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

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "eric_swhite" <eric_swhite@...> wrote:
>
> hello, sequencer people. I have recently purchased my second MP-7. 
The 
> first one froze up all the time, so I sold it. This second one, has 
> been upgraded to 2.0, and has been reset to factory specs. My first 
> four patterns were working fine, then the begining of a next 
pattern 
> has been noticably out of time. I tried quantizing everthing to a 
32nd, 
> and erasing all data on the tracks not being played. I use the 
touch 
> strip to slide my baseline only. I still have off time starts of 
> patterns when I chain them together. Help. thanks, ESW.
>
 I have tried the DATA THIN edit feature, and even thinned my touch 
strip info on the only track I have used it on. I have lost the glide 
effect, and still the pattern starts off of proper timing when 
chained to a copy of itself. I have used a MC-909 for the past four 
years, and never experienced this problem. Is the E-mu command 
station underpowered in it's brain. Four patterns in the user 
patterns, with only six tracks being utilized, and it drifts out of 
time. I hope this isn't the way it always works. I can't string 
patterns together, is that the deal? I could just toggle tracks off 
and on with just one pattern cycling over and over; but that is a 
huge loss of programming versatility. I am rather befuddled, as you 
may imagine. Any tips to solve timing slop in pattern mode, would be 
greatly appreciated. I don't use song mode, I like to shift between 
versions of a master track, to make the song as I record. Thanks .ESW