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

Nice ideas.

Page 91 of the manual:

Program Change Edit:
Program change numbers from 0-127, and on any bank number, can be
inserted, deleted or edited in this screen. If you do not select bank numbers(off), the program change will be sent to the currently selected bank.

In order to send programchanges to external  devices, the Track must be assigned to an "external" channel.

elsewhere:
Important Note: Program change messages are NOT transmitted externally
if the destination is set to Both.


So it's possible to place an event <anywhere> in a pattern that trigger midi events such as change multisetup AND program/bank changes on internal presets and external synths. Kind of like a master preset for an entire rig....mmmm, gotta test this.

I can't see a way to switch/queue patterns this way though, or to auto-enable section loop. Would be nice, though I think without the ability to jump between loop sections it would be way too laborious.  

Manually, maybe the Restart Pattern Fire Key which will RTZ or punch-in to a queued pattern, in combination with the shift key method for temporary loop regions? More control perhaps, but you'd need to be on your toes! It's probably easier to just combine a bit of everything with direct pattern access, which not only changes pattern, but the associated midi events, as above.

Cheers,
j

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Atom Smasher <atom@...> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 4 Feb 2011, stimresp wrote:
> 
> > 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
> =========================
> 
> similar to programming a pattern to recall a multi, i've been wondering 
> about this but haven't had a chance to experiment... can a pattern be 
> programmed to call up a new pattern? let's say i've got pattern 1 running 
> in a loop; then i switch to pattern 2 for a fill; can pattern 2 initiate 
> pattern 3 to start, before pattern 2 loops? of course the alternative is 
> to manually select pattern 3 before pattern 2 starts looping, but the 
> option to automate this might be nice.
> 
> now that i'm thinking about it... i guess an alternative way to do this 
> might be the "loop section"... using the example above, patterns 2 & 3 are 
> combined into a single pattern; the first part of the pattern has the 
> fill, then the 2nd part of the pattern loops. hhmmm.... can the "loop 
> section" settings be saved with a pattern? if so, will a section of the 
> pattern before the loop-start play before it starts looping the section? 
> even if the loop-section has to be enabled manually (assuming the 
> start/stop settings are saved) this could still conserve pattern memory... 
> if it works...
> 
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