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

On 11/22/02 11:08 AM, "donnellbailey" <donpoppie@...> wrote:

> Does anyone have any idea how to setup the MP-7 to acknowledge the
> patch selects sent from any midi Software? I'm using Sonar and Cubase
> VST 32. Whenever I send a patch change instead of going to say preset
> MP-7 location it defaults to the preset User location. This limits me
> to just those particular sounds and also doesn't allow me to access
> my Xlead sound chip at all. Any help will be appreciated.

There's a couple of ways to handle this.

The easiest and most direct is to have your sequencer send out bank select
commands to the MP7.  Each sound ROM has its own MSB number and the banks
within go from Bank 0 =0 to bank 3 =3

The User bank has a MSB of 0

the XL7 bank has a MSB of 14

The MP7 bank has a MSB of 15

And another method...

The XX7 (and other Emu modules) has a preset mapping facility that is set up
in the MIDI menu  with the screen showing MIDI PROGRAM CHNG (see pages
148-149 in the manual).  This lets you specify any incoming program change
number and assign it to call up an preset in the XX7, from any bank.  So you
can quickly organize your 128 favorite presets to be reachable without using
bank commands.  You could even use this to spoof a General Midi capability
if your so inclined ;-)

drk

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