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

I just started playing out and I did not do any live sequencing.  I 
have only proformed once with the xl7 and I would say that I would 
not feel comfortable dooing so with it the way it is right now.  I 
was doing alot of tweaking and pattern switching and bar length 
edits but no actual wrighting.  

Off the top of of my head I start thinking about how the 909 is set 
up.  There is obviously a lot more at hand when dealing with the XL7.
One thing that came to mind is this.  Hmmmmm how to say this so it 
makes sence.....Ok lets try a list of features that would be 
required.

1.A way to turn off the triggering of sounds from the pads when in 
grid mode.
2. If there was a way of saving names for the sounds in a Kit 
preset, even if you could only do this with a hand full of presets.
3. have a feature that shows the name of the sample assigned to the 
pad when you hit it.  This way you could know what the sound was for 
shur when you where programing beats via the gid buttons.

this would be an ideal way to have it act like a 909 with what is 
already physically present with the xl7.  It wold be just like using 
a 909 except that you would be convined to editing the hole kit 
where in a 909 you are able to edit each sound on its own.

I would love to see sompthing like this but i am not going to hold 
my breath.

Honestly I think that having the ability to turn off the sound 
triggering when selecting the sample via the pad when in grid record 
mode would be enuf to do some serious live programing, it would be 
icing if you could actualy save what you have withought it glitching 
but that i don't think is fair to expect.  Unless you where to 
implimet a " very slow save" feature that would save what you had 
over a period of say 30 seconds.  Using any extra power that the cpu 
had to save withought causing the pattern to be interupted.

Hmmm there is some food for thought, Hope one of the Emu folks reads 
this:)  If ya do please respond i would love to know even if you 
like the idea or not.  No strings.

Peace 

Mike G.



--- In xl7@y..., erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> Do sequence a lot live? I never really did that with the XL-7, 
although 
> that's ALL I do when I bring my ER-1 out.
> 
> rEalm
> 
> 
> 
> Like when i am using the 808 and 909 so during a live proformance 
i would 
> be ok but when sitting at home looking for sounds it would be 
kinda 
> anoying.