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

Yeah mostly I start with a smaller number of bars to get the basics going, 
just to save time while in Grid mode initially.  Then use the Extend 
feature to get my pattern to it's final number of bars.  From there I 
spend a lot of time in Grid and List modes moving around notes, adding 
fills and changing velocities to liven the tracks up some.  This works 
fine for drums, since I'm Grid programming most of the notes.

When I start adding instrument tracks though, things get a little more 
inexcessible while working.  I mainly play the pads live when adding these 
type of tracks, so I need to do a lot of cutting and pasting of my best 
measures after the fact.  The XL-7 can be a little bit odd to understand 
at first when you're trying to work this way, particularly if you're used 
to computer based sequencers.  I grew up on a mc505, so it's not hard, 
although Roland does have the upper hand when it comes to ease of pattern 
editing.  Mostly because you can select whether your Pastes will overwrite 
the previous data (which I prefer), or merge with it.  Also, you can 
select how many times to paste data, which speeds things up considerable 
and eliminates a lot of the steps you need to do to achieve the same thing 
on the XL-7.

On the XL/MP, you should look into the Pattern Length and Extend Sequence 
Data options in Pattern edit, as they are really needed to get the most 
out of your cut and paste operations.  I posted a quick how to last week, 
so check the archives for specifics on that topic.

rEalm




How are some of you creating your patterns?  i.e., are you working
with a small number of bars and then use the extend sequencer and 
extend bar feature to build your pattern lengh that way or do you 
find it easier to work with a lengthy bar and then fill in the 
middle?

after reading your archive messages....hmm... i don't see a "cut 
measure" or "copy measure" in the pattern
edit menu but rather a "cut track" and "copy track".  So there is no
measure option and I guess I have to use the copy track along with 
the extend/length feature to isolate my particular measure of 
interest right?  or what's the best way around this ?

one other question: i was wondering is it possible to use my BOSS
guitar fx pedals to send out fx to the Subs 1 &2 or is this only 
meant for XL7's onboard fx?

Thanks



--- In xl7@y..., erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> 
> On the XL/MP, you should look into the Pattern Length and Extend 
Sequence 
> Data options in Pattern edit, as they are really needed to get the 
most 
> out of your cut and paste operations.  I posted a quick how to 
last week, 
> so check the archives for specifics on that topic.
> 
> rEalm
> 
> 
> 
> 
> How are some of you creating your patterns?  i.e., are you working
> with a small number of bars and then use the extend sequencer and 
> extend bar feature to build your pattern lengh that way or do you 
> find it easier to work with a lengthy bar and then fill in the 
> middle?

No, the new OS gives you the option for selecting how many measures to cut 
or copy (as part of the Cut/Copy Track pages like you mentioned), so 
that's good news.  The bad news, is that you can't select how many times 
to paste those measures, so you need to keep pasting over and over again. 
Playing around with this last night, it's really not that bad or slow to 
do this.  It's only cumbersome when you've got data in those destination 
measures that you want to overwrite or erase.  Because the Paste command 
is a merge function (the midi data is merged with whatever is already in 
those destinations), you need to make sure your destinations are empty. 
Because the easiest/quickest way to do this is to Cut Track To Clipboard, 
it doesn't do you any good to Copy your good measures to the Clipboard 
first, as they will get over written by the Cut Track Function. 

So yeah, it's possible, just takes a little more preplanning to make sure 
it all goes well and smoothly.  Let me know if you need more speciafics. 

As for you guitar pedals yes you can use tehm as send effects too, 
although you need special insert cables to do it.  The details and wiring 
diagrams are on page 28 of the original manual that came with your XL-7. 
Basically the tip is the send, the ring is the return, and the sleeve is 
common.  Take a look at the diagram to see what I mean.

rEalm



after reading your archive messages....hmm... i don't see a "cut measure" 
or "copy measure" in the pattern
edit menu but rather a "cut track" and "copy track".  So there is no 
measure option and I guess I have to use the copy track along with  the 
extend/length feature to isolate my particular measure of interest right? 
or what's the best way around this ?

one other question: i was wondering is it possible to use my BOSS guitar 
fx pedals to send out fx to the Subs 1 &2 or is this only meant for XL7's 
onboard fx?