Re: MIDI pattern sequencer?

[Greg Waltzer <gwaltzer@optonline.net>]

You can't beat the XL-7 for $260.
It has much more synth and sequencing power than the EM1.
Very easy to program a riff, which loops automatically (same goes for EM1).
While the loop is playing, you can punch in and out of record to add 
more parts.
It has 2 midi outs, so you can control up to 32 channels on external 
devices.

dylan wrote:

>hello all,
>
>i'm finally getting my setup up and running. but i'm
>finding that i need a device that will throw out a riff in
>MIDI, over and over again. one option would be a pattern
>sequencer, in which case I'd need to program in the MIDI
>pattern, but it could be saved. another option would be a
>MIDI looper, for real time MIDI looping. but as has been
>said before, there aren't many MIDI loopers out there,
>except perhaps the EMU command stations. i'm trying to do
>acid-style loops (acid the genre, not acid the program =),
>where i can throw a repeating riff into a midi synth and
>then tweak the cutoff over time, etc... the ability to do
>this live, spontaneously, at a gig would be great.
>
>I have an opportunity to get an electribe EM1 for about
>$170. i also have the opportunity to score an XL-7 command
>station for about $260. (I do have other EMU chips, so this
>is tempting.)
>
>is the EM1 easy to program riffs into? as easy as, say, an
>old TB303??
>
>is the XL-7 easy to program a riff into? what about
>throwing a riff in live and having it loop around?
>
>are these devices easy to route to external MIDI devices?
>(i've got other synths i want to sequence with them.)
>should i buy one of these devices, or look for something
>else?
>
>i've asked similar questions before, so please forgive my
>repetition.
>
>as always, THANK YOU!!!!!!
>
>- dylan from st louis
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