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Re: [xl7] Swing question

2011-01-22 by Szőnyi András

What about to cut and paste that track?
You can define where (which track, which bar - you may have to alter the 
length of a bar) to paste.
http://www.emu.com/support/files/storage/XL7Op-F.pdf
82. cut / 84. paste page (by the PDF).


Andrew



> Besides all I am trying to do is nudge the track forwards and backwords (in 
> the studio) by a fixed amount with intent.
> But in the Schaltwerk you can delay a track by 1/16ths and 1/32nds.
> But that machine is gone.  Although I may have a lead on another.
> And that's what I am after here.  How to nudge/push a CS track in the same 
> way.   I will just mess with it next weekend but the CS's Shift section is 
> all I am trying to sort through in my head.
> What value with the data wheel will achieve a 1/16, 1/32,  1/64 nudge 
> backwards (delay) in Emu's way of working?
>
> In this case it is an exact science, but i'm banging my head against the 
> wall.  It does work but what values equal what?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 21, 2011, at 4:27 PM, Szőnyi András <andras@...> wrote:
>
>> 
>> 
>> Excuse me for this rude question, but are you editing your
>> patterns on stage, in a live-perfomance-situation or
>> you just want to realize everything by the CS?
>> I mean, isn't it easier to edit these bits/notes in a DAW
>> and download/upload back the pattern to the CS?
>> 
>> If the CS is the only "sequencer" part of your setup (without any
>> computer), I understand the thread...
>> 
>> ...And one more thing I really sorry about: to jump in step or grid
>> recording mode, the sequence must be stopped. :(
>> 
>> Andrew
>> 
>> On Fri, 21 Jan 2011, James Ulibarri wrote:
>> 
>>> anyways.
>>> 
>>> Atom - "i don't spend time in step mode, but in "Grid Record" you can edit
>>> the
>>> gate time for each note. pg 70-71 (pdf 82-83)."
>>> 
>>> actually messing with that parameter just changes the duration of the
>>> note/step. i was talking offsetting or initiating delay or pre-delay or
>>> pushing and pulling that particular track. no you cannot drill down on a
>>> note and move that actual step. it's not possible on the CS.
>>> but if you want to shift a whole entire track you can, but not one step in
>>> particular.
>>> 
>>> my PX-7 is having some surgery done and it won't be back in my paws till
>>> next weekend. so I'm remembering playing with Shift and then having all 
>>> the
>>> parameters parameters to move the track back or forward. i guess it's cool
>>> that it's so finite, but i wish there was a way to be able to move it
>>> 1/32nds or 1/16th's in delay verses having the whole bar:beat:tick
>>> parameters in front of me.
>>> 
>>> this is how you create shuffle if you program on even notes, such as 
>>> 2,4.6,
>>> etc by track shifting (or delaying the track). so my question is.... what
>>> actually are the values when playing with the data encoder? i hate it when
>>> i cannot figure stuff by myself quickly. so pushing an entire measure 
>>> would
>>> be equivalent to what? does anyone have a break down of what the CS is
>>> doing? sorry, i wouldn't have to ask if my unit was next to me.
>>> 
>

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