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

On 12/5/02 10:03 PM, "Sergio Teixeira Jr." <steixeirajr@...> wrote:

> there's still one little issue. This solution works only if I am in
> play mode. When I record the arps, it doesn't work any longer. The
> arps sound perfectly right when I'm recording, but on playback the
> sequence has the same old problem.
> 
> Again, I have no idea what might be happening. I double checked the
> outupts midi, and it was rightly set to "don't transmit".
> 

Fortunately the solution is simple on playback but hardly intuitive.  You
need to make the track an internal-only track (INT assign).  Here's the
reason.

In order to play back notes you recorded to control an arpeggiator the track
must be set with its channel assign to be either INT or BOTH.  If it is BOTH
the external MIDI module will receive not only the arpeggiator's output but
also the notes recorded in the track.  For this reason you will want to have
the track assignment set to INT.

I wrote a good amount about this yesterday in the second post on the "ARP
Question".  here is an excerpt:

"If you want to use the arpeggiator with a recorded track (for example a
track of chords being played) to play an arpeggiator to an external module
you must set that track's destination assignment to an internal synthesizer
channel only, and the channel must be assigned a silent preset.  The channel
used would correspond to the port and MIDI channel of your external module.
You should not set the track destination to either EXT or BOTH. If you set
it to EXT you will only get the chords sent to the external device (no
arpeggiation), and when set to BOTH you will get both the chords and the
arpeggiation."

There is a more detailed explanation of why this is this way in that post if
your interested.

> The funny thing is that RECHANNELIZE INPUT offers you three options:
> off, always and only on recording, although they only seem to make a
> difference when playing, not when recording. This might be a bug?
> 

Well rechannelize only affects what is played at the pads or is received on
the MIDI input.  I tested how it should work (see page 318 in the revised
manual) and it seems to do as it should when it is in each of the three
modes.  Maybe I am not following what your saying.

> 
> Well, again, I look forward for you or any kind souls to shed some
> light on this one for me.
> 
> Thank you once again.


Your welcome.

> Sergio



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