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

beat_rebel@... wrote:
> 
> I do not yet own an XL-7 yet but I've been researching it and am very
> excited about the posibility of buying it. It is currently winning in
> its race against the RS7000 to win my favor. I am very much encouraged
> 
> by the E-MU techs on this board. If you guys could address each of
> these questions it would help a lot.
> 
> 1. What are the drum loop intsraments? Their name implies a sample of
> a drum pattern. That would seem really wierd to have as a basic
> voice.
> What am I missing.

I believe you are referring to the MP-7 sound set. There are a few drum
loop snippets on this ROM. At first glance it make seem like a waste,
but these little snippets are great for adding a more live feel to your
pattern. Since you use them as snippets, they can be used with a wider
variety of tempos. Played up in pitch, these snippets are great for Drum
and Bass. The few that exist are very useful. Actually, we will have
some MP-7 patterns (as downloads) up on our web site in the next week
that show these samples off very well. 


> 
> 2. When a track sends to muliple MIDI chanels, does it send the same
> data to all of them? 

Yes, if you channelize that track. I.E. assign that track to MIDI 1-16A,
or MIDI 1-16B



Could you sequence a complete 16 part pattern on
> each track and then solo each of the tracks? Not that I'd want to...

Yes. Here you would assign the track not to channelize. The same screen
were you can Assign a MIDI channel per track you can also assign that
track to be Multi A or Multi B. Your one track for 16 tracks scenario is
very useful. This allows you to bounce tracks to others allowing you one
finger muting on groups of parts. Also, since a tracks can be internal,
external or both having the ability to merge MIDI data on one track
allows you take advantage of the "7's" sequencer's 64 MIDI channel capability.


> 
> 3. I see that the XL-1 presets have been provided for XL-7 users. I
> thought the two units had the exact same ROM. Are the instraments the
> same and only the presets are different? Is the XL-7 ROM enhanced
> some
> how. How does the other Proteous ROMs compare?

They do use the same ROM samples and instruments. The Presets are
different as well as their bank ID.


> 
> 4. Adding a ROM doesn't increase total user presets unless it's a
> flash ROM, right?

Each ROM that is added brings along its factory presets (typically 3-4
banks of new presets). User presets are not added. The "7" come standard
with 512 user preset locations. Adding flash Memory boards do allow you
to copy banks to them, thus giving you more user preset locations.

> 
> 5. Tell me, when affects are aplied, do they affect all chanels sent
> to the main outs? That would be pretty wack!

There are Two effects processors in the 7's.

Effect A (typically reverb type) and Effect B (typically chorus or delay type)


There are four stereo busses.

Each buss has an effect percentage amount for the A and B effect.

Here's an example of what it looks like;

FXA- Reverb
send 1  0%
send 2 10%
send 3 20%
send 4 50%

FXB - DualTap 1/3
send 1  0
send 2  0%
send 3  5%
send 4 50%


As you can see, I assigned send 1 to be completely dry (no effects). So,
any Channel that I want to be dry I would assign their output routing to
send 1. If I want just a little reverb and no delay on a channel I'd
assign it to send 2.  
For current users, this is all found under Global. Each FX setup and
routing are saved within the pattern. This allows you to have different
FX setups and routing setups per Pattern. 


sean at e-mu / ensoniq