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

I just wanted to say thanks.  I looked through the archive and found 
one fantastic post that gives me a work around for my situation.  It 
was to do with midi port a and b and how they work with the arps. 

So thanks for your post i am now rolling again.

I would love to see it so you could just turn off the arp sending to 
the external gear.  

well there we go peace and thanks

Mike G.

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, drK <drk@d...> wrote:
> Well it's definitely a little weird until you realize that the 
ARPs are not
> a separate controller feature in the XX-7 but are indeed part of 
the preset
> voice architecture.  So external parts can not have arps, per 
say.  You can,
> however as a matter of convenience direct a preset's arp MIDI data 
to one of
> the MIDI ports. [I'm not defending E-mu's design choice here.  The 
fact that
> the ARP feature arose from the Audity 2K explains though how this 
might
> happen]
> 
> This subject was covered very thoroughly back in late November and 
early
> December in posts by myself under the thread "the arp question, 
again".  I
> suggest if your interested in all the gory details pursuing 
those.  I have a
> draft written explaining this in one place but its not yet ready 
for
> "publication".
> 
> if the archives don't help let me know!
> 
> 
> drk
> 
> www.delora.com/music
> www.mp3.com/zdrk
> drk.iuma.com
> 
> 
> On 2/13/03 8:26 PM, "mikexl7 <curiousproductions@r...>"
> <curiousproductions@r...> wrote:
> 
> > Ok this is making me crazy.
> > 
> > I can get the arps to send to external gear by creating a empty
> > preset with the arp saved to the preset.  This works fine.
> > 
> > This is what is happening.
> > On track 9 i have a bass line arp being sent to my sampler.
> > On track 10 I am trying to play the same arp to a lead synth 
sound
> > in the XL7.
> > 
> > The arp plays the lead sound within the XL just fine but it is 
also
> > playing the sund that is set up on the sampler on that chanel 
even
> > though the chanel is set to internal.  I can't think of a way 
around
> > this since i have to set the xl to send the arps to external gear
> > via the arp menue to get it to send to the bass line. The reason
> > this is a pain in the ass is that in a live situation i would 
have
> > to create a pattern just to switch to an empty preset on the 
sampler.
> > 
> > This is work aroundable but is sloppy.
> > 
> > I can't belive that a box that has the most powerfull arps in the
> > land cant work with external gear with out jumping through hoops.
> > 
> > I am begging and pleading to you Aaron that you help me out here 
or
> > tell me that this problem is being taking care of in the long
> > awaited new OS.  I Personaly see this as a major fault in the 
XL.  I
> > am not one to bitch at the drop of a hat as i know that all gear 
has
> > it't faults.  I would just love to see this worked out.
> > 
> > Bottom line....
> > 
> > Setting the chanel to internal should stop the arps from sending 
to
> > external gear.
> > 
> > I would love some feed back on this one.  It seems that I am not
> > missing sompthing but if I am I would love to know.
> > 
> > Mike G.
> > 
> > Ps if ya want to hear some tunes my myself go to
> > www.mp3.com/michaelgoodwin