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

hehe yea i guess that would have been a better way to put it and
thanks again for your effort. 

as for the music, you mean the midi files that i posted links to? i
didnt know that they weren't working. i'll check them in a bit.

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@p...> wrote:
> 
> Malik, I cannot speak for anyone else, but I am sorry you have not 
> been able to figure out what you are trying to do--despite the 
> efforts of a number of group members.  However, to say that "u cant 
> do much as far as note lenghts" is just plain false.
> 
> Friendly suggestions:  
> 
> Please let others with more experience using e-mu gear address the 
> capabilities of the gear.
> 
> If you found a specific limitation to a specific problem, feel free 
> to share it but without any digs at the group as a whole or the gear-
> -and certainly not to any individuals.
> 
> For example:
> 
> "Recently I have been trying to understand how grid record works. It 
> seems like a great way to record drums and get the timing right on 
> other things; however, I have not yet been able to figure out how to 
> record notes for longer than the resolution of the grid. I mean, if 
> the grid is set to 1/8 note resolution, you cannot enter notes 
> larger than 1/8 notes.  
> 
> "However, you can easily enter notes of any length (from 0 to 100% 
> of the resolution) by simply turning the 16 little knobs. Also, once 
> your pattern has been recorded, you can tweak the lengths of 
> individual notes from 00.000 to 99.383. You can also change the 
> length of notes in a specified range on specified tracks using 
> scale/shift duration (from -85.127 to + 85.127 or from 0 to 800%).
> 
> "Unfortunately for my purposes, in grid mode, note duration only 
> goes between 0 and 100%.  If there ever is a revised OS, I would 
> like to see in go up to 2400%."
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> --Steve
> 
> PS: Please note: I am not calling you a jerk or a pain in the butt 
> or anything else, so please don't cop an attitude with me. I am 
> trying to encourage you to be a positive, productive contributer to 
> the group.
> 
> PPS: Let us know when the links to your music are working on your 
> website.
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "malik" <malik_martin@h...> wrote:
> > 
> > they might have wore their patience out helping me. :)
> > and grid record seems like a great way to record drums and get teh
> > timing right on other things but u cant do much as far as note
> > lenghts i found this out the hard way. :)