Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

- is there any way to delete a pattern, so that is says "Empty Sequence" 
again?

>>>Nope, you need to select an empty pattern (see the next comment below), 
then resave it to that location. <<<

- is there any way to start the XL7 with a pattern of choice after 
rebooting? I always want to start with an empty pattern and after creating 
save it in another place.

>>>Only if you put it in User Bank 0, Pattern 0.  I put my default "Empty 
Pattern" there actually, so the XL-7 always boots to a fresh start.  That 
way if you need to reinitialize the pattern, it's easy to select a blank 
one.  Just crank the wheel to the right hard, and it'll jump to the first 
pattern, in this case the empty one. 

Another tip:
Organizing your patterns is really easy on the XL/MP-7's, since you have 
so many banks to choose from.  For me, it's best to catagorize my patterns 
by genre and save them accordingly.  For instance, Breaks in Bank 0, 
Trance in Bank 1, DnB in Bank 2, Ambient in Bank 3, etc.  This is great if 
you play out live too, because you can change your sets predictably 
depending on the mood of the crowd, and you know that as long as you 
select the next pattern from the same bank, it'll fit together.<<<

rEalm