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

On Oct 26, 2004, at 2:19 PM, lionelcassin wrote:

before i start let me preface by saying i only have the Beat Garden 
added to my XL-7, but i've had 4 ROMs before, so i've experienced some 
of these...

> 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.

use the actual XL-7 profile. it has the same glitch but will work more 
smoothly overall. there are subtle differences between the Command 
Stations and the P2K modules.

Unisyn also only shows two ROMs on my system for direct editing, but 
since you can't actually edit the ROMs anyway (just the user presets), 
just copy the patch to a user preset location, "get selected" from that 
location, and edit away in Unisyn.

> 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.

you're right, it doesn't work properly. so - don't do this. copy the 
bank from the ROM into a user bank. download the user bank into Unisyn 
and save. same result, and no crashing. you'll only need to do it once. 
:D

> 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.

by C07A i'm guessing you mean Channel 7A. do you have rechannelize to 
track turned on? i've found most MIDI apps (DP4 and Unisyn included) 
and the XL-7 get weird with MIDI when rechannelize is on - i only turn 
it on when i've got the XL-7 as my "sequencing hub" controlling 
everything else. when working with the computer, rechannelize is off.

i'm curious what sequencing app you use - if it is DP4, stop worrying 
about directly editing the expansion boards (load sounds into user 
presets to edit them) and use the Expansion Board Setup program that 
came with DP to enable the expansion boards you have installed in the 
XML patchlists.
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Bruddah Max
Lord of the Dance