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

I like all the features of OS2, 'specially:

-Grid record knob input - particularly great for hihats.
-First note record, explode tracks - for direct multichannel midi recording.
-Scale/shift note start times - for bring e.g. snares forward or back. Can get interesting. Also like the swing. Bummer there's no undo, and the truncation is annoying at best.

Not forgetting X-mix, replace record, the quick erase feature and mute hold.

Took a while to get my head around multisetups. Using the same multi for different purposes is fraught with problems. It helps me to assign one multi to a group of 8 patterns as the basis for a composition. Switching multi can be done automatically at the start of a new pattern.  From the Tips document:

>>Recalling Multisetups From Within a Pattern or Song.

>>In pattern edit go to Event and enter program change data and Bank 
>>select change data. For Multisetups : MSB=80, LSB=00 and then the 
>>Program change = the Multisetup number. 

>>You have to make sure that program change is enabled for that 
>>particular midi channel and you have to set the Track Destination 
>>"Both".

>>- HonkeyHindu

As you point out, the pattern quick triggers are saved with a multisetup. If yout think about it, using the tip above you could, say, assign the first 8 buttons to patterns within the same composition (i.e using the same multi) and the second row of buttons to jump to other compositions with their own multis. Massive potential. Must explore this more.

Cords have been a PITA to get to grips with, even with Proteum. I'm Ok now with the standard cords, but the clock / modulation processors are largely unexplored. Video tuts would be welcome! Could possible do one myself.



--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Atom Smasher <atom@...> wrote:
>
> inspired by the "what modes do you use" thread: what are you favorite 
> features and how do you use them?
> 
> i'll start...
> 
> * mute-hold - great for maintaining the same parts while changing 
> patterns. of course this requires that different patterns use the same (or 
> similar) parts per track.
> 
> * cords. i've been doing stuff with the cords that i have a hard time 
> believing. think one step out of the box and what seems like a ROMpler 
> turns into a "real" synth. now take another step ;) demo-videos soon...?
> 
> * i wish there was an "undo" feature, but there isn't. so i always copy 
> tracks and make edits (eg quantize) on the copy. this way i can revert to 
> the original if things don't work out.
> 
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