Hi I think you might be arranging the pattern in step mode on song mode? I found when i do this each time the pattern is stepped the tracks will mute or unmute to match the original pattern. I can get around this by stepping it once and then recording. It will continue tto repeat the pattern without adding track mutes unmutes etc.
On Jan 16, 2011 11:26 PM, "dutchbeats" <dutchbeats@...> wrote:
> i backed up my sequences but is there a way to backup user presets or are they stored on the sound rom? i haven't changed rom's yet and it just has the xlead rom. i didn't do a reset when i got it either and so far it has defragged once in two years of casual use.
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> i need new buttons but it is weird in song mode how random track mutes show up after real time recording the mutes. it's like it responds to velocity with the track mute buttons and throws in extra ones in the event list. which makes it all but torture to try and sift through and edit.
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> i think my days of dreaming about using song mode for any kind of arranging are over and i'll just keep recording on the fly mixes for as long as it takes to get the parts right then splice out the errors in daw.
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> worst part of song mode though is where the track mutes reset every 32 bars when the next pattern starts, making it impossible to render a live mix. micro-editing the errors at the 32 bar turnarounds is nothing short of advanced nuclear physics and involves sifting through a bunch of extra track mute events.
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> i could suck it up and get an mpc which i've never used and pre-arrange all of the change ups and break downs and choruses and then string them together. but that is why i chose the command station! so i can do everything on the fly. the 32 bar limitation in song mode is like tripping right at the finish line and kills what would have been a really 'perfect sequencer'.
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> i still love my xl-7 though
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> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, James Ulibarri <;jamesulibarri@...> wrote:
>>
>> I've experienced this kind of file corruption too. Have you swapped ROMS
>> lately?
>> Me, personally, I am constantly doing a reinitialize for the CS. I would
>> get in the habit of backing up your stuff as much as possible. Because I
>> think resetting the unit is something that one has to get to used to. I
>> would not rely on this unit as your sole sequencer. There is no removable
>> data storage on the unit, unfortunately, unlike other sequencers out there.
>> So it's a crap shoot all the time for the data to stay clean as it's
>> always gonna stay on board internally.
>>
>> Anyone want to sell me a Studio 440 they're not using??
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>> On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 4:14 PM, dutchbeats wrote:
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>> >
>> >
>> > Is it normal when I load up a song for it to have different mute settings
>> > than when i saved it? Also, after the first pattern in the song passes, is
>> > it normal for all 16 tracks to unmute where none had been before and the
>> > original pattern only uses a couple tracks? Then when you delete just the
>> > 'unmute 1st channel' event it goes back to normal?
>> >
>> > Finally, is it normal for there to be a bunch of random track mutes
>> > recorded in song mode that i didn't even press? I sound sarcastic but these
>> > are very real problems with song mode in my xl-7.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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> i backed up my sequences but is there a way to backup user presets or are they stored on the sound rom? i haven't changed rom's yet and it just has the xlead rom. i didn't do a reset when i got it either and so far it has defragged once in two years of casual use.
>
> i need new buttons but it is weird in song mode how random track mutes show up after real time recording the mutes. it's like it responds to velocity with the track mute buttons and throws in extra ones in the event list. which makes it all but torture to try and sift through and edit.
>
> i think my days of dreaming about using song mode for any kind of arranging are over and i'll just keep recording on the fly mixes for as long as it takes to get the parts right then splice out the errors in daw.
>
> worst part of song mode though is where the track mutes reset every 32 bars when the next pattern starts, making it impossible to render a live mix. micro-editing the errors at the 32 bar turnarounds is nothing short of advanced nuclear physics and involves sifting through a bunch of extra track mute events.
>
> i could suck it up and get an mpc which i've never used and pre-arrange all of the change ups and break downs and choruses and then string them together. but that is why i chose the command station! so i can do everything on the fly. the 32 bar limitation in song mode is like tripping right at the finish line and kills what would have been a really 'perfect sequencer'.
>
> i still love my xl-7 though
>
>
>
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, James Ulibarri <;jamesulibarri@...> wrote:
>>
>> I've experienced this kind of file corruption too. Have you swapped ROMS
>> lately?
>> Me, personally, I am constantly doing a reinitialize for the CS. I would
>> get in the habit of backing up your stuff as much as possible. Because I
>> think resetting the unit is something that one has to get to used to. I
>> would not rely on this unit as your sole sequencer. There is no removable
>> data storage on the unit, unfortunately, unlike other sequencers out there.
>> So it's a crap shoot all the time for the data to stay clean as it's
>> always gonna stay on board internally.
>>
>> Anyone want to sell me a Studio 440 they're not using??
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 4:14 PM, dutchbeats wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > Is it normal when I load up a song for it to have different mute settings
>> > than when i saved it? Also, after the first pattern in the song passes, is
>> > it normal for all 16 tracks to unmute where none had been before and the
>> > original pattern only uses a couple tracks? Then when you delete just the
>> > 'unmute 1st channel' event it goes back to normal?
>> >
>> > Finally, is it normal for there to be a bunch of random track mutes
>> > recorded in song mode that i didn't even press? I sound sarcastic but these
>> > are very real problems with song mode in my xl-7.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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