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

That's great advice.   I've learned more about this box in a month  
than any Emu kit in the last few years.

Anyone know the size of the 7 segment 4 character digital readout?
I'm wanting to swap mine to blue to match the upper LCD I had done.

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On Dec 28, 2010, at 3:31 PM, Atom Smasher <atom@...> wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Dec 2010, James Ulibarri wrote:
>
> > this machine is too freakin deep for it's own good i think. i feel  
> like
> > I am swimming in features sometimes.
> ===============
>
> i'm still working past that. my advise: 1) take small bites 2) work
> through one section of the manual at a time, until you know it well  
> and 3)
> accept that there are some features that you may never have any need  
> for.
>
> every time i think i've got the hang of it, i go through the manual  
> and
> find something new. that happens with most of my gear, but usually  
> only
> until the 2nd or 3rd read of the manual. with the XL7, it seems like
> learning it is a never ending process.
>
> the only way to really learn a machine like this is to go through the
> manual one section at a time, and focus on learning parts of it, NOT
> making music. when you're studying the sequencer, don't think about  
> the
> synth engine. when you're studying the grid record, don't think  
> about the
> song mode. think of it as if each section of the manual is a separate
> machine, and each of those machines has to be learned independently  
> before
> you can master the whole thing.
>
> only after you learn the tool will music flow from it. no one picks  
> up a
> saxophone or guitar for the first time and "just plays it".
>
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