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

I think your best bet would be to save the stuff in Sonar as a MIDI file, 
then transfer via E-Loader.  That way you know everything will have rock 
solid timing, and the midi delay thing won't be an issue at all.  The 
Audigy is an ok card for gaming and normal use, but for a dedicated music 
making card, it's not quite up to spec.  Not saying that you can't use it 
to make music at all, but if you're serious about it and start spending 
more time doing it, you might want to look into a better card.

That being said, I don't think that you're going to be able to send MIDI 
from the computer and record it into the XX-7 with any better resolution 
than you're getting now regardless of the midi interface, maybe only a 
couple ms improvement at best.  If you are using the midi ports on the 
Audigy, a dedicated MIDI interface will probably help out your timing.  I 
use the midi port on my Echo Layla24 for most things, but when I need 
tight timing, I use a dedicated Midisport 2x2, which is only $60.

rEalm






I guess I hadn't thought of doing it that way, so far I've just been 
treating my XL-7 as a sound module, then transfering over stuff when 
I get something I like.  This would also probably also make sure that 
whatever tick a note starts on in my computer sequencer it also 
starts at that point on my command station.  As of right now, every 
note is just a *little* bit off, but good enough.  As far as latency 
in Cakewalk, I can't get any lower than about 10ms.  Do you think 
that this might be why I'm getting that recording latency?  I've 
tried using Cubase SX and Logic and Fruityloops (what I started on), 
but none perform with MIDI as well as Sonar.  Any help you might be 
able to offer would be great.