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

> I just got my XL-7 and I read thru the whole manual, but I cannot find a way
> to edit/create a drum preset. I want to create my own drum preset where I can
> assign a waveform of my choice to every single key. I can do this with
> non-drum/pitched instruments where you can assign waveforms to each of the 4
> layers, but how do I do this with drum-maps? This is standard on each and
> every rompler I have in my rig and I cannot believe that the XL-7 is not
> capable of this. What am I missing? As I want to play and record drums live on
> the rubber-pads I need to assign my favorite sounds to the pads of my choice.

True, the XL-7 does not have a drum mode...but clever programming will take
you far.

Use a combination of layers, key transpose, and preset linking...in this
way, you can assign any wave to any pad, and have a full synth engine for
each of the pads.

Note, this method will only allow you to create a "drum map" of up to twelve
different sounds, and less if you do any layering for a given hit, but it
works.


cheers,
aeon