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

Would anybody really seriously attempt to write a symphony on a Command Station?  You can only see one note at a time.  And as far as I can tell, thanks the placement of the Big Knob, the only way to do any editing ergonomically is to hold the thing in your lap.

... which I have, fondly.  That cuts down on the arm strain from twiddling it over the course of a couple hours, just to move some notes around and adjust their paramaters.  Don't get me wrong, I love this thing.  But as far as sequencing goes, it's basically a loop sequencer.  Great for djing.  Not for really abstract, non-repetitive things.  Heck, it can't even play multiple loops of different durations at the same time, which both Ableton Lite and Garage Band can do.  And Ableton Lite and Garage Band came free with hardware purchases.

For "serious" sequencing, I frequently go to my decade-old install of Digital Performer, and export MIDI from there.

Yes, your mileage will vary.  I'm a big fan of Conlon Nancarrow, who did HIS sequencing by punching holes in paper player piano rolls.  I didn't know this back in college when I was debugging computer programs by manually tweaking Hollerith cards in the same way.


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Matt <somatt@...> wrote:
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> I think he means making songs since it's missing a scene function
> On Feb 3, 2011 2:45 AM, "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@...> wrote:
> > You haven't figured out how to do serious midi sequencing on your E-Mu
> Sequencer? What are you trying to do?
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> > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "just john" <just_john_jj@> wrote:
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> >> Hey, I use it as an instrument.
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> >> Kinda like I use the XL-7, which ALSO is a no-go for serious MIDI
> sequencing.
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