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

> 4) is the xl-7 stable enough for reliable live performance?  ideally, i'd 
> have a chain of songs (or patterns) i'd like to play back-to-back, and be 
> able to tweak paramenters as i go.

> >>>You'll have no problems with that, timing is rock solid live too. <<<

My experience differs a little from Erik's. The arpeggiator is a bit
buggy, especially if you try to modulate things like the step length
with a MIDI controller. Also, the step interval setup suffers from a
known bug, which you can work round by sending each program change
message *twice*. The sequencer will occasionally give you stuck notes,
but as far as I can tell this only happens when switching from play to
stop, which generally doesn't occur live. I've had some problems with
the filters causing voices to clip and/or drop out; at this stage I'm
half inclined to blame the rest of the signal chain (gain into digital
mixer and/or lightpipe from there), except that I had very similar
problems with the UltraProteus and Morpheus a few years ago.

The timing accuracy of the XL-7 is so-so: if you work with really
simple, tight, regular rhythms the sloppiness will be pretty
apparent, but for practical use it's fine.

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  nick rothwell -- composition, systems, performance -- http://www.cassiel.com