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Re: [xl7] Re: Why 32 MIDI channels?

2001-10-16 by Sean Wilhelmsen

beat_rebel@... wrote:
> 
> The way I understand it, there are 64 MIDI chanels. 32 internal and 32
> 
> external. Each track can sequence to up to 16 channels. The power of
> these boxes is amazing!


Beat Rebel, you nailed it, especially about the power thing (I couldn't
have explained any better) .

sean at e-mu / ensoniq
> 
> --- In xl7@y..., mark@m... wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I just got the XL-7 and haven't quite gotten my head around this
> > concept yet;  maybe someone here can shed some light on it for me?
> > If the sequencer is only 16 track, what good does it do to transmit
> > 32 channels of MIDI?
> > Shouldn't the sequencer be 32 track also?
> >
> > Mark
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