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

On Wed, 08 May 2002 04:41:46 -0000, mikexl7 wrote,

> You say the sequencer in the RS7000 is better.  I am courious can 
> you change from pattern from pattern on the fly with that unit?
> I know from using the RM1x that you could not do this making the
> xl a obvious choice for me.  Just wondering.

The patterns are grouped into styles, 16 patterns per style.  
I found 16 patterns a reasonable limit to work within and 
treated "styles" as if they were songs comprised of 16
patterns or less.  In that context, switching patterns is
glitch free. 

One aspect of the RS7000 that I found very useful was the
5 mute memories.  You can do things like break a pattern
into two 8 track sequences that run at the same time, and
switch between the two at any time without resetting the
pattern back to beat 1:0:0 by toggling the track mute
status(s).  I.E. Toggle between tracks 1-8 muted and
tracks 9-16 muted by tapping a button.

A setup like that is very flexible and a lot of fun to
play in real time.  Stuff like midi based echo and swing 
can be tweaked [non-destructively] in real time, and
can be applied to one track, tracks 1-8, tracks 9-16 or
all tracks at once.  Slave the xx7 to the RS7000 and 
leverage the xx7 rompler capabilities and you have one
heck of a hybrid system for live work.

Jeff