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

Yeah fire up the external gear.  It really is a beast of sequencer.  I was just using it control my esq-1, which can play up to 8 patches simultaneously. I can set them all to separate channels on the xl-7 and go bezerk. I also have the programmable knobs controlling the esq-1's modulators.  



--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@...> wrote:
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> Footnote:
> If you are using E-Mu's usb connection sequence transfers at least 3-4x faster than mid transfers.
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> BTW, your discussion has prompted me to dig out my own external gear pattern templates and give a go at sequencing external gear patterns on the fly!
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> Steve
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> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "lutherblisset63" <lutherblisset63@> wrote:
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> > Renaming the patterns and loading via e-loader turned out to be the easiest way.  Actually it was incredibly easy setting up the external devices, worked the first time I tried.
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> > > > I have one question for now.  I'm mainly driving external synths with the xl-7 and one thing that takes time is having to set the midi to external and set the instrument to the default (nothing) on each new track.  
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> > > > Is it possible to set a default for the patterns to cover this? I figured I would make a template pattern and copy it as required.  This is still not very efficient.  Any ideas?
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> > > > I notice there is software for editing the xl-7 - prodatum.  Maybe I can load all the patterns with the template, then I'd be set.
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