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

>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Joe Poet <madpiston@y...> 
>   To: xl7@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 11:19 PM



>   Subject: [xl7] Re: Sequencer only stores 16 patterns/1 song!!

>   > > Well i have been researching the xl-7 and ran across this page
>   > > http://www.vintagesynth.org/emu/xl7.shtml
>   > > there it says exacly that
>   > 



>   > You're very right, and they're very wrong.  I just emailed the
>   > webmaster indicating the error and offering to fix the
specifications.
>   > 
>   > -Aaron
> 



>   CAN SOMEONE CLEAR THIS UP PLEASE So your telling me that i can seq 512
>   songs? that would be great but im still unsure of that.. i ran across
>   the same info on another page
>   http://www.sospubs.co.uk/sos/nov01/articles/emu.htm
>   all the way at the bottom in the Specification chart highlited in
purple
>   thanks for your help.. its greatly apreciated




> > There is nothing "incorrect" about the stats at on the sos site:
> 
> "Presets (synth patches): 512 User, 512 ROM memories.
> . Patterns: up to 16 tracks and 32 bars; 8 x 128 memories.
> . Sequencer: 16 Pattern tracks and one Song track; 384ppqn
resolution; Song, Pattern, and Grid modes; max Song length 999 bars;
300,000-note record capacity; SMF types 0 and 1 import/export via MIDI
using supplied Emu E-Loader software."
> 
> BUT what is *missing* is a reference to the *fact* that the Command
Stations can hold in memory: 4 banks of 128 (equals 512 user memory
slots for SONGS)
> 
> Remember 2 things:
> 
> 1. no matter how many memory slots you have for songs, you have a
limit of 300,000 notes in total. So you may not be able to fill all
those slots if you have long songs.
> 
> 2. The reference to the "one Song track" is that you can have 16
different tracks running different patterns all the while you have a
separate track running a long single "song" sequence. This is cool.
Think of it this way. You create a 16 bar pattern and let it roll over
and over all the while you record a long synth line or solo that lasts
for the whole length of your song (say 1024 bars). That long sequence
is your "one Song track" then you go back and start creating new
patterns to create changes and break up the monotony of that single 16
bar pattern you were riffing on. Then you sequence a real "Song" using
those many pattern tracks together with the long "one Song track"
Altogether you can save the group as a "Song" and if you don't use too
much notes, you might save up to 512 like that.
> 
> Go buy one new at a good store with a "no questions asked" return
policy, save the box, be nice to the unit and the packing material
(don't fill out the warranty card :) , and try it out. If it doesn't
do what you want, pack it up and take it back.
> 
> Ravi
> 





 thanks soooo much for the info... now its all makes sence
            thanks again
                 madpiston