>- Has anyone else manage to patterns that play back in the xl-7 without the bar/beat counter changing?
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>>>>Yep, never aproblem with that. <<<
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Try changing the length of the midi pattern in your
sequencer.
>Another frustration - editing midi patterns that then over-write the setup for other patterns, becuase the fx and otyher general settings ?
>get blanked.
>
>>>I hear you. After editing a pattern in Cubase, I'll reload it to a new Pattern loacation in the XL-7 and it'll sound different for some >reason. Took me awhile to figure out the effects settings weren't getting copied too. I just play the pattern I originally had to load up >those effects settings, then scroll to the new one and WITHOUT HITTING PLAY press save to save the pattern. Seems to work fine >so far. <<<
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>>>I hear you. After editing a pattern in Cubase, I'll reload it to a new Pattern loacation in the XL-7 and it'll sound different for some >reason. Took me awhile to figure out the effects settings weren't getting copied too. I just play the pattern I originally had to load up >those effects settings, then scroll to the new one and WITHOUT HITTING PLAY press save to save the pattern. Seems to work fine >so far. <<<
Actually, I was talking about >other<
patterns - not the one being loaded/saved, but ones in the same sequence set.
Like they share a common set up that is being erased. I'll try the 'not hitting
play' trick - thanks!
>And another frustration - time outs on midi transfer. I can't get the transfer to work properly at all - I have to re-transfer nearly every >file to get it across. I've tried changing the midi delay on the XL-7 from it's minimum to it's maximum with no improvement :<
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>>>>>What interface are you using. <<<
Emagic Unitor mkII with serial
connection.
>- While tweaking the knobs and switching to patch view, I found that I was no longer tweaking the track I had left, but the pathc and >midi channel I was viewing instead. OK. When I went back to track view, I found I was >still< tweaking the midi channel I had just >left, even though the track had nothing to do with it.
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>>>>This is in the FAQ, the whole MIDI track versus channel thing is pretty confusing a lot of the times. Aaron and the crew at EMu >are aware of this too, I'm sure they've got something in the works. <<<
I don't think so - it was more of a bug. I
just read the FAQ and it's unrelated to what I was experiencing.
- The tracks were all pointing to one midi channel
each.
- I had switched into patch mode to see what was on
the other channels, since I had managed to drop my notes on the floor, and
couldn't pick them up right away.
- The knobs now controlled the patch I was looking
at ( I was in the middle of filter sweeping the drum kit, and found myself
sweeping the lead synth instead) Ok. my mistake.
- I switch back out of patch veiw, and the
knobs >still< control the lead synth.
- I switch tracks. No change, still the lead synth.
- I switch patterns, and get control
back
- I look up at the crowd and pretend that,
"yes, I meant to sound like crap for a while"
>- Has anyone else here hit the on/off switch during a live set?
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>>>>Yeah, I did that once, pretty funny when all of a sudden I see the countdown telling me I've got 1 second left, doh! <<
Unfortunately, I'm obviously a little more tense
than you on stage :>
Since the XL-7 isn't the only thing I'm paying
attention to, the opportunity to turn the fucker off, and discover it six
seconds later is an accident waiting to happen. I also hit record frequently,
but that isn't nearly as scary.
bIz