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

If that doesn't work for you, refer to page 5 on the OS 1.31 addendum 
page 5(top).  It says to set the trigger button feature to "play 
beats parts"

Later........




--- In xl7@y..., "emufreak1" <mmcquay@m...> wrote:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xl7/files/beatkey.jpg
> 
> Grimley,
> 
> Refer to the above file and try using your *keypads on your unit 
> instead of the trigger buttons.  Play around with the transpose 
> button until the first pad(C)gives you the kick drum on Trancer. 
> (C#1) will give you snare and (D)will give you hi-hat and so on.
> 
> Now with the BTS parts set to either latch or unlatched, try 
> recording the parts.  If you have the parts needed unlatched, you 
> will have to hold the pad down until you want it to stop(note 
on/off 
> command), if you have it set to latched, you can press the pad once
> (note on) and come back to it when you want it to stop by hitting 
the 
> pad again(note off).  Each part has it's own velocity setting as 
> well. 
> 
> Try it out.
> 
> Later,
> 
> M2
> 
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@y..., "grimleyj2000" <grimley@i...> wrote:
> > >>>Yes you can, set the BTS part to unlatched and record the 
> Trigger 
> > press while you sequencer is set tot eh right MIDI channel. <<< 
> > 
> > Realm,
> > Thanks for the lengthy reply ... appreciated.  I am not having 
much 
> > luck though with recording the triggers.  I have a BTS preset on 
> > channel 2A - bts:Trancer.  I have the Trancer bts riff assigned 
to 
> > it from the Preset edit menu.  I then go into the ARP / Beat keys 
> > Layout menu and change all the parts 1-16 to unlatched.  I still 
> > cannot record the triggers on channel 2.  I can hear the BTS when 
> > recording but when I play back the pattern ... nada.  I also 
tried 
> > changing the BtsCh and TrigCh.
> > Any suggestions?
> > Thanks,
> > Justin.