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

Make sure the the TEMPO page in the MIDI menu is set to "ext" 

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, <iproduce@b...> wrote:
> Drk,
> 
> Thanks for the suggestions.  The problem is that the XL7 is not staying midi sync'd up well to PT.  I like your idea of turning off the midi channels, so I was going to make 16 passes.  By the fourth or fifth pass, tho, there was a noticible drift happening despite my attempts to make sure everything was set to start properly.  Any other suggestions?  Is anyone having similar midi sync / timing issues?  I love the box but can't use it if it won't sync to Protools.  My MPC2000XL has always synced right up no problem.
> 
> Another note...anyone elses left channel seem to have more floor noise than the right?  By the time I make 16 passes (if i could) the buildup of that noise will be pretty bad.
> 
> Finally, I was going to try and dump the patterns out to midi file via the E-loader and then load them into PT (thinking I'd replay the box from pt as a midi device).  I couldn't get E-loader to see my XL7...I have a mac Ti powerbook running OS9, with a MOTU fastlane.  Everything seems to be connected properly...is there any trick or secret?  Anyone know when USB direct connect to the box will be supported on the Mac?
> 
> Sorry for all the questions, thanks for any help.
> 
> jho
> > 
> On 12/23/02> From: drK <drk@d...>
> > Date: 2002/12/23 Mon PM 02:53:01 EST
> > To: "xl7@yahoogroups.com" <xl7@yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: Re: [xl7] Using the XL-7 with Protools (or any DAW)
> > 
> >  12:08 PM, "iproduce@b..." <iproduce@b...>
> > wrote:
> > 
> >
> > 
> > rEalm and jho,
> > 
> > Here's how I would proceed.
> > 
> > My first approach would be to record the MIDI out of the XX-7 into the host
> > DAW (Cubase SX, ProTools, etc) with the DAW providing the master MIDI
> > clocking to the XX-7 and the DAW recording in multi-channel mode.  This
> > would then let you use the DAW later to drive the XX-7 as a sound module and
> > use muting of each MIDI track to control what is recorded when.
> > 
> > But if for some reason the MIDI recording approach does not work well then
> > you still have a choice of using the XX-7's sequencer to control the sound
> > module and do multi-tracking of audio, either using the XX-7's six separate
> > outs or just doing it a stereo pair at a time.
> > 
> > Since there is no easy way of to solo a single track in song mode then I
> > would suggest an alternative - disabling the actual XX-7 synthesizer
> > channels associated with a track.  This could be one or more if you do heavy
> > sound layering.
> > 
> > Probably the easiest way to do this is to use the MIDI Enable feature for
> > each channel.  In EDIT-MIDI scroll until you get to the MIDI ENABLE submenu
> > and simply find each of the channels you are using (01A-16B).  Turn those
> > used one's off and turn back on the one (or ones) you need to record for
> > each pass.
> > 
> > These act like system-wide mutes on the synth module and are very handy for
> > quickly turning things on or off.
> > 
> > just a suggestion.
> > 
> > 
> > drk
> > 
> > www.delora.com/music
> > www.mp3.com/zdrk
> > drk.iuma.com
> > 
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