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Trouble with a new xl7

2002-01-23 by axr

hi there

i´ve just bought an xl7, after watching this group for some time.it is a great machine, but i´ve already encountered several serious problems.

1) there are timing problems when i switch between two patterns. both patterns have the same content. when i switch from 001 to 002 everyting runs smooth. if i do it the other way round there is a serious delay.

2) the rechannelize function does not work the way i expected it to do.

i´m using my xl7 in combination with a kawai k5000s ( connected with midi i/o a ) and a waldorf µQ ( connected to midi out b).

i´ve set the xl7 to rechannelize=always, track 3 to midichannel b1 (for the waldorf) and dest:out.

when i play the pads i always hear the waldorf and the xl7( playing the sound assigned to channel b1). when i play the k5000s, which is set to local off, i can only hear the xl7. the recorded data plays only on midi out b1, as it should do.

i thought rechannelize would allow me to play only the waldorf,either playing the pads on the xl7 or the k5000s. i remember that someone else on this list was talking about related problems.

3)i´ve noticed a strange thing in the midi setup

when i load a new user multi setup the parameter "midi in channels 1-16 " says "---" . when i change it i can only switch between a or b.

can anyone give me a hint, on this problems ?

alexander

ps : i´m using os 1.18

Re: [xl7] Trouble with a new xl7

2002-01-24 by Aaron Eppolito

axr wrote:

> 1) there are timing problems when i switch between two patterns. both
> patterns have the same content. when i switch from 001 to 002
> everyting runs smooth. if i do it the other way round there is a
> serious delay.

This is a known bug.  If you've edited a pattern (indicated by an * by
the name), switching to it will "chunk".  The workaround (till the next
release, when it'll be fixed) is to save the edited pattern and then
revert to saved.

> 2) the rechannelize function does not work the way i expected it to
> do.i\ufffdm using my xl7 in combination with a kawai k5000s ( connected
> with midi i/o a ) and a waldorf \ufffdQ ( connected to midi out b).i\ufffdve set
> the xl7 to rechannelize=always, track 3 to midichannel b1 (for the
> waldorf) and dest:out.when i play the pads i always hear the waldorf
> and the xl7( playing the sound assigned to channel b1). when i play
> the k5000s, which is set to local off, i can only hear the xl7. the
> recorded data plays only on midi out b1, as it should do.i thought
> rechannelize would allow me to play only the waldorf,either playing
> the pads on the xl7 or the k5000s. i remember that someone else on
> this list was talking about related problems.

If you turn local off, it will keep the pads from playing the internal
synth.  Right now the two functions ("rechannelize to track channel" and
"midi thru") aren't really interrelated.  The soft thru happens before
the rechannelization (hence the internal channel 3, external channel 1
thing).

> 3)i\ufffdve noticed a strange thing in the midi setupwhen i load a new user
> multi setup the parameter "midi in channels 1-16 " says "---" . when i
> change it i can only switch between a or b. can anyone give me a hint,
> on this problems

If you don't have any user presets that you've edited (or have backed up
any presets that you changed) you could reinitialize user data.  Boot
into diagnostics (hold two cursors when you power up) and select "17
Init Data Except Seq".  Make sure you DO NOT select "16 Initialize User
Data" as you will lose ALL SEQUENCES.

-Aaron