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

Thanks for the replies Steve! You're actually going way deeper than I meant to, but kudos! I don't know anything about Triggers... I want to learn, but don't know where to start, haha. I read the manual, but think I have to get my head around some other abilities of the CS first.

I just want to be able to see the active steps (LEDs) for a bar at a time while the pattern is running. Not necessarily trying to get a more precise or complex sequence going, but just for the ability to "TR step sequence" (i.e. Grid Record Mode on the CS, right?) Bar 1 (for example) while the rest of the 8 bars (for example) play through. As it is the 16 buttons update each time a new bar starts.

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@...> wrote:
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> >>>> Forget the set of questions I posted!!! <<<<<<  
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> I just tried grid mode record and it seems like whatever triggers I set up to play, based on the key value, were recorded and were played back when the pattern looped.
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> Then I went into step mode. Nothing plays. This seems to make sense--I was in step mode. The play button advances the seqeuncer based on the step settings. 
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> Are you are trying to play previously recorded patterns while in step record mode? (Maybe that's what you are asking about.) Again, I never use either grid mode record or step mode record, but (based on my admittedly quick test) it looks like you cannot have the seqeuencer playing at a clocked speed and be in step record mode at the same time.
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> Perhaps if you built a microprocessor (arduino, pic, etc.) with a push button to send midi clock events one at a time and you set the E-Mu sequencer to esternal clock, you might be able to step through a sequence one clock at a time and then enter new midi data exactly where you want it.
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> Now that I did the test run, it sounds like that is the kind of sequencing ability you are looking for.
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> Last summer I did some experiments generating midi data with an arduino. Perhaps I might get into more experiments this summer and might try this solution. Hmmmmm. You could probably write some code for a simple program to do it from a computer. [If "C" is pressed, send a clock byte to the midi port--or something like that.]
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> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@> wrote:
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> > I don't know off hand. I never use grid mode. Maybe someone else who does use grid mode knows the answer.
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> > In any case I am inspired to try to duplicate what you are trying to do. However, I am not 100% clear on what you are attempting to do and how you have it set up.
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> > What function do you have the trigger buttons set at (Play Note Events, Play Beats Part, or Select Patterns)? Hmmmmmm. When you say "toggle pattern follow on/off," does that mean you are have the trigger buttions set to Select Patterns? (I don't think I have ever used that, but will give it a try.)
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> > I get the idea that you are playing a pattern and in step mode at the same time. Is that right? (Again, I have never tried this but I will try to duplicate it.)
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> > One more question: What is the Channel Assign Destination for the track you are using (none, int, ext, both)?
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> > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "ackack1020" <sackley85@> wrote:
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> > > Just did a quick google and search here, but no results that I can find...
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> > > Does anyone know if it's possible to toggle pattern follow on/off while in Grid Record Mode?
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> > > As in, the 16 toggle buttons don't update as the pattern progresses, so you can edit bar 1 while the rest of the pattern is looping/playing. Would be nice to be able to step through the pattern while editing and hearing the changes without rushing to do changes as the bar races by...
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> > > Cheers!
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