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

> I have several patterns as well as songs and I would like to create 
> an Audio CD.  I used e-loader to upload both my patterns and songs 
to 
> my PC and played the midi file with Windows Media Player.  The 
> patterns played fine but the songs did not.  Is there a reason for 
> this?
> 
> Also, the quality of the patterns seemed poor on playback.  I am 
> assuming this is due to the size of the file (only a few kb).  Is 
> there any specifice Recording software I should use (Cakewalk, 
Sound 
> forge, Protools)?  Once I use this software and convert the files 
to 
> MP3 or WAV, will it sound professional?


You need to record your song as audio.  the midi files contain no 
audio information, just the notes that a midi device would then play.
If you are hearing anything at all it must be you computers soundcard 
midi sounds which of course should sound nothing like the xx-7 
quality.

Search the net and try to find a shareware audio recorder and then 
either use your built in soundcard or spent aq few hundred on a nice 
one (something like m-audio).

As far as sounding professional, if you are just recording straight 
out then probably no.  You need to separate the tracks and do some 
real eqing, compression, effects etc...  But you will at least be 
able to hear your songs on a cd player.

Jesse