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�On Tue, 28 Dec 2010, James Ulibarri wrote:
> this machine is too freakin deep for it's own good i think. i feel like
> I am swimming in features sometimes.
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i'm still working past that. my advise: 1) take small bites 2) work
through one section of the manual at a time, until you know it well and 3)
accept that there are some features that you may never have any need for.
every time i think i've got the hang of it, i go through the manual and
find something new. that happens with most of my gear, but usually only
until the 2nd or 3rd read of the manual. with the XL7, it seems like
learning it is a never ending process.
the only way to really learn a machine like this is to go through the
manual one section at a time, and focus on learning parts of it, NOT
making music. when you're studying the sequencer, don't think about the
synth engine. when you're studying the grid record, don't think about the
song mode. think of it as if each section of the manual is a separate
machine, and each of those machines has to be learned independently before
you can master the whole thing.
only after you learn the tool will music flow from it. no one picks up a
saxophone or guitar for the first time and "just plays it".
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