E-Mu XL-7 Command Station Owner's Manual page 277

O O O O
Wrong FX? In Omni
mode, the FX assigned to
channel 2 will be used. In Multi
mode, the Master FX settings
will be used.
Get Busy!
The Controller knobs can be programmed to control Beats. Check it out!
Scroll to the Preset PatchCords screen in the Preset Edit menu. The
8.
screen below appears.
PRESET PATCHCORDS
Midi O
Move the cursor under the Cord destination and change it to BtsVari.
9.
Exit the Preset Edit menu.
Turn controller Knob 15 /O with a Beats Riff playing. This knob now
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controls the Beats Variation parameter. Beats Variation changes which
parts are playing without changing the number of parts. This makes it
easy to try out different combinations of Beat Parts.
Try hooking controller knobs up to other Beats controls such as Beats
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Busy. See "Beats Controllers" on page 266 for more information.
To Play Beats on a different MIDI channel:
Beats can be assigned to a certain 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.)
Press the Arp button and turn the data entry control until the screen
1.
shown below appears.
BEATS MODE
BtsCh: Basic
Set the Beats Channel (BtsCh) to 01.
2.
Select any bts: preset on channel 1 (main screen).
3.
Press any of the sixteen Beats buttons to start your Beat playing. (Do
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NOT start Beats by pressing the Audition button.)
Press the + Channel button to the left of the LCD to select channel 2.
5.
Select a preset to jam along with the Beat.
6.
The Trigger Keys now play Beats and the other keys play the preset on
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channel 2.
The Audition button can be used to turn the Beat off. (If you try to use it
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to turn Beats on while on channel 2, the Riff on channel 2 will play.)
-> ArpVel
Status: P
TrigCh:Basic
Arpeggiator/Beats Menu
Beats Mode
#01
+100
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