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

I still think this was a pretty darned good idea, tho nobody reacted to
it when I originally posted it:



<excerpt>Subject: [xl7] Feature Suggestion: A Track/Preset Display

Reply-To: xl7@yahoogroups.com

Status:   


The manual seems to be based on the notion that we're so organized we
can

always plan ahead which track to associate with what preset, and that
we'd

remember this on the fly.


Well, for me, the common thing is to record something on a track using
one

preset and then to listen to it and think "This might sound even
better

with a different sound."  So I switch presets for the track.


I wind up with vastly different preset layouts for each pattern I do,
and

I've always wanted some sort of master display to remind me which
presets

were where.


And now, I've figured out how to implement it.


The LCD display defaults to two rows of 24 characters each.  How about
a

screen that's accessed via the "Mix" button that uses 3 characters per

track to ID the track's preset?  It would default to the 3-character
preset

category -- y'know, "Kb2" or "Brs" or "Bow".  Even this most basic

implementation would be incredibly helpful.  An even spiffier feature
would

allow the user to change the 3 characters to something else, which
would

help when you have four "Kb1" tracks right next to each other.  (I
realize

the spiffier version would be much more challenging to do, since it
would

mean additional data for a pattern to keep track of.)


Once you have the preset display, perhaps an underline could indicate

tracks that are enabled.  Of course, this would duplicate the function
of

the lights above the button rows, but hang on, I have a good use for
this.


With a screen that displays preset categories by track and which tracks
are

enabled, you can then implement something I asked for a while back --
a

track setup "look ahead" function.  Starting from the Next Pattern
screen,

some button combo would take you to this screen, which would have the
data

for the pattern to play after this one, so you'd have some notion what
was

coming up.  The spiffy version of this would allow you to enable and

disable tracks ahead of time -- another function people have been
asking

for.

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<excerpt>Hey all,


This is the list Aaron (or was it Sean?) was referring to in regards to
the suggestions we had asked for to make it into the next OS.  Note,
this does NOT mean that all of these suggestions will be in the next
OS, or that others won't be as well.  Just a refresher for the people
new to the list, these are some of the features we asked for, a new EMu
2.0 OS will be so kick ass regardless!

1. A way to see if a Preset is saved in Pattern or not as you scroll
through them in Preset view.  This would make it easier to free up
memory and overwrite User Presets that are no longer being used.
 Similarly, a way to erase or reset all unused Presets at once.


2. The ability to record or enter Track Mutes in a Pattern and Song.


3. A means to select and add a measure of silence at the end of a
Pattern while in real time record mode.  this would allow you to avoid
writing over the beginning of a Pattern when it loops around.


4. The ability to make a layer sample playback in reverse.


5. An Undo (Revert To Saved) keyboard shortcut, to make undoing a bad
take easier and faster.


6. The ability to use Arppegiators as gating devices, so that they
could be set to control velocity as well as note ons.


7. Short cuts or button presses that would allow you to latch the
Arppegiator (as well as turn it on or off) on the current track,
without needing to go into the Preset Edit menus.


8. A way to select the current ARP by holding down the ARP button and
scrolling with the data wheel.


9. Finer increments of Tempo resolution.  IE, tempos smaller than whole
numbers.


10. Change the Mix View settings so that it only shows 16 channels at a
time, but with increased resolution for each channel.  It's too
difficult to accurately see your volume levels with 32 channels on the
screen at once.


11. Track selection scrolling.  IE, if you are on Track 16 and press +,
the track should jump to Track 1, not remain at Track 16.


12. The ability to assign a 16 step recorded phrase as an Arppegiator,
instead of having to enter it step by step.


13. Real-time erase with range selection. Instead of having to hold the
actual notes you want to delete while in real-time record, you should
be able to hold the highest and lowest notes and everything in-between
that range will get deleted.


14. The ability to turn on a feature that would let all actions send
out sysex data.


15. The ability to stop at a certain measure while in grid recording.


16. A way to set up markers within longer Patterns, so that only the
measures within that range will loop, making editing sections of larger
Patterns easier.


17. A front panel short cut to the Randomize Preset function.


18. The ability to jump to a new Tempo without having to scroll to it,
similar to the way Pattern Selection works during Playback.


19. A means to filter different MIDI information before it gets sent to
the MIDI outs, IE filter out program changes, CC's, etc.


20. A way to store and recall different Mute Button scenes within
Patterns, so that each pattern can have more than 1 Mute status saved
with it.


21. The ability to specify whether Preset and FX Send information is
also copied when you copy a Track to a new Track.


22. The ability to assign an Arppegiator as well as Note number and
Preset to each of the Trigger buttons.


23. A Preset Editor and/or Librarian included as part of E-Loader, so
that user don't have to rely on sysex dumps for their Preset
management.


24. A way to select new Patterns without having to scroll.  Similar to
RPS and RPPR functions.


25. Real-time preview of quantize settings in Pattern Edit so you can
hear your changes as you make them, as well as new Groove Quantize
features.


26. A Record Replace mode, not just Record Overdub.


27. The means to a shift an entire track by a certain amount, ticks and
quarter notes.


28. The ability to record and playback sysex in order to make changes
to external gear.


29. Triggers should be syncable (quantizeable) to tempo, so that
playback is in time with the pattern when you activate a Trigger/BTS.


30. The ability to burn ROMs directly in the XL-7, without the need for
an Emu sampler.


31. A way to allow the 16 knobs to control Volume, Pan, and Note Values
for each step while in Grid mode, similar to an analog style
step-sequencer.


32. A means to dim the Lamp Socket via software.


33. The ability to select whether the XX-7 will let the selection of a
new Pattern change the tempo to the value saved with that Pattern,
instead of having the tempo remain the same from Pattern to Pattern
while playing back.


34. A way to erase an entire Pattern at once, including Mute status.


35. Change the front panel power button sot hat it must be held for 3
seconds before it begins the count down to Power Off in order to
prevent accidentally powering down live.


36. The ability for the Pattern Mute status to be carried over when
selecting a new Pattern to allow smoother switching between drastically
different Patterns.


37. A way to select if the Pan and Volume knobs are set to control
Tracks or MIDI channels.


38. The means to swap out tracks from other patterns during play back,
allowing you to slowly morph from one pattern to another on a Track by
Track basis.  Similar to Megamixing.


rEalm

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