Step Time Recording - E-Mu XL-7 Command Station Owner's Manual

Step Time Recording

The gate is analogous to the time that a key is held. Depending on the
settings of the envelope generators, this can have a dramatic effect on
the sound.
Double Time
With the sequencer running, select one of the Grid positions by
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pressing its button.
Press the Repeat button located below the controller knobs. A number
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now appears at the grid location which indicates the number of times
that the grid resolution has been increased for that location. For
example, if the number is 2, the note will play twice in that time slot.
• Pressing the Erase button while the cursor is on one of the grid loca-
tions, removes the note from that location.
T
01 GRID
B: 1. 1
Repeatedly pressing the repeat button increments the number. The
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display goes up to nine times, but it will go even faster if you keep
pressing the repeat button. Special effects anyone?
The Erase button, located right next to the Repeat button, turns off the
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grid locations (as does the grid button itself).
In this mode, you can insert events one at a time and place them exactly
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 recording records the actual "played" velocity
of note-on events.
Another cool feature is that each quantized step is from the current time
setting. This allows you to easily create complex offbeats using the quantize
feature.The way it works is simple. If you offset the current time using the
data entry control, the next step will be quantized from that point!
As an example, let's say you started at Bar:01.01.0000 with Resolution set to
8. The next step would be Bar:01.01.0192, the next at Bar:01.02.0000 and
so on. If the initial time setting was instead, Bar:01.01.0050, the next step
would be, Bar:01.01.0242 (192 + 50).
When Auto mode is enabled (Y), the step is automatically incremented
when a note is entered. The step is not recorded and incremented until the
last "key up" of a chord. This allows you to make changes to the step as
long as one key is still held.
K: D5
2
Vel: 127
Sequencer
Pattern Mode
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