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

--- ferrograph632 <goddard.duncan@...> wrote:
> I'm in pattern mode. I want to transpose one track up an octave
> without muting any of the other tracks or stopping the box.

Unfortunately, you can't do that.  What you could do if you're trying
to transpose live is to route a patchcord to pitch and then turn the
knob.  Actually, in many presets, this is already done with MIDI N
(knob 14 MOD 2).

> I also have trouble getting the sequencer to start at 1.1 when using
> an external clock, & the arpeggiators won't run in time with the
> external clock- they run at the right tempo, but off-the-beat.
> in fact, sometimes with an external clock, the first thing the XL-7
> does sounds like a drumkit being thrown down stairs.

LOL.  Awesome.  Sounds like the device you're transmitting clock from
is queueing up a bunch, then spitting them all at the XL-7 at once.  My
only suggestion would be to try a different master clock source or if
it's a device that can send clock *all the time* choose that option.

> I wish there was a way to have one track be 32 bars (say) of chords,
> with a bassline of 1 bar looping around in another track. this would
> make the grid editor more user-friendly for quick changes to a short
> pattern while the chord sequence continues unaltered.

Yep, t'would be nice.

> I like the box a lot, but if I can't sort this out, I can't use it
> live & I'll be going back to the p3/proteus 2000/drehbank combo.
> is this another case of a product being abandoned just as a user
> community was starting to thrash out the wish-list?

Somethin' like that.  =)

Though it does have some quirks and some missing 3.0-like
functionality, it is a flexible beast.  There's probably workarounds
for getting what you want.  Try X-Mix, for example, you might be able
to pull different drum beats from a different patterns.  Maybe have a
pattern full of alternate beats, one on each track.  Then, you could
X-Mix in any of them into the current pattern.  It will even
auto-extend to fill the current length (so a 1-bar pattern would be
extended to 32)...

-Aaron

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