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

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> The external devices will stop and start from the controls on the 
XL7, but  they only play the internal patterns (with their limited 
sequencing abilities) not the midi information the XL should be 
feeding them with. 
> 
> >>>So when you press play on the XL-7, the ER-1 etc will start 
their own internal sequencers, but they won't use the midi note data 
that the XL-7 is sending, right? 
-------exactly, they only play their own internal sequence patterns.
> What about if you set the ER-1 etc to not use ext sync?  Will that 
work? With the Korg series, that's the only way I can think of to 
get them to not start their own sequencers...<<<
--------not use ext sync? I could try that, but I would guess that 
it might make their timing get weird, worth a try tho...
> One last thing to note, whenever I save the pattern, it messes 
with the preset that is called up on the EA1 and ER1 (not the 
DX200). I know that the pattern will hold that information, but I 
don't know how much room I need to leave at the beginning of any 
track so I can input this information ? is one tick enough? Won't 
this mess up the timing of the sequence? 
> 
> >>>Well, without testing it, this is all speculation, but I think 
it WOULD affect the timing of your sequence, but only for brief 
moment the very first time that pattern plays.  It won't happen 
everytime the pattern loops, as long as you put the sysex on the 
first tick, or tick 0.  I think that 1 tick will be fine too (in 
terms of length).<<<> 
--------more food for thought. thanks a bunch rEalm, maybe I WILL be 
able to make this work!
Dana