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

I was playing with a mp-7 last weekend and noticed that 'beats' 
weren't one of the categories of preset.  I assume 'beats' are 
somehow subsumed into the 16 track patterns on the box.  I would 
expect that there should be a 1-1 mapping (more or less) of 
the 'patterns' on the mp-7 to the beats on the mo'phatt.  Is this 
true?  I've looked at the listing of beats on the mo'phatt, the pure 
phatt rom, and the patterns on the mp-7 and they seem to have more or 
less the same names.

So, what happens to the beats from the different roms I would add to 
a mp-7?  Do they just become more patterns on the mp-7?  I was hoping 
to be able to mix tracks from the Beat Garden and World Expedition 
roms' beats with tracks from the native mp-7 patterns.  Anyway to do 
this, short of syncing an Orbit3 and Planet Earth with a mp-7?  
Thanks for any responses.

The beats are actually completely seperate from the sequencer, and they 
would need to have OS ver 1.31 installed too.  If you want to play with 
beats, press Preset below the display, then scroll through the presets 
until you get to some with the "bts" preset.  Again, unless they've got a 
machine on the floor with the latest OS, the MP7 won't have any beats in 
it.

rEalm





zensufikabala <zensufikabala@...>
08/06/02 02:09 PM
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I was playing with a mp-7 last weekend and noticed that 'beats' 
weren't one of the categories of preset.  I assume 'beats' are 
somehow subsumed into the 16 track patterns on the box.  I would 
expect that there should be a 1-1 mapping (more or less) of 
the 'patterns' on the mp-7 to the beats on the mo'phatt.  Is this 
true?  I've looked at the listing of beats on the mo'phatt, the pure 
phatt rom, and the patterns on the mp-7 and they seem to have more or 
less the same names.

So, what happens to the beats from the different roms I would add to 
a mp-7?  Do they just become more patterns on the mp-7?  I was hoping 
to be able to mix tracks from the Beat Garden and World Expedition 
roms' beats with tracks from the native mp-7 patterns.  Anyway to do 
this, short of syncing an Orbit3 and Planet Earth with a mp-7? 
Thanks for any responses.



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--- In xl7@y..., erik_magrini@B... wrote:
Then, OS 1.31 will allow use of beats off of any sound rom in the 
catalog?

A salesman told me that the beats on the sound roms were not 
identical to the beats found on the sound modules or the command 
stations.  Is this true?  How about the new keyboards?

Central question:  Is there a difference between the 16 channel/track 
beats/patterns found on the:  modules (xl-1 & mo'phatt), mp/xl-7, 
sound roms, and mk/xk-6?  

Soon after finding no beats on the command stations I tried out the 
new keyboards.  (If I could get the same 'functionality' out of a 
$599 keyboard as I could a $950 command station, then great.)  Again, 
somewhat different behavior from both the sound modules and the 
command stations!  That is, I could use 'beats', but they didn't seem 
to sync as seemlessly as riffs and patterns on the command stations?  
(Maybe I didn't take enough time to get sync as I had to leave too 
soon.)

We seem to have a four way split in how the same synth data is 
handled!  I assume the new OS addresses this to some degree.  Does it 
bridge the differences?


> The beats are actually completely seperate from the sequencer, and 
they 
> would need to have OS ver 1.31 installed too.  If you want to play 
with 
> beats, press Preset below the display, then scroll through the 
presets 
> until you get to some with the "bts" preset.  Again, unless they've 
got a 
> machine on the floor with the latest OS, the MP7 won't have any 
beats in 
> it.
> 
> rEalm
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> zensufikabala <zensufikabala@y...>
> 08/06/02 02:09 PM
> Please respond to xl7
> 
>  
>         To:     xl7@y...
>         cc: 
>         Subject:        [xl7] Q:  where'd the 'beats' go?
> 
> 
> I was playing with a mp-7 last weekend and noticed that 'beats' 
> weren't one of the categories of preset.  I assume 'beats' are 
> somehow subsumed into the 16 track patterns on the box.  I would 
> expect that there should be a 1-1 mapping (more or less) of 
> the 'patterns' on the mp-7 to the beats on the mo'phatt.  Is this 
> true?  I've looked at the listing of beats on the mo'phatt, the 
pure 
> phatt rom, and the patterns on the mp-7 and they seem to have more 
or 
> less the same names.
> 
> So, what happens to the beats from the different roms I would add 
to 
> a mp-7?  Do they just become more patterns on the mp-7?  I was 
hoping 
> to be able to mix tracks from the Beat Garden and World Expedition 
> roms' beats with tracks from the native mp-7 patterns.  Anyway to 
do 
> this, short of syncing an Orbit3 and Planet Earth with a mp-7? 
> Thanks for any responses.
> 
> 
> 
> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> xl7-unsubscribe@y...
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> 
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Then, OS 1.31 will allow use of beats off of any sound rom in the catalog?

>>>As long as those Sound Roms have beats Presets on them, then yes. <<<

A salesman told me that the beats on the sound roms were not identical to 
the beats found on the sound modules or the command stations.  Is this 
true?  How about the new keyboards?

>>>Don't know, Emu? <<<

Central question:  Is there a difference between the 16 channel/track 
beats/patterns found on the:  modules (xl-1 & mo'phatt), mp/xl-7, sound 
roms, and mk/xk-6? 

>>>Personally I think you're putting too much stake in beats mode, it's 
fun for about 5 minutes :) <<<

We seem to have a four way split in how the same synth data is handled!  I 
assume the new OS addresses this to some degree.  Does it bridge the 
differences?

>>>What differences are you talking about?  All of the newer Emu gear 
shares the same Sound Roms, so there's really not much difference other 
than the physical casings for the most part.  The keyboards only have 64 
poly, while the XX-7's have 128 poly.  Othe differences? <<<

rEalm