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

Hey all,

I posted a pic of my setup in the photo's section.  Let me know what 
you all think.

I have had my MP-7 for 2 years, but dust has collected on it since I 
am in school.  But I am crakcing open the MP-7 manual.  Anyway, does 
anyone have a good how-to on record in the sequencer instead of 
RTFM...  That would be cool...

cheers...

they might have wore their patience out helping me. :)
and grid record seems like a great way to record drums and get teh
timing right on other things but u cant do much as far as note lenghts
i found this out the hard way. :)

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "M A C Daddy" <studio_6512@y...> wrote:

> 
> Hey all,
> 
> I posted a pic of my setup in the photo's section.  Let me know what 
> you all think.
> 
> I have had my MP-7 for 2 years, but dust has collected on it since I 
> am in school.  But I am crakcing open the MP-7 manual.  Anyway, does 
> anyone have a good how-to on record in the sequencer instead of 
> RTFM...  That would be cool...
> 
> cheers...

Malik, I cannot speak for anyone else, but I am sorry you have not 
been able to figure out what you are trying to do--despite the 
efforts of a number of group members.  However, to say that "u cant 
do much as far as note lenghts" is just plain false.

Friendly suggestions:  

Please let others with more experience using e-mu gear address the 
capabilities of the gear.

If you found a specific limitation to a specific problem, feel free 
to share it but without any digs at the group as a whole or the gear-
-and certainly not to any individuals.

For example:

"Recently I have been trying to understand how grid record works. It 
seems like a great way to record drums and get the timing right on 
other things; however, I have not yet been able to figure out how to 
record notes for longer than the resolution of the grid. I mean, if 
the grid is set to 1/8 note resolution, you cannot enter notes 
larger than 1/8 notes.  

"However, you can easily enter notes of any length (from 0 to 100% 
of the resolution) by simply turning the 16 little knobs. Also, once 
your pattern has been recorded, you can tweak the lengths of 
individual notes from 00.000 to 99.383. You can also change the 
length of notes in a specified range on specified tracks using 
scale/shift duration (from -85.127 to + 85.127 or from 0 to 800%).

"Unfortunately for my purposes, in grid mode, note duration only 
goes between 0 and 100%.  If there ever is a revised OS, I would 
like to see in go up to 2400%."

Hope this helps.

--Steve

PS: Please note: I am not calling you a jerk or a pain in the butt 
or anything else, so please don't cop an attitude with me. I am 
trying to encourage you to be a positive, productive contributer to 
the group.

PPS: Let us know when the links to your music are working on your 
website.

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "malik" <malik_martin@h...> wrote:

> 
> they might have wore their patience out helping me. :)
> and grid record seems like a great way to record drums and get teh
> timing right on other things but u cant do much as far as note
> lenghts i found this out the hard way. :)

le 9/02/05 12:48, steve_the_composer à smw-mail@... a écrit :

> the grid is set to 1/8 note resolution, you cannot enter notes
> larger than 1/8 notes.

hi
For me the grid is set to 1/16 maximum, isn't it ?

I haven't seen one, but you might want to check out the FAQs for 
tips on using the sequencer.  Also, you might want to check out the 
archives.  Using the keyword "sequencer" I found a few posts 
including one I wrote on how to use the sequencer with external 
gear.  (It is part of a larger discussion on the issue.) 

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/xl7/message/15885

Hope this helps.

--Steve

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "M A C Daddy" <studio_6512@y...> wrote:

[snip]

> Anyway, does 
> anyone have a good how-to on record in the sequencer instead of 
> RTFM...  That would be cool...
> 
> cheers...

hehe yea i guess that would have been a better way to put it and
thanks again for your effort. 

as for the music, you mean the midi files that i posted links to? i
didnt know that they weren't working. i'll check them in a bit.

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@p...> wrote:

> 
> Malik, I cannot speak for anyone else, but I am sorry you have not 
> been able to figure out what you are trying to do--despite the 
> efforts of a number of group members.  However, to say that "u cant 
> do much as far as note lenghts" is just plain false.
> 
> Friendly suggestions:  
> 
> Please let others with more experience using e-mu gear address the 
> capabilities of the gear.
> 
> If you found a specific limitation to a specific problem, feel free 
> to share it but without any digs at the group as a whole or the gear-
> -and certainly not to any individuals.
> 
> For example:
> 
> "Recently I have been trying to understand how grid record works. It 
> seems like a great way to record drums and get the timing right on 
> other things; however, I have not yet been able to figure out how to 
> record notes for longer than the resolution of the grid. I mean, if 
> the grid is set to 1/8 note resolution, you cannot enter notes 
> larger than 1/8 notes.  
> 
> "However, you can easily enter notes of any length (from 0 to 100% 
> of the resolution) by simply turning the 16 little knobs. Also, once 
> your pattern has been recorded, you can tweak the lengths of 
> individual notes from 00.000 to 99.383. You can also change the 
> length of notes in a specified range on specified tracks using 
> scale/shift duration (from -85.127 to + 85.127 or from 0 to 800%).
> 
> "Unfortunately for my purposes, in grid mode, note duration only 
> goes between 0 and 100%.  If there ever is a revised OS, I would 
> like to see in go up to 2400%."
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> --Steve
> 
> PS: Please note: I am not calling you a jerk or a pain in the butt 
> or anything else, so please don't cop an attitude with me. I am 
> trying to encourage you to be a positive, productive contributer to 
> the group.
> 
> PPS: Let us know when the links to your music are working on your 
> website.
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "malik" <malik_martin@h...> wrote:
> > 
> > they might have wore their patience out helping me. :)
> > and grid record seems like a great way to record drums and get teh
> > timing right on other things but u cant do much as far as note
> > lenghts i found this out the hard way. :)

yea i think your only choices(i'm not entirely sure) are 16th notes
32nds 8th triplets and 16th triplets

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, jlv <jlv@t...> wrote:
> hi
> For me the grid is set to 1/16 maximum, isn't it ?