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

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> As an example Notator for the Atari had a method where by 
the "user" 
> grooves were basically any track on any pattern you wanted (usually 
the 
> last pattern, 99).
> 
> >>>A lot of programs still kinda do this, though maybe not 16 
versions of 
> User Groove.  Reason and Cubase come to mind. <<<

True, Cubase uses a .prt (part) to get the info from.  I brough up 
Notator though because it was a pattern based seq just like the xx-7's

 
> As it is now I have to import/export to and from Cubase. How do 
others 
> feel about this?
> 
> >>>That's what I used to do as well, although SX's lack of groove 
quantize 
> has put the stop to that now :(  I personally would just rather 
have some 
> groove presets stored in the XX-7's for use.  The ability to get 
User 
> Grooves would be cool, but unless you change the timing of all the 
notes 
> in the Track/Pattern manually (ungh!), how are you going to 
generate the 
> original groove? <<<

You could create the grooves in another sequencer.  I use Cubase 5 
(not upgrading to SX since there is no midi groove control anymore).
And then when you get the feel right just send the midi file to the 
xx-7 via eloader.

Either that or just save the .prt files in Cubase as .mid files and 
import those.  I did that already with a bunch of them so I could use 
them as guides in the mp-7.  But that means I need to go back and 
forth between looking at those tracks (and noting their 
timing/velocity data) and then manually adjusting the track I'm 
working on.  


As it is now I'll probably just load the DNA grooves in Cubase and 
set it to 384 time and then look at the computer to see the 
timing/velocity and adjust the mp-7 that way.  Two screens would help 
the process.

Kind of a pain but I was just reading about how M.A.R.R.S did pump up 
the volume and they were step timing an sp12 at double tempo with no 
quantize set so they could adjust the timing (it gave them 192's)  
And then they seq the bassline on an MC500 but put the 8th notes on 
one track and the rest of the notes on another track and ran those 
notes only through an outboard delay unit set to a few milliseconds 
and adjusted in order to get a swing.  So even we have it pretty easy 
now.  

Jesse

 
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