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

I read the manual and read all of master Realm's advice but I still 
can't get Sonar 2.0 to control my MP-7 which has additional roms the 
X-lead rom, the Protoza rom, and the Producer rom. I don't understand 
the sysex stuff at all.  Is anyone out there using Sonar 2.0's 
sequencer to successfully control their MP-7 or XL-7 if so please 
help me out.
I love the fat and cools sounds these commands stations produce and 
want to take full advantage of it.  I however am not crazy about 
their internal sequencers and want to use Sonar 2.0 control them.
I need some "how to" help here. Please. Thanks

P.S. I am real sad they discontinued making this wonderful product.

I just started to teach myself Sonar 3.  I have used early versions 
of Cakewalk software very successfully to control gear.  Sonar has so 
much more capability.

Two questions:
Have you had success using Sonar with other gear?
What do you want Sonar to do that it is not doing with the E-mu?

--Steve


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "simplesam54" <AutoCADMaster1@A...> wrote:
> I read the manual and read all of master Realm's advice but I still 
> can't get Sonar 2.0 to control my MP-7 which has additional roms 
the 
> X-lead rom, the Protoza rom, and the Producer rom. I don't 
understand 

> the sysex stuff at all.  Is anyone out there using Sonar 2.0's 
> sequencer to successfully control their MP-7 or XL-7 if so please 
> help me out.
> I love the fat and cools sounds these commands stations produce and 
> want to take full advantage of it.  I however am not crazy about 
> their internal sequencers and want to use Sonar 2.0 control them.
> I need some "how to" help here. Please. Thanks
> 
> P.S. I am real sad they discontinued making this wonderful product.

I just basically want to use the MP-7 as a sound module. 
I know all the physical setup to do this but can't get the 
instruments or patches in the MP-7 set up in Sonar.




--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@p...> 
wrote:
> I just started to teach myself Sonar 3.  I have used early versions 
> of Cakewalk software very successfully to control gear.  Sonar has 
so 
> much more capability.
> 
> Two questions:
> Have you had success using Sonar with other gear?
> What do you want Sonar to do that it is not doing with the E-mu?
> 
> --Steve
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "simplesam54" <AutoCADMaster1@A...> 
wrote:
> > I read the manual and read all of master Realm's advice but I 
still 
> > can't get Sonar 2.0 to control my MP-7 which has additional roms 
> the 
> > X-lead rom, the Protoza rom, and the Producer rom. I don't 
> understand 
> > the sysex stuff at all.  Is anyone out there using Sonar 2.0's 
> > sequencer to successfully control their MP-7 or XL-7 if so please 
> > help me out.
> > I love the fat and cools sounds these commands stations produce 
and 
> > want to take full advantage of it.  I however am not crazy about 
> > their internal sequencers and want to use Sonar 2.0 control them.
> > I need some "how to" help here. Please. Thanks
> > 
> > P.S. I am real sad they discontinued making this wonderful 
product.

Did you do all this?
Get the instrument definiton file from the files section
Copy and past (using notepad for the editor)the MP-7 section into your
own master.ins
Go into sonar, to options, instruments, define, patch names, then
click on the banks on the right page and drag them underneath the MP7
patch names for banks folder on the left - note that you MUST specify
the bank change number for the bank as you install it in the folder.
These are specified at the bottom of the file, in mine like this:
Patch[1667]=E-MU XL7: Pure Phatt: Bank 3
Patch[1666]=E-MU XL7: Pure Phatt: Bank 2
Patch[1665]=E-MU XL7: Pure Phatt: Bank 1
Patch[1664]=E-MU XL7: Pure Phatt: Bank 0
then save the file and start sonar. It should work fine.

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "simplesam54" <AutoCADMaster1@A...> wrote:

> I just basically want to use the MP-7 as a sound module. 
> I know all the physical setup to do this but can't get the 
> instruments or patches in the MP-7 set up in Sonar.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@p...> 
> wrote:
> > I just started to teach myself Sonar 3.  I have used early versions 
> > of Cakewalk software very successfully to control gear.  Sonar has 
> so 
> > much more capability.
> > 
> > Two questions:
> > Have you had success using Sonar with other gear?
> > What do you want Sonar to do that it is not doing with the E-mu?
> > 
> > --Steve
> > 
> > 
> > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "simplesam54" <AutoCADMaster1@A...> 
> wrote:
> > > I read the manual and read all of master Realm's advice but I 
> still 
> > > can't get Sonar 2.0 to control my MP-7 which has additional roms 
> > the 
> > > X-lead rom, the Protoza rom, and the Producer rom. I don't 
> > understand 
> > > the sysex stuff at all.  Is anyone out there using Sonar 2.0's 
> > > sequencer to successfully control their MP-7 or XL-7 if so please 
> > > help me out.
> > > I love the fat and cools sounds these commands stations produce 
> and 
> > > want to take full advantage of it.  I however am not crazy about 
> > > their internal sequencers and want to use Sonar 2.0 control them.
> > > I need some "how to" help here. Please. Thanks
> > > 
> > > P.S. I am real sad they discontinued making this wonderful 
> product.