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

Hi all,

It seems that this group is pretty quiet.  I have a few more
questions that I hope someone can answer for me.

>Can a whole pattern be assigned to a pad and then be triggered >as  though it was one note like a sample?

 

Yes, each pattern can address all of the midi instruments at once.

 

>If so, do you have

>to wait until the entire pattern has played before triggering >another?

The patterns follow the track - think of the trigger buttons as mutes on a mixer, rather than sample triggers.

>Can different tracks in a pattern be assigned to mute groups >so that
>you can mute an entire group by muting only one of the mute >keys?

No, no mute assignments. Use multiple fingers.

 

I would really like to see group assignments - it would make for much more powerful arrangement. Not mute groups, like the one you specify above, but grouping like a hihats - where turning on one pattern turns off the other's in it's group. This would let users switch melodies or drum patterns without having to worry whether the first section is still playing.