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

This is how i do it.

Select pattern mode by hitting the "pattern" button
Scroll past the 1st 127 demo patterns until you get a blank pattern
(it will say untitled"
Select track 1 
hit the "preset" button
select a sound you like
press record and play
record your music by playing the pads
stop

then move on to the next track and do the same thing