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

A tough thing for me had been remembering which track had which patch
(and which part.)

Finally, I cut a bunch of half-inch strips of paper for placement
between the rows of track enable buttons.  Then, for each pattern, I
wrote the part name for the button above or below.  IE: each strip
winds up with two rows of part names, one for the buttons above and
one for the buttons below.

This helps a LOT.

So far, this is a manual process.  Now that I have a printer again,
I'm thinking of automating it a bit better, and maybe branching out to
something to hang on the knob array, with useful information for them.
 (Part names, and for individual patches, starting positions.)

But perhaps you guys are miles ahead of me, so I figured I'd ask if
anybody else has done this.

the manual suggests a similar scheme i was never able to follow. 
was thinking about buying those little colored dot stickers that
teachers use and put them on buttons for groups.

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "just john" <just_john_jj@...> wrote:

>
> A tough thing for me had been remembering which track had which patch
> (and which part.)
> 
> Finally, I cut a bunch of half-inch strips of paper for placement
> between the rows of track enable buttons.  Then, for each pattern, I
> wrote the part name for the button above or below.  IE: each strip
> winds up with two rows of part names, one for the buttons above and
> one for the buttons below.
> 
> This helps a LOT.
> 
> So far, this is a manual process.  Now that I have a printer again,
> I'm thinking of automating it a bit better, and maybe branching out to
> something to hang on the knob array, with useful information for them.
>  (Part names, and for individual patches, starting positions.)
> 
> But perhaps you guys are miles ahead of me, so I figured I'd ask if
> anybody else has done this.
>

I actually made some templates that fit around the buttons..and had 
my traks labeled for each song.
--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "malik" <malik_martin@...> wrote:
>
> 
> the manual suggests a similar scheme i was never able to follow. 
> was thinking about buying those little colored dot stickers that
> teachers use and put them on buttons for groups.
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "just john" <just_john_jj@> wrote:
> >
> > A tough thing for me had been remembering which track had which 
patch
> > (and which part.)
> > 
> > Finally, I cut a bunch of half-inch strips of paper for placement
> > between the rows of track enable buttons.  Then, for each 
pattern, I
> > wrote the part name for the button above or below.  IE: each 
strip
> > winds up with two rows of part names, one for the buttons above 
and
> > one for the buttons below.
> > 
> > This helps a LOT.
> > 
> > So far, this is a manual process.  Now that I have a printer 
again,
> > I'm thinking of automating it a bit better, and maybe branching 
out to
> > something to hang on the knob array, with useful information for 
them.
> >  (Part names, and for individual patches, starting positions.)
> > 
> > But perhaps you guys are miles ahead of me, so I figured I'd ask 
if

> > anybody else has done this.
> >
>

pics?

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "emuxl7" <machfox@...> wrote:

>
> I actually made some templates that fit around the buttons..and had 
> my traks labeled for each song.

I've got console tape all over mine

----- Original Message ----
From: emuxl7 <machfox@...>
To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 4:10:33 PM
Subject: [xl7] Re: Anybody else use strips of paper between the track enable button rows?


I actually made some templates that fit around the buttons..and had 
my traks labeled for each song.
--- In xl7@yahoogroups. com, "malik" <malik_martin@ ...> wrote:
>
> 
> the manual suggests a similar scheme i was never able to follow. 
> was thinking about buying those little colored dot stickers that
> teachers use and put them on buttons for groups.
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups. com, "just john" <just_john_jj@ > wrote:
> >
> > A tough thing for me had been remembering which track had which 
patch
> > (and which part.)
> > 
> > Finally, I cut a bunch of half-inch strips of paper for placement
> > between the rows of track enable buttons.  Then, for each 
pattern, I
> > wrote the part name for the button above or below.  IE: each 
strip
> > winds up with two rows of part names, one for the buttons above 
and
> > one for the buttons below.
> > 
> > This helps a LOT.
> > 
> > So far, this is a manual process.  Now that I have a printer 
again,
> > I'm thinking of automating it a bit better, and maybe branching 
out to
> > something to hang on the knob array, with useful information for 
them.
> >  (Part names, and for individual patches, starting positions.)
> > 
> > But perhaps you guys are miles ahead of me, so I figured I'd ask 
if
> > anybody else has done this.
> >
>

    


      

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

(Let's see if this "rich text editor" will work. The following should be
in Courier font, so if it's garbled, copy and paste it to a window with
monospaced font.)



|.pian.|.bass.|......|.dr1..|.sax..|......|
-------------------------------------------
|.dr2..|.flut.|.slap.|......|......|.hornz|



Like the above, only with 8 slots instead of six, and without the
periods (used here for spacing.) Now imagine that on a strip of paper,
1/2 inch by 8 1/2 inches. Use the extra space that extends beyond the
black buttons to label which pattern the paper strip goes with.


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--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "emuxl7" <machfox@...> wrote:
>
> I actually made some templates that fit around the buttons..and had 
> my traks labeled for each song.


Are the templates computer files?  If so, that's the sort of thing I'd
like to steal^h^h^h^h^h have a look at.

Actually, both of my command stations have lost around 40% of their track buttons, plus the erase, record, pattern, and play buttons.  

--- On Tue, 8/19/08, just john <just_john_jj@...> wrote:

From: just john <just_john_jj@...>
Subject: [xl7] Re: Anybody else use strips of paper between the track enable button rows?
To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 5:20 PM






--- In xl7@yahoogroups. com, "emuxl7" <machfox@... > wrote:
>
> I actually made some templates that fit around the buttons..and had 
> my traks labeled for each song.

Are the templates computer files? If so, that's the sort of thing I'd
like to steal^h^h^h^ h^h have a look at.

 














      

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--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Mauricio Balma <balmaproducer@...> wrote:
>
> Actually, both of my command stations have lost around 40% of their
track buttons, plus the erase, record, pattern, and play buttons.  


The buttons themselves, or the buttons' functionality?

(My track 4 button is losing its responsiveness.)

i dont have them anymore...but it was prob. similiar to the strips of paper.
It was light cardstock and i cut out strips where the 2 rows of buttons were....then labelebeled above/below trak buttons.



To: xl7@yahoogroups.comFrom: just_john_jj@...: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:13:13 +0000Subject: [xl7] Re: Anybody else use strips of paper between the track enable button rows?




--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "malik" <malik_martin@...> wrote:>> pics?>(Let's see if this "rich text editor" will work. The following should bein Courier font, so if it's garbled, copy and paste it to a window withmonospaced font.)|.pian.|.bass.|......|.dr1..|.sax..|......|-------------------------------------------|.dr2..|.flut.|.slap.|......|......|.hornz|Like the above, only with 8 slots instead of six, and without theperiods (used here for spacing.) Now imagine that on a strip of paper,1/2 inch by 8 1/2 inches. Use the extra space that extends beyond theblack buttons to label which pattern the paper strip goes with.[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 





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