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

Hi there yahoo group this is actualy a post from mikexl7 being posted 
by my good friend Ba. 

I have been trying to post this question for over a week now but i 
cant for some unknown reason. 

Yahoo is messed for me at the moment. What you are about to read is 
the reply I got from emu tech support. 

The second section is what I sent them. As you can see for yourself I 
did not get my question answered. 

So i am begging you Aaron or Scott please let me know if i can use 
the Pocket Dial from doepfer to get around the problem 
of jumping values in my live proformance. I have emailed emu and 
deopfer and I still have no answer to this queston. 

Dear Michael,

There are several things to consider as it concerns this question. 

1) All Proteus family products and EOS samplers support realtime 
control
of many features *(this you know). There is no way to bypass the 
INITIAL
controller levels set in the preset as these will setup the preset's 
unique 'sound characteristics'. 

2) As for POCKET CONTROL... I can only state that the Proteus family 
of 
products...including the Command Stations, will support standard 
realtime CC data. As for the POCKET CONTROL issues of 'feedback' I 
cannot answer this... I suppose the POCKET CONTROL would use sysex to 
request the status of a controller??? I don't know that one. This in 
mind we can only recommend standard midi controllers and if the 
POCKET 
CONTROL is sending standard CC data then it should work.

3) If the preset is not to your liking...then edit it so that it will 
work better in the context of performance. I.e., set you INITIAL 
CONTROL
levels to 000 and then rely on the quick edit or program knobs 
to 'set 
it up' realtime like and older analog synth. That or use the presets 
the
way they are now and modify your performance to match the abilities 
of 
the instrument.



Regards;
E-MU Systems Inc.
Technical support

Original Message Follows:
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Customer Information 
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Name: Michael Goodwin
Email Address: curiousproductions@... 
<mailto:curiousproductions@...>
Country: Canada

E-MU Product Information
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Customer Type: End User 
Desktop Products: Not Specified
Sound Modules: ORBIT 3
Command Station: XL-7
Keyboards: Not Specified
EOS Samplers: E5000 ULTRA
Vintage E-MU Musical Instruments: Not Specified
Operating System Version: XL-7 2.0
Model Number: 

Problem lies with: 
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XL-7

Customer's System Specification:
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Computer Type: WIN
CPU/RAM: 512
Operating System: xp
Detailed Hardware: 

Detailed Problem Description:
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I need to know if the Command station can 
work properly with the Doepfer Pocket Dial. 
I am going to paste in sompthing that I 
have read it says it better than I can. 

"POCKET CONTROL that is equipped with 16 
rotary potentiometers. This enables a jump-
less change of parameters provided that the 
device or software controlled by POCKET 
DIAL features data feedback of the new 
starting data after a preset change as 
POCKET DIAL needs the starting values of 
theparameters of the new preset. Another 
possibility is the increment/decrement 
control of the parameters in question. In 
this case the POCKET DIAL does not "know" 
the absolute values of the parameters but 
transmits only inc/dec data to the 
device/software. Only devices that 
features the data feedback or inc/dec 
control should be controlled by POCKET 
DIAL." Ok that summes it up pretty will I 
thought. So will I get smooth flowing CC 
changes when using the pocket dial? If not 
I would love to see this changed so that 
one could use this type of controller with 
the command stations. Other that or have 
it set up so that the pots on the command 
station dont do anything till the current 
value is met. And then have the controller 
take hold. I don't want to sound like a 
pest but using the real time edit knobs 
they way they are in a live show is very 
anoying at best, and often just not an 
option due to the looming sudden changes. 
My music relies very much on live tweaking 
of the synth. 

Sorry for the long email but I can't stress 
the imprtance of this to me enough.

Thank you very much for your time. I look 
forward to your reply very much.

Mike Goodwin