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

I recently acquired an MP-7 and I had to repair it and then dropped in and Xtreme Lead 2 ROM. I'm tickled to death with this thing. I upgraded to the 2.0 operating system and I honestly belive that this is the best hardware sequencer ever made. Add those enormous (full of luscious low end) 808 and 909 kits from the Xtreme Lead ROM and it's the bargain of the decade. I don't know why more people aren't using these.

- Grid-based sequencing (x0x like the Electribes)

- Step sequencing

- Realtime sequencing

You can't go wrong with this puppy!

Sorry...I got carried away.

Peace.

On Thursday, May 29, 2014, smw-mail@... [xl7] <;xl7@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

I think you just answered yes to my question.

I do believe you can use sysex remote control to mute/unmute tracks. However I don't believe you can do this with the foot pedal input. 

If you had foot switches that could be programmed to send sysex commands sysex remote control might do what you want IF the mute/unmute controls outgoing midi data.  If this functionality works with the E-Mu, you could probably build a bank of programed switches with a microcontroller.

It should be easy to test whether or not muting a track routed to external gear turns the midi data off. If that works, it would be possible to send sysex remote commands to simulate button presses. If that works, all you would need are some foot switches to send midi sysex remote control commands.

Even if you have decided not to get an E-Mu, I might test this out and post the results.

Out of curiosity, are you committed to using foot switches?

Steve

 

Ted Stahl <stahler@...>
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