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

Well, during a nice long break from work, I was finally able to get some 
new music done, woo hoo!  The track is called "In The Spiral", and you can 
check it out at:

http://www.angelfire.com/realm/2gstratus/InTheSpiral.htm

Just right click on the file and save it your hard drive to listen to it. 
I'll post it to my Iuma site so it can be streamed as well, once they get 
it back up and running.

Originally this was just a pattern I wrote in the Emu XL-7 to play out 
live, but I liked it so much I felt it warrented a full on tune.  The XL-7 
pattern was transferred into the computer as a Standard MIDI File via 
E-Loader.  From there it was imported into Cubase where I arranged the 
song structure as MIDI, and did some minor additional programming.  The 
tracks were then imported one at a time into Cubase as audio files where 
they were mixed with only a minimum amount of additional plug ins being 
used.  All of the sounds in this song and the main effects were directly 
from the XL-7.

Mastering was performed in Wavelab using Freefilter, and a touch of 
Loudness Maximizer, although I deliberately didn't make it as loud as I 
could have in order to preserve the dynamics of the song.  Not sure how 
well the MP3 will translate that, but I for one am sick of music being 
squashed simply for the the sake of more volume. :)  Enjoy, and I'd love 
to hear some feedback from other Command Station users.

rEalm

Wow! pretty sick sh*t rEalm.  Excellent track!  How long did it take 
you to finish that project?  I'm even more inspired to familiarize 
myself with my XL7 after that demo.

--- In xl7@y..., erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> Well, during a nice long break from work, I was finally able to 
get some 
> new music done, woo hoo!  The track is called "In The Spiral", and 
you can 
> check it out at:
> 
> http://www.angelfire.com/realm/2gstratus/InTheSpiral.htm
> 
> Just right click on the file and save it your hard drive to listen 
to it. 
> I'll post it to my Iuma site so it can be streamed as well, once 
they get 
> it back up and running.
> 
> Originally this was just a pattern I wrote in the Emu XL-7 to play 
out 
> live, but I liked it so much I felt it warrented a full on tune.  
The XL-7 
> pattern was transferred into the computer as a Standard MIDI File 
via 
> E-Loader.  From there it was imported into Cubase where I arranged 
the 
> song structure as MIDI, and did some minor additional 
programming.  The 
> tracks were then imported one at a time into Cubase as audio files 
where 
> they were mixed with only a minimum amount of additional plug ins 
being 
> used.  All of the sounds in this song and the main effects were 
directly 
> from the XL-7.
> 
> Mastering was performed in Wavelab using Freefilter, and a touch 
of 
> Loudness Maximizer, although I deliberately didn't make it as loud 
as I 
> could have in order to preserve the dynamics of the song.  Not 
sure how 
> well the MP3 will translate that, but I for one am sick of music 
being 
> squashed simply for the the sake of more volume. :)  Enjoy, and 
I'd love 
> to hear some feedback from other Command Station users.
> 
> rEalm

Thanx for the feedback, this list has been so dead lately! 

Anyway, the original pattern took me a couple of nights to make, including 
making the Presets (all my own).  The actual song took me about a day to 
arrange and do the rough mix, and another day to do the final mix and 
mastering.  I was really trying to keep it just XL-7 sounds the first time 
around, but I *might* go back and throw another percussion loop underneath 
it to give it a bit more momentum.  I'm really happy with it, and it was 
just a tad more driving, I think I could get it picked up for vinyl 
release (fingers crossed anyways).  What do you think?  Or should I just 
leave it as it is?

rEalm



Wow! pretty sick sh*t rEalm.  Excellent track!  How long did it take you 
to finish that project?  I'm even more inspired to familiarize myself with 
my XL7 after that demo.