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

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XL-7 Owners Manual 61
Sequencer
Pattern Mode
Metronome
The metronome is a timing aid when recording or playing back patterns
which produces an accented click on the first beat of each measure and a
softer click on other beats. This setting is NOT saved with the pattern.
To Set the Metronome
1.
Go into Record mode by pressing the Record button.
2.
Scroll to the Metronome screen using the data entry control.
3.
Move the cursor underneath the Metronome field and set it to On , Off
or Rec using the data entry control. Set to On , the metronome plays
during recording and playback. Set to Rec , the metronome only plays
while recording.
4.
The metronome value is set in the Pattern Edit menu. See page 76.
Recording 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-
mation on Input Quantize see page 57.
5.
Set the number of count-in bars if you wish.
6.
Select a Track number. The default value is Track one. This is fine for
the first track.
7.
Press the Preset View button. The preset screen shown below appears.
8.
Select a Preset for your first track.
T
01 STOP Ln: 08 Bar: 01. 1
000
0
Start of IT
T
01 REC Ln: 08 Bar: 01. 1
Quan: 8 Met: on Cnt: 0
Pattern Length Current Position Track Number
Auto-Correct Metronome on/off Count-in Bars
C01A V127 P00 A:P User
050
3
kit:80’s Tones