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

hi erik

At 16.36 27/05/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>Message: 3
>    Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 07:09:58 -0500
>    From: erik_magrini@...
>Subject: Re: Re: KNOB HOLD
>
>- "no scrolling" option during multiple bars grid recording. if you're
>working at fast tempos it can become hard to follow all those leds moving
>around....
>
> >>>Take a look at the new manual addendum, the new "loop" features will
>let you do this. <<<

thanks for the advice. the new loop function is a great addendum but I was 
asking about something different.
I don't want my song to be stuck on a 1 bar loop while I reprogram a drum 
part in grid mode. I'd like to be able to move between measures 
indipendently by the song reproduction point.
like the Korg Electribes sequencer, for example, that covers this function 
perfectly.

>- possibility of entering gate values higher than 100% when in Grid
>recording mode.
>
> >>>For what purpose? <<<

- legato synth programming directly in grid mode.
- more accurate drum programming. just an example: I usually set the 
release of my (Akai S5000) drum samples very short, so I can perfectly 
control the lenght of the samples via the lenght of the midi note on the 
sequencer track. with the MP7 gate time limit to 100% (so a 16th as maximum 
lenght) a crash hit (naturally spanning a couple of beats) becomes just  a 
"tch-"... does it make sense? :)

>- "jumping" between windows made easier, important especially for live
>work.
>
> >>>It's pretty quick now IMO, I use it live too. <<<

it still requires lot of page scrolling.
IMO the ergonomics of the OS layout could have been a little bit better.

>- "de-mix by MIDI note" function. i.e. to turn the drum sequence you
>recorded on a single track/channel to a multi-track one (one sound/one
>track).
>
> >>>This is in the addendum too, it'called Explode/Combine Clipboard. <<<

as I already pointed out, this function doesn't work on MIDI notes on the 
same MIDI channel.
it just separates tracks depending on their MIDI channels. that's not what 
I'm looking for.
a workaround would be to be able to "cut to clipboard" just a specified 
range of notes and then copying them to another track, but it doesn't seem 
to be possibile... or am I wrong?
I guess I'll keep using E-loader and Logic for this...

anyway, I'm really enojoying my MP7, even if I have to change my production 
habits a little bit to adapt to the Command Station OS peculiarities. very 
inspiring piece of kit. I sold my MPC to buy this one and I don't reget the 
choice at all...
thanks
leo
www.groundloops.com