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

erik_magrini@... wrote:

> I thought one of the Emu guys had said that you would be able to
> change Note Duration while recording in Grid Mode with this new OS.
> Anyone know how to do that, I didn't see it in the Addendum?  Is it
> set the same way as velocity is, by pressing (and holding in this
> case) the pads?

Unfortunately, there's no way to set duration (or "gate") in grid edit
mode.  There is in step edit (the gate parameter as a percentage of step
resolution).  There are two new duration features, one in note/event
edit and one in duration scale/shift.

In note edit there's a duration field which you can edit.  Note that you
could stay on the duration field and still scroll through events by
holding enter and turning the encoder dial.

Duration scaling/shifting works just like velocity scale/shift.  Note
that you can assign a duration by setting scale to 0% and shift to the
value you want.

I wanted to put gate into grid edit, but there simply wasn't any room on
the screen!  =)


> Also, about the new way to select your next pattern while playing
> back.  Is it the same thing as pressing Edit while the LED display is
> set to Pattern mode?  Are there any differences between the two
> methods?  I thought that way was pretty easy, just wondering about the
> reason for the change and redundancy...

There's always been two ways to change next pattern, one with the
7-segment LEDs and edit button in the middle and one with the 2x24 LCD
and home/enter button on the top.

The only thing that changed is the screen's UI to better show the
current and next pattern.


> One more.  In the addendum, there's a section at the end about how
> Ticks 0 and 1 are reserved for Pattern info, and user info.  It
> mentions that Tick 1 is where users would be able to place their own
> set up information that wouldn't transmit when the pattern looped
> (cool idea!).  But, what kind of info would a user want to place in
> tick 1 that's different from what would already be saved in Tick 0?
> Set up information for external gear on MIDI B?  Just curious what was
> in mind with this feature.

Exactly.  This is basically for people who want to control external
gear.  When a track is set to "external", information such as vol, pan,
preset, etc as set up on the main screen is not saved, allowing you to
set up your own info on tick 1.

Pretty much if you're not using external gear on a track, you'll
probably never need this feature, as the XL-7 saves whatever it needed
to for the internal synth automatically.


> So much cool (and needed) stuff added, great job again Emu
> folks!!!!!!!
> rEalm

We all appreciate it!  Thanks,
  -Aaron