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

alex.udell@... wrote:

> It's just I figure LIVE means LIVE...sure you're going
> to  keep the same basic structure for your song....but perhaps you
> want to extend the break a bit so you hold on that pattern for a bit
> longer before you go to the OUTRO for enxample....

This is well accomplished by song mode.  If you go into pattern mode while
playing a song, it grooves on whatever pattern was currently playing
indefinitely.  Then, if you go back to song mode without stopping, it will
pick your song back up at the beginning of the pattern during which you
left.  This way, you can be cruising along through your song, decide that
your audience is really digging that breakbeat in the middle, switch to
pattern mode and improvise over it, then when they finally get ready for the
rest of the song, you can pop right back in...

Perfect for live use where the structure is set, but the duration of each
section is variable.


> > >Also...what's the USB port going to be used for?
> cool...does this meet the MLAN spec?

MLAN is over firewire.


> > >Oh yeah....why would I use the Trigger buttons?  Can I use them in
> > conjunction with the repeat
> > >button, arps, and touch strip?
> >
> > The triggers are for external gear - triggering samples etc.

Not only for external gear, but they are especially cool for latching down
some internal arps.

-Aaron