi All...
> 
> I want to start using my old XL7 to trigger sounds in a live 'on 
stage' 
> situation.....
> I currently use one footswitch input for tap tempo which is crucial 
to 
> get in time with the song.....
> I use the second footswitch input for start/stop...but this is a 
> nuisance because the patterns never seem to start quickly enough 
and 
> stop mid passage instead of R.T.Z.ing....(I can't use the return to 
> zero feature as I use the other input for Tap Tempo)
>   I'm trying to avoid using a midi controller pedal because I don't 
> know enough about midi programming.... 
> 
> But I know the footswitch can be used to trigger midi CC numbers 
but I 
> am really struggling to program the thing so that when I hit the 
> footswitch it can simply trigger sound or pattern....
> 
> i hope this all makes sense, can anyone help me with this one....?
>
And I just found this Emu sysex doc.....but I don't understand how to 
use it!!  http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&hl=en-
GB&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4DKUK_en-
GBGB254GB254&q=Proteus+Family+Sysex+Manual+v%2e+2%2e2