XL-7 Owners Manual
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Sequencer
Pattern Mode
Saving Patterns
When you save a pattern (page 287), the following settings are also saved
(as set at the moment you saved). These setting are restored just before
pattern playback.
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The Event Source
parameter (page 113) controls
how pattern settings are used in
Song mode.
•
Tempo & Meter
•
Master FX setup
(See page 154)
•
Track to MIDI Channel mapping
(See page 96)
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Track Mutes .....................................................
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Bank/Program changes ...................................
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Initial Volume & Pan settings.........................
•
Mix Output setup
(See page 152) .....................
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Arp Status
(off, on, preset, master) ....................
To Record Realtime Controller Data
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Too much controller
information can clog the
sequencer causing sluggish
performance and sloppy timing.
Use the “Thin Events” function
(page 83) to reduce the amount
of controller data in the pattern.
You can mix and embellish your patterns by recording continuous
controllers along with note data.
1.
Start by recording and saving a pattern.
Recording Quick Edits
The Quick Edit knobs are only active on the Basic Channel
(the channel
currently 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 Multitrack Volume and Pan Information
You can record Volume and Pan information for all 16 channels simulta-
neously by using Volume Knob mode. You’ll be recording multichannel
volume or pan data onto a track. The default channel assignment will
rechannelize this data to a single channel. You must change this.
6.
Select a track
for the Realtime Controller data.
7.
Press the
Pattern Edit
button and scroll to the “
Channel Assign
” page.
8.
Set the track to
MultiA
. Now the track will record multichannel data.
9.
Press the
Pattern Edit
button to exit the menu.
Automating the Volume of each Channel
10.
Select
Volume
knob mode by repeatedly pressing the Controller
Function Select button (page 39).
11.
Select
Mix
View mode if you wish to view the volume settings.
These parameters
are stored for each
track used in the
pattern.
Summary of Contents for XL-7 Command Station
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Page 32: ...20 E MU Systems Setup Rack Mounting XL 7 ...
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Page 62: ...50 E MU Systems Basic Operations Sound Navigator ...
Page 158: ...146 E MU Systems Controllers Menu ...
Page 172: ...160 E MU Systems Global Menu Miscellaneous Parameters ...
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