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I don't think you understand exactly what I was talking about.
I'll try to clarify.  
I have midi data on track 1 of pattern1 which I am currently on. I set
channel 1 to kit 0. I save it. Saves ok. So pattern 1 track 1 should
have a channel 1 of kit 1.
I switch to pattern 2 and have diff drum data on track 1 of pattern 2.
 I set pattern2 track 1 channel 1 to kit 2 and save. Saves ok.
I switch back to pattern 1 track 1 and lo the channel is still on kit
2 (was kit 1 when i saved pattern 1).

Now from what bob's response alluded to the channel assignments are
not saved with patterns, but in the multi step. So in order to change
the channel setups you have to save them to the multi step and assign
multi steps to each pattern you want diff sounds with...am i right so
far bob?

I did start messing around w/ the multi steps the other day, but
didn't exactly read the manual on what they were I just found them in
the menu...

If someone could post real quick how i would assign a given multi step
to each pattern that would be great.  

thx for all your help and suggestions guys.

N
  
--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Aaron Eppolito <synthesis77@...> wrote:
>
> If you're changing preset *assignment* (like use preset 7 on track
1, etc) you need to have data on the track for it to retain the
settings.  This is so you can have empty tracks that don't retain
settings (allowing you to devote a channel to playing live where the
sequencer won't touch it).
> 
> If you meant that you're editing the preset (like turning the Fc
knob or adjusting an envelope or something) you have to save the
preset.  The sequencer won't automatically save the preset for you. 
Like Bob is saying, the XL-7 doesn't work the same as a 505 or
something.  You store your custom presets in the four user banks of
presets, then the sequencer stores which custom preset you used per
channel.
> 
> I think you meant the first (retaining preset *selection*).  If so,
just ensure that you have data on the appropriate tracks.  Simply
recording a volume event will do the trick.  Easiest way is to go into
step record and wiggle the volume knob for the track or touch the
pitch strip.
> 
> -Aaron
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Bob S. <tttsystems@...>
> To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 4:03:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [xl7] Why do the channel presets stay the same when I
change patterns?
> 
> Hello
> 
> Not all synths & drum machines are of the same architecture....the
XL7 is more like a synth/sequencer than a drum machine in some respects.
> 
> Presets are not stored in the patterns as they are done, say in a
Roland drum machine.  Instead, they are stored in the multi setup. 
This is similar to a pure sequencer that does not store what sounds
are used directly in the sequence.  In short, the sound/preset used by
the sequencer/pattern/song must be stored in the multi, located under
the global menu.  If you need to change the "arrangement" of sounds,
then a new "arrangement" is needed and stored in a new multi....this
is in the manual and I hope my explanation clarifies it a bit...
> 
> Bob
> El Segundo, CA
> 
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: dwn4tupac 
>   To: xl7@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 2:33 PM
>   Subject: [xl7] Why do the channel presets stay the same when I
change patterns?
> 
> 
>   This is driving me nuts!
> 
>   I have an xl 7 and have thrown midi drum loops into each of the first
>   4 empty pattern banks.
> 
>   I go to the first pattern and change the presets for each of the
>   channels then save.
> 
>   I go to the second pattern and change the presets for each of the
>   channels then save that pattern.
> 
>   When I go back to the first pattern the channel presets are still
>   assigned to the presets that I saved for pattern 2. 
> 
>   Is this machine incapable of saving presets assigned to channels for
>   each pattern or what? 
>   Why are the presets set to the same thing regardless of pattern?
> 
>   What good are 1024 patterns if the sounds for all of them are the same
>   32 presets????
> 
> 
> 
>   
> 
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