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

> I have never had any musical training in any way, i can't even play 
an instrument

You should really get some sort of musical training. Piano lessions 
can do miracles to your music production. Knowledge about music 
theory is really helpful to do more complex harmonies and melodies.

When you have more experience, you might need some new sounds to the 
synth as well. The ZR rom has a really beautiful piano, and a few 
other useful presets, but the rest is bad. The World rom has 
wonderful percussion. The Beat Garden rom is just amazing.

finally, my last hint I can give you is to listen to more sorts of 
music. If you're used to only listen to techno, dance, and so on, 
check out something completley different. Jazz perhaps. Bobo Stenson 
Trio, Esbjörn Svensson Trio, etc. etc.

finally, you could get some inspiration from the music at 
(advertising warning) www.nifflas.com =)

//Nifflas

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, HighDensity303@a... wrote:
> Okay, I have had this thing for like 6 months and I don't have a 
clue as to 
> what I am doing.  I can program simple patterns, that's easy but 
are they 
> songs, I pretty much only use the grid recording.  I have never had 
any 
> musical training in any way, i can't even play an instrument  but i 
do like 
> playing with my xl7 but i have come to a dead lock and have only 
been messing 
> with the same ten patterns that a made the in the first three 
months that i 
> had the damn thing and now i don't know what to do next.  pretty 
much all i 
> do with my patterns is mess with the knobs. so what i was thinking 
was that 
> maybe if some one heard the patterns i made they can give me a few 
ideas as 
> to what to do next... i am just looking for suggestions.   
>                 
>                 thanks 
>                            drowning in St. Louis
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