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

Song -> Pattern -> Song should work as follows:

When you switch from song mode to pattern mode, the currently playing pattern
will continue to loop indefinitely.  When you switch back to song mode, the
pattern will continue to play *to its loop point* at which point it will loop
and the song will pick up from where that pattern *had started*.

This means that your song will not pick up where it left off, but rather at the
point at which that pattern had stopped.  For example, in the song that
contains:

Bar 01 - Pattern A
Bar 17 - Pattern B
Bar 33 - Pattern C

if you switch from song to pattern at bar 20, Pattern B will loop continuously.
When you switch back, Pattern B will run till its loop point (up to 16 bars
later, depending on when you switched).  Then, it will loop and the song will
pickup at bar 17 (not 20!).  This is done to insure the most seamless transition
(you wouldn't want your pattern to suddenly jump forward 3 bars would you?)...

-Aaron

Urth wrote:

> Howdy folks,
>
>     Has anyone else experienced problems switching back to song mode after
> jumping into pattern mode to do a loop?  Most of the time the song picks up
> at some random measure that is usually within 10 or 15 measures of where it
> left off... which, of course, throws the whole song sequence off.  The
> ability to switch seamlessly between song & pattern mode is THE reason I
> bought this machine.. anyone know of a way to remedy this?  (Still wonderin'
> where to find the SysEx info, too)
>
> Thanks,
>     Brach
>
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