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

If you need a full blown sampler (which it sounds like you do), would your 
choice to go with E-mu be so that there is a better interface functionally 
with the XL7 being that it is E-mu too? (or is it so you can burn your own 
samples too?)

>>>Yeah, to keep some sort of compatibility between the two, possibly burn 
roms too.  Plus, I'm addicted to the patchcord modulation matrix. <<

I have a Yamaha A5000 that I have not used very much (not because there is 
anything wrong with it, but because, like you may, I bought it for live 
use to bring things out of the studio and computer) but have not had the 
need for it live yet since i haven't done much live in about 6 months).

>>>That's a nice sampler, I almost got one fo those a couple years ago. 
<<<

In regard to your question 2: it seems to me that it would be easier to 
just map a latched sample to a few keys in a high or low register and just 
use the transpose switch to move the pads to the control octave and turn 
the samples on and off right from the pads-- a la beats mode sort of--even 
if you use other ranges of pads to do other things.  Why not do it that 
way? 

>>>Very interesting idea Ravi!  The only reason I WOULDN'T do it that way, 
would be to retain some sense of what is what when muting and unmuting 
patterns that do and don't use samples.  Ummm, what I mean is, I know that 
mute button 1 is always my BD, button 2 is always the snare, etc.  I'd 
like to not have to worry about it if my next pattern is sample based or 
using the internal sound engine. MIght not be possible, I agree.  Best 
case scenario is to laod up the sampler, and just not look at it for the 
rest of the gig.

Oh yeah, and if I use the latching idea, my timing needs to be flawless in 
order to retrigger the samples, still an idea to think about for sure! <<<

If you are looking just to MUTE samples while they are running rather than 
stop and restart them, then perhaps the mute buttons would work (if you 
are not useing them for other things) or better yet you use the knobs on 
the xL7 as a midi volume mixer for the midi tracks running your samples ( 
you can have each sample run on its own midi channel, etc).

>>>Another good idea! <<<

rEalm
 




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