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Unisyn 2.1.1 Oddities with EMU XL-7 w/4 ROMs

2004-10-26 by lionelcassin

Been trying to get Unisyn working 100% with my XL-7 with varying 
success. Any help would be appreciated.

Setup
- Powerbook G4 w/OSX 10.3.5, 512MB RAM
- Unisyn 2.1.1
- MOTU MIDI Express XT
- EMU XL-7 running OS 2.0 with all 4 ROM slots loaded: XL-7, World 
Expedition, Vintage Keyboards, Protean Drums.
- I am using the Generic Proteus 2000 Profile as I have all the ROM 
slots loaded on the XL-7
- Verified that the Sysex ID matches

Unisyn...
- Finds the XL-7 and correctly identifies the four RAM chips in the 
Hardware Configuration record in Unisyn

Issue 1:
In the Devices window under the XL-7, only the User, ROM1 and ROM2 
banks of presets are listed. ROM3 and ROM4 are not listed.

BUT if I go to the Unisyn menu bar and choose Devices > XL-7, I see 
a huge list which lists all 4 ROMS and User. Additionally, it lists 
8 banks under each(!). Of course, trying to retrieve banks 4 - 7 
under any of these just generates a "bad MIDI header" message.
So, in the devices window, ROMs 3 and 4 are not listed, although 
correctly identified in the hardware config record. In the Devices 
menu, these ROMs are correctly listed with all their presets.

Issue 2:
If I retrieve ROM 4, Bank 0 or ROM 4, Bank 2 from the Devices menu 
and then try to save that preset listing in a new document, Unisyn 
crashes. I also tried selecting all, copying and then pasting into a 
new blank document. Unisyn crashes as soon as I try to copy. This is 
a reproducible error. Banks 1 and 3 save fine, as did all banks on 
ROM 3.

Issue 3:
Every time I select a preset and send to any location (e.g., Preset 
on C07A), the preset gets sent just fine, but that MIDI channel gets 
disabled. So if I send "Bandvoxxe" to Preset on C07A, Bandvoxxe does 
get sent just fine, but then MIDI Channel 7 In gets disabled, so I 
have to go to the MIDI menu on the XL-7 and re-enable the channel. 
Once I do that, I can play the preset just dandy. But if I send 
another preset, the exact same thing will happen again, regardless 
of the destination.

Issue 2 is actually the most pressing one because it means there's 
two banks I can't manipulate in Unisyn. Issues 1 and 3 are annoying, 
but can be dealt with.

If I am doing something wrong, please let me know.

Thanks a million
Lionel Cassin

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