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E-Mu MP-7 command station Operation Manual Addendum

Other manuals for MP-7 command station: Owner's Manual
Manual is about: 128-voice synth multi track sequencer

Summary of MP-7 command station

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    Mp-7 / xl-7 manual addendum 1 xl-7 / mp-7 operation manual addendum software version 1.17 many cool and useful features have been added since the initial software release. This addendum describes these features. New features & changes • page 3 - new song/pattern display - the display now shows you t...

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    2 e-mu systems xl-7 / mp-7 operation manual addendum • page 16 - new song event source option - there is now a “song & pat- terns” option in the song edit menu, “event source” screen. When selected, the selected events from the song as well as the patterns will be used. • page 16 - song/pattern edit...

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    Xl-7 / mp-7 manual addendum 3 xl-7 / mp-7 operation manual addendum new pattern play pressing play in pattern mode causes the selected pattern to continuously play and loop. The display changes as shown. The track mute buttons can be used to select specific tracks for playback. The track mute settin...

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    4 e-mu systems xl-7 / mp-7 operation manual addendum note range option you can now specify a note range when performing the following song or pattern editing functions: scale/shift duration, thin events, transpose and scale/shift velocity. This gives you much more control over which notes are edited...

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    Xl-7 / mp-7 manual addendum 5 xl-7 / mp-7 operation manual addendum scale/shift velocity this filter allows you to either scale (multiply by a value) or shift (add a value to) the velocity values of notes in a pattern. The scale function is performed before the shift value is added. Scale - multipli...

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    6 e-mu systems xl-7 / mp-7 operation manual addendum extend sequence data to this feature lets you change the length of any selected tracks after recording a pattern. If you are lengthening a pattern, the pattern is looped to fill in the empty space. If you set the length shorter than the existing p...

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    Xl-7 / mp-7 manual addendum 7 xl-7 / mp-7 operation manual addendum the asterisk 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 re...

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    8 e-mu systems xl-7 / mp-7 operation manual addendum cut/copy track section you can now specify a bar range to be cut or copied to the clipboard when editing a track. This function cuts or copies a section of a track from the pattern or song and places it on the clipboard, where it will be held unti...

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    Xl-7 / mp-7 manual addendum 9 xl-7 / mp-7 operation manual addendum song channel assign you can now assign your realtime song data to channels 1b-16b or to midi out port a or b. The song track can be routed to: internal midi channels (either a or b), the external midi ports, both, or none. Multi a i...

  • Page 10: Paste

    10 e-mu systems xl-7 / mp-7 operation manual addendum paste clipboard to track once a track (or a section of a track) has been cut or copied to the “clipboard”, it can be pasted into another track or pattern. The paste operation merges the clipboard data with the data on the destination track. It ad...

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    Xl-7 / mp-7 manual addendum 11 xl-7 / mp-7 operation manual addendum note list editor individual midi notes in the pattern can be edited, inserted or deleted from this screen. Place the cursor underneath the “event scroll field” shown below and turn the data entry control to navigate through events....

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    12 e-mu systems xl-7 / mp-7 operation manual addendum event list editor continuous controller, pitch wheel. Mono pressure, poly pressure and program change midi messages can be edited, inserted or deleted using this menu. Place the cursor underneath the “event scroll field” shown below and turn the ...

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    Xl-7 / mp-7 manual addendum 13 xl-7 / mp-7 operation manual addendum poly pressure edit polyphonic pressure messages are assigned on a per note basis and have range of 0-127. Xl-7 and mp-7 can generate polyphonic pressure messages, but cannot receive them. Program change edit program change numbers ...

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    14 e-mu systems xl-7 / mp-7 operation manual addendum 6. Press the right cursor button to move the cursor underneath the event scroll field (). 7. Turn the data entry control to scroll through the event list and locate the event you want to edit. 8. Move the cursor to the data field you want to edit...

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    Xl-7 / mp-7 manual addendum 15 xl-7 / mp-7 operation manual addendum to insert a new event: 1) press the repeat button. 2) modify the time & tempo. 8. If you want to add another tempo change, press the repeat button on the front panel. 9. Change the time location and tempo. 10. Press the pattern edi...

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    16 e-mu systems xl-7 / mp-7 operation manual addendum song & pattern event source a new “song & pattern” option has been added to the song “event source” screen. The song track is much more flexible because of this feature, since both song and pattern events can be used on playback. (for example, yo...

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    Xl-7 / mp-7 manual addendum 17 xl-7 / mp-7 operation manual addendum aftertouch curves you can now select one of four different response curves to tailor the after- touch response to your playing style. You can also turn aftertouch off in this menu. Because poly aftertouch generates mountains of mid...

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    18 e-mu systems xl-7 / mp-7 operation manual addendum local control on/off local control is used to disconnect the keypad and controllers (knobs, touchstrip, footswitches) from the sound generating section. Even though disconnected from the internal synthesizer, the keypad and controllers are still ...

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    Xl-7 / mp-7 manual addendum 19 xl-7 / mp-7 operation manual addendum • midi footswitch in this mode the footswitch is routed to the patch- cord in the preset edit, cords menu. It is also trans- mitted out on the footswitch controller number as programmed in the controllers menu. • play/stop pressing...

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    20 e-mu systems xl-7 / mp-7 operation manual addendum rechannelize midi in this menu allows data on incoming midi data channels to be converted to the basic channel. This allows an external midi keyboard to be used as an input device for sequence recording and auditioning without having to change th...

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    Xl-7 / mp-7 manual addendum 21 xl-7 / mp-7 operation manual addendum 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 ch...

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    22 e-mu systems xl-7 / mp-7 operation manual addendum event timing the following information is intended for advanced users. If you are just getting started you can skip this section for now. Songs and patterns both contain pre-sequence setup information that is loaded just before a song or sequence...