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

LOL--That's why I didn't see my reply in the P2K group--I replied here!!!

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Bruno <brunorc@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Steve,
> 
> 2012/6/21 steve_the_composer <smw-mail@...>:
> > Let me see if I understand what you are looking for. I know on some gear, you can set the midi receive channel for each part of a multi-timbral synth.
> 
> Exactly. This makes it easy to create multi-layered patches.
> 
> > Off hand I don't recall seeing such a setting in the E-MU sysex manual.  Let me look. Hmmmm. I don't see anyway to do that via sysex parameter manipulation.
> 
> I would expect it to be somewhere in the MIDI menus, but no. I can
> remap Program Change messages, but not MIDI channels.
> 
> > Perhaps a work around would be a device that takes incoming midi data from one channel and sends it out on multiple channels. I am guessing a single UART arduino would be able to handle that.
> 
> It's not a problem in the studio, where I can just use multiple
> devices, but when we're jamming in the club, I would like to be able
> to rely on one synth - otherwise I will have to team up PK-6 with Korg
> Z1 or Novation KS-5.
> 
> Bruno
>