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

> I also have trouble getting the sequencer to start at 1.1 when
> using an external clock, & the arpeggiators won't run in time with
> the external clock- they run at the right tempo, but off-the-beat.
> in fact, sometimes with an external clock, the first thing the XL-7
> does sounds like a drumkit being thrown down stairs.

In the ARPS menu system, what is the MIDI START SONG setting? If it is 
set to resync arps when the E-Mu gets the external start song byte, 
perhaps having it not synced with the start but rather with the arp 
itself key synced might give you better tracking (ie, trigger the arp 
once the clock has satbilized).

Diagnostic quesation.  Does the BPM display of the E-Mu spike when you 
send an external start and then settle down to the right external BPM?