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

Thanks Bruno and Steve for you responses. I will look into the patchcords that you both mention to see what I can do with those. The main reason I was asking is because as I'm playing a song and switching from changing the volume on the pots to changing the filter etc with the pots and then possibly even changing tracks as well I would like to have a smooth transition of values instead of the pot jumping to some possible extreme value. Since I don't see any way to read the value of a pot other than with the red led Bruno mentioned I don't know where the pot is in relation to the current value and as a result may make an extreme change in the value when only a slight one is needed.


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "steve_the_composer"  wrote:
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> I am not familiar with the Virus B or MEK, so I cannot comment on comparisons. My instinct is to say no, you cannot program the actual knobs themselves. Like any CC control, they sweep from a minimum value to a maximum value as you turn the knobs clockwise. Lets say that's from 000 to 127 (or maybe from 0% to 100%). You cannot program >>the knobs<< to not do anything until it is turned 1/2 up from min and then go from value X to value Y. Nor can you program >>a knob<< to ignore its being turned until it reaches the last value it was on and then start affecting sound parameters.
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> That being said, in each preset (what other gear calls a patch), you can program the P2K >>synth engine<< to do all kinds of things with a whole bunch of parameter sources, destinations, and amounts. (Take a look at any P2K E-Mu box manual for a list of the patchcord sources and destinations.)
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> Globally, the knobs (MidiA --> MidiP) are assigned CC numbers. Then either internally (turning the knobs) or externally (sending midi data) you change the sound parameters as you have designed a preset using the virtual patchcords. (I believe there are some examples in the FAQs here (files section). Also, I seem to recall discussions of various programming ideas in the group's archives.) 
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> To take a simple example, you can assign MidiA to all 4 layers of a preset to FilterFreq with a value of +100. Or you can assign MidiA to all 4 layers with a value of -100. Or you can assign 2 layers a value of -100 and 2 layers to +100. (Yes, its a very super simple example.) 
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> This is an oversimplification, but I hope it shows the relationship between the 4 x 4 knobs and how they can be used for sound modification.
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> I hope this helps clarify what the knobs can and can't do. 
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> Steve
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> > 2013/1/23 igrovo 
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> > > I'm a self confessed nube on the XL7 so please forgive me if this is an
> > > easy one. On my Virus B and MEK there are settings for the Potentiometers
> > > for adjusting how they react as they are changed. On my MEK I have pass
> > > through, relative and jump options for how the knobs affect the settings as
> > > they are turned. Does the XL7 have such options?
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