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

On 12/5/02 5:05 PM, "John Booker" <john_b_32712@...> wrote:

> Hi drk,
>      thanx for the reply... I seem to have exposed
> myself as quite the novice hehe. Yes you are very
> correct the loop would explain lock up,excetra. Im
> trying to slave the 808 to the MP7 so I can sequence
> samples to a track on the MP. When I set the 808 to
> out
> it seemed that I could only use it as a controller. I
> did however just read the 808 manual which told me how
> to switch on the midi clock/MTC(the 808 has both)
> parameters. I did this successfully. But the 808 is
> still acting as a controller triggering internal
> sounds from the MP7 and no sample response from the
> 808. I did come upon a neat thing though,seems the
> 808s line fader volumes can controll the MP7
> internally (which was cool to use when trying to
> record a pattern and have sound drops). As you can
> tell Im not that great with hardware as Ive really
> only used software,but as I can see Im not the only to
> tire of a comp screen:) Ill figure this out soon Im
> sure(Ill have to send myself to midi school LOL). I
> would really like to thank you for your help and also
> would like to state that this board is really an
> invaluable resourse for neubies and pros alike~_^!


Well its been a while since I have used my SP808...

If you go into the system setup edit menu (EDIT-SYSTEM/DISK) and select
"Select MIDI Param" you will be able to see and change the way the SP808
handles MIDI.  Here are some highlights:

1. Pads Rx Ch - controls what MIDI channel the samples assigned to pads
respond to and can be set from 1-10.  if you set it to OFF you will not be
able to play samples on the SP808 from the MP-7

2. Remote(Pad1) - sets the first note number the pad samples respond to.
You can move the playback range around with this if needed)

3. Pads Tx Ch. - this determines which MIDI channel the SP808 will send note
messages on.  You can set it to any MIDI channel (1-16) or you can set it
off.  when you set it OFF the pads will still be able to play samples but no
MIDI will be sent to the MP-7.

4. FX Ctrl Ch. - This controls what channel the three EFX knobs send on.
You can turn it off if you do not want the MP-7 to receive these control
change messages.

5. Mixer, D-Beam - When set to SEND the four mixer sliders, the Mic/PAD
slider, and the Master slider all will transmit MIDI control changes.  These
may or may not be useful to you as extra controllers or for recording
automation of the SP808 mixer into the MP-7.  The dual D-BEAM is also
controlled by this setting.

If all you are wishing to do is use the SP808 for sample playback (samples
assigned to pads and not recorded into SP808 tracks) then you will only need
to sync the SP808 and the MP-7 *if you are using BPM-synchronized effects in
the SP808*.  The simplest way to use the SP808 with the MP-7 is to connect
the SP808 MIDI input to one of the MP-7's MIDI outputs and record pad hits
into the MP-7's sequencer to cause the samples to play.  For this you do not
even need the SP808's MIDI output hooked up to the MP7.

If you do need to sync the two you only have one choice and that is to have
the SP808 be the master and have the MP-7 control its tempo from external
MIDI clock.  The MP-7 does not send or receive MIDI Time Code (MTC) and the
SP808 can only synchronize to external MTC.  So you will have to have the
SP808 set up as the master and send MIDI clock to the MP-7.  In this case
the SP808's MIDI out must connect to the MP-7's MIDI input.

My recommendation is to see how useful the SP808 is to you when it is just
having it's pad samples triggered from the MP-7.  This is by far the lest
complex setup.


drk

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