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

I have the Emagic AMT-8 MIDI interface, but use it as midi router, 
splitter and merger (at the same time). Sloves all the problems about 
how to chain the gear together...

//Nifflas

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, drK <drk@d...> wrote:
> On 12/17/02 3:33 PM, "Greg <golerage@y...>" <golerage@y...> wrote:
> 
> > Would it be better to seperate the two pieces of hardware and
> > dedicate each to its own channel on the 2x2? Can the XL7 have
> > multiple sources giving it commands?
> > 
> 
> The XL-7 has only a single MIDI input so it can respond to at most 
sixteen
> external MIDI channels. These can originate from any combination of 
the PC
> or the KARMA when you are using the PC running your sequencer.
> 
> The 2x2 setup per my recommendation in the previous posy will work 
quite
> well to do what you are looking to do, and you will not be required 
to
> change cables.
> 
> the only advantage you could gain from adding any additional 
hardware, or
> changing the configuration would be to take advantage of the XL-7's 
32
> channel sequencing capabilities.  The current setup will at most 
allow the
> XL-7 to control only 16 channels of external MIDI, either on the PC 
or in
> the KARMA in any combination.  If you add an additional single 
input MIDI
> interface to your PC you could then send 32 channels to the PC 
which could
> be split between the KARMA (full 16) and software instruments.
> 
> An alternative would be the following configuration using the 
single 2x2:
> 
> XL-7 MIDI OUT A -> MIDI SPORT IN A
> XL-7 MIDI OUT B -> KARMA MIDI IN
> KARMA MIDI OUT -> MIDI SPORT IN B
> MIDI SPORT OUT B -> XL-7 MIDI IN
> MIDI SPORT OUT A -> (not used)
> 
> This lets you have the XL-7 control both 16 KARMA channels and 16 PC
> software instrument channels at the same time.  It also lets the 
KARMA
> control either the PC or the XL-7.  The THRU button trick mentioned
> previously still works so the XL-7 and the KARMA can play together 
without
> recabling and the computer out of the picture.
> 
> What do you loose?  The KARMA can not be directly controlled by the 
PC.  All
> KARMA control will have to originate or pass through the XL-7.
> 
> Given how inexpensive USB MIDI interfaces are these days I would 
recommend
> adding an additional MIDI port to the PC and bringing in the XL-7 B 
output
> that way.  That would give you the most flexibility and power.
> 
> drk
> 
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