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

"First off, thanks Sean for getting back to me on the "arm pattern" 
> >thing. "
 
>" Yes, it's really sweet to have the developers here, active, and 
providing help as well as listening to us."

It shur is! i am totaly impressed with the levle of contact that i 
currently have with the E-MU people on this product i kinda can't 
belive it.  It is a techies dream come true.
> 
"> >1. you don't have to use a computer OS"
> >
> 
"> Interesting - personally, I would like to see >more< integration 
with external sequencers. I see the unit as a live extension of my 
studio, that I can take out to clubs."

Well the only way i can put it is like this, i have had BAD luck with 
the PC and no better luck with MAC and the lack of dependability that 
i have encountered with them.  It is just tooooooo much stress when i 
am coming close to a deadline, i have lost many months over the years 
due to HD falure and crashing OS's and dont want to deal with it any 
more. I am going to move my recording platform to sompthing other 
than the puter, I have been thinking about going to a darwin for 
this, i have only heard good things about them.  But I have to wonder 
if i can still get the jazz drives disk's that i would need.


> >" Is anyone planning on using the record button in a live 
situation? 
> >I've been thinking about this - laying down basslines and melodies 
> >from my ztar, and having them loop. Would that be cool? Hmm, looks 
> >like it's going to be another late night :> Let see how it goes.
> >
> >   ----- > Ric"
> >please let me know how it went, i am curious how you are finding 
it.
> >
> >well that's it for me today 
> 
> It was a late night as expected. The ztar and the xl-7 work really 
well together. Pretty much drum and bass in a box. You could keep a 
crowd entertained with nothing more.

Wicked
> 
"> The recording section isn't completely designed for such work but 
it does the trick, provided you know what you want to do before you 
start. I kept reaching for an 'undo' button, since not everything I 
play is worthy of being recorded, but couldn't find one. "

the best way i know it to use the erase button wile in record mode 
just press it and hold down the note/notes that you want to erase and 
as the loop cycles the unwanted notes are erased.

 
"> I also noticed something else - when two channels are pointed to 
the same drum kit, they are both affected by controller changes. Why 
is that? I had the "hybrid" kit on channels 2 and 5, and regardless 
of which of the two tracks was 'active,' twisting the quick edits - 
filter tweaks etc, affected drums playing from >both< tracks. (The 
tracks were set up to point only to their respective channels, rather 
than all)"

this is becouse you are playing the same "instrament" what I do in 
that situation is just save multiples of the instrament that you want 
to do that with, for instance i will have up to 5 tr-808's saved as 
tr808-1 through tr808-5 and have one per channel/track so i can tweak 
out the snare seperatly from the hi hats, you get the idea. It is 
much more like having a real tr808/909.  
I would like to add sompthing here, i hvae to say that i have heard 
alot of copies of the 808/909 synths and this thing is the best i 
have heard, i own a TD-5 drum head from roland that has a 808 in it 
and was using it just becouse i always found it cut through way more 
than samples off the E5000 but i took the time to compair the two as 
well as listening to recordings of trax that i know have been made 
with a 909 they are so dam close that i can not see the justification 
for the expence of going out and buying either.  expescialy a 808 
(most of my trax use this sound set) due to the lack of midi 
implamentasion on board.  the bass drums are identical no difference 
that i could hear over a mackie and a pair of beyer dynamic 911 
headphones, none at all! thank you E-MU.
*Phew* that was a rant.

well hope i dident make any 808/909 owners angry there it is not my 
intension i was just totaly surprised and impresed.

take care 
Mike