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E-Mu XL-7 Command Station, Owner'S Manual

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Sequencer

Song Edit Menu

Metronome

The metronome is a timing aid when recording or playing back songs and 
can be set to a wide variety of different beats. The metronome produces an 
accented click on the first beat of each measure and a softer click on other 
beats. The metronome beat options are listed on page 76.

The metronome setting is NOT saved with the Song.

  

To Set the Metronome

1.

Press the 

Song Edit

 button. The Pattern Edit menu screen displays the 

menu page most recently selected since powering up XL-7.

O

O

O

O

Play the pattern to listen 

to the Metronome while you set 
the Value.

2.

Scroll to the 

Metronome

 screen using the data entry control.

3.

Move the cursor underneath the 

Metronome

 field and turn the 

metronome to 

On

, 

Off

 or 

Rec

 using the data entry control.

•

Off

 - the metronome doesn’t play.

•

On

 - the metronome plays during recording and playback.

•

Rec

 - the metronome only plays while recording.

4.

Move the cursor underneath the 

Value

 field and set the metronome 

beat value using the data entry control.

Quantize

The timing of note events can be changed after a song has been recorded. 
Quantize moves all the note start times in the track to fall on (or closer to) 
the specified time values. 

See “Quantize” on page 79 for more information 

about quantization.

Note:

 This filter quantizes note data recorded in Realtime Song mode. It 

does NOT affect the notes in Patterns.

  

To Quantize Note Events in a Song

1.

Select the song.

2.

Press the 

Song Edit

 button.

3.

Scroll to the 

Quantize

 screen using the data entry control.

4.

Set up the 

Quantize parameters

 as desired. The Home/Enter LED will 

be flashing once the cursor is moved to one of the editable fields.

5.

Press 

Enter

 to Quantize or add Swing. Press any other button to 

Cancel

.

METER      METRONOME      VALUE

04 / 4       off                    1/8          

QUANTIZE    Resolution: 16

Amount:  75%    Swing: 50%

Summary of Contents for XL-7 Command Station

Page 1: ...nt Notice In order to obtain warranty service on your XL 7 unit the serial number sticker must be intact and you must have a sales receipt or other proof of purchase If there is no serial number sticker on the XL 7 please contact E MU Systems at once This product is covered under one or more of the following U S patents 4 404 529 4 506 579 4 699 038 4 987 600 5 013 105 5 072 645 5 111 727 5 144 67...

Page 2: ...up 15 Unpacking 15 Connection Instructions 16 Basic Setup 16 Studio Setup 17 Performance Setup 18 Power Down Sequence 19 Rack Mounting XL 7 19 Instant Gratification 21 Playing Patterns Songs 21 Playing Songs 23 Playing Demo Sequences 24 Auditioning Presets 24 Selecting and Quick Editing Presets 25 Exploring the Master Arpeggiator 27 Multi Channel Arpeggiator 28 Time to Save 30 ...

Page 3: ...it Button 37 Global Button 37 Controllers Button 37 Arpeggiator Button 38 Real time Controller Knobs 39 Knob Functions 40 Quick Edit mode 40 Programmable Knobs mode 41 Multichannel Volume Knobs 41 Multichannel Pan Knobs 42 Trigger Mute Buttons 43 Trigger Mode 43 Preset Menu Jump Keys 43 Touchstrip Transpose Keypads Glide 44 Touchstrip Hold 44 Transpose Buttons 44 Rubber Keypads 44 Glide Button 44 ...

Page 4: ...1 Recording a Pattern 61 Automatic Channel Assignment 65 Replace Record 66 Grid Recording 67 What is Grid Recording 67 Step Time Recording 71 Note Value Number of Ticks 72 Pattern Edit Menu 74 Track Enable Mute Buttons 74 Name Pattern 74 Pattern Length 74 Setting Meter Time Signature 75 Metronome 76 Loop Section 77 In Pattern Mode 77 In Song Mode 78 Quantize 79 Quantize Parameters 79 More about Sw...

Page 5: ...ctor Track track 0 103 Conductor Track Screens 103 Revert to Saved Pattern 105 Song Mode 106 Song Play 106 Song Step Recording 106 Realtime Song Recording 110 Song Edit Menu 113 Song Name 113 Event Source 113 Setting Meter Time Signature 114 Metronome 115 Quantize 115 Scale Shift Start Times 116 Scale Shift Duration 116 Thin Events 116 Erase Events 117 Transpose 118 Scale Shift Velocity 119 Cut Tr...

Page 6: ...DI Keyboard 133 How to Record the Audition Riffs 134 Controllers Menu 135 Realtime Control Functions 136 Keyboard Transpose 136 Keyboard Channel 136 Aftertouch Curves 136 Local Control On Off 137 Footswitch Jack Function 138 Trigger Buttons Function 139 Trigger Buttons 140 Trigger Button Select 140 Latch on off 140 MIDI Key 140 MIDI Channel 140 Destination 140 Key Velocity 140 Triggers Pattern Sel...

Page 7: ...thm 156 B Effect Types 157 FXB Parameters Feedback LFO Rate Delay Time 157 FXB Send Amounts 157 Miscellaneous Parameters 158 Edit All Layers Enable 158 User Key Tuning 158 Output Format 158 Screen Viewing Angle 159 MIDI Menu 161 Base Tempo 162 Pattern Change Tempo Hold 162 Rechannelize Input 163 Keyboard Outputs MIDI 164 Knobs Output MIDI 164 Transmit MIDI Clock 164 External Song Start Stop 165 Me...

Page 8: ...4 Signal Flow 195 MIDI Channels Real time Controls 196 Bank Select Commands 198 Stereo Mix Outputs 199 Preset Edit Menu 201 Preset Name 202 Four Layer Architecture 202 Selecting Layers 203 Defining Layer Parameters 204 Selecting an Instrument 204 Sound Navigator 204 Defining Key Range 205 Defining the Velocity Crossfade Range 207 Defining the Real time Crossfade Range 209 Transposing the Instrumen...

Page 9: ...m 236 A Effect Types 236 FXA Parameters 237 FXA Send Amounts 237 FXB Algorithm 237 B Effect Types 237 FXB Parameters 238 FXB Send Amounts 238 Preset Patchcords 238 Initial Controller Amount 240 Keyboard Tuning 241 Preset Links 243 Preset Tempo Offset 244 Audition Riff Selection 244 Play Solo Layers 244 Arpeggiator Beats Menu 245 Arpeggiators 246 Arp Controllers 247 Arpeggiator Resolution 247 Arpeg...

Page 10: ...258 Key Offset 258 Tie 258 Rest 258 Skip 258 End 259 Velocity 259 Duration 259 Repeat 259 User Pattern Name 260 Multichannel Arpeggiating 260 Beats 261 Beats Mode 263 Status 263 Beats Channel 263 Trigger Channel 263 Beats Controllers 266 Beat Velocity Group 1 4 266 Beat Xpose Group 1 4 266 Beat Busy 266 Beat Variation 267 Beats Keys Trigger Layout 268 1 Bar Trigger Option 268 Beats Keys Offset 269...

Page 11: ...Effect Descriptions 284 Reverb 284 Chorus 285 Doubling 285 Slapback 285 Stereo Flanger 285 Delay 286 Stereo Delay 286 Panning Delay 286 Dual Tap 286 Vibrato 286 Distortion 286 Save Copy Menu 287 Save Pattern 287 Saving a Preset 288 Saving a Song 288 Copying Information 289 Copy Preset 289 Copy Layer 289 Copy PatchCords 290 Copy Preset PatchCords 291 Copy Arpeggiator Settings 291 Copy Arpeggiator P...

Page 12: ...tions 312 Presets 312 XL 7 Preset Categories 312 Preset Listing 313 XL 7 Pattern Layout 317 Pattern Listing 318 Riff Listing 319 Instrument Listing 322 Velocity Curves 331 PatchCord Amount Chart 333 Shift Key Shortcuts 334 Rhythmic Notation 335 Time Signatures 335 Block Diagrams 336 Volume Pan 336 Pads Routing 337 MIDI In 338 Block Diagrams 339 Triggers Programmable Knobs 339 Quick Edit 340 E MU E...

Page 13: ...rd perfectly looped and rich in harmonic texture 1024 Presets more XL 7 contains 512 user presets and 512 factory ROM presets but it can be expanded with literally thousands of ROM presets ROM presets are automatically added when sound SIMMs are installed As an example a 32 MB SIMM may contain up to 1024 ROM presets XL 7 s Sound Navigator makes it easy to find the exact sound you want It s powerfu...

Page 14: ...hannel Arpeggiators XL 7 s Rhythmic Pattern Generator Arpeggiator can play up to 32 synchro nized arpeggiator patterns at once using a different sound for each Patterns can be edited using pattern flow commands such as delay for 2 bars play for 4 bars hold for 2 beats and repeat You can program or download 100 user patterns in addition to the 200 factory patterns Ultra Powerful Synthesizer The ext...

Page 15: ...l over each wet dry mix level on four effects sends Effects Processor A contains primarily ambiance algorithms like reverb and delays while effects processor B contains primarily spectral algorithms such as chorus flange phase distortion and delay Effects can be linked to each preset or used globally to further enhance your sound Other features include multiple solo voice assignment and performanc...

Page 16: ... electric shock This product is equipped with a cord having an equipment grounding conductor and a grounding plug The plug must be plugged into an appropriate outlet properly installed and grounded in accordance with all local codes and ordinances Mains Switch The front panel On Off switch is a Soft power switch that can be used to turn power on and off when the XL 7 is rack mounted Use the AC pow...

Page 17: ... heat registers stoves or other apparatus including amplifiers which produce heat 9 Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding type plug A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong The wide blade or the grounding prong are provided for your safety If the provided plug does not fit into your outle...

Page 18: ...Radio and Television Interference The equipment described in this manual generates and uses radio frequency energy If it is not installed and used properly that is in strict accordance with our instructions it may cause interference with radio and television reception This equipment has been tested and complies with the limits for a Class B computing device in accordance with the specifications in...

Page 19: ...iko eines Schlages Dieses Gerät ist mit einem geerdeten Kabel und Stecker ausgerüstet Der Stecker muss in eine passende einwandfrei montierte und geerdete Steckdose in Übereinstimmung mit den örtlichen Vorschriften eingeführt werden Gefahr Unvorschriftsgemässer Anschluss des Gerätes kann zum Risiko eines elektrischen Schlages führen Im Zweifelsfalle über die ordnungsgemässe Erdung soll ein qualifi...

Page 20: ...cht werden 3 XL 7 nicht in der Nähe von Wasser in Betrieb nehmen z B in der Nähe von Badewannen Waschschüsseln auf nassen Gestellen oder am Swimmingpool 4 XL 7 stets so aufstellen dass seine Belüftung nicht beeinträchtigt wird 5 XL 7 nicht in der Nähe von Hitze aufstellen wie Heizkörper offenem Feuer Öfen oder von Backöfen 6 XL 7 ausschliesslich mit einem Netzgerät gemäss Bedienungsanleitung und G...

Page 21: ...ffnungen 11 Das Gerät soll durch qualifizierte Serviceleute gewartet werden falls A das Netzkabel beschädigt wurde oder B Gegenstände oder Flüssigkeit in das Gerät gelangten C das Gerät Regen ausgesetzt war oder D das Gerät nicht normal oder einwandfrei arbeitet oder E das Gerät stürzte oder sein Gehäuse beschädigt wurde 12 Servicearbeiten sollten nur qualifizierten Fachleuten anvertraut werden DI...

Page 22: ... fiche devant être branchée dans une prise appropriée et reliée à la terre en conformité avec les normes locales Danger Une connexion incorrecte peut résulter en des risques d électrocution Vérifiez avec un technicien qualifié si vous avez des doutes quant à la connexion Ne modifiez pas vous même le cordon d alimentation livré avec cet appareil s il ne rentre pas dans la prise faites en installer ...

Page 23: ...ération et tel qu indiqué sur l appareil 7 Une attention particulière doit être observée quant aux objets pouvant tomber et aux liquides pouvant être versés sur et à l intérieur de le XL 7 8 Le XL 7 peut être équipé d une fiche secteur polarisée avec une broche plus large que l autre C est une mesure de sécurité Si vous ne pouvez pas brancher cette fiche dans une prise ne neutralisez pas cette séc...

Page 24: ... testé et est conforme aux normes de Classe A en accord avec les spécifications du paragraphe J de la section 15 des lois FCC Ces lois sont désignées pour fournir une protection raisonnable contre de telles interférences dans une installation résidentielle Toutefois il n est pas garanti qu aucune interférence n apparaisse dans des installations particulières et plus spécialement lorsqu une antenne...

Page 25: ...s 89 336 EEC and 72 23 EEC Trade Name XL 7 Model Number 7750 Under 89 336 EEC as amended by 92 31 EEC and 93 68 EEC In accordance with EN 55103 1 1996 Emission Environments E4 In accordance with EN 55103 2 1996 Immunity Environments E4 Test information is contained in a report by Atlas Compliance and Engineering Inc Dated July 5 2001 Report No 0126EMUx17_103 Under 73 23 EEC as amended by 93 68 EEC...

Page 26: ...14 E MU Systems Foreign Language Warnings French ...

Page 27: ...n case you need to transport the unit Check to make sure all components are included and in good condition If there are missing or damaged components contact E MU Systems immediately for replacement or repair The XL 7 box should include the following components XL 7 unit Power cable This operation manual Command Station CD ROM The following optional accessories are not included with your XL 7 but ...

Page 28: ...is highly desirable The headphone output is the same as the Main output signal The headphone jack is located on the left side of the front panel Footswitches 1 2 Connect one or more momentary footswitches for additional control XL 7 auto senses either normally open or normally closed switches when they are plugged in Their functions are programmable in the Controllers Footswitch menu and the Prese...

Page 29: ...ther or mixed separately The S PDIF output duplicates the function of the main outputs Footswitches 1 2 The two footswitch inputs accept either normally open or normally closed momentary footswitches and are programmable in the Controllers Footswitch menu and the Preset Edit PatchCord menu MIDI Out MIDI In MIDI Controller MIDI Keyboard etc Amp Mixer MIDI In Additional MIDI Devices MIDI Interface O...

Page 30: ...al Return which sums into the Main outputs TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRICAL SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE Sub Output Return To Main Output Tip Ring To Effect From Effect SEND RETURN CABLE Send Return Main Outs to Mixer In Effect Device Additional MIDI Devices MIDI Controller MIDI Keyboard Sequencer MIDI Out MIDI In S PDIF In Analog Out Send Signal is sent out on tip ...

Page 31: ...Outputs Note that the Effects Processors are only routed to the Main Outputs Power Down Sequence To avoid accidentally turning off the power while playing XL 7 the front panel power switch incorporates a five second fail safe feature when powering down Once the power down sequence has begun you have five seconds to press the power switch again and stop XL 7 from turning off Rack Mounting XL 7 XL 7...

Page 32: ...20 E MU Systems Setup Rack Mounting XL 7 ...

Page 33: ...ntry control 2 Press the Play button located near the center of the unit The pattern begins playing and the lower line of the display changes 3 While the pattern is playing select another pattern using the data entry control The name of the pattern to be played next is now shown Notice that the Home Enter LED is now flashing 4 Press the Home Enter button to select the new pattern The lower line of...

Page 34: ...d so that you can slide your fingers across them to quickly mute and unmute tracks Track Mixing 7 Press the Mix button located beneath the LCD while a pattern is playing The Channel Volume display screen appears showing the volumes of all 32 channels 8 Now press the Controller Function Select button located above the controller knobs twice so that Volume is selected 9 The sixteen controller knobs ...

Page 35: ...d 14 Turn the data entry control to completely change the preset 15 Use the Track Channel select buttons to change any of the presets In XL 7 s default mode therubber keypads are active on whichever preset is showing in the preset view screen They can be set to always play a specific channel in the Controllers menu page 136 Nothing is made permanent until you save the pattern or preset so play aro...

Page 36: ...o will automati cally begin playing The screen will display the new demo name 6 With the sequence stopped press any other button to Exit demo sequence mode Auditioning Presets The front panel audition button allows you to hear any preset in XL 7 without even playing a note When the Audition button is pressed the button s LED will illuminate and a short Riff programmed as part of the preset will pl...

Page 37: ...ode off The LED will extinguish 6 Play the rubber keypads 7 Be sure to check out the transposition buttons and touchstrip Selecting and Quick Editing Presets The first thing you ll do with the XL 7 is select and play the factory provided presets XL 7 comes standard with 8 banks containing 128 presets each See Preset Screen on page 46 The first four banks are USER locations that can be overwritten ...

Page 38: ...ield This is the Home position which is selected instantly when you press the Home Enter button Pressing either of the two cursor buttons repeatedly also gets you there O O O O You can select presets from the Preset Number Bank Number Preset Category or Preset Name fields 3 Turn the data entry control knob on the front panel to select a new preset number If you turn the knob slowly the presets adv...

Page 39: ...iator menu then use the data entry control to scroll to the screen shown below 4 Make sure the arpeggiator Status is on Play the keyboard to start arpeggiating O O O O Try using control knobs 15 16 to change the arpeggiator parameters 5 Press either cursor key repeatedly to move the cursor below the Status field 6 Turn the data entry control clockwise one click The Mode screen appears 7 Use the cu...

Page 40: ...e is one arpeg giator for each MIDI channel First you ll assign three of the Trigger Keys to MIDI channels 01A 03A Next you ll assign arpeggiator presets to these channels Then you ll become addicted to this new way of making music Program the Trigger Keys 1 Press the Controllers button then turn the data entry control until the screen shown below appears O O O O Make sure the Trigger Buttons Func...

Page 41: ...aying at once 16 Change the arp preset on the current MIDI channel Since the cursor is located on the preset name all your selections will be in the arp category 17 Press the Track Channel button and change the arp presets for channels 1A 2A 3A Since each factory preset has differently programmed arpeggiator settings changing the preset not only changes the sound but the arpeggiator as well 18 You...

Page 42: ...nce These instructions also apply to recording trigger buttons without the arpeggiators 1 Set up the multichannel arpeggiators as described on page 28 2 Press the Pattern Edit button and scroll to the Channel Assign screen shown below If you want to record the Trigger Buttons on a single MIDI channel set the track Channel Assignment to the same channel as the trigger buttons 3 Set the channel sett...

Page 43: ...tisetup 6 Start with a new blank pattern and set the pattern length Choose 20 bars or so to start 7 Restore the Multisetup Just to make sure everything is set up correctly 8 Press Record then Play Start recording the trigger buttons T1 TRIGGERS C3 Vel 127 Latch on Ch 01A seq Set to seq ...

Page 44: ...32 E MU Systems Instant Gratification Multi Channel Arpeggiator ...

Page 45: ...the AC mains The power switch incorporates a fail safe feature when powering down Once the power down sequence has begun you have five seconds to press the power switch again and stop XL 7 from turning off Volume Control This control is the master volume control for all audio outputs The Volume Control does not affect any editing or user interface operations The front panel volume control is a dig...

Page 46: ...s not change the Song or Pattern mode status and this screen can be edited while a Pattern or Song is playing back The Mix button brings up a graphic display of the volume settings for all 32 MIDI channels This is the same volume setting as in the Preset Select screen except that all 32 MIDI channels can be simultaneously viewed and edited The Mix button does not change the Song or Pattern mode st...

Page 47: ...arameters in the display Press either cursor button until the cursor is underneath the desired parameter The cursor buttons have an auto repeat feature which advances the cursor when the button is held continuously The cursor can be moved bidirectionally using the data entry control while either cursor select button is held down for example press and hold the right cursor button and turn the data ...

Page 48: ...nd the Play LED flashes Pressing Play again resumes Record mode Record Button The Record button selects one of the three Pattern record modes or two Song record modes Song Record modes from Song mode One press Realtime record mode Two presses Step record mode Pattern Record modes from Pattern mode One press Realtime record mode Two presses Grid record mode Three presses Step record mode O O O O Wh...

Page 49: ... When pressed in combination with the Song Edit button this button puts XL 7 in Demo mode Preset Edit Button The Preset Edit menu allows you to create and edit presets An illuminated LED in the button indicates that you are in Preset Edit mode For more information about the Preset Edit menu see page 201 Global Button The Global menu contains parameters that affect the entire machine An illuminated...

Page 50: ...presets randomize presets and to move other types of data Selected groups of parameters such as PatchCord settings can be copied between Presets and or between Layers using this menu The menu is context sensitive and will start at the appropriate save screen See Save Copy on page 287 for more information The LED in the button illuminates to indicate that you are in the Save Copy menu The LED also ...

Page 51: ...are selected using the Controller Function Select button above the realtime control knobs Preset Quick Edit can be enabled to use the knobs for editing in the Preset Edit menu 1 Quick Edit Real time control of internal synthesizer parameters and Quick Editing the initial settings of the real time controllers 2 Programmable Knobs Real time control of MIDI continuous controllers on external synthesi...

Page 52: ...has been edited Quick Edits made to a preset are lost if you select another preset before saving them The four rows of knobs always control the preset on the basic MIDI channel the channel showing on the preset select screen when the control switch is set to Quick Edit The labels Filter Cutoff Filter Q Filter Attack Filter Decay etc printed on these rows show how the factory ROM presets are progra...

Page 53: ...he left right cursor controls to select the fields 4 Select the MIDI Continuous Controller number the MIDI channel and Internal External or Both for each of the 16 knobs 5 Save the Multisetup if you want to save these settings See page 149 Multichannel Volume Knobs In this mode each of the 16 knobs will control MIDI Channel Volume for the like numbered channel This directly edits the value shown o...

Page 54: ...d is equivalent to sending MIDI cc 10 View Mode must be set to MIX in order to see the display shown above When Knobs MIDI Out in the MIDI menu is enabled any knob change will send MIDI cc 10 to the MIDI out port as well as controlling the internal channel volume In this mode the LEDs next to the sixteen knobs blink to indicate MIDI activity on the same numbered MIDI channel from the keypads seque...

Page 55: ...tons can be assigned to any MIDI note on any MIDI Channel 01A 16B with any velocity 0 127 and can be set to be latched or momentarily on Latched note will hold until the button is pressed again Latched notes will be indicated by the LEDs Trigger keys are assigned from the Controllers menu See page 140 for more information Preset Menu Jump Keys Whenever you are in the Preset Edit menu the sixteen c...

Page 56: ...hen released The LED in the button illuminates when this function is on Transpose Buttons These buttons transpose the current range of the rubber keyboard up and down in one octave intervals The LEDs on either side of the transpose buttons show the currently selected range With no LEDs illuminated the keyboard is in its normal range Middle C to High C 60 72 Each LED to the right of the buttons sta...

Page 57: ...record mode pressing the Erase button erases the currently selected step from the song Repeat Button When this button is latched on LED illuminated while recording or playing back a pattern played notes will repeat at the current pattern quantize setting page 57 You can get some great effects with this feature by simultaneously changing the volume or pitch as the sound repeats _ _ _ _ Using the Re...

Page 58: ...e Preset View button to display the Preset Select screen 2 Press either cursor key until the cursor is underneath the preset number The cursor is a little flashing line underneath one of the parameters in the display As you rotate the data entry control the preset number and name changes 3 The displayed preset is assigned to the displayed MIDI channel Presets are arranged into banks of 128 as show...

Page 59: ...he same parameter as MIDI volume control 7 and changes made over MIDI are shown in the display To Change the Channel Volume 1 Press the Preset View button to display the Preset Select screen 2 Press either cursor key until the cursor is underneath the volume value 3 Rotate the data entry control to select a volume level The Channel Volume range is 000 127 XL 7 XL 7 XL 7 XL 7 Bank 0 Bank 1 Bank 2 B...

Page 60: ...e is set to Off then there is no arpeggiation on that channel regardless of what is set up in the Master Arpeggiator or preset If the channel arpeggiator is On the preset s arpeggiator is used regardless of whether or not it is turned on in the Preset Edit menu This lets you turn on arpeggiation from the main screen If the mode is set to P for preset the preset s arpeggiator settings and on off st...

Page 61: ...how the first preset in each category To Change the Preset Category 1 From the Preset View screen shown above press either cursor key repeatedly until the cursor is underneath the preset category field 2 Rotate the data entry control to select one of the preset categories Preset Categories are displayed in alphabetical order To Select a Preset within a Category 1 After selecting a category move th...

Page 62: ...50 E MU Systems Basic Operations Sound Navigator ...

Page 63: ...s are NOT saved until you save them in the Save Copy menu An asterisk appears in the Pattern or Song display to indicate that the item needs to be saved The Save Copy button LED will also be flashing to remind you With the XL 7 in Song mode and the cursor in the Home position turn the data entry control to select a new song With the XL 7 in Pattern mode and the cursor in the Home position turn the...

Page 64: ... to a single channel and preset Tracks can also be set up to record and playback multiple MIDI channel if you wish Songs can link patterns together to form more complicated arrangements There is also an additional song track which can be used to record notes controllers pattern mutes or any other MIDI data Songs can be of any length unlike patterns which are limited to 32 bars Track 1 Track 2 Trac...

Page 65: ...here are 32 internal MIDI channels 1A 16A 1B 16B and two assignable MIDI ports each of which can carry 16 external MIDI channels A track can be assigned to play internal sounds only external sounds only MIDI both internal and external or not assigned at all See page 96 Multichannel track events can be programmed to play on their assigned MIDI channels or can be rechannelized to a play on a single ...

Page 66: ...etermined by the resolution setting The Asterisk When a pattern or song has been edited and needs to be saved an asterisk appears in the display The Save Copy LED will also be flashing as a reminder to save your work The asterisk and your edits remain in the single edit buffer even if you change patterns Edits are only erased by saving the pattern editing another pattern invoking the Revert To Sav...

Page 67: ...realtime track plays The original channel of each event is maintained when recorded Step Edit In this mode you can single step through the bar locations and place Pattern Inserts wherever you want Songs store the following information in non volatile Flash memory Song Name Number Realtime note controller information Track Mutes these can be recorded in real time on the linear song track and supers...

Page 68: ...tern is run L E D Beat Markers The Tap Tempo LED stays on slightly longer at each bar The Tap Tempo LED flashes to mark each quarter note Pressing the Stop button stops the pattern immediately Pressing Stop again rewinds the pattern to the beginning RTZ Pressing the Stop button a third time reloads the initial setup information for the Pattern or Song To select another pattern while one is already...

Page 69: ...restart faster as there is less pre sequence information to load Realtime Recording As described on page 54 there are three ways to record patterns Realtime recording is the easiest way to begin recording Notes and Controller events are recorded into a pattern External MIDI data can also be recorded Preparing to Record a Pattern Before you record a pattern there are a few things you ll want to set...

Page 70: ...ighth note resolution Each beat is now moved to the nearest eighth note In the next example we ll set Input Quantize to sixteenth note resolution In this example the beats you played have been assigned to the nearest sixteenth note which works on beats 3 4 but not on 1 2 This brings up an important point Use the Lowest Quantization value needed If you re recording a simple snare backbeat there s n...

Page 71: ...mode by pressing the Record button The Pattern Record screen shown below appears 3 Choose the desired Input Quantize value using the data entry control 4 Press Play to begin recording Count In The Count in feature lets you hear the metronome for either one or two measures before recording begins This helps you get the feel of the beat before you actually begin recording To Set Count in 1 Choose Pa...

Page 72: ...ord 1 Select an Empty Sequence 2 Press the Preset button select a preset then press the Pattern button 3 Press the Record button The screen shown above appears 4 Move the cursor to the CntIn field and turn the data entry control clockwise until the quarter note appears 5 Set up the track length quantization and metronome as desired 6 Recording will begin when you play a note or turn a controller k...

Page 73: ...ding a Pattern To Record a new Pattern 1 Press the Pattern mode button The screen shown below appears 2 Select a Blank pattern to begin recording using the data entry control For these instructions make sure Keyboard Knob Channel in the Controllers menu is set to Basic Channel 3 Press the Record button The screen shown below appears 4 Set the Pattern Length and Input Quantize value For more infor ...

Page 74: ...e over the pattern Save Copy menu To Erase Specific Notes 16 Press the Erase button in Realtime Record mode and hold down the keyboard note you wish to erase The note will be erased when it comes around in the pattern To Record another Track 17 Press the Track button located to the left of the LCD The track number increments to Track 02 O O O O To Quick Select a Track 1 Press and hold Tap 2 Press ...

Page 75: ...y displayed in the Preset View screen 2 Select Quick Edit mode by pressing the Controller Function Select button 3 Select the channel with the preset you wish to Quick Edit 4 Practice your knob movements before recording by Playing the pattern and twisting the knobs 5 When you re ready to record press Record while the sequencer is playing to punch in then perform the knob movements Record Multitra...

Page 76: ...utton to begin recording The controller knobs now adjust the pan positions of all 16 tracks 22 Press Stop when you re finished recording Erasing Controller Data 1 The Erase Events function page 85 can be used to erase controller data from a pattern 2 Find the realtime controller number of the knob you wish to erase in the Controllers menu Volume is always cc 7 and Pan is always cc 10 The numbers o...

Page 77: ...ollows 1 If the current track is already assigned to this channel or if this track is a multi track containing this channel i e MultiA if channel was set to 07A it does not change the current track 2 If not it starts at track 1 and looks for a track that is assigned to this exact channel and sets it to the first track that is 3 If there wasn t one again it starts at track 1 and looks for a multi t...

Page 78: ...s active End Point Punch Out If No Data is Recorded During a Loop The transport stays in record armed mode until data is played even over the loop point If you punch out before recording anything no data is erased If you don t play any data during a pass the record mode will stay active over the loop If you manually punch out without recording any thing data that was in the region of recording wil...

Page 79: ...f XL 7 brings a host of new features to the party What is Grid Recording Grid recording can be visualized as a series of notes placed along a line where each note can be turned On or Off with a button In the example below you ll hear sixteen notes to a measure in 4 4 time To program quarter notes you would turn on one note out of every four as shown below Turning on every other button with the 16t...

Page 80: ...The liquid crystal display shows the status of the16 grid locations The time signature determines how the grid is laid out The pattern below is in 3 4 time and so only12 locations are needed Grid mode can also be used in conjunction with either of the other record modes You can go into grid record mode and edit a pattern you created in realtime record mode or you could start with grid recording an...

Page 81: ...ss the Preset View button and select a preset to use for track one A prc or kit preset might be a good choice Press the Preset View button again after you ve made your selection to return to the Grid recording screen 7 Select a note using the rubber keypads Press the transposition buttons to find other sounds Note that the Current Key field in the LCD changes as you play the keypad 8 Now turn on a...

Page 82: ...e the velocities of grid notes 16 You can also change the velocity by simply playing the velocity on the keypads or turn the 16 controller knobs to adjust the velocity setting of the16 grid locations 17 Turn some of the grid buttons on and off Note that they now have the same velocity as the last note you modified Since velocity is often coupled to volume in the preset changing the velocities of n...

Page 83: ...ctly where you want In Step mode key events knobs or external MIDI events are recorded into the current pattern step The resolution of the step is selected and indicated in the Res field on the LCD In Step Record mode the Resolution Res setting determines the rhythmic value of each step For example with Resolution set to 1 8 notes you will step through the pattern an eighth note at a time Step rec...

Page 84: ...ss the Record button three times to select Step Record mode The screen shown below appears 5 Select a Track number The default value is Track one 6 Turn Auto Increment On This feature automatically increments the step by the selected step resolution each time you press the Play button 7 Press the Preset View button The preset screen shown below appears Resolution Ticks Resolution Ticks Whole notes...

Page 85: ...g notes to steps You can also record knob settings Simply turn the knobs in any of the controller knob modes and these moves will be recorded 13 Press Stop when you ve finished recording 14 Press Stop again to rewind to the beginning of the pattern 15 Change the Resolution and record another pass O O O O To Erase a Track Press and Hold the Erase button then press the Track button you want to erase...

Page 86: ...can be anywhere from one to thirty two measures in length A pattern loops when it reaches the end whether in record or playback modes A pattern s length can also be changed at any time before or after recording If you increase the length of a pattern after recording it will play silently for the extra time unless new data is recorded there If you shorten a pattern s length after recording it will ...

Page 87: ...and the grid recording display For background information about Time Signatures see page 335 To Set the Time Signature 1 Select the pattern in which you want to record 2 Press the Pattern Edit button The Pattern Edit menu screen displays the menu page most recently selected since powering up XL 7 3 Scroll to the Meter screen using the data entry control The meter setting will probably show the 04 ...

Page 88: ...ince powering up XL 7 O O O O Play the pattern to listen to the Metronome while you set the Value 2 Scroll to the Metronome screen using the data entry control 3 Move the cursor underneath the Metronome field and turn the metronome to On Off or Rec using the data entry control Off the metronome doesn t play On the metronome plays during recording and playback Rec the metronome only plays while rec...

Page 89: ...tion defaults to off upon pattern change While loop is enabled the Stop LED will blink An interesting detail is that the loop can be set to jump across the start and end points of the pattern For example let s say you re looping an eight bar pattern If the From point were set to 7 and the Thru point set to 2 then the pattern would play bars 7 8 1 2 7 8 1 2 etc The Tap Tempo key functions as a Shif...

Page 90: ...sor to the lower line of the display 3 Turn the Loop on 4 From sets the loop start point and Thru sets the loop end point Shift Key Method to Set the Temporary Bar Region These hidden power user features are designed to be used while the pattern or song is playing but the loop points can be set when the sequencer is either running or stopped Setting the Loop From and Thru Points 1 Start the sequen...

Page 91: ...tion Quantize Parameters Resolution Sets the desired note value to which note on events will be corrected With sixteenth notes selected Quantize will move played notes toward or exactly onto sixteenth note time slots Amount Controls how much quantization is applied With a setting of 100 events are moved all the way to the specified note value With a setting of 50 events are moved 50 closer to the ...

Page 92: ... 54 for say the third pattern This results in a series of patterns which are more psycho acoustically interesting than merely repeating the same pattern over and over 67 is considered the classic jazz swing factor where the first eighth note is 2 3 of a quarter note and the second eighth note is 1 3 of a quarter note i e the second eighth note behaves more like an eighth note triplet If this sound...

Page 93: ... as fractions 2 3 4 3 5 3 8 3 10 3 20 3 These ratios are useful for changing between duplets and triplets Subtracting a few ticks with the shift function can be used to push the beat giving the music a sense of urgency Adding a few ticks can impart a more laid back feel Since a single note can be selected cursor down to the key range field and play the key individual drums can be shifted forward o...

Page 94: ... add a value to the note durations in the selected tracks The Scale function is performed before the Shift value is added Scale Multiplies all note durations by a percentage from 0 to 125 Scaling by 100 would leave all note durations untouched Scal ing by 50 would cut all note durations in half Shift Adds or subtracts a specific note duration in quarter notes and ticks to note on events in the sel...

Page 95: ... number of events in a musical fashion Events may be reduced by a specified amount from 1 to 128 The setting represents the smallest change that will be kept For example if the setting were set to 3 and you were thinning a controller sweep that went 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 you would be left with 1 4 7 The filter also keeps any change in direction values _ _ _ _ If too much data is recorded into a pattern th...

Page 96: ...elect the type of event you want thinned then set the amount of thinning The Home Enter LED will be flashing once the cursor is moved to one of the editable fields 6 Press Enter The screen shown below appears to remind you to select the tracks you want to thin Select a key range for thinning The default setting is all keys 7 Press Enter to thin events Press any other menu button to Cancel the oper...

Page 97: ...lect the Track s you wish to erase using the Track Enable Mute buttons 3 Press the Pattern Edit button 4 Scroll to the Erase Events screen shown below using the data entry control 5 Select the type of events you want erased The Home Enter LED will be flashing once the cursor is moved to the lower line of the display 6 Press Enter The screen shown below appears to remind you to select the tracks yo...

Page 98: ...rack s you wish to Transpose using the Track Enable Mute buttons 3 Press the Pattern Edit button 4 Scroll to the Transpose screen shown below using the data entry control 5 Select the amount of transposition you want The Home Enter LED will be flashing once the cursor is moved to the lower line of the display 6 Press Enter The screen shown below appears to remind you to select the tracks you want ...

Page 99: ...it 2 Select the Track s you wish to Scale or Shift using the Track Enable Mute buttons 3 Press the Pattern Edit button 4 Scroll to the Scale Shift Velocity screen shown below using the data entry control O O O O Tip To set all notes to a particular velocity value set Scale to 0 then set Shift to the desired velocity 5 Select the amount of velocity scaling or shift The Home Enter LED will be flashi...

Page 100: ...ct the Track s that you want to extend using the Track Enable Mute buttons 3 Press the Pattern Edit button from pattern mode 4 Scroll to the Pattern Length screen and set the length to the measures you wish to extend For example if you want to copy the first measure set the length to 1 5 Scroll to Extend Sequence Data using the data entry control 6 Move the cursor to the lower line of the display ...

Page 101: ...ack you want to erase The Home Enter LED will be flashing once the cursor is moved to the lower line of the display 4 Select the first Bar you want to erase The bar range for patterns is 01 32 the bar range for songs is 001 999 5 Select the Length of the track you want erased 6 Press Enter to erase the selected section of the Track 7 Press any other menu button or exit the edit menu to Cancel the ...

Page 102: ... O O Cut track can be used as a way to erase a track To Cut a Track O O O O Tracks can be freely cut copied or pasted between songs and patterns 1 Select the pattern you wish to edit 2 Press the Pattern Edit button 3 Scroll to the Cut Track to Clipboard screen shown below using the data entry control 4 Select the track to be cut The Home Enter LED will be flashing once the cursor is moved to the l...

Page 103: ...h another cut or copy operation or the power to XL 7 is turned off To Copy a Track 1 Select the pattern you wish to edit 2 Press the Pattern Edit button 3 Scroll to the Copy Track to Clipboard screen shown below using the data entry control 4 Select the track to be copied The Home Enter LED will be flashing once the cursor is moved to the lower line of the display 5 Select the Start Bar and the Le...

Page 104: ...cause of the data merging feature the Paste operation can be used to bounce down multiple tracks to a single multichannel track See below To Paste the Clipboard into a Track O O O O Tracks can be freely cut copied or pasted between songs and patterns 1 Press the Pattern Edit button 2 Cut or Copy data to the clipboard See pages 90 and 91 3 Scroll to the Paste Clipboard to Track screen shown below u...

Page 105: ...o the Channel Assign screen 5 Set the Track containing all your bounced tracks to MultiA or MultiB if the original tracks were recorded using the B channels Apply Clipboard Settings This function copies the volume pan preset arp status and send bus assignments Global Mix Output from the clipboard to the selected track If the clipboard contains multichannel data the settings will be applied for eac...

Page 106: ...d transfers them to the clipboard overwriting any previous clipboard data Note that any A B channel routing will be lost although the 16 channel assignments will be preserved Merging 02A 04B 13A will result in channel 2 4 and 13 transmitting on the port A or B already assigned to the track that you paste into Explode Tracks This function takes multichannel data on the clipboard and divides it up b...

Page 107: ...l Assign screen 7 Use the Paste Clipboard To Track function to paste the multichannel track into the existing pattern or into another pattern 8 If you re pasting to another sequence use the Apply Clipboard Settings function page 93 to copy the clipboard s volume pan preset arpeg giator status and send bus assignments to the selected track To Explode the Clipboard Data into Multiple Tracks 1 Select...

Page 108: ...le you could route a multichannel track to only use the B channels Each track can also be routed to internal MIDI channels the external MIDI ports both or none Channels 1A 16A and Multi A are routed to MIDI port A and channels 1B 16B and Multi B are routed to MIDI port B if ext or both is selected as a destination for that track O O O O You might want to designate a certain track to handle externa...

Page 109: ...ss the Pattern Edit button 3 Scroll to the Select Track Changes screen shown below using the data entry control 4 Select the desired track s 5 Select the desired channel for the track 6 Select the desired destination for the track 7 Press the Pattern Edit button again to exit the module T01 CHANNEL ASSIGN Channel 01A Dest both ...

Page 110: ...attern Edit button 3 Scroll to the Select Track Changes screen shown below using the data entry control 4 Select the desired track 5 Set the track to MultiA or MultiB 6 Select the desired destination for the track internal external or both 7 Press the Pattern Edit button again to exit the module Continue on to Record a Multichannel Track using the Rubber Keypads 8 Press the Controllers button and ...

Page 111: ...en To Edit a MIDI Note 1 Select the pattern you wish to edit 2 Press the Pattern Edit button 3 Scroll to the Note List Editor screen shown below using the data entry control 4 Press the Enter button as prompted by the display to begin editing 5 Select the Track that you want to edit using the Track Channel select button near the LCD 6 Press the right Cursor button to move the cursor underneath the...

Page 112: ...he currently selected event allowing you to edit and create a new event 1 Press Repeat 2 Change the time channel or MIDI event type Note You cannot have two events with the exact same time and data in a pattern XL 7 will delete any duplicate events as soon as you increment the event or exit the screen Continuous Controller Edit Continuous controller numbers 1 95 can be edited Continuous controller...

Page 113: ...end program changes to external devices the Track must be assigned to an external channel See page 96 for details To Edit a MIDI Event 1 Select the pattern you wish to edit 2 Press the Pattern Edit button 3 Scroll to the Event List Editor screen shown below using the data entry control 4 Press the Enter button as prompted by the display to begin editing 5 Select the Track that you want to edit usi...

Page 114: ... button near the LCD Use an empty track for now to keep things simple The display reads 6 Press the right Cursor button to move the cursor underneath the Time Field _ _ _ _ Important If you choose location 001 01 001 the program change will only occur when the pattern is first selected See page 132 for details 7 Turn the data entry control and set the time to the location where you want the progra...

Page 115: ...s MultiA goes out port A MultiB goes out port B 14 Save the Pattern The Conductor Track track 0 The conductor track allows you to insert tempo and meter changes anywhere in the pattern Select the track below track 1 and the first screen shown below will appear To Insert a Tempo Change into the Conductor Track 1 Select the pattern you wish to edit 2 Press the Pattern Edit button 3 Press the Track C...

Page 116: ...on until CT appears in the track field 4 Press the Enter button as prompted by the display to begin editing 5 Press the right Cursor button twice to move the cursor underneath the Event Scroll field 6 Turn the data entry control to scroll through the event list and locate the tempo change you want to edit 7 Press the front panel Erase button on XL 7 to erase the tempo event 8 Simply change the Tem...

Page 117: ...rd any edits made to the pattern and restore the last saved version This is not the same as an Undo function since Revert permanently discards any edits you have made since saving This function removes the asterisk in the display that appears after you ve edited the pattern REVERT TO SAVED PATTERN 0000 A2DJ ...

Page 118: ...on page 55 songs can be recorded in two ways Step recording involves inserting pattern play events into the song track to form more intricate arrangements of patterns To Step Record a Song 1 Press the Song mode button The screen shown below appears 2 Select a Blank song to begin recording using the data entry control 3 Press the Record button twice to select Step Record mode The Step record LED il...

Page 119: ...e length of the pattern at that step Length ening a pattern will cause it to loop Shortening a pattern will truncate the playback to the selected length Deleting a Pattern You can move the cursor to any field and change it while in step record mode 2 Pressing the Erase button located below the controller knobs erases the currently selected step from the song Inserting a Pattern You can insert a pa...

Page 120: ...ward to accommodate the insertion of the new step with length equal to the duplicated step Note that Delete still functions as is only deleting the step event not any data or time 8 Change the pattern to the desired pattern You can change the pattern after Insert A B C D A B B C D Song Track Pattern Track If you press Repeat between pattern change events a Pattern Play Event is inserted splitting ...

Page 121: ... of your song Time to Save 14 Changes are not made permanent until you Save the song An asterisk will appear in the Song display if the Songs has been modified and needs to be saved The Save Copy button LED will also be flashing Press Save Copy scroll to the Save Song screen select a location and press Enter The following parameters are also saved with the Song Set these param eters then save the ...

Page 122: ...o select Realtime Record mode The Realtime record LED illuminates and the screen shown below appears If you have already step recorded any pattern inserts their numbers will appear on the lower line of the display 4 Set the metronome to On or Rec if you want a timing reference 5 Press the Play button to begin realtime recording As in Pattern Record Mode the Record button can be pressed at any time...

Page 123: ...ake sure the song starts at the beginning 8 Press the Record button in Song mode to get ready to record The Play button LED will be flashing Use the Erase cc Events function page 117 to erase controller data from the song 9 Press the Play button to begin recording The controller knobs now adjust the volumes of all 16 tracks 10 Press Stop when you re finished recording Realtime Panning 11 Select Pa...

Page 124: ...e Erase Events function page 117 can be used to erase controller data 2 Find the realtime controller of the knob you wish to erase in the Controllers menu Volume is always cc 7 and Pan is always cc 10 The numbers of the 16 controller knobs can vary 3 Press the Song Edit button 4 Scroll to Erase Events and move the cursor to the lower line of the display 5 Select the realtime controller number from...

Page 125: ... Realtime Song data will be recorded regardless of the Event Source settings but it might be confusing if you don t hear what you just recorded Therefore it s always a good idea to check the Event Source settings before recording realtime song data Tempo Preset program change Volume Pan Mix Arp Master Effects FX For each type of control listed above you can choose one of these options When you sav...

Page 126: ...ffects the bar beat display the pattern length metronome accent and the grid recording display For more information about Time Signatures see page 335 To Set the Time Signature 1 Select the song in which you want to record in Song mode 2 Press the Song Edit button The Song Edit menu screen displays the menu page most recently selected since powering up XL 7 3 Scroll to the Meter screen using the d...

Page 127: ...ome doesn t play On the metronome plays during recording and playback Rec the metronome only plays while recording 4 Move the cursor underneath the Value field and set the metronome beat value using the data entry control Quantize The timing of note events can be changed after a song has been recorded Quantize moves all the note start times in the track to fall on or closer to the specified time v...

Page 128: ...ter thins note and controller data recorded in Realtime Song mode It does NOT affect Pattern data The following types of events can be thinned Tempo Poly Aftertouch Channel Aftertouch Pitch Wheel Touchstrip Any Continuous Controller 1 95 To Thin Events from a Song 1 Select the song you wish to edit 2 Press the Song Edit button 3 Scroll to the Thin Events screen shown below using the data entry con...

Page 129: ...creen shown below using the data entry control 4 Select the type of events you want erased The Home Enter LED will be flashing once the cursor is moved to the lower line of the display 5 Press Enter Move the cursor to the lower line to select a key range for erasure The default setting is all keys 6 Press Enter to erase the events Press any other button to Cancel the operation Events that can be E...

Page 130: ... in a Song 1 Select the song you wish to edit 2 Press the Song Edit button 3 Scroll to the Transpose screen using the data entry control 4 Select the amount of transposition you want The Home Enter LED will be flashing once the cursor is moved to the lower line of the display 5 Press Enter Move the cursor to the lower line to select a key range to be transposed The default setting is all keys 6 Pr...

Page 131: ...OT affect the velocity values of Pattern data To Scale or Shift Velocity 1 Select the song you wish to edit 2 Press the Song Edit button 3 Scroll to the Scale Shift Velocity screen shown below using the data entry control O O O O Tip To set all notes to a particular value set Scale to 0 this zeros the value then set Shift to the desired duration 4 Select the amount of velocity scaling or shift The...

Page 132: ...O O O O Cut track can be used as a way to erase a track To Cut a Section of the Song Track 1 Select the song you wish to edit 2 Press the Song Edit button 3 Scroll to the Cut Track to Clipboard screen shown below using the data entry control The Track Number cannot be changed in a Song since there is only one track 4 Select the Start Bar and the Length in bars to be cut The Home Enter LED will be ...

Page 133: ...attern play events must be edited using Step Record To Copy a Track 1 Select the pattern you wish to edit 2 Press the Pattern Edit button 3 Scroll to the Copy Track to Clipboard screen shown below using the data entry control The Track Number cannot be changed in a Song since there is only one track 4 Select the Start Bar and the Length in bars to be copied The Home Enter LED will be flashing once...

Page 134: ...d and pasted between songs and patterns To Paste the Clipboard into a Track 1 Select the pattern you wish to edit 2 Press the Pattern Edit button 3 Scroll to the Paste Clipboard to Track screen shown below using the data entry control The Track Number cannot be changed in a Song since there is only one track _ _ _ _ You will not hear the results of the Paste operation until the sequence cycles aro...

Page 135: ...n 2 Scroll to the Song Channel Assign screen shown above using the Data Entry control The Channel Assign screen rechannelizes track data to play on the selected channel If you want to playback multi channel data set the track to MultiA or MultiB 3 Select MultiA if you want the a multi channel song track to go to channels 1A 16A or MIDI port A Select MultiB if you want a multi channel song track to...

Page 136: ...oon as you increment the event or exit the screen To Edit a MIDI Note 1 Select the song you wish to edit 2 Press the Song Edit button 3 Scroll to the Note List Editor screen shown below using the data entry control 4 Press the Enter button as prompted by the display to begin editing 5 Press the right Cursor button to move the cursor underneath the Event Scroll Field 6 Turn the data entry control t...

Page 137: ...Duplicates the currently selected event allowing you to edit and create a new event 1 Press Repeat 2 Change the time channel or MIDI event Note You cannot have two events with the exact same time and data in a pattern XL 7 will delete any duplicate events as soon as you increment the event or exit the screen Continuous Controller Edit Continuous controller numbers 1 95 can be edited Continuous con...

Page 138: ...cted bank See Bank Select Commands on page 198 To Edit a MIDI Event 1 Select the pattern you wish to edit 2 Press the Pattern Edit button 3 Scroll to the Event List Editor screen shown below using the data entry control 4 Press the Enter button as prompted by the display to begin editing 5 Press the right Cursor button to move the cursor underneath the Event Scroll Field T 01 EVENT 002 03 004 C01 ...

Page 139: ...ntry control 8 Press the Pattern Edit button to exit the Pattern Edit module Revert to Saved Song This screen allows you to discard any edits made to the song and restore the last saved version This is not the same as an Undo function since Revert permanently discards any edits you have made since saving This function removes the asterisk in the display that appears after you ve edited the song RE...

Page 140: ...an save the current pattern to any location using the Save Copy function _ _ _ _ The Source pattern must be loaded which generally takes about half a second before new tracks can be replaced The Source Pattern is loaded when the Select Dest Track screen appears To Replace Tracks using XMix 1 Play a pattern 2 Press and hold Tap then press Play The display changes to The Tap Tempo key functions as a...

Page 141: ...y to Exit XMix To Change the Mute Settings while in XMix mode 7 The Track Enable Mute LED is normally off while in XMix mode Press the Track Enable Mute button lighting the LED to switch the buttons back into mute select mode Press the button again to go back into XMix track select mode To Replace Another Track 8 Notice that the display is back to the one shown in step four To replace another trac...

Page 142: ...gh nothing is actually recorded in the current pattern this could cause an unsaved pattern to be wiped out 2 Select the desired quantization repeat value 3 Press Stop to exit record mode 4 Select the desired pattern or song 5 Press Play 6 Press the Repeat button illuminating the LED Play the pads or keyboard Notes will repeat at the selected quantization rate Mute Hold Track mutes can be held from...

Page 143: ...n 3 Change the track mutes as desired 4 Hold the Tap button while selecting a new pattern using the trigger buttons Triggers must be selected in the Command Function section 5 The track mute settings of the previous pattern will remain in effect Loop Section See Loop Section on page 77 Restart Pattern Fire Key See Restart Pattern Fire Key on page 57 Pattern Change Tempo Hold See Pattern Change Tem...

Page 144: ...e played before Notes even if they are located on the same numbered Tick This is done so that volume changes and other programming information will be in place when the notes turn on When a track is set to ext external transmit only you will be allowed to see the tick 0 spot for EVENTS This allows you to remove any pre sequence setup data which is stored at Tick 0 left over from when the track may...

Page 145: ... from changing the MIDI channel of your controller keyboard Setup the Following Controls 1 RECHANNELIZE INPUT MIDI always If Channel Assign in the song pattern edit menu is set to to external or both you ll get duplicate MIDI data if steps 2 3 in the setup are not set to Off 2 KEYBOARD OUTPUTS MIDI MIDI don t transmit 3 KNOBS OUTPUT MIDI MIDI don t transmit 4 MERGE MIDI IN TO OUT MIDI Out A off Ou...

Page 146: ...3 shows two external sound modules connected The channel assignment screen controls the routing of sequencer tracks to internal and external MIDI channels 1 Set CHANNEL ASSIGN Song Pattern Edit Destination ext 2 Set the MIDI channel as desired for the external sound module Channels 01A 16A go to the A MIDI port channels 01B 16B go to the B MIDI port How to Record the Audition Riffs We ve had many ...

Page 147: ...ecently selected since powering up XL 7 The cursor appears below the first character of the screen heading on line one To select a new screen Press the Home Enter button or press the Cursor button repeatedly until the cursor is below the screen title heading Rotate the data entry control to select another screen To modify a parameter Press either Cursor button repeatedly or hold down the right cur...

Page 148: ...channels or Basic The Basic channel is the normal connection With Basic selected the Keypads and knobs always control the preset showing in the Preset View screen in Quick Edit mode the front panel knobs only control the Basic Channel Aftertouch Curves XL 7 s internal voices do not use the poly aftertouch data even though it can be transmitted out over MIDI Aftertouch is called Pressure in the Pre...

Page 149: ...data and recorded data are merged in the computer sequencer and then sent back to the module This feature can also be used if you want to control another MIDI sound generator from the rubber keypads without playing internal sounds MIDI local control mode change messages can either be accepted or ignored depending on the setting of the change field With this set to ignored an incoming command to tu...

Page 150: ...ring XL 7 senses either normally on or normally off switches on power up Each footswitch can be independently programmed The following functions can be controlled via the footswitches MIDI Footswitch In this mode the footswitch is routed to the Patch Cord in the Preset Edit Cords menu See pages 230 and 238 It is also transmitted out on the Foot switch Controller number as programmed in the Control...

Page 151: ... decrements the current pattern or song number The next pattern will begin playing when the current pattern ends Trigger Buttons Function This option selects the function of the front panel Triggers button The Triggers button can be used to Play Beats Parts to Play Note Events or to Select Patterns Play Beats Parts In this mode and when the Triggers button is selected the sixteen command buttons t...

Page 152: ...his screen automatically selects that trigger button for programming See the block diagram showing Triggers Programmable Knobs on page 339 for detailed information about the actual routing path O O O O Latched buttons are especially useful for triggering arpeggiated presets To Setup the Trigger Buttons to trigger MIDI Notes 1 Press the Controllers button Its LED will illuminate 2 Turn the data ent...

Page 153: ... menu allows you to select a pattern for each of the 16 buttons One set of assignments 16 triggers to 16 patterns will be saved per multisetup To Program the Trigger Buttons to Select Patterns 1 Press the Controllers button Its LED will illuminate 2 Turn the data entry control to select the Triggers Pattern Select screen 3 Use the left right cursor controls to select fields and select a pattern fo...

Page 154: ... Both the system sends MIDI controller messages when you turn the Controller knobs If set to External the knobs do NOT control internal synth parameters and only used as external MIDI controllers When the programmable knobs are routed to Seq they can be recorded into the internal sequencer O O O O This cool feature allows your XL 7 to function as a MIDI Continuous Control center for other MIDI gea...

Page 155: ...t See Real time Controller Knobs on page 39 in the Operations chapter for more details Real time Controller Assignment Use these three pages to assign sixteen real time control sources Each MIDI Controller is assigned a letter A P The front panel Controller Knobs and sixteen MIDI controller numbers share the A P controller routings These screens let you select which MIDI real time controllers numb...

Page 156: ...roller numbers for reverb and chorus send amounts but are not assigned Following are a few of the standardized MIDI Controller numbers as defined by the MIDI manufacturers association The controllers shown in Bold are automatically routed to the destination volume pan or have their own PatchCord source Others such as Portamento Time can be routed using a PatchCord to have the desired effect REALTI...

Page 157: ...atchCords tempo based envelopes and synced LFOs See Clock Modulation on page 178 You can assign any controller number from 0 31 mono key pressure or the Touchstrip to change the Global Tempo A different controller can be used to change the tempo up or down The Touchstrip can be assigned to both the up and down parameters to vary the tempo up and down from a single controller If any other controlle...

Page 158: ...146 E MU Systems Controllers Menu ...

Page 159: ...rning Global Menu changes are automatically saved when you exit the menu If the power is turned off before you exit the menu any changes you have made will be lost To select a new screen Press the Home Enter button or press the Cursor button repeatedly until the cursor is below the screen title heading Rotate the data entry control to select another screen To modify a parameter Press either Cursor...

Page 160: ...els It also overwrites the Controllers Global Arp and MIDI menu parameters with the exceptions noted above If you make changes to any of these menus XL 7 will retain the changes even if power is turned off They are of course overwritten when you restore a Multisetup Restoring Multisetups XL 7 contains 64 Multisetup locations These are all User locations except location 63 which is a factory define...

Page 161: ...ry control Change the cursor position using the cursor buttons 4 Press Enter or move the cursor to the top line when you re finished naming the multisetup Saving Multisetups To Save a Multisetup 1 Set the Preset Volume Pan and Arp settings in Preset View mode for all channels Set the Global MIDI and Controllers menu parameters the way you want them 2 Press the Global button then scroll to the Save...

Page 162: ...at you can tune XL 7 to other instruments The master tuning range is 1 semitone in 1 64th semitone increments 1 56 cents A master tune setting of 00 indicates that XL 7 is perfectly tuned to concert pitch A 440 Hz Bend Range The Master Bend Range parameter sets the range of the touchstrip or pitch wheel if you have a MIDI keyboard connected This affects only presets that have their individual Pitc...

Page 163: ...n select one of thirteen global velocity curves or to leave the data unaltered linear For a complete list of all available velocity curves see Velocity Curves on page 332 of the Appendix MASTER VELOCITY CURVE 13 Linear 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 0 20 40 60 80 100 Played Velocity 120 Result Velocity Curve 2 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 0 20 40 60 80 100 Played Velocity 120 Result Velocity 0 20 40 60 80 100 120...

Page 164: ... also used to route sounds to the Sub 1 and 2 outputs on the back panel When a plug is inserted into the associated Submix jack on the back panel the Dry portion of the Send is disconnected from the effects processor and the signal is routed directly to the output jack The Arrow points to the actual output routing If you don t want the wet portion of the signal in the main mix turn down the Send L...

Page 165: ...s routed directly to the Submix output jacks MIDI Channel 1B MIDI Channel 2B MIDI Channel 3B MIDI Channel 16B MIDI Channel 1A MIDI Channel 2A MIDI Channel 3A MIDI Channel 16A MIDI CHANNEL MIDI CHANNEL Preset Preset S E N D 1 S U B 1 M A I N OUTPUT SECTION EFFECTS PROCESSORS Hall 1 Effect A Chorus Effect B B A Jack Detect Jack Detect S U B 2 FX Sends Send 2 10 Send 3 0 Send 4 0 Send 1 15 FX Sends S...

Page 166: ... set to bypass the effects are turned off on a global scale This includes Effects programmed in the preset Effects Multi Mode Control The routing scheme for the two stereo effects processors provides a lot of versatility When in multi mode you can use master settings which applies the Master effects settings to all 32 MIDI channels If you want more control you can use the channel setting which app...

Page 167: ...ultitap Pan 11 3 Tap 12 3 Tap Pan 13 Soft Room 14 Warm Room 15 Perfect Room 16 Tiled Room 17 Hard Plate 18 Warm Hall 19 Spacious Hall 20 Bright Hall 21 Bright Hall Pan 22 Bright Plate 23 BBall Court 24 Gymnasium 25 Cavern 26 Concert 9 27 Concert 10 Pan 28 Reverse Gate 29 Gate 2 30 Gate Pan 31 Concert 11 32 Medium Concert 33 Large Concert 34 Large Concert Pan 35 Canyon 36 DelayVerb 1 37 DelayVerb 2...

Page 168: ...ough the A effects See Effect Parameters on page 275 for more details FXA Send Amounts These parameters set the effects amounts for each of the four stereo effects busses See Master Effects on page 278 for detailed information Master FXB Algorithm This parameter selects the type of effect used for the B effect The following effect types are available FXA DECAY HFDAMP FxB FxA 040 096 001 FXA SEND A...

Page 169: ...r stereo effects busses See the Effects chapter for detailed information 1 Chorus 1 2 Chorus 2 3 Chorus 3 4 Chorus 4 5 Chorus 5 6 Doubling 7 Slapback 8 Flange 1 9 Flange 2 10 Flange 3 11 Flange 4 12 Flange 5 13 Flange 6 14 Flange 7 15 Big Chorus 16 Symphonic 17 Ensemble 18 Delay 19 Delay Stereo 20 Delay Stereo 2 21 Panning Delay 22 Delay Chorus 23 Pan Delay Chorus 1 24 Pan Delay Chorus 2 25 Dual T...

Page 170: ...te or microtonal scales Using the cursor keys and the data entry control select the user table number the key name the coarse tuning and the fine tuning The key name is variable from C 2 to G8 Coarse Tuning is variable from 0 to 127 semitones The fine tuning is variable from 00 to 63 in increments of 1 64 of a semitone approx 1 56 cents For each preset the specific tuning table is selected in the ...

Page 171: ...ections If you use an adapter cable to connect the S PDIF digital audio output to AES gear make sure to use high quality low capacitance cable Screen Viewing Angle This function changes the viewing angle of the display so that you can read it easily from either above or below the unit The angle is adjustable from 7 to 8 Positive values will make the display easier to read when viewed from above Ne...

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Page 173: ...line one _ _ _ _ Warning MIDI Menu changes are automatically saved when you exit the menu If the power is turned off before you exit the menu any changes you have made will be lost To select a new screen Press the Home Enter button or press the Cursor button repeatedly until the cursor is below the screen title heading Rotate the data entry control to select another screen To modify a parameter Pr...

Page 174: ...e the cursor to the lower line of the display 2 Adjust the Base Tempo using the data entry control O O O O You can also tap tempo using a footswitch See page 138 3 To Tap Tempo Tap the Tap button at least three times Keep tapping to continuously update the tempo on each tap The tap tempo range is 25 300 bpm The Base Tempo values range from 1 through 300 beats per minute BPM To Use an External MIDI...

Page 175: ...atch the current track Using Rechannelize Input to Record from a MIDI Keyboard 1 Select an empty pattern 2 Set Rechannelize Input to Always 3 Select a preset for Channel 1 C01A from the Preset View screen Note that your MIDI keyboard always plays the preset assigned to the channel shown in the display 4 Turn Preset View Off to show the pattern screen again 5 Press Record then set the Pattern Lengt...

Page 176: ...e transmitted on the MIDI CC numbers defined for Footswitch 1 2 in the Controllers menu Knobs Output MIDI This function allows you to select whether or not knob data is transmitted The knobs transmit on the controller numbers defined by the Real time Controller Assign parameter See page 143 Transmit MIDI Clock This option enables or disables the transmission of MIDI clock from the MIDI out port Wh...

Page 177: ... the internal sequencer set this control to accepted Merge MIDI In to MIDI Out MIDI data received at the MIDI In port can be merged with outgoing MIDI data at either or both of the two MIDI out ports This allows you to connect a MIDI keyboard to XL 7 and control both the XL 7 and any other external synthesizers down the line MIDI In Channels This menu allows MIDI data received at the MIDI input po...

Page 178: ...n Multi mode XL 7 disables this feature when in Omni or Poly mode Receive Program Change Use this function to instruct XL 7 to utilize or ignore incoming MIDI preset changes or Bank Select commands for each channel Use the cursor buttons to select the channel number field then use the data entry control to select a channel number Use the cursor button again to select the On Off field and the data ...

Page 179: ...ped to new preset numbers All other presets are selected normally MIDI PROG CHNG PRESET 000 User 0000 Incoming Program Change in Bank 0 ROM Bank Program No Bank No Selected Program Mapped Program 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 6...

Page 180: ... recorded This is the preferred mode for recording SysEx data The packet delay range is from 0 through 8000 milliseconds A delay value of zero allows full speed MIDI transfer If you are experiencing data trans mission errors try increasing the delay value until the problem disappears Send MIDI System Exclusive Data This command transmits MIDI System Exclusive SysEx data to the MIDI Out port of XL ...

Page 181: ...s all the user defined presets in Bank 0 Bank 1 User Presets Transmits all the user defined presets in Bank 1 Bank 2 User Presets Transmits all the user defined presets in Bank 2 Bank 3 User Presets Transmits all the user defined presets in Bank 3 Any Individual Preset Transmits only the selected preset The Enter LED will be flashing Press the Enter button to confirm the operation To receive MIDI ...

Page 182: ...nds to note information on all MIDI channels and plays the preset currently displayed in the main screen Poly Responds only to note information received on the currently selected MIDI channel on the preset selection screen and plays that channel s associated preset Multi Responds to data on any combination of MIDI channels and plays the specific preset associated with each of the MIDI channels You...

Page 183: ...r you to discover them Each preset can consist of up to four instrument layers Each of the four layers can be placed anywhere on the keyboard and can be crossfaded or switched according to key position velocity or by using a real time control such as a wheel slider pedal LFO or envelope generator A preset can also be linked with up to 2 more presets creating additional layering or splits XL 7 has ...

Page 184: ...ters such as the volume has an initial setting which is changed by a modulation source Therefore in the case of volume we have an initial volume that we can change or modulate with a modulation source Two main kinds of modulation sources on XL 7 are Envelope Generators and Low Frequency Oscillators In the example above an envelope generator could be routed to automatically turn the volume control ...

Page 185: ...ilter Frequency if you want the filter to smoothly follow pitch in solo mode Routing Key Glide to Pan creates another interesting effect Key Glide A smoothly changing control source based on the Glide Rate and the interval between the last two notes played Pitch Touchstrip and Mod Controllers Synthesizer pitch bend and modulation controllers Keyboard Pressure mono aftertouch Key Pressure applied a...

Page 186: ...ith the XL 7 you define a modulation source and a modulation destination Then you connect the source to the destination using PatchCords XL 7 s PatchCords are connected in the software XL 7 has 24 general purpose PatchCords for each layer The controller Knobs assignments printed on the front panel are the system defaults You can change any of these assignments using the Real time Controller Assign...

Page 187: ...ope Set Atk1 Atk2 Dcy1 Level to 100 Rls 1 2 level to 0 and Atk2 Dcy1 Rls2 Rates to 0 Program Atk1 Dcy2 and Rls1 segments as you wish See page 303 All three envelope generators have the six stages described above The Volume Envelope generator controls the volume of the voice over time The Filter Envelope generator is a general purpose envelope most often used to control the filter frequency Unlike ...

Page 188: ... held As soon as the key is released the envelope continues through its normal Release stages 1 2 Only the Filter and Auxiliary Envelopes have the repeating feature The diagram above show how the looping envelopes work When the key is pressed the envelope goes through its regular Attack 1 Attack 2 Decay 1 and Decay 2 stages In non looping mode the envelope would hold at the end of the Decay 2 stag...

Page 189: ...e Auxiliary Envelope LFOs can be routed to control any real time function such as Pitch Filter Panning or Volume A common use for the LFO is to control the pitch of the sound LFO Pitch This effect is called vibrato and is an important performance effect Many presets use this routing with the modulation wheel controlling how much LFO modulation is applied Another common effect Tremolo is created by...

Page 190: ...ou can use the different rates separately or in conjunction to create complex synchro sonic rhythm patterns You can also use a MIDI Clock as the Master Clock to synchronize to an external MIDI device such as a drum machine or sequencer See Master Tempo in the Global menu Envelopes are triggered on the positive going edge of the clock LFOs are triggered on the negative going edge of the clock Clock...

Page 191: ...er possibilities are listed below Turn different voice layers on and off using different clock divisors Switch between Auxiliary and Filter Envelope retriggering using a slider or footswitch Retrigger LFOs or Envelopes using noise or other LFOs to create random or semi random effects Alter the LFO waveform by modulating the rate of a triggered LFO Route multiple clocks with different divisors to t...

Page 192: ...ion Modulation sources are simply added algebraically connecting two sources one with a value of 100 and the other with a value of 100 yields a net value of zero Note on modulation sources such as key velocity and gate output a single value at note on time Realtime modulation sources such as LFOs envelope generators and modulation wheels output continuously changing values The possible modulation ...

Page 193: ...tputs a digital 1 when the input is greater than 0 Summing Amp Lets you add several modulation signals together before applying them to a destination This processor can save PatchCords when routing the output to multiple destinations Lag Processors Slows down rapid changes in the input signal The output lags behind the input at a pre programmed rate There are two lag processors Lag 0 and Lag 1 Lag...

Page 194: ...s The value of the input PatchCord controls the number of steps The value of the output PatchCord controls the size of the steps 4x Gain This processor amplifies the modulation source by a factor of 4 Lag Inputs O O O O Summing Amps can be useful in complicated patches where you want to control a combination of modulation signals with a single patchcord The Lag processors can be used as 2 addition...

Page 195: ...ed In contrast the layer level lag processors begin acting only after a keyboard key has been depressed The Preset Lag also has a Lag Amount input which controls the lag time Positive lag amounts increase the lag time A MIDI controller front panel knob is commonly used to control lag amount The preset lag can be used to spin up and spin down an LFO which controls some other effect perhaps left rig...

Page 196: ...h LFO Speed or any other destination you can think of Study this patch if you want to learn a few new tricks using the patchcords 1 DC Sets initial ramp Fast Positive 100 2 Decay Knob Inverted value slows ramp as the knob value is increased O O O O The combination of the DC Perc Decay Time Cords has the effect of reversing the Percussion Decay Time knob The decay time increases as the knob is turn...

Page 197: ...ect fifth The Velocity source scales the played velocity around zero In other words low velocities below 64 will have negative values and high velocities 64 and above will be positive A velocity of 64 would be zero The Switch module only outputs a 1 if the input value is greater than zero This digital 1 value can be scaled through the attenuator on the PatchCord to raise or lower the pitch by any ...

Page 198: ...alue based on the PatchCord Amount setting If applied to the switch along with the velocity it changes the velocity value required to trip the switch By setting the DC amount to a negative amount higher velocity values are required to trip the switch Setting the DC value to a positive value would bring the velocity switch point down The PatchCord screens for this patch are shown below Switch Veloc...

Page 199: ...rs or LFOs are routed to the input The quantizer turns a smoothly changing input signal into a series of steps By routing the output of the quantizer to Pitch and adjusting the PatchCord amounts you can control both the number of steps and the pitch interval of each step The input PatchCord amount controls how many steps will be generated With a sawtooth wave LFO feeding the input and the PatchCor...

Page 200: ...pt for the DC offset which was added to bring the pitch down into tune Sometimes you have to fix a problem but using the mod processors there s usually a way around it to achieve the desired result You can start to see some of the possibilities and there are many Whenever you find yourself wishing for some esoteric type of control take a minute to think and see if there is a way to achieve the des...

Page 201: ... can be analyzed as a mix of sine waves at specific frequencies and amplitudes Any waveform can be analyzed as a mixture of sine waves One way to represent complex waveforms is to use a chart with frequency on one axis and amplitude on the other Each vertical line of the chart represents one sine wave at a specific amplitude and frequency Instrument Amp L R Freq Vol Q Retrigger Pitch Glide Glide S...

Page 202: ...mple a low pass filter lets the low frequencies pass and removes only the high frequencies as illustrated in the following diagram A filter that lets only the high frequencies pass is called a high pass filter as illustrated in the following diagram 20 40 60 80 100 40 80 160 360 720 1440 2880 Frequency Amplitude Output of Filter Low Pass Filter Cutoff Frequency 20 40 60 80 100 40 80 160 360 720 14...

Page 203: ...s around the cutoff frequency The following chart shows how different amounts of Q affect the low pass filter response In terms of sound frequencies around the cutoff tend to ring or resonate with high Q settings If a filter with high Q is slowly swept back and forth various overtones are picked out of the sound and amplified as the resonant peak sweeps over them Bells and gongs are real world exa...

Page 204: ...rs were famous for their 2 pole filter sound Using a filter we have a way to control the harmonic content of a sound As it turns out even a simple low pass filter can simulate the response of many natural sounds For example when a piano string is struck by its hammer there are initially a lot of high frequencies present If the same note is played softer there are fewer high frequencies generated b...

Page 205: ...naltered This is different from a band pass filter which attenuates reduces frequencies outside the selected band The parametric filter is quite flexible Any range of frequencies can be either amplified or attenuated Several parametric sections are often cascaded in order to create complex filter response curves If four parametric filter sections were cascaded it would be possible to create the fo...

Page 206: ...zens of different muscles controlling the shape of the vocal tract When speaking however we don t think of the muscles we just remember how it feels to form the vowels A vowel is really a configuration of many muscles but we consider it a single object In changing from one vowel to another we don t need to consider the frequencies of the resonant peaks You remember the shape of your mouth for each...

Page 207: ... but the filter frequency can be modulated by any source The Q parameter can be modulated only at note on time There are 50 types of filters available See XL 7 Filter Types on page 221 for a complete list of the filters Digitally Controlled Amplifier DCA Together with the Volume Envelope the DCA is used to shape the volume contour of a sound The DCA can be controlled by any modulation source Veloc...

Page 208: ...dal 04 Volume 07 Pan 10 Expression 11 Any MIDI controller can be routed to any modulation destination First you have to know which controller numbers your keyboard transmits Most modern MIDI keyboards let you select a controller number for each control on the keyboard For example it may let you select a number from 0 31 for the data slider The realtime controller numbers that the keyboard transmit...

Page 209: ...DI controller messages assigned to that letter both control the same parameter that you select in the PatchCord screen Patchcord Destinations 16 Control Knobs Controllers Menu Preset Edit Menu A B C P MIDI Amount A B C P C o rd C o r d C o rd C o rd Key Sustain Fine Pitch Pitch Glide Chorus Amount Sample Start Sample Loop Sample Retrigger Filter Frequency Filter Q Amplifier Volume Amplifier Pan Am...

Page 210: ...of the 128 presets in the bank Of course no synthesizer has 16 384 banks yet but hey it s nice to know it s possible for that really BIG project Continuous Controller CC 0 is the MSB most significant byte and CC 32 is the LSB least significant byte Normally you send both the MSB and LSB controllers to implement a bank change When you press the Audition button the Bank Select MSB and LSB are displa...

Page 211: ... menu and set the MIDI channel to Preset Next set the Mix Output routing in the preset to the desired output for each layer Yes you can send each layer to a different send if you want By sending different amounts of presets to the effects subtle or striking effects can be achieved using the two effect processors This feature allows you to get the most out of two effects since you can have eight di...

Page 212: ...et to Preset Otherwise the Preset Edit menu Mix Output settings are ignored S U B 1 M A I N OUTPUT SECTION EFFECTS PROCESSORS FX Sends Hall 1 Effect A FX Sends Chorus Effect B B A Jack Detect Jack Detect S U B 2 PRESET Mix Output Mix Output Send 1 Send 1 15 Send 2 10 Send 3 0 Send 4 0 Send 1 0 Send 2 0 Send 3 20 Send 4 15 GLOBAL MENU PRESET EDIT MENU Ch 1A SEND 2 Ch 2A SEND 3 Ch 3A SEND 4 Ch 16B S...

Page 213: ...ayers by choosing A in the layer field When All Layers is selected the existing parameter value for any field will be displayed if the values of all four layers are equal If the values of all four layers are NOT equal the value of layer 1 will be displayed with flashing characters If you change the parameter value all layers will assume the new value and the display will stop flashing To Scroll th...

Page 214: ... them For more information on Sound Navigator see Sound Navigator in Chapter 2 Operations You can also select characters using the keypads or MIDI keyboard Four Layer Architecture XL 7 provides a 4 layer instrument structure Each layer is a complete synthesizer voice with 50 filter types over 64 modulation sources more than 64 modulation destinations and 24 patchcords to connect everything togethe...

Page 215: ...ta entry control to change the layer In the screen shown below Layer 1 is selected When All Layers A is selected the existing parameter value for any field will be displayed if all layers are equal If the layer parameter values are NOT equal the value of Layer 1 will be displayed with flashing characters If you move the data entry control all values will be equal to this new value and the paramete...

Page 216: ...nstrument for the selected layer s move the cursor to the bottom line of the display and change the instrument using the data entry control Sound Navigator Sound Navigator also works to help select Instruments although the category names are predefined When the cursor is on the Instrument Category field turning the data entry control selects different instrument categories The Name Field will chan...

Page 217: ...o key position by adjusting the Low and High Fade parameters The first Fade field determines how many semitones it takes the layer to Fade In from the low key The second Fade field determines how many semitones it takes the layer to Fade Out to the high key The screen shot above and the diagram below show Layer 1 being faded out over a one octave range With a High Fade value of zero as in layer 3 ...

Page 218: ...th Fade set to zero Set the Low and High Keys so they don t overlap other layers You can select key numbers by simply pressing the desired keyboard key when the cursor is positioned on the low or high key field n the display If two layers do overlap both will play as shown in the next example C0 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 Layer 1 Layer 2 Layer 3 Layer 4 Switch Switch Switch L1 KEY LO FADE HIGH FADE C0 000 ...

Page 219: ...stack Defining the Velocity Crossfade Range Velocity is a measure of how hard the key is pressed Velocity Range lets you control the volume of the layers using velocity Using this function you can crossfade or cross switch between layers according to how hard you play the keyboard Set the velocity range of the layer by defining the high and low velocity values Values range from 0 off to 127 hardes...

Page 220: ... in When the keyboard is played hard Layer 3 plays To Set Up a Velocity Crossfade Between Layers Set the velocity fades so that layer 1 fades out with higher key velocity while layer 2 fades in At a velocity of 64 the two sounds are equal volume You may want to adjust the fade in and fade out points to achieve a natural sounding crossfade These parameters vary depending on the sounds Layer 1 Layer...

Page 221: ...e The Fade value range is from 0 to 127 After the Ranges and Fades have been adjusted for each layer in the Real time Crossfade screen you must assign a real time controller to RTXfade Real time Crossfade on each Layer in the PatchCord screen Set the PatchCord Amounts to 100 To Set Up a Real time Crossfade Between Two Layers As the real time control knob pedal LFO etc is increased Layer 1 fades ou...

Page 222: ...crossfade and set the Cord Amount to 127 10 Play the keyboard while adjusting the real time controller Go back to the Real time Crossfade screens to fine tune the crossfade if necessary Decreasing the fade size will narrow the region where both layers are sounding To Randomly Cross Switch Between Four Layers In certain situations you may want to switch between several layers randomly Crossfade Ran...

Page 223: ... time Crossfade page 4 Define the High and Low range of each Layer as shown above 5 Press Home Enter and use the data entry control to advance to the PatchCord page Select Layer 1 6 Select XfdRnd as the modulation source and RTXfade as the desti nation Set the Cord Amount to 100 7 Repeat step 6 for the remaining three layers L1 RT LO FADE HIGH FADE 000 000 031 000 L2 RT LO FADE HIGH FADE 032 000 0...

Page 224: ...anspose works by shifting the keyboard position in semitone intervals relative to middle C Use this parameter to transpose different layers apart by semitone intervals For example by transposing one layer by 7 semitones it will track other layers at a perfect fifth interval The transposition range varies for each instrument The software limiters have been removed in order to provide extreme transp...

Page 225: ...ghtly change the timbre of the instrument Amplifier This parameter sets the initial volume and pan position of the current layer These values can be changed using any Real time Controller set up in the PatchCords The value range for the volume is from 96 dB to 10 dB 0 dB is the default setting Routinely turning the volume up to 10 dB is not recommended because it doesn t allow other modulation sou...

Page 226: ...elope Factory Uses the factory preset envelope contained in each instrument If you select the Factory mode the Volume Envelope parameters are disabled and the factory defined settings are used instead Time based Defines the Volume Envelope rates from 0 to 127 approxi mately 1 ms to 160 seconds The Master clock has no affect on time based rates _ _ _ _ If two adjacent segments have the same level i...

Page 227: ...is reached the Attack 2 phase begins When the Attack 2 Level is reached the Decay 1 phase begins When the key is released the envelope immediately jumps to the Release 1 stage then the Release 2 stage finally ending at the Release 2 level If you have selected the factory mode the Volume Envelope parameter screen looks like the following illustration _ _ _ _ If the Release 2 level is set at a value...

Page 228: ... Setting the Start Offset amount to 0 plays the sample from the beginning Higher values move the Sample Start Point further into the sample toward the end There is also a PatchCord source which can be used to change the Sound Start point at note on time Controlling the Sound Start using Key Velocity Amt brings in the attack of the wave only when you play hard This is especially effective with perc...

Page 229: ...n pedal held the release layer will sound when the sustain pedal is released The Key up feature cannot be used together with Solo mode If solo mode is selected the key up trigger action will be disabled The Key up feature CAN be used in conjunction with Assign Group Mono if you want to limit the polyphony of the key up channel to a single channel This is especially useful when simulating damper pe...

Page 230: ...igger Last note priority No key up action Retriggers envelopes and samples when a key is pressed Melody last Last note priority No key up action First solo note Envelopes start at Attack segment from zero Samples start at the beginning If previous note is releasing Envelopes start at Attack segment but from current level Samples start at the beginning When playing Legato Envelopes continue from cu...

Page 231: ...ce such as an open high hat to a mono channel so it is cancelled by a closed high hat on the same mono channel Layers rotate within their assigned bin of channels not interfering with other bins The modes are Poly All Notes are played polyphonically with dynamic channel assignment using all 64 channels Poly 16 A B Two bins of 16 channels each Notes are played polyphoni cally with dynamic channel a...

Page 232: ...off The Glide Curve describes how the glide accelerates as it slides between notes Because of the ear s non linear response to pitch a linear glide sounds slow at the beginning and speeds up toward the end Exponential curves actually sound smoother and more linear Eight exponential curves are provided Choose one that suits your style Glide can be either polyphonic or monophonic depending of the st...

Page 233: ...ter Name Order Type Description Smooth 02 LPF Typical OB type low pass filter with a shallow 12 dB octave slope Classic 04 LPF 4 pole low pass filter the standard filter on classic analog synths 24 dB octave rolloff Steeper 06 LPF 6 pole low pass filter which has a steeper slope than a 4 pole low pass filter 36 dB octave rolloff MegaSweepz 12 LPF Loud LPF with a hard Q Tweeters beware EarlyRizer 1...

Page 234: ...sawtooth or square waveform with Q set to 115 RogueHertz 12 EQ Bass with mid range boost and smooth Q Sweep cutoff with Q at 127 RazorBlades 12 EQ Cuts a series of frequency bands Q selects different bands RadioCraze 12 EQ Band limited for a cheap radio like EQ AahAyEeh 06 VOW Vowel formant filter which sweeps from Ah sound through Ay sound to Ee sound at maximum frequency setting Q varies the app...

Page 235: ...langer Good with vox waves eg I094 Q 60 DreamWeava 12 FLG Directional Flanger Poles shift down at low Q and up at high Q MeatyGizmo 12 REZ Filter inverts at mid Q DeadRinger 12 REZ Permanent Ringy Q response Many Q variations ZoomPeaks 12 REZ High resonance nasal filter AcidRavage 12 REZ Great analog Q response Wide tonal range Try with a sawtooth LFO BassOMatic 12 REZ Low boost for basslines Q go...

Page 236: ... 2 3 etc Note values are displayed instead of a number when the time corresponds to an exact note value Tempo based envelopes are useful when using arpeggiators and sequencers because the envelope rates compress and expand accord ing to the Master Tempo setting keeping the envelopes in sync with the music See the illustration on page 176 Envelope Repeat The Envelope Generators can also be made to ...

Page 237: ...f the key continues to be held the envelope holds at the Decay 2 level When the key is released the envelope immediately jumps to the Release 1 stage then the Release 2 stage finally ending at the Release 2 level The default PatchCord settings connect the Filter Envelope to Filter Frequency but the envelope can be routed to any real time control destination using a PatchCord Auxiliary Envelope The...

Page 238: ... the LFO to control the volume LFO AmpVolume Add a bit of animation to the sound by routing the LFO to control the filter Set the PatchCord amount low for a subtle effect The LFOs have five parameters Shape Sync Rate Delay and Variation Shape LFO waveforms have different shapes The shape of the waveform deter mines the effect of the LFO LFOs have traditionally been used to add vibrato or repeating...

Page 239: ...ute frequency values from 0 08 Hz to 18 14 Hz LFO Tricks Tips The Random LFO wave is truly random and is different for each voice and layer The Pattern Pat waveforms will sound the same on different layers and voices Sine Noise is very useful for simulating trumpet and flute vibrato When routing Hemi quaver to Pitch 38 major scale 38 phrygian scale 76 whole tone scale 38 76 diminished two cords od...

Page 240: ...Tempo based Rates based on Master Tempo Display octal whole note 8 1 dotted quad whole note 4 1d octal whole note triplet 8 1t quad whole note 4 1 dotted double whole note 2 1d quad whole note triplet 4 1t double whole note 2 1 dotted whole note 1 1d double note triplet 2 1t whole note 1 1 dotted half note 1 2d whole note triplet 1 1t half note 1 2 dotted quarter note 1 4d half note triplet 1 2t q...

Page 241: ...n zero specify absolute time rates from 0 to 127 Values less than zero specify Tempo based mode Refer to the previous table for times and tempo based rates Variation LFO Variation sets the amount of random variation of the LFO each time you press a key on the controller This creates a chorus or ensemble effect since each note played has a slightly different modulation rate The higher the value ent...

Page 242: ...ontrol routings volume envelope to amplifier pitch wheel to pitch and key to pitch All other connections must be made using the PatchCords Each patch has an amount field which determines how much modulation is applied to the destination The modulation amount can be positive or negative Negative values invert the input The amount value range is from 100 to 100 Modulation Source LFO 1 Destination Am...

Page 243: ...s and increase from 100 with key velocities of 64 and above Therefore with medium velocity the Filter frequency is approximately where you set it at 100 An LFO works the same way on the positive half of the cycle it increases the initial amount and on the negative half of the cycle it decreases the initial amount With a modulation source a value of 64 equals 0 Modulation Uses only the negative hal...

Page 244: ... Rates all AuxEnv Auxiliary Envelope FEnvAtk Filter Envelope Attack LFO 1 2 FEnvDcy Filter Envelope Decay White White Noise FEnvSus Filter Envelope Sustain Pink Pink Noise FEnvRls Filter Envelope Release XfdRand Crossfade Random FEnvTrig Filter Envelope Trigger KeyRand 1 2 Key Random AEnvRts Auxiliary Envelope Rates all Lag 0 sum summing amp out AEnvAtk Auxiliary Envelope Attack Lag 1 sum summing ...

Page 245: ...ng in the Global menu MUST be set to Preset on the selected MIDI channel If you want to define output routing by MIDI channel set it up using the Mix Output page in the Global menu See Mix Output on page 152 for more information The Sends function as effect processor inputs effect sends The Output Routing field shows the true routing of the Sends to the Main output To Control the Mix Output from t...

Page 246: ... a time the two processors can be programmed as part of the preset The diagram below shows how the effects are integrated into the signal path using a parallel effects send return model similar to a mixing console Refer to the Effects chapter for additional information and instructions for setting up both the Preset Effects and the Master Effects Effect A Sum Sum Main Outs Effect B FX Send Amount ...

Page 247: ...IDI Channel or by Preset whichever you prefer S U B 1 M A I N OUTPUT SECTION EFFECTS PROCESSORS FX Sends Hall 1 Effect A FX Sends Chorus Effect B B A Jack Detect Jack Detect S U B 2 PRESET Mix Output Mix Output Send 1 Send 1 15 Send 2 10 Send 3 0 Send 4 0 Send 1 0 Send 2 0 Send 3 20 Send 4 15 GLOBAL MENU PRESET EDIT MENU Ch 1A SEND 2 Ch 2A SEND 3 Ch 3A SEND 4 Ch 16B S E N D 1 S E N D 2 S E N D 3 S...

Page 248: ...Plate 7 Delay 8 Panning Delay 9 Multitap 1 10 Multitap Pan 11 3 Tap 12 3 Tap Pan 13 Soft Room 14 Warm Room 15 Perfect Room 16 Tiled Room 17 Hard Plate 18 Warm Hall 19 Spacious Hall 20 Bright Hall 21 Bright Hall Pan 22 Bright Plate 23 BBall Court 24 Gymnasium 25 Cavern 26 Concert 9 27 Concert 10 Pan 28 Reverse Gate 29 Gate 2 30 Gate Pan 31 Concert 11 32 Medium Concert 33 Large Concert 34 Large Conc...

Page 249: ...ters set the effects amounts for each of the four stereo effects busses FXB Algorithm This screen selects the effect type for Effect Processor A Move the cursor to the lower line of the display and select the effect you want B Effect Types FXA DECAY HFDAMP FxB FxA 048 064 000 FXA SEND AMOUNTS 1 100 2 50 3 10 4 0 FXB ALGORITHM Panning Delay 1 Chorus 1 2 Chorus 2 3 Chorus 3 4 Chorus 4 5 Chorus 5 6 D...

Page 250: ...ple you can dynami cally adjust the effects mix during a sequence or live performance There are many exciting performance possibilities using Preset PatchCords to control Arpeggiator parameters and Effects Sends The front panel knobs 15 16 are usually connected to Arp parameters in factory presets marked arp Be sure to try out these controls O O O O To crossfade between effects 1 Set FXA Send 1 to...

Page 251: ...roller 7 Effect A Send 4 MIDI Pan Controller 10 Effect B Send 1 MIDI A L Effect B Send 2 Footswitch 1 Effect B Send 3 Flip Flop Footswitch 1 Effect B Send 4 Footswitch 2 Preset Lag In Flip Flop Footswitch 2 Preset Lag Amount Footswitch 3 Preset Ramp Rate Flip Flop Footswitch 3 Arp Resolution DC Arp Extension Arp Velocity Arp Gate Arp Interval Beats Velocity Group 1 4 Beats Transpose Xps Group 1 4 ...

Page 252: ... the current controller value is used when the preset is first selected Setting the Initial Amount to off uses the values from the previously selected preset Patchcord Destinations 16 Control Knobs Controllers Menu Preset Edit Menu A B C P MIDI Amount A B C P C o rd C o rd C o rd C o rd Key Sustain Fine Pitch Pitch Glide Chorus Amount Sample Start Sample Loop Sample Retrigger Filter Frequency Filt...

Page 253: ... equal temperament 19 notes per octave Difficult to play but works well with a sequencer Gamelan 5 tone Slendro and 7 tone Pelog Javanese Pelog are white keys Slendro are black keys Exotic tunings of Gamelan flavor Just C2 Allows you to play the following chords in the key of C C E F G A B C m D m Em F m G m Am Bm Just C minor Allows you to play the following chords in the key of C C E F G A B Em ...

Page 254: ...laining the mysteries of just intonation is beyond the scope of this manual but the subject is covered exhaustively in Hermann Helmholtz s On the Sensations of Tone available at most libraries and bookstores The new tables are called Just C2 Just C3 and Just C Minor Try playing in the key of C Cm using each table You ll quickly discover both the wonders and the frustrations of just intonation In J...

Page 255: ...stacked presets with up to 12 layers We re talking LARGE sounds here Of course Links can also be used when you just want to stack up two sounds As an example let s stack two presets to create a big sound Start with a preset you like then go into the Links screen and start scrolling through the preset list while you play to hear both presets together When you find a winner simply Save the preset an...

Page 256: ...k way to learn the sounds in XL 7 If a preset has hidden tricks or controllers these will be shown off in the Riff The Riffs themselves cannot be modified Play Solo Layers When constructing multilayer sounds it is often useful to turn off one or more of the layers so you can hear what you re doing This feature allows you to temporarily solo individual layers or listen to them in any combi nation T...

Page 257: ...n repeatedly until the cursor is below the screen title heading on the top line of the display Rotate the data entry control to select another screen To modify a parameter Press either Cursor button repeatedly or hold down the right cursor button while turning the data entry control until the cursor is below the desired parameter value Rotate the data entry control to change the value Arp paramete...

Page 258: ...ess of whether or not it is turned on in the Edit menu and Off turns off the arpeggiator regardless of the settings and status specified in either menu _ _ _ _ SAVE your Arp setups and name them using the Save Setup To function located in the Global menu See Saving Multisetups on page 149 All arpeggiators share XL 7 s master clock and its current setting The master clock can be XL 7 s internal clo...

Page 259: ...n See Velocity on page 250 Arpeggiator Gate ArpGate This control changes the Arpeggiator Gate Time It adds to the gate time set in the Arpeggiator Gate Time screen See Gate Time on page 250 Arpeggiator Interval ArpIntvl This control modulates the Arpeggiator Extension Interval It adds to the extension programmed in the Arpeggiator Extension Interval screen See Extension Interval on page 251 Master...

Page 260: ...ously from highest to lowest pitch Up Down Held notes arpeggiate continuously from lowest to highest pitch then from highest to lowest then repeat this cycle Fwd Assign Held notes arpeggiate continuously in the order in which the keys were pressed Bkwd Assign Held notes arpeggiate continuously in the reverse order in which the keys were pressed Fwd Bkwd Held notes arpeggiate continuously in the or...

Page 261: ...r Note 36 Half Note Triplet 32 Quarter Note 24 Dotted Eighth Note 18 Quarter Note Triplet 16 8th Note 12 Dotted 16th Note 9 8th Note Triplet 8 16th Note 6 Dotted 32nd Note 4 5 16th Note Triplet 4 32nd Note 3 Arpeggiator Pattern Speed The Arpeggiator Pattern Speed parameter lets you change the playback rate of Patterns by 1 4x 1 2x 1x normal 2x or 4x normal speed Pattern This field lets you choose ...

Page 262: ...e of the Note Value time played This can have a dramatic effect on the sound depending on how the envelope generators are programmed The note on time is used for the start of time when calculating note durations See Duration on page 253 With a Gate Time setting of 100 the note is held on until the next note starts The envelope generators never advance to the Release stages With a Gate Time setting...

Page 263: ...nsion Count of 2 and with the Arpeggiator Mode set to Fwd Assign if you played E2 then C2 then G2 the arpeggiated sequence would consist of E2 C2 G2 then E3 C3 G3 and then E4 C4 G4 The Extension Count values range from 0 through 15 Refer to the following illustration Extension Interval The Extension Interval specifies the additional intervals played when you press a key For example suppose you pla...

Page 264: ...as off After the pre delay period has elapsed the arpeggiator kicks in Once you release all the keys on the controller the pre delay starts over with the next note on In combi nation with the Duration parameter Pre Delay lets you create many more variations in the arpeggio patterns Please refer to the diagram on page 254 You can play the preset normally as long as you don t hold the notes longer t...

Page 265: ...tinuously using the Recycle function described below Post Delay This parameter is only relevant when both the Duration and Recycle parameters are not in the Off state The Post Delay value determines how long the arpeggiator is delayed after the Duration period Please refer to the diagram on page 254 During the post delay period notes are played normally as if the arpeggiator was off After the post...

Page 266: ...n enabled Keyboard Thru merges the sustained played notes with the the arpeggiated notes With a sustained preset this can produce the effect of two parts playing at once Latch With Latch mode On any notes you play remain on until you press them again Latched notes can also be halted by turning Latch off in this screen or by turning off the Arpeggiator for the channel in the main screen Keys Presse...

Page 267: ...transmitted out the MIDI ports for all channels with arps on The options are don t transmit transmit arps transmit riff or transmit both The arpeggiators are contained within the preset which is why a dummy preset must be used To Transmit Arpeggiator Data to another MIDI Device 1 Set Arp Riff MIDI Out above to Transmit Arps or Transmit Both 2 Select an arp preset 3 If you don t want the internal X...

Page 268: ...our song When you press play the sequencer immediately starts but your arp pattern will probably not be on the beat with the sequence With resync on the arps stay in perfect sync with the first beat of the sequence Send MIDI System Exclusive Data Transmits the Arpeggiator Patterns via the MIDI out port as MIDI System Exclusive data to another XL 7 or to a computer sequencer for backup Using the cu...

Page 269: ...ur own patterns Bank 0 User Patterns Bank 1 Factory Patterns Bank 2 Factory Patterns To Select the Pattern to Edit O O O O Before editing a Pattern select Master Arpeggiator M in the main screen and set the Arpeggiator to the Pattern you are editing This lets you hear the Pattern as you edit it 1 From the Edit User Pattern screen shown above move the cursor to the bottom line and select the patter...

Page 270: ...uration of notes beyond the values given in the duration field by tying notes together You can tie together any number of consecutive steps _ _ _ _ IMPORTANT The Gate function in the arpeggiator MUST be set to 100 when using the tie function otherwise the tied note is retriggered instead of extended Rest Instead of playing a note you can define the step as a Rest The Duration parameter specifies t...

Page 271: ...32 times A repeat setting of 1 indicates the step will be played one time not repeated one time or played twice To Edit a User Pattern 1 The first field in the Edit User Pattern field defines the pattern s step number Start with the pattern Step 01 2 Define the Key Offset Velocity Duration and Repeat values 3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 until you have setup the desired number of steps in the pattern 4 Se...

Page 272: ...r keys 4 Move the cursor to the Home position shown above by pressing the Home Enter button 5 Turn the data entry control counter clockwise one click to return to the Pattern Edit screen 6 Turn the data entry control counterclockwise multiple clicks to jump back to the main Arpeggiator menu screen Multichannel Arpeggiating Presets with the arpeggiator assigned will play when they receive MIDI note...

Page 273: ...ial 16 part audition riffs made especially for use with Beats mode KIT riffs may have four or five parts Other riffs usually have only one part recorded Each part can also be scaled by Key Velocity allowing you to fade parts in and out if velocity is routed to volume as you play or can be Transposed over a six octave range Each part can be assigned to any one of four Groups which allow multiple pa...

Page 274: ...er Any trigger played after stopping will not only start the sequencer and play that trig ger s part but also play all previously latched parts Clear Parts Clears any enabled parts This control provides a quick and easy way to shut off all latched Parts Latch mode has no effect on this key O O O O If Mute is set to 1 bar the Part mutes for 1 bar then un mutes Mute Mutes all Parts while held but th...

Page 275: ... when Beats will be turned on and which Riff will be used Beats and BEAT Triggers can be set to different MIDI channels This allows you to perform on two MIDI channels at once with a keyboard that only transmits on a single MIDI channel The Basic Channel is the MIDI channel currently displayed in the Main Screen Status Off Beats mode off On Beats mode on The Riff assigned in the preset is used P B...

Page 276: ...ork Riffs marked BTS have 16 parts KIT riffs usually have 4 parts 1 Press the right cursor button twice so that the cursor is located beneath the Category field 2 Turn the data entry control until bts is shown in the Category field 3 Press the right cursor button so that the cursor is underneath the Preset Name field 4 Now turning the data entry control selects ONLY bts presets Play Beats 5 Press ...

Page 277: ...n MIDI channel while you play the keyboard on another channel Make sure you have Beats mode set up correctly as described in Beats Setup on page 264 1 Press the Arp button and turn the data entry control until the screen shown below appears 2 Set the Beats Channel BtsCh to 01 3 Select any bts preset on channel 1 main screen 4 Press any of the sixteen Beats buttons to start your Beat playing Do NOT...

Page 278: ...t change Beat Xpose Group 1 4 BtsXpsG1 BtsXpsG4 Parts assigned to one of the four Beats groups are transposed by the controller input Transpose works by shifting the keyboard position and not by changing the tuning of individual notes Therefore on a Beats presets bts where different instruments are assigned to each key Transpose has the effect of changing the instrument used by a particular part T...

Page 279: ...elocity and Group Velocity can get complicated but works according to this simple rule WHICHEVER CONTROL WAS LAST CHANGED TAKES OVER When interacting with the Group Velocity scale control the Busy control ignores group velocity even when it is set to zero enabling and disabling parts as necessary If the Group Velocity is changed after the Busy control it takes control scaling parts as it deems nec...

Page 280: ...or one bar then stops 1 Bar Trigger Option The 1 bar option requires a bit of explanation When a trigger key is pressed before the last beat of the measure the part will continue playing until the end of the measure If the Trigger Key is pressed after the last beat of the measure the part waits until the next measure before playing Then it plays for the entire measure and stops The time signature ...

Page 281: ...the note s velocity to 88 This feature allows you to control the mix of the different parts in advance or on the fly as you play If a part s velocity is set to 0 that part will be removed from the mix O O O O Use Beats Part Velocity to adjust the volume of Beats relative to volume of the Pattern or Song To Set the Velocity for each Part 1 Press the left cursor button to move the cursor under the P...

Page 282: ...art number using the Data Entry Control Parts 1 16 can be selected All parts shown as an A can be edited at once if Edit All Layers is enabled in the Master menu 3 Move the cursor to the bottom line using the cursor keys and adjust the Transposition in semitones using the Data Entry Control 4 Repeat steps 1 through 3 for all the Parts you wish to adjust 5 Press the Enter Home button or use the cur...

Page 283: ...e using the cursor keys and select the Group 1 4 or none using the Data Entry Control 4 Repeat steps 1 through 3 for all the Parts you wish to assign 5 Press the Enter Home button or use the cursor keys to move the cursor back to the screen heading Master Riff The Master Riff is selected from this screen The Master Riff is used when Master M is selected for Beats in Beats mode enable screen To Ass...

Page 284: ...ff tempo or use current tempo using the Data Entry Control 3 Press the Enter Home button or use the cursor keys to move the cursor back to the screen heading Riff Controllers Riffs contain preprogrammed real time control information This function allows you to turn these controllers On or Off for the Riffs This control affects Audition Riffs as well as Beats Riffs To Turn Riff Controllers On or Of...

Page 285: ...hannel Sends to the effect bus This allows each channel to be placed in a slightly different sonic space which creates an airy open sound XL 7 uses this basic concept but works in a slightly different manner There are four effects busses Send1 Send4 Each preset or each MIDI channel you determine which can be directed to one of the four busses Each effect processor has four Send Amounts which allow...

Page 286: ...se is Send 1 Individual layers or entire MIDI channels can be routed to any of the four busses The four Effect Sends allow you to get the most out of the two effect processors For example with Effect B set to an echo algorithm you could route one MIDI channel to Send 3 and set the effect amount to 80 Another MIDI channel could be routed to Send 4 with an effect amount of only 5 This is almost like...

Page 287: ...m 1 3 Hall 1 2 Plate Delay Panning Delay Multitap 1 Multitap Pan 3 Tap 3 Tap Pan Soft Room Warm Room Perfect Room Tiled Room Hard Plate Warm Hall Spacious Hall Bright Hall Bright Hall Pan Bright Plate BBall Court Gymnasium Cavern Concert 9 Concert 10 Pan Reverse Gate Gate 2 Gate Pan Concert 11 Medium Concert Large Concert Large Concert Pan Canyon DelayVerb 1 3 DelayVerb 4 5 Pan DelayVerb 6 9 B Eff...

Page 288: ...ffects The Chorus and Flange effects have a controllable feedback loop after the delay element Feeding back a small amount of the signal intensifies the effect by creating multiple cancellations or images Higher feedback values increase the amount of the Feedback loop The Feedback value range is from 0 to 127 LFO Rate The LFO Rate parameter is used when setting B type effects Both Chorus and Flang...

Page 289: ...elect an Effect Do not select the Master Effect setting or the global effects set up in the Global menu will be used instead of the Preset Effect settings 4 Use the data entry control to select the FXA parameter screen The FxB FxA parameter lets you route the B effect through the A effect See Effect B Into Effect A on page 282 5 Set the other effect parameters to your preference Refer to the infor...

Page 290: ...cessors to serve 32 MIDI channels You might also want the effects to be programmed on a global basis when in Omni or Poly modes You could choose your favorite reverb for example and have it applied to any preset you select To Program the Master Effects 1 Press the Global menu button The LED illuminates and the Global screen appears 2 Use the data entry control to select the FXA Algorithm screen 3 ...

Page 291: ...or mation in the last section for detailed descriptions of these parameters 10 Press the Preset Edit menu button The LED illuminates and the Preset Edit menu displays the last screen used 11 Use the data entry control to access the FXA Algorithm page and select Master Effect A _ _ _ _ The MIDI mode MIDI Menu must be set to Omni or Poly mode in order to select the effects in the preset 12 Repeat st...

Page 292: ... The effects can be controlled in three different ways to suit your personal preference and to adapt to different situations When in Omni or Poly mode effects are normally programmed as part of the preset In Multi mode the two effects processors can be controlled using the Master settings or by using the effects settings of a preset on a specific MIDI channel Effects can be programmed in the follo...

Page 293: ...IDI menu screen appears 2 Use the data entry control to select the MIDI mode page Choose multi for the mode Preset FX Master FX Effects are part of the Preset 1 Omni or Poly Mode Master FX Preset Ch 16B Master Effects Preset FX Ch 1A 2 Selected by Sequencer Multi mode Preset FX Preset FX FX Master Ch 16B Ch 1A Selected FX Control Channel One Channel s Preset determines the Effect Settings 3 Multi ...

Page 294: ...ton The LED illuminates and the MIDI menu screen appears 2 Use the data entry control to select the MIDI mode page Choose multi for the mode 3 Move the cursor to the Multi mode Effects Control field using the data entry control 4 Set the Effect Control to preset on Channel where is replaced by the actual channel number from 1A through 16B using the data entry control 5 Press Enter to save the sett...

Page 295: ...send amount to any amount other than zero 6 Press the cursor button again to return the cursor to the FXA title Use the data entry control to advance to the FXB Algorithm page 7 Select an effect 8 Advance to the FXB submix routing page and set the Main FXB send percentage to zero 9 Play the keyboard and you should hear the B Effect running through Effect A This patch is shown below FXA DECAY HFDAM...

Page 296: ...ng to the time set by the Decay Time parameter High frequency energy tends to fade away first as a sound is dissipated in a room The High Frequency Damping parameter allows you adjust the amount of high frequency damping and thus change the characteristics of the room Rooms with smooth hard surfaces are more reflective and have less high frequency damping Rooms filled with sound absorbing material...

Page 297: ...stic effect with faster LFO rates generally requiring less LFO amount and vice versa Doubling When a copy of a sound delayed by about 26 milliseconds is added back to the original two audio images are perceived by your brain When the delayed image is slightly varied or modulated the illusion of two voices is created Slapback Slapback is a single short echo in the range of 50 60 milliseconds A soun...

Page 298: ...o output signals are a few milliseconds apart to create a stereo image The delay times are variable from 0 635 mS Panning Delay A panning delay is similar to the normal delay lines except that the echoes bounce back and forth between the two stereo speakers Dual Tap These are delay lines where the signal is tapped off at two unevenly spaced locations When feedback is used multiple complex echoes a...

Page 299: ...have erased other data from the sequencer When a pattern or song has been edited and needs to be saved an asterisk appears in the display The asterisk and your edits remain on the edited pattern even if you change patterns Edits are only erased by saving the pattern editing another pattern invoking the Revert To Saved feature page 105 or turning the unit off To Save a Sequencer Pattern Examine int...

Page 300: ...lay 3 Select the new preset location using the data entry control 4 Press the Home Enter button Saving a Song Changes made to the current song are not made permanent until the song is saved When a song or pattern has been edited and needs to be saved an asterisk appears in the display The asterisk and your edits remain on the edited song even if you change songs Edits are only erased by saving the...

Page 301: ... copied to the destination location To Copy a Preset All the Sound Navigator features work when using the Copy functions 1 Select the Preset you want to copy information into 2 Press the Save Copy menu button 3 Select Copy Preset from using the data entry control 4 Select the preset you want to copy using the data entry control The ROM Bank Preset Number Bank Number Category and Preset Name fields...

Page 302: ...settings from one layer of the preset location into the current layer of the current preset location The preset information in the source location the preset location from which you want to copy is not deleted from the original location just copied to the destination location To Copy a PatchCord 1 Select the Preset and Layer you want to copy information into 2 Press the Save Copy menu button 3 Mov...

Page 303: ...ontaining the information you want to copy 5 Press the Home Enter button Copy Arpeggiator Settings This function lets you copy the Arpeggiator settings from any ROM or RAM preset location into the current RAM User preset To Copy the Arpeggiator Settings 1 From the Preset View display select the User Preset you want to copy the Arp setting into 2 Press the Save Copy menu button 3 Move the cursor to...

Page 304: ...py Preset Bank command lets you copy an entire bank from any ROM or RAM bank location to any RAM user bank This function can be especially useful after installing a new sound SIMM To Copy a Preset Bank 1 Press the Save Copy menu button 2 Move the cursor to the From field on the bottom line on the display 3 Use the data entry control to select the preset bank you want to copy from 4 Move the cursor...

Page 305: ...e made your selection 5 Press Enter The pattern is copied into the current Pattern location Copy Song This function lets you copy a song from any location into the current song location To Copy the Song 1 Press the Save Copy menu button 2 Move the cursor to any of the fields on the bottom line on the display 3 Use the data entry control to select the song you want to copy from 4 Press Enter when y...

Page 306: ...rd The destination Flash SIMM must be placed in SIMM socket 1 To Copy a User Bank to Flash 1 Make sure a Flash SIMM is inserted into the extra SIMM socket _ _ _ _ If there is no Flash SIMM in the unit the error message Requires Flash SIMM will be displayed 2 Press the Save Copy menu button 3 Rotate the data entry control to select the Copy User Bank function shown above 4 Move the cursor to the Fr...

Page 307: ... 2 Press the Save Copy menu button 3 Rotate the data entry control to select the Rename Flash SIMM function shown above 4 Move the cursor to the New Name field and rename the SIMM using the data entry control to select the letter and the cursor keys to select the position 5 Set the Sound ID number for the SIMM It doesn t matter which number you choose as long as the same number isn t used in anoth...

Page 308: ...estination Flash SIMM must be placed in SIMM socket 1 1 Make sure the two Flash SIMM are located in the required XL 7 SIMM sockets _ _ _ _ If there are no Flash SIMMs in the unit or if the SIMMs are in the wrong slots an error message will be displayed 2 Press the Save Copy menu button 3 Rotate the data entry control to select the Duplicate Flash SIMM screen shown above 4 Move the cursor to the bo...

Page 309: ...in operation at a critical moment Because Flash RAM has a finite number of write operations before it goes bad the Command Station will not allow you to manually compact when there is more than 100K bytes of compacted memory remaining To Manually Compact Flash RAM 1 Press the Save Copy menu button 2 Move the cursor to the bottom line on the display 3 Press the Home Enter button Create Random Prese...

Page 310: ...298 E MU Systems Save Copy Menu Duplicate Flash ...

Page 311: ...periment and modify a few parameters of an existing preset We ll start with functions that have an obvious effect on the sound Instrument Select Tuning and Chorus Changing the Instrument Changing the instrument is the easiest and most dramatic way to modify an existing preset To Change the Instrument for the Current Layer 1 Choose any cool preset then press the Preset Edit button 2 Press the 1 Jum...

Page 312: ...esents whole semitone intervals The Fine tuning value shifts the pitch in 1 64 semitones or 1 56 cents To Tune the Instrument of the Current Layer 1 Press the 3 Jump button twice to jump directly to Tuning page 2 Move the cursor to the Coarse field using the cursor button 3 Set the value to 12 to shift the pitch up a whole octave To shift the pitch in smaller units than a semitone use the Fine fie...

Page 313: ... instruments just play around with the Chorus and Width parameter until you like what you hear Volume Envelope Every sound you hear whether it s a piano note a drum or a bell has a characteristic volume curve or envelope This Volume Envelope shapes the volume of the sound which grows louder or softer in various ways during the course of the sound The volume envelope of a sound is one of the clues ...

Page 314: ...ent page and set it to None on all layers except Layer 1 Now you re ready to play with the Volume Envelope To Setup the Volume Envelope 1 Go to the Volume Envelope mode screen by pressing the Amp jump button and set the Volume Envelope mode to time based 2 Now move on to the next screen to set the Volume Envelope parameters Front panel knobs 5 8 are routed to the volume envelope parameters and thu...

Page 315: ... Filters The filters make it possible to remove certain components of the sound A low pass filter removes the high frequency components or put another way it lets the low frequencies pass A high pass filter removes the low frequency components from the sound letting only the high frequencies pass See XL 7 Filter Types on page 221 for a complete list of XL 7 s filters and their descriptions In prep...

Page 316: ...cutoff frequency value as you play the keyboard The sound gets more and more dull as you remove more and more high frequencies from the sound At some point the sound completely disap pears You have filtered out everything The chart on the following page illustrates what you just did 3 Open the filter back up to 255 then move the cursor to the Q field 4 Set the Q to 10 then move the cursor back und...

Page 317: ...display This is the Source field Use the data entry control to change the Source to FiltEnv as shown in the following illustration 3 Advance the cursor to the next field This is the Destination field Use the data entry control to change the destination to FiltFreq 4 Move the cursor to the last field in the line This is the Amount field The Amount field determines the amount of modulation applied S...

Page 318: ... setup the filter sweeps up then Decays back down to the Decay 2 Level until you release the key Then it sweeps down at the Release rates Play with the envelope parameters for awhile to get a feel for their function If you re having trouble understanding the Envelope Generators please refer to the Programming Basics section in this manual Envelope Phase Time Level Attack 1 40 65 Attack 2 65 100 De...

Page 319: ...t important controls on any synthesizer Take the time to learn how they interact with each other and you will be able to create the most amazing sounds Envelope Repeat The Envelope Generator can also be made to repeat When the envelope repeat function is On the Attack 1 2 and Decay 1 2 stages will continue to repeat as long as the key is held To Make the Filter Envelope Repeat 1 Go to the Filter E...

Page 320: ...ens the sound as you play harder Program the LFO to modulate Filter Frequency and Volume Patch Cord screen Modulate the LFO with the other LFO with Velocity and with the Touchstrip or Pitch Wheel Examine the Factory presets to learn how they re constructed There are lots of cool synthesis tricks you can use in your own presets We ve programmed the front panel knobs our way but since they re comple...

Page 321: ...and affecting it Learning to play any instrument takes a little patience and practice Referring to the diagram below which shows the XL 7 signal flow notice that the DCA comes after the Filter The DCA controls the final volume of the sound so if the filter s release is longer than the release for the DCA you won t hear it because the DCA has already shut off the sound You re getting the general id...

Page 322: ... with the preset you selected in step 1 Play the keyboard as you scroll through the various presets to hear the results 5 If you want the link to be a permanent part of the preset be sure to save the preset Otherwise simply change the preset to erase your work To Create a Split Keyboard Using Links 1 Follow steps 1 through 4 above 2 Press Enter and use the Jump Key to advance to the next page 3 Se...

Page 323: ...MIDI commands and PatchCord charts Front Panel Knob Functions The front panel knob functions are standardized for most of the factory presets The typical functions of the controller knobs are described below Match the controller knobs on an external MIDI controller to the Realtime Controller Assignments in the MIDI menu if you want to externally control these functions ...

Page 324: ...Filter Key Velocity to Filter Frequency K LFO 2 Amount LFO 2 Amount L LFO 2 Rate LFO 2 Frequency M Mod 1 Modulation Wheel Usually vibrato N Mod 2 Usually 1 Octave Upshift O Arp Velocity Arpeggiator Velocity Control for Arp presets P Arp Gate Arpeggiator Gate Time for Arp presets Presets XL 7 Preset Categories The XL 7 presets are organized in categories according to the types of sound Listed below...

Page 325: ...res 2 Rev 58 prc Snare Fill 1 59 prc Snare Fill 2 60 prc Ambi Snare 61 prc Toms Stuff 62 prc Congas etc 1 63 prc Congas etc 2 64 prc Hats 1 65 prc Hats 2 66 prc Solo Hat 1 67 prc Solo Hat 2 68 prc Tambs 69 prc Cymbals 70 prc Shakers etc 71 prc Bells 72 prc Blocks 73 prc Claps Snaps 74 prc Misc 75 prc Warehouse 76 prc Scratches 1 77 prc Scratches 2 78 prc Tic a Tak 79 prc Ubu Delay FX 80 hit Enrezz...

Page 326: ...es 58 led Wormy 2 59 led Wormy 3 60 led Zeaxy 2 61 led Brixx 2 62 led Apoly 1 63 led Fat S12 64 led Fat CL1 65 led Fat INT 66 led Groove Wow 67 led Alter 4 68 led Alter 6 69 led Synrg 7 70 led Synrg 9 71 led Fat Saw 72 led Scizy 2 73 led Scizy 4 74 led Jungle X 75 led Hypass Ditty 76 led Heavy 77 led Dreamlead 78 led Duzbe 2 79 led Fuzzer 80 led Weezel 81 led Noise F 82 led P Mod 1 83 led DesertTr...

Page 327: ... 60 edg Slicer 61 edg Skreecher 62 edg Love Hurts 63 wal Strangled 64 wal The Macheen 65 wal Duckfuzz 66 wal C Ride 67 wal HoverCraft 68 wal Clavonate 69 wal DailyBread 70 wal I made it 71 wal Backdraft 72 wal Mammoth 73 wal Maryland 74 wal Thickets 75 wal Ice Ring 76 wal Silkness 77 wal Byzantine 78 wal Raverotic 79 wal Ripped 80 wal Balls2The 81 wal W6 3sEvEn 82 wal Abyss 83 wal GoSpeedRacer 84 ...

Page 328: ...cked Low 60 bpm RadioDaze 61 bpm Panhandel 62 bpm Minator 63 bpm Lucy Q 64 air Bat Pann 65 air GhostStories 66 air Breath Stack 67 air Tibet 68 air Futura 69 air Air Surf 70 air Eastern Mist 71 air Vampirella 72 air Floater 73 air Warm Chill 74 air Digital Noiz 75 air Scary Noise 76 air StickyFinger 77 air LeaveMeAlone 78 air Breathless 79 air FluteState 80 vox LuciferDom 81 vox Upper Bottom 82 vo...

Page 329: ...l 7 Hat Pattern 2 Track 8 Channel 8 Percussion 2 or Fill 2 WILD Instruments or Percussion Track 9 Channel 9 Instr or Percussion 1 Main Bass Track 10 Channel 10 Instr or Percussion 2 Main Lead Track 11 Channel 11 Instr or Percussion 3 Main Comp Track 12 Channel 12 Instrument or Percussion 4 Track 13 Channel 13 Instrument or Percussion 5 Track 14 Channel 14 Instrument or Percussion 6 Track 15 Channe...

Page 330: ...8 56 Phatt Boy E 122 57 Sunset Flight 134 58 Midnight 160 59 Living Free 156 60 Bass Scape 166 61 Outer Body 148 62 Particle Beam 180 63 Trip Steppin One 168 64 Trip Steppin Two 168 65 UK Limited 160 66 Zodiac 150 67 Fire Fly 158 68 Soot 158 69 Chill Bee 160 70 Dark Flower 158 71 Seasoning 153 72 Serene 85 73 New World 150 74 Deep Space One 160 75 Deep Space Two 160 76 Doggy Style 140 77 Electro D...

Page 331: ...L 101 1 61 BTS Light R 1 smf 62 BTS Lo Z 1 63 BTS LoFi 1 64 BTS Logic1 65 BTS Mind Game 2 66 BTS Mind Game 3 67 BTS Peak777 1 68 BTS Perception 1 69 BTS RollerGirl 1 mid 70 BTS Rush 1 71 BTS Semi Time 2 72 BTS System X 1 73 BTS TeknoTribe 1 74 BTS The Beast 1 mid 75 BTS Trancer 1 76 BTS TranzAmbient 77 BTS Unhooked 1 78 BTS X Mox 1 smf 79 BTS Xie racy 1 80 BTS HI NRG 81 BTS Trance Date 1 82 BTS Cl...

Page 332: ...South E2 191 SYN Tran 3track 192 SYN Tripper 193 VOX Bliss 194 VOX Zephr 195 WAL Abyss 196 WAL CRide 197 WAL Love 2bee 198 WAL Mammoth 199 WAL Raverot 200 XTR Booty Q 201 BTS C Man 202 BTS Humana 203 BTS Indy T 1 204 BTS Jump Hard 1 205 BTS Kraftwork 1 206 BTS L 101 1 207 BTS Light R 2 208 BTS Lily s Rage 209 BTS Lo Z 1 210 BTS LoFi 1 211 BTS Logic1 212 BTS Metallic 213 BTS Mind Game 2 214 BTS Min...

Page 333: ...3 BTS C Man 284 BTS Humana 285 BTS Indy T 1 286 BTS Jump Hard 1 287 BTS Kraftwork 1 288 BTS L 101 1 289 BTS Light R 2 290 BTS Lily s Rage 291 BTS Lo Z 1 292 BTS LoFi 1 293 BTS Logic1 294 BTS Metallic 295 BTS Mind Game 2 296 BTS Mind Game 3 297 BTS Organic Cube 298 BTS Peak777 1 299 BTS Perception 1 300 BTS placeholder 301 BTS Rocket 302 BTS RollerGirl 1 303 BTS Rush 1 304 BTS Semi Time 2 305 BTS S...

Page 334: ...dity Synth 10 50 Audity Synth 11 51 Audity Synth 12 52 Audity Synth 13 53 Audity Synth 14 54 Audity Bass 1 55 Audity Bass 2 56 Audity Bass 3 57 Acid Bass 1 58 Acid Bass 2 59 Acid Bass 3 60 Acid Bass 4 61 Acid Bass 5 62 Acid Bass 6 63 Acid Bass 7 64 Acid Bass 8 65 Acid Bass 9 66 Acid Bass 10 67 Hybrid Bass 1 68 Hybrid Bass 2 69 Hybrid Bass 2b 70 Dance Bass 1 71 Dance Bass 2 72 Mikro Bass 73 Shush B...

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Page 339: ...710 HeavyGtrDive 711 Drum Stab 712 Guit On It 713 Jazz Short 714 Blamp 715 Bass Slide 716 Hip Hop 717 Drum Stall 718 Stalled 719 Wind Down 1 720 Wind Down 2 721 Ripped 722 Space Wiggle 723 Sqweal Rev 724 Draggit 725 MC 726 Fun 727 SSSSystem 1 728 SSSSystem 2 729 Here 730 On It 731 Diss 732 Bow Wow 733 Diva Scratch 734 Organ Blip 735 Classic Tape 736 Out 737 Punch It 738 Ork 739 Tape Stop 740 Zip 7...

Page 340: ...851 Snare 40 852 Snare 41 853 Snare 42 854 Snare 43 855 Snare 44 856 Snare 45 857 Snare 46 858 Snare 47 859 Snare 48 860 Snare 49 861 Snare 50 862 Snare 51 863 Snare 52 864 Snare 53 865 Snare 54 866 Snare 55 867 Snare 56 868 Snare 57 869 Snare 58 870 Snare 59 871 Snare 60 872 Snare 61 873 Snare 62 874 Snare 63 875 Snare 64 876 Snare 65 877 Snare 66 878 Snare 67 879 Snare 68 880 Snare 69 881 Snare ...

Page 341: ...t 17 984 Hat 18 985 Hat 19 986 Hat 20 987 Hat 21 988 Hat 22 989 Hat 23 990 Hat 24 991 Hat 25 992 Hat 26 993 Hat 27 994 Hat 28 995 Hat 29 996 Hat 30 997 Hat 31 998 Hat 32 999 Hat 33 1000 Hat 34 1001 Hat 35 1002 Hat 36 1003 Hat 37 1004 Hat 38 1005 Hat 39 1006 Hat 40 1007 Hat 41 1008 Hat 42 1009 Hat 43 1010 Hat 44 1011 Hat 45 1012 Hat 46 1013 Hat 47 1014 Hat 48 1015 Hat 49 1016 Hat 50 1017 Hat 51 101...

Page 342: ...ing Instrument Listing 1059 Misc 27 1060 Misc 28 1061 Misc 29 1062 Misc 30 1063 Misc 31 1064 Misc 32 1065 Misc 33 1066 Misc 34 1067 Misc 35 1068 Misc 36 1069 Misc 37 1070 Misc 38 1071 Misc 39 1072 Misc 40 1073 Misc 41 1074 Misc 42 1075 Misc 43 ...

Page 343: ... Curve 2 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 0 20 40 60 80 100 Played Velocity 120 Result Velocity Expands dynamics in low range emphasizing medium velocity values and compressing high velocity values 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 0 20 40 60 80 100 Played Velocity 120 Result Velocity Curve 3 Expands velocity range Soft Loud 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 0 20 40 60 80 100 Played Velocity 120 Result Velocity Curve 4 Expands velo...

Page 344: ...0 100 120 0 20 40 60 80 100 Played Velocity 120 y Curve 8 Similar to Curve 6 with more emphasis on the middle range 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 0 20 40 60 80 100 Played Velocity 120 Result Velocity Curve 9 Extreme dynamic range compression 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 0 20 40 60 80 100 Played Velocity 120 y Curve 10 Extreme dynamic range compression Outputs low values 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 0 20 40 60 80 100 Pl...

Page 345: ...Result Velocity Curve 12 Less severe version of Curve 11 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 0 20 40 60 80 100 Played Velocity 120 Result Velocity Curve 13 Extreme expansion of velocity range Semitone PatchCord Amount Semitone PatchCord Amount 1 3 21 66 2 6 22 69 3 approx 9 23 approx 72 5 4 approx 12 24 approx 76 5 16 25 79 6 19 26 82 7 22 27 88 8 25 28 91 9 28 29 approx 95 10 approx 31 30 98 11 35 31 12 38 32 ...

Page 346: ...emporary Bar Region Loop on or off TAP SELECT Sets Loop Start location TAP EDIT Sets Loop End location TAP REC Replace Record Mode TAP PLAY XMIX Mode TAP TRIGGER Selects the Trigger Button function TAP TRACK MUTE Selects Track ERASE TRACK MUTE Erases all Track Data on the selected track ENTER MIDI MIDI Panic Button Sends All Notes Off ENTER while powering up OS Update Mode AUDITION while powering ...

Page 347: ...otes per beat Dividing a quarter note by three results in eighth note triplets The reason why we use the term eighth note triplets is because the eighth note is closest to the rhythmic value which we want Dividing an eighth note by three results in sixteenth note triplets Dividing a sixteenth note by three results in thirty second note triplets Time Signatures A time signature also called metric s...

Page 348: ...unctions of the various screens They should prove highly useful when programming complex setups or for troubleshooting Vol Pan Knobs Transmit MIDI Local Control Out A Out B MIDI Out 0 31 Synth Engine Sequencer Recording Input A B On On Off Off Off A KNOBS OUTPUT MIDI MIDI menu B LOCAL CONTROL Controllers menu Volume Pan ...

Page 349: ...S MIDl MIDI menu C LOCAL CONTROL Controllers menu D RECHANNELIZE INPUT MIDI menu E CHANNEL ASSIGN Pattern Song Edit menu Channel Pads Kybd Transmit MIDI Local Control Rechan On Off Out A Out B MIDI Out 0 31 Synth Engine Sequencer Recording Input Sequencer Track Routing A B C D E On On On Off Off Off Off Pads Routing ...

Page 350: ...On Off MIDI In A or B Out A Out B MIDI Out 0 31 Synth Engine Sequencer Recording Input Sequencer Track Routing B B D A C Channel 16 A Off On Off On Off On B A RECHANNELIZE INPUT MIDI menu B MERGE MIDl IN TO OUT MIDI menu C MIDI IN CHANNELS MIDI menu D CHANNEL ASSIGN Pattern Song Edit menu MIDI In ...

Page 351: ...uting Channel C Off Local Control C B A Off Ext Seq Both Per Knob Per Trigger Int On On Rechan On Off Int Ext Both Seq D E Off On Out A Out B MIDI Out 0 31 A KEYBOARD CHANNEL Controllers menu B PROG KNOBS TRIGGERS Controllers menu C LOCAL CONTROL Controllers menu D RECHANNELIZE INPUT MIDI menu E CHANNEL ASSIGN Pattern Song Edit menu Triggers Programmable Knobs ...

Page 352: ... Recording Input Sequencer Track Routing Basic Channel B A Off On Off On Rechan On Off C D E Off Off On Knobs Quick Edit On Out A Out B MIDI Out 0 31 A KNOBS OUTPUT MIDI MIDI menu B LOCAL CONTROL Controllers menu C RECHANNELIZE INPUT MIDI menu D CHANNEL ASSIGN Pattern Song Edit menu E KNOBS PRESET QUICK EDIT Controllers menu Quick Edit ...

Page 353: ... samples special presets for 4 speaker applications and a percussion battery with over 20 instruments Siedlaczek Orchestra Special Edition The Peter Siedlaczek Advanced Orchestra Special Edition puts 32 MB of his finest ensembles onto a single expansion ROM String brass woodwind and percussion ensembles are included in a variety of styles i e vibrato tremolo pizzicato sordino etc to give you a div...

Page 354: ...cover a world of sounds to bring to your music Techno Synth Rob Papen and E MU introduce the 32 MB Techno Synth Construction Yard Expansion ROM a compilation of synth techno and ambient sounds from one of Europe s finest programmers From atmospheric pads to punchy sub basses and crunch drum loops these sounds will help you tear up the dance floor Beat Garden Dutch sound designer Rob Papen and E MU...

Page 355: ...p panel tilting it upward Do this slowly so as not to stress the ribbon cables 6 Continue to open the unit as if you were opening a book so that the top piece is resting on the buttons and knobs as shown below Take care not to stress or damage the fragile ribbon cables The service position for XL 7 The Sound ROM sockets can be seen at lower left To Remove ROM SIMMs if necessary 1 Orient the unit s...

Page 356: ...ill go It should rest naturally in place at this 45 angle Refer to the diagram on the previous page 4 While applying a slight downward pressure on the top of the SIMM to keep it from popping out of the socket tilt the SIMM board into a vertical position You should hear an audible click Make sure both sides of the silver tabs have latched Reassemble the Unit 5 Lift the top panel into a vertical pos...

Page 357: ... and turn the data entry control to verify that your new sound ROM has been recognized 5 Play the presets on the new ROM banks and verify that they sound OK Problems 1 Disconnect power immediately 2 Open the unit and try re seating the ROM SIMMs If you re still having problems return the unit to its original configuration and call EMU Systems Customer Service at 831 438 1921 Telephone support hour...

Page 358: ...s No Pitch Bend Yes Yes Active Sensing No No System Reset No No Tune Request No No System Exclusive Sample Dump Standard File Dump MIDI Tuning Master Volume Master Balance Notation Information Turn GM1 System On Turn GM2 System On Turn GM1 System Off Other See Remarks Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No NRPNs No No RPN 00 Pitch Bend Sensi RPN 01 Chan Fine Tune ...

Page 359: ...nsport state MIDI Time Code No No MIDI Machine Control No No MIDI Show Control No No Extension Capability General MIDI Compat Is GM default mode No No No No DLS compatible Import DLS Files Export DLS Files No No No No No No Import Std MIDI files Export Std MIDI files Yes Yes Yes Yes MIDI Information Transmitted Recognized Remarks ...

Page 360: ...Portamento MSB No No 6 Data Entry MSB No No 7 Chan Volume MSB Yes Yes 8 Balance MSB No No 9 10 Pan MSB Yes Yes 11 Expression MSB No Yes 12 Effect Cntrl 1 MSB No No 13 Effect Cntrl 2 MSB No No 14 15 16 GenPur Ctrl 1 MSB 17 GenPur Ctrl 2 MSB 18 GenPur Ctrl 3 MSB 19 GenPur Ctrl 4 MSB 20 21 22 23 see note 24 25 Yes Yes Filt Attck 26 Yes Yes Filt Decy 27 28 29 30 31 32 Bank Select LSB 33 Mod Wheel LSB ...

Page 361: ... Gen Pur Ctrl 1 LSB 49 Gen Pur Ctrl 2 LSB 50 Gen Pur Ctrl 3 LSB 51 Gen Pur Ctrl 4 LSB 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 see note 62 63 64 Sustain Pedal Yes Yes 65 Portamento on off No No 66 Sostenuto No No 67 Soft Pedal 68 Legato Footswitch 69 Hold 2 70 Variation 71 Timbre Har Inten Yes Yes 72 Release Time Yes 73 Attack Time Yes 74 Brightness Yes Control Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks ...

Page 362: ...note 81 Gen Purp Cntrlr 6 82 Gen Pur Ctrlr 7 Yes Yes Arp Vel 83 Gen Pur Ctrlr 8 Yes Yes Arp Gate 84 Portamento Cntrl 85 Yes Yes Sustain 86 87 88 89 90 91 Effects 1 Depth 92 Effects 2 Depth 93 Effects 3 Depth 94 Effects 4 Depth 95 Effects 5 Depth 96 Data Increment 97 Data Decrement 98 NRPN LSB 99 NRPN MSB 100 RPN LSB 101 RPN MSB 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 Control Function Transmitt...

Page 363: ...o Yes 124 Omni Mode Off No Yes if enabled 125 Omni Mode On No Yes if enabled 126 Poly Mode Off No Yes if enabled 127 Poly Mode On No Yes if enabled NOTES XL 7 can transmit and receive ANY continuous controller number from 1 to 95 Because of XL 7 s powerful synth engine many of the standard MIDI controllers can be user programmed to provide the desired function A Yes response in this chart means th...

Page 364: ...x0C Planet Earth Turbo 0x0D XL 7 0x0E MP 7 0x0F Proteus 2500 0x10 Orbit 3 0x11 PK 6 0x12 XK 6 0x13 MK 6 0x14 Halo 0x15 Proteus 1000 0x16 Vintage Pro 0x17 Vintage Keys 0x18 PX 7 There is only one edit buffer which is used by the current preset the preset shown in the display You can edit only one preset at a time via SysEx commands although these presets can be edited independently of the current p...

Page 365: ... complete SysEx specification for XL 7 is available on the official E MU Systems Inc web site www emu com Command Message Comments Note Off 8n kk vv Note On 9n kk vv velocity 0 note off Key Aftertouch An kk vv kk 0 127 vv 0 127 Program Change Cn vv 0 127 Channel Aftertouch Dn vv 0 127 Pitch Bend En ll mm l lsb m msb Real time Controller Bn cc vv cc 00 31 64 95 Footswitch Bn cc vv cc 64 79 vv 64 on...

Page 366: ...order filters 50 different types Audio Outputs 6 polyphonic analog outputs Submix Inputs 4 analog inputs sum to main outs Digital Output S PDIF stereo 20 bit AES pro compatible Max Output Level 4 dB Output Impedance 1000 Ohms Sound Memory 32 MB expandable to 128 MB Data Encoding 16 bit linear data Effects Engine 24 bit internal processing Sample Playback Rate 44 1 kHz Signal to Noise 92 dB Dynamic...

Page 367: ... operating procedures as outlined in the owner s manual Deterioration or damage of the cabinet Damages occurring during any shipment of the unit Any unit which has been modified by anyone other than E MU Systems Any unit with an invalid or wholly or partially obliterated serial number NO OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY IS MADE AND E MU SYSTEMS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCH...

Page 368: ...t you return your unit to the E MU Systems factory When returning your unit to the E MU Systems factory you will be issued a Return Merchandise Authorization RMA number Please label all cartons shipping documents and correspondence with this number E MU Systems suggests you carefully and securely pack your unit for return to the factory Do not send the power cord or operation manual Send the unit ...

Page 369: ...tor 48 button 38 channel 48 controllers 247 copy pattern 292 copy settings 291 copying settings 292 delay 252 253 duration 259 enabling in song mode 113 extension 247 extension count 251 extension interval 251 factory patterns 249 gate 247 gate time 250 guided tour 27 interval 247 key offset 258 key range 255 keyboard thru 254 latch mode 254 master parameters 247 MIDI data transmit 255 MIDI song s...

Page 370: ... 261 song start resync 256 variation 267 example 265 velocity group 1 4 266 xpose group 1 4 266 Bend Range 150 Bi directional Controller 44 BNC Connector 33 Bounce Tracks pattern 93 Breath Controller 144 Bts Busy 266 Button arpeggiator 38 audition 38 compare 38 controllers 37 cursor 35 glide 44 global 37 home enter 38 135 147 161 245 MIDI 38 pattern edit 37 preset edit 37 repeat 45 64 save copy 38...

Page 371: ...ent 143 realtime knobs 39 standardized MIDI numbers 144 tempo 145 touchstrip 44 trigger buttons 43 136 Controllers Button 37 Copy bar of a pattern 88 layers 289 patchcord 290 preset 289 preset banks 292 preset patchcords 291 track to clipboard 91 121 Count in 59 Crossfade between effects 238 random 174 ranges 209 Current Tempo 162 Cursor buttons 35 definition 35 Curve glide 220 velocity 151 volume...

Page 372: ... mode 113 feedback 276 286 flanger 285 FXA decay 156 FXA HF Damping 156 FXB feedback 157 FXB FXA 156 277 global 281 HF damping 276 LFO rate 157 276 master 273 278 281 A algorithm 155 B algorithm 156 FXB FXA 278 LFO rate 157 mode bypass 280 multi mode control 154 panning delay 286 patchcords 238 preset 234 277 processor 273 programming in the preset 277 returns 19 reverb 284 routing diagram 153 sav...

Page 373: ...eel adding using swing 79 Fills beats 261 Filter 2 pole 192 4 pole 192 6 pole 192 bandpass 191 221 changing type 307 comb 222 276 definition 190 dynamic 189 envelope 175 224 305 attack 306 envelope generator 224 308 envelope mode 305 frequency 223 224 232 304 highpass 190 303 lowpass 190 mode 305 morph 194 notch 191 parametric 193 pole 192 programming 303 Q 223 304 swept EQ 193 troubleshooting 309...

Page 374: ...8 Initial pan position 213 setup reloading pattern song 36 56 106 volume 213 Input Quantize 58 Input rechannelize MIDI 163 Insert meter changes 104 pattern 107 pattern event 100 track mutes into a song 109 Installing in a Rack 19 Instrument 195 299 category 49 listing 322 selecting 204 Internal Program Changes 102 Inverting LFO Waves 178 J Jump Buttons preset edit menu 43 using 299 Just C Tuning 2...

Page 375: ...pattern song setups 36 56 Local Control On Off 137 138 Loop envelopes 176 pattern in song mode 23 section 77 131 Low Frequency Oscillator 173 177 226 delay 229 free running 227 sync 226 227 variation 229 Lowpass Filter 190 example 192 M Manually Compact Now 297 Master arpeggiator 27 parameters 247 bend range 150 clock current tempo 162 modulation 178 sync delay time to 276 effects 154 273 278 281 ...

Page 376: ...eceive 169 touchstrip transmit 164 MIDI In Channels 165 166 Minimoog solo mode 219 Mix button 34 display 41 enabling in song mode 113 view screen 34 using 63 Mix Output 233 description 152 function 274 programmed in the preset 233 Mod Wheel 173 Mode arpeggiator 248 latch 254 controller 39 effects 280 factory envelope 302 filter envelope 305 MIDI 166 273 mono 353 multi 170 273 353 non transpose 218...

Page 377: ...erdub realtime controller data 111 P Packet Delay MIDI sysex 168 Pan 195 automation in a pattern 64 automation in song mode 111 channel 48 enabling in song mode 113 initial 213 knob control of 42 preset link 243 Panic Button MIDI 38 Panning Delay effect 286 Parametric Filters 193 Part beat 261 Paste clipboard to track 92 122 preset settings 93 Patchcord 174 230 amount 196 230 copy 290 example 185 ...

Page 378: ...02 changing 26 copy 289 edit button 37 editing 299 effects 234 277 links 243 244 310 listing 322 menu jump buttons 43 MIDI changes 166 naming 202 random 297 select screen 34 selecting 25 46 selection 46 tempo offset 244 user 169 view button 34 view screen 46 Preset Lag Processor 183 patchcord destinations 239 Preset Ramp Processor 183 patchcord destinations 239 Pressure Curves aftertouch 136 Prior...

Page 379: ...me 72 pattern using grid record 69 quick edits 63 realtime controller data in a pattern 63 replace record mode 66 song in realtime mode 110 song track mutes 55 trigger buttons 30 Record Pause Mode 36 110 Rectifier 181 Reducing Pattern Size 83 Release Layer 217 Release Velocity 173 Release envelope 301 Reload pattern song setups 36 56 Rename arpeggiator pattern 260 Repeat arpeggiator pattern 259 bu...

Page 380: ... shift 82 note time shift 81 overview 52 pattern definition 53 erase events 85 grid recording 67 length 74 paste track 92 scale shift note duration 82 scale shift velocity 87 step mode gate 72 step resolution 71 step time record 71 time signature 75 track copy 91 track cut 90 track erase 62 transpose 86 velocity shift 87 play button 56 quantize 79 amount 79 resolution 79 realtime recording a patte...

Page 381: ...art Time note scale shift 81 Start Stop Beats 261 262 Step Edit patterns 54 songs 55 Step Recording 71 song mode 106 step by step 72 Step By Step Preset Programming 299 Stereo Delay effect 286 Stolen Voices 219 Stop Button 36 57 106 Stop RTZ using a footswitch 139 Studio Setup 17 Stutter Effect restarting patterns 57 Sub Output Jacks 19 Submix Routing FXB 157 Summing Amp 181 182 Summing Nodes 172 ...

Page 382: ... Hold beats 262 Trigger Buttons 43 139 140 controlling multiple arps 28 quick select 142 recording into a sequence 30 selecting patterns using 141 Trigger Channel 263 Trigger Key 261 Trigger Mode 43 140 quick select 142 Triplets changing to duplets 81 Triplets definition 335 Troubleshooting 309 Tune 150 Tuning 213 300 19 tone 241 coarse 300 equal temperment 241 fine 300 gamelan 241 just C 241 key ...

Page 383: ... keypads 44 shift pattern 87 song 119 user pattern 259 Vibrato effect processor 286 Viewing Angle screen 159 Voices stolen 219 Volume automation in pattern 63 channel 47 control 33 control 7 47 curve 301 enabling in song mode 113 envelope 175 195 214 215 301 302 mixing in song mode 111 preset link 243 W Waveform instrument list 322 inverting 178 LFO 177 Werkmeister Tuning 241 Wheel modulation 173 ...

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