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

Thanks for the reply it gives me some insight on the RS7000.

Peace 

Mike

--- In xl7@y..., Jeff <drumcorps@e...> wrote:
> On Wed, 08 May 2002 04:41:46 -0000, mikexl7 wrote,
> 
> > You say the sequencer in the RS7000 is better.  I am courious 
can 
> > you change from pattern from pattern on the fly with that unit?
> > I know from using the RM1x that you could not do this making the
> > xl a obvious choice for me.  Just wondering.
> 
> The patterns are grouped into styles, 16 patterns per style.  
> I found 16 patterns a reasonable limit to work within and 
> treated "styles" as if they were songs comprised of 16
> patterns or less.  In that context, switching patterns is
> glitch free. 
> 
> One aspect of the RS7000 that I found very useful was the
> 5 mute memories.  You can do things like break a pattern
> into two 8 track sequences that run at the same time, and
> switch between the two at any time without resetting the
> pattern back to beat 1:0:0 by toggling the track mute
> status(s).  I.E. Toggle between tracks 1-8 muted and
> tracks 9-16 muted by tapping a button.
> 
> A setup like that is very flexible and a lot of fun to
> play in real time.  Stuff like midi based echo and swing 
> can be tweaked [non-destructively] in real time, and
> can be applied to one track, tracks 1-8, tracks 9-16 or
> all tracks at once.  Slave the xx7 to the RS7000 and 
> leverage the xx7 rompler capabilities and you have one
> heck of a hybrid system for live work.
> 
> Jeff