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X-Mix Pattern Switching

2003-04-01 by aeon

On 3/31/03 9:38 PM, "Ravi Ivan Sharma"
<noision1@...> wrote:

> I find interesting that the switch to the new part happens
> *as soon as* you press the executing button. On the Roland,
> the change would happen at the start of the next pattern.
> This would give you time to actually cue up more than one
> changed part using megamix before they would all kick in
> right at the start of the pattern. This also was nice when
> you knew that the next bassline would instantly kick into
> place automatically (while you were busy with something
> else). It would be nice to have *that* option in the E-mu,
> although I am sure there are some reasons for the choice.

I wonder what those reasons would be...this seems like an
odd limitation, and a potentially irritating one at that.

Pattern-sync'd changes would certainly be welcome for
those times when the music needs to be burp-free. ;)


cheers,
aeon

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