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

assuming that i understand you right it is an ndependent edit buffer 
for each channel.  I am able to make edits to a sound change channels 
and then tweak out the next preset and switch back and forth as i 
please.  But you do have to save the changes to the preset before you 
change patterns.  

Hope that answers your question

Mike

--- In xl7@y..., drk@d... wrote:
> OK, there is a couple of ways to implement a multi-timbral mode 
> in a synth, and I am wondering what the XL-7 does.
> 
> The first (and my desired) way is to have an independent edit 
> buffer for each instrument (channel, or part in some 
> terminology).  This lets you do patch edits on the fly, while 
> sequencing and have those edits remain in effect until you 
> change patches on an instrument.
> 
> The second way is to have a single instrument edit buffer.  In this 
> approach any changes made to a patch are lost when you switch 
> to a second instrument to edit.
> 
> I am concerned that the XL-7 has method two - a common edit 
> buffer for all channels.  The reason for the concern is that the 
> Audity 2K module I have (which has the 2.01 firmware, which 
> makes it pretty much in line with the rest of the P2K family) 
> impliments method two, the shared edit buffer.
> 
> Can anyone answer this?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> drK