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

Oh I just noticed an additional thing. You could always set up a knob 
to controll the cutoff frequency of all 3 filters. Then the layout 
will be like something like this:

Knob A - Bass
Knob B - Mid
Knob C - Sweepable mid frequency
Knob D - Treble

//Nifflas

--- In xl7@y..., "nifflas" <nifflas@m...> wrote:
> Yay! Just experimented with the E-MU XL-7 for a while and 
discovered 
> how to set up a 3 band equalizer.
> 
> Try this. Go into preset editor, Make an one-layer preset you like. 
> It should not use any filters at all. Important: Key velocity 
should 
> not be routed to the filter at this moment, we'll come back to this 
> later.
> 
> Now unassign all knobs that has anything to do with the filter. Go 
> into the filter menu, and set cutoff to 127 (and resonance to zero) 
> Copy the first layer you've done now to layer 2 and layer 3.
> 
> Go back to preset edit, for the first layer, select a 6db (2 order) 
> LP filter. For the second layer, select a 6db BP filter and for the 
> third layer select a 6db HP filter. Now set up the knobs that 
usually 
> controlls the filters to instead controll the amp of each of the 3 
> layers.
> 
> Now you have a 3 band equalizer. Nice isn't it!
> 
> "But what if I want the key velocity to controll the cutoff point 
of 
> the filters?"
> 
> No, this should not be done. Instead, it's better to route the key 
> velocity to the amp of layer 3 (HP) to bring in the high 
frequencies 
> only when you hit the keys with high velocity...
> 
> Now you just need to tweak your sound to get it sound just right....
> 
> //Nifflas