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

Can I assign a midi footcontroller to do more than the patchcords will 
allow?....  I play guitar and want to trigger notes, start stop 
patterns....Is that something I can do without paying to go on a 'lets 
learn midi' course? I know this is a bit cheeky, but with so many 
commitments (family/work/alcahol etc.) I'm wondering if any of you 
rocket scientists can help me out with the programming?
I'm not a complete novice with my XL7....Heres a link to a song i 
sequenced...all on the XL7....I also played the guitar...Heres a link 
to the trak.....its no.11 morning calls....
http://www.valentinerecords.co.uk/download/index.html

I need to know which midi controller I should, given that i don't 
really need to be switching presets.....or maybe a huge set of note 
trigger pads on the floor.....has anyone ever invented such a 
thing.....for guitarists to trigger long cascading notes on their stage 
tempo'd XL7....?

Tony.....Manchester -UK

You can have the local pedal do one of the things specified in the Controllers menu, which include start/stop, punch, or normal patchcord stuff.  If you're talking about an external pedal (i.e. that has a MIDI jack, not a 1/4" jack), then you'd be at the whim of whatever pedal you have allows you to transmit.

-Aaron

----- Original Message ----
From: anthonyhoneyford <honeyford@...>
To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 3:16:22 PM
Subject: [xl7] Can I use assign a midi foot controller...

Can I assign a midi footcontroller to do more than the patchcords will 
allow?....  I play guitar and want to trigger notes, start stop 
patterns....Is that something I can do without paying to go on a 'lets 
learn midi' course? I know this is a bit cheeky, but with so many 
commitments (family/work/alcahol etc.) I'm wondering if any of you 
rocket scientists can help me out with the programming?
I'm not a complete novice with my XL7....Heres a link to a song i 
sequenced...all on the XL7....I also played the guitar...Heres a link 
to the trak.....its no.11 morning calls....
http://www.valentinerecords.co.uk/download/index.html

I need to know which midi controller I should, given that i don't 
really need to be switching presets.....or maybe a huge set of note 
trigger pads on the floor.....has anyone ever invented such a 
thing.....for guitarists to trigger long cascading notes on their stage 
tempo'd XL7....?

Tony.....Manchester -UK


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Okay....lets say I get a standard foot controller that would normally 
be used via midi to control rackmount guitar effects....
Like this cheap one (hate behringer, but if it does the job?):
http://www.inta-
audio.com/pp/Keyboards_and_Midi/Midi_Controllers/Behringer_Midi_Foot_C
ontroller_FCB1010.html
I'm not bothered about bank switching etc....as I'd only use one 
pattern/preset per song....
Could I use this to trigger preset notes....and maybe programme the 2 
footpedals to alter other perameters (volume/pot controls) in a live 
situation....

The reason for wanting to do this as opposed to sequencing a song is 
that I can stay in time with a live drummer and the whole thing 
becomes more dynamic sounding set-up....

Does this make sense?



--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Aaron Eppolito <synthesis77@...> wrote:
>
> You can have the local pedal do one of the things specified in the 
Controllers menu, which include start/stop, punch, or normal 
patchcord stuff.  If you're talking about an external pedal (i.e. 
that has a MIDI jack, not a 1/4" jack), then you'd be at the whim of 
whatever pedal you have allows you to transmit.
> 
> -Aaron
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: anthonyhoneyford <honeyford@...>
> To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 3:16:22 PM
> Subject: [xl7] Can I use assign a midi foot controller...
> 
> Can I assign a midi footcontroller to do more than the patchcords 
will 
> allow?....  I play guitar and want to trigger notes, start stop 
> patterns....Is that something I can do without paying to go on 
a 'lets 
> learn midi' course? I know this is a bit cheeky, but with so many 
> commitments (family/work/alcahol etc.) I'm wondering if any of you 
> rocket scientists can help me out with the programming?
> I'm not a complete novice with my XL7....Heres a link to a song i 
> sequenced...all on the XL7....I also played the guitar...Heres a 
link 
> to the trak.....its no.11 morning calls....
> http://www.valentinerecords.co.uk/download/index.html
> 
> I need to know which midi controller I should, given that i don't 
> really need to be switching presets.....or maybe a huge set of note 
> trigger pads on the floor.....has anyone ever invented such a 
> thing.....for guitarists to trigger long cascading notes on their 
stage 
> tempo'd XL7....?
> 
> Tony.....Manchester -UK
> 
> 
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On Wed, 30 Apr 2008, anthonyhoneyford wrote:

> Okay....lets say I get a standard foot controller that would normally be 
> used via midi to control rackmount guitar effects.... Like this cheap 
> one (hate behringer, but if it does the job?): http://www.inta- 
> audio.com/pp/Keyboards_and_Midi/Midi_Controllers/Behringer_Midi_Foot_C 
> ontroller_FCB1010.html I'm not bothered about bank switching etc....as 
> I'd only use one pattern/preset per song.... Could I use this to trigger 
> preset notes....and maybe programme the 2 footpedals to alter other 
> perameters (volume/pot controls) in a live situation....
====================

for MIDI, the FCB1010 is *the* pedal controller to have. i don't really 
need one (a PC-1600x does what i need), but i've had my eye on it since it 
was new. there's an active mailing list for it, and a 3rd party software 
upgrade <http://www.ossandust.be/>.

i haven't played with one of those, but hop on the mailing list and find 
out if it can do what you need (and if you'll need the UnO firmware to do 
it). you'll probably have to "roll up your sleeves" and think like a 
programmer to figure out the "MIDI stuff", but once you figure it out and 
make notes for yourself, you can focus on music in new ways.

based on my limited knowledge of the 1010; you can use the pedals to send 
CC messages, which the XL7 can interpret like turning a knob for any 
modulation destination. i'm not sure about sending note on/off messages...


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