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

On 7/10/02 11:57 AM, "Sean Wilhelmsen" <seanw@...> wrote:

> A good method for creating this effect is; create a layer
> with your desired pad sound, copy that layer to a second.
> Tweak layer two so that LFO 2 is modulating AMP using one
> of the square or pulse wavefroms and is tempo locked
> (1/8. 1/16 etc.). Now, with cord N (knob 14) have that
> crossfade between the two layers. Save the preset with the
> pad played as normal and then crossfade when you wanted
> the gated effect. Add extra release on layer two to give
> a bit of a delay feel. Also, you can fatten your preset
> by using all four layers (1 and 2 normal, 3 and 4 gated).
> To set the crossfade you'll need set the initial amp of
> layer 2 to -96db and have cord N work in a positive path
> and layer 1 have cord N work in a negative path.

Thanks Sean...I am sure that will start many people on their programming
path.

Other things to consider are the use of multiple summed LFOs to achieve
complex rhythmic gating effects. Also, the use of patch links will enable
you to set up a trio of patches so you can have your basic sound plus
multiple different slicer effects.

Of course, you could also modulate LFO depth in those summed LFO patches for
real-time shifting between different slicer sounds.

Lots of synths can route LFO to AMP, but the fact that E-mu offers so many
LFO shapes, tempo sync, multiple LFOs across layers across linked patches
and a mod matrix to not only make it possible, but fully-controllable in
real-time perhaps makes the XL-7 the king slicer-dicer.

I just upgraded from an XL-1 to XL-7...got my new baby last night! :)


cheers,
aeon