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

I see.  So you need a single cable connected between the input and 
output for the test to work.

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Bob S." <tttsystems@...> wrote:
>
> MIDI looping would show as a problem IF you did not loop back the 
output of the MIDI to the input during the test...that is why it is 
called MIDI loop test....
> 
> Bob
> El Segundo, CA
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: benjaminwg 
>   To: xl7@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 3:30 PM
>   Subject: [xl7] Re: How do I completely reset my unit?
> 
> 
>   Ok, thanks! So you can't just reload it from the roms? Guess 
>   that's loaded separately and the roms are just the samples and 
some 
>   simple melodies. 
> 
>   I did some diagnostics and it said there were some problems with 
>   MIDI looping and that blks 2,3, and 4 had problems on the Pop 
ROM I 
>   just got. But I played all the sounds and they were fine. I also 
>   haven't noticed anything odd with the MIDI, though on a lot of 
>   default patterns the reverb seems to go crazy when you switch to 
>   edit certain tracks, like 11, 12, 13, etc. Not sure if that's a 
>   defect, though. I've been sending MIDI into the XL-7 to control 
it 
>   like a turntable, and that seems fine, so I don't know what it'd 
be 
>   talking about with bad "looping".
> 
>   Also tried a bunch of .mid files, obviously only one at a time 
on 
>   this go round, and most internet electronica SFM's suck. Either 
>   they're just one short track, but not in the right SFM to be a 
song, 
>   or they're multitrack but not constantly looping...instead with 
all 
>   the tracks open the loops just rest/cut-out on their own. It's 
not 
>   proper multitrack design at all (i.e. loops play continuously 
and 
>   you have to mute/unmute them to perform a song). And this 
doesn't 
>   even address the pain of the presets/samples not being properly 
>   designated to their respective tracks when the sequence first 
>   downloads. I can obviously correct that easily, it just takes 
>   time. The other issues with them aren't as easy to solve. Anyone 
>   know where I can get some good MIDI's of either quality original 
or 
>   classic electronica tracks that are condusive to the XL-7? 
> 
>   --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Mibrilane <mibrilane@> wrote:
>   >
>   > 
>   > On Aug 20, 2006, at 1:29 PM, Szonyi Andras wrote:
>   > 
>   > >> I accidentally started saving new sequences downloaded from 
the 
>   net
>   > >> (.mid's) onto my XL-7 without giving bank assignments. So 
it 
>   started
>   > >> saving over the original presets in the active memory, then 
the 
>   PC 
>   > >> and
>   > >> XL-7 combo gave an error and stopped the process before the 
>   first
>   > >> saves even completed. Right now it gets stuck on the "XL-7 
>   Command
>   > >> Station Ver 2.0" screen and the only button that lights up 
is 
>   the tap
>   > >> button, which flashes three times then does nothing. Is 
there a
>   > >> button combo you press to have the unit completely 
reinitialize
>   > >> presets from the ROM's? By the way, I tried reinstalling 
the 
>   OS and
>   > >> while it worked it didn't solve this problem. Thanks!
>   > 
>   > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xl7/message/10073
>   > >
>   > > "power it up while holding both cursor 
bottons.Select "initalize 
>   user
>   > > date" then select reboot."
>   > 
>   > Keep in mind that this only resets the system and the internal 
>   > patches - the "preset" songs and patterns need to be loaded 
back 
>   into 
>   > the unit using E-Loader.
>   > 
>   > ---
>   > Mibrilane
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