Playing Songs - E-Mu XL-7 Command Station Owner's Manual

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If you move the cursor
underneath the Preset Name
before changing the preset,
another bass preset will be
selected.

Playing Songs

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Press the Pattern Mode
button while a Song is playing to
loop on the current pattern.
Pressing Song Mode continues
playing the song.
• While we're on the subject of Tracks and Channels, it might be a good
time to mention that in all the factory patterns, a given track will control
the MIDI channel of the same number. That means Track 1 will play the
preset on channel 01A, track 2 will play channel 02A and so on up to 16.
Feel free to turn the knobs and remix the pattern. The LEDs next to the
knobs flash to indicate activity on that channel/track.
Change the Sound
Adjust your remix so that track9 (the bass) is the most prominent
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instrument in the mix.
Press the Preset View button and select Track9 using the Track/Channel
11.
buttons to the left of the LCD.
Now repeatedly press the Controller Function Select button until
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"Quick Edit" is selected.
Now the knobs control the bass sound. You know what to do.
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Turn the data entry control to completely change the preset.
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Use the Track/Channel select buttons to change any of the presets. In
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XL-7's default mode, therubber keypads are active on whichever preset
is showing in the preset view screen. They can be set to always play a
specific channel in the Controllers menu (page 136).
• Nothing is made permanent until you save the pattern or preset, so play
around as much as you like.
Jump Back
You can jump between Volume mode, Quick Edit mode or Pattern
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mode at any time without missing a beat. Select a new pattern, tweak
parameters, change the mix, enable or mute tracks.
Now that you've explored Pattern mode a little, check out Song mode. In its
most basic form, a song is just a sequence of patterns chained together one
after another.
To Play a Song
Select Song mode by pressing the Song button located underneath the
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LCD. (Stop the sequencer first.)
Select one of the factory programmed songs using the data entry
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control.
Press Play. The song begins playing.
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Instant Gratification
Playing Songs
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