Assuming it works as advertised, X-Mix appears great!! And even better than Megamix (which is awsome) and I'll tell you why:
In MC-505 megamix you can move say part 6 from another pattern into the currently playing pattern, but it's destination must be part 6. Then you can move part 3 from a separate pattern into the currently playing pattern but its destination must be part 3, etc.
In X-Mix you can move for example part 10 from another pattern into *any* part of the currently playing pattern. That is *far* more poweful.
In practice of course, in order not to confuse the hell out of yourself, you are likely to adhear to some method of part placement, i.e. kick always on a particular channel, leads on another, etc, so ultimately it may end up the same, but at least you have options.
I find interesting that the switch to the new part happens *as soon as* you press the executing button. On the Roland, the change would happen at the start of the next pattern. This would give you time to actually cue up more than one changed part using megamix before they would all kick in right at the start of the pattern. This also was nice when you knew that the next bassline would instantly kick into place automatically (while you were busy with something else). It would be nice to have *that* option in the E-mu, although I am sure there are some reasons for the choice.
Something that I really like in regard to XMIX over Megamix is that with megamix you often used the same sliders that controlled volume to do the megamix, which would sometime require fast switch of gears to effect volume fades and do megamix. It appears that with X-Mix you never lose control over the knobs and thus can X-MIX away while still fading in and out or whatever with the knobs.
Another thing for you would be DJ's out there, if I am not mistaken, you can have a single part (track) in a pattern have more than one midi channel data on it, indeed you can gang a whole mix tune of midi on say 8 or 12 or 16 midichannels into one "track." So this being the case, there is no reason that you can't have say a pattern designed to be the outtro of a set of patterns (i.e a tune during your set) and another pattern designed to be the intro of a similar set of patterns (i.e. the next tune in your set) that you have specially contructed to be almost the whole deal on one track. (hell you could be simple and just set up the whole tune this way, if you didn't require real time improv) then when it is time to switch over, you move into outro pattern which infact has all its data on say track 1, and then X-MIX say track 2 from the similarly prepared intro track into track 2 of the currently playing pattern, then you can simply crossfade a whole playing track into the whole other, i.e. many playing midi channels fading into a whole bunch of other playing midi channels, -- all with two knobs. After that you switch over to normal patterns or whatever. . wow, there are lots of possibilities.
I have one question about X-MIX though. In the faq it says:
"The instant you select a Source Track it begins playing, regardless of it's Mute Status as saved in the Source Pattern."
My question is: What about the state of the Mute Status in the destination track of the currently playing pattern? I.e. if I want to move track 3 from pattern 45 into track 5 of the currently playing pattern, can I mute track 5 in the currently playing pattern, then execute a megamix and have the source's track 3 playing (yet muted) in track five of the currently playing pattern so that I can unmute it when I want? Or must I use the volume amount for the destination track, and will that remain in effect when I execute the megamix? I.e. I want to be able to fade out a part, move in a new part and fade in useing the knobs or the mute button. Can I do that?
Thanks,
Ravi
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----- Original Message -----
From: mikexl7
To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 7:12 PM
Subject: [xl7] The FAQ
It has been a long time since i looked at that FAQ and I just want
to say nice work.
First off I wan't to say that it looks like X-Mix is going to make
playing live alot more live, if ya know what I mean. I am also a DJ
and like being able to just read the crowd and slap the vinyl down
and get my hands dirty in the mix.
Now I will be able to have lets say one pattern that is the guts of
the track, a pattern for the build. and maby a couple of variations
of the main pattern for fun and do the rest on the fly as I would
with my records. Now that is good news!
Another thing that cought my eye is that the record replace seems to
have changed unless there is sompthing that I have been missing. Do
the controllers curently replace the existing datta? when i try and
go over a track and redo the controller info it always seems to be
fighting with the existing datta. It is that i am just not
replacing all the datta and therefore getting sudden jumps in the
datta.
some insight into this would be great. And as for the X-Mix feature
dam I cant wait to get my hands on that one.
Take care
Mike G.
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