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

QUOTE:
I still haven't figured out 
> how to play loops of different lengths simultaenously on the e-mu 
> sequencer. 


Let me know if you do!! 
That, and not being able to switch between pattern variations 
quickly are the downsides of the XX-7 sequencers. I dont want to 
have just one pattern per track, and I dont wanna have to wait till 
the end of the loop for it to change ... I want to do quick pattern 
switching for fills and variations. 



--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@p...> 
wrote:
> Anyone remember Dr. T's KCS [Keyboard Controlled Sequencer] for 
the 
> Commodore 64 (circa 1985)?  Although limited by the technology of 
the 
> time, you could start and stop tracks [loops/patterns] at will, 
have 
> overlapping tracks [loops/patterns] with different lengths, 
transpose 
> tracks on the fly, record and send  sysex, etc.
> 
> Of course, you had to use your own ear-hand coordination to start 
> loops properly--no BPM sync. 
> 
> Now that I am taking the time to develop a realtime performance 
> modality based on the e-mu, I am glad my first sequencer was the 
KCS, 
> not a software tape recorder.  Of oourse, I still haven't figured 
out 
> how to play loops of different lengths simultaenously on the e-mu 
> sequencer. 
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> > That's a really good point, and sums up how I use mine exactly.
> > SX is nothing more than a glorified tape deck for me, but the 
> > PX-7, that thing you can actually play....
> > 
> > rEalm
> > 
> > computer sequencers are really just glorified tape recorders, in
> > my opinion, as opposed to a well-designed hardware sequencer, 
which
> > is more like a musical instrument.