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

I was about to suggest the same thing, but actually to go buy a $50 
(or larger) UPS device. Not only will the UPS provide the same 
clamping and resistance to brownouts, but it will handle blackout and 
power fluctuation conditions as well.

My advice:
When it comes to power in your studio, even a home studio, you must 
be careful on your electrical wiring and expectations. I usually run 
everything that connects through some additional cable (audio, midi, 
whatever) from the same root UPS, being careful not to over burden 
this device. This gives me the best scenario for keeping electrical 
problems at bay.

It sucks to wake up one morning and have unexplainable problems, or 
worse, completely lose all the data or hardware you had. I know from 
personal experience in a local studio.

I also condition my phone line/cable line if it connects to my music 
PC system.

For some good details on an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) vist:
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question28.htm

Oh, and take one when you play live too. Let someone trip over that 
cable, not your "real" cable.

Just my .02

-T


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "epilogue0282" <yahoo@p...> wrote:
>   Sorry if this has already been suggested, but better to be 
> redundant than totally quiet.
> 
>   Is your XL-7 plugged into a decent surge supressor, or straight 
> into the wall? I've found that this can really make quite a huge 
> difference - surpressors condition the power considerably better 
> than a bare wall outlet by keeping the voltage constant and level. 
> Those little spikes and dips that come from a wall outlet can 
damage 
> electronics of any sort over time. As for the powered-off-and-not-
> back-on-until-morning issue, this could be caused by an electric 
> spike - my computer did something similar a few years ago when a 
> small surge hit my apartment. It only affected the single computer 
> plugged straight into a wall outlet, and it took most of the night 
> to dissipate the extra charge that had forced its way into the 
power 
> supply.
> 
>   Just some thoughts!
> 
> /.e
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> > Ok, so I went home last night and sat down to try and figure out 
> this 
> > weird problem I'm having using some of the advice on the list.  
> First 
> > thing I did was sit down and back up everything in my XL-7 (err, 
> really 
> > just the Multi's as I back everything else up daily anyway), and 
> then 
> > reloaded the OS.  This went fine and once it was done, the XL-7 
> appeared 
> > to be running better.  No more menu delays, and my Presets seem 
to 
> be ok 
> > too.  The data wheel was still a bit strange, but I think that 
> might just 
> > be the data wheel getting on in years (what was the name of the 
> spray you 
> > guys used to clean it with? I'm too lazy to look it up).
> > 
> > Then, just to be safe, I decided to check the diagnostics too.  
> Entered 
> > diagnostic mode (power on while holding both Cursor buttons, in 
> case you 
> > forgot) and ran all the tests, everything checked out ok.  I go 
to 
> Screen 
> > 18 to reboot the XL-7, and it turns off and then..... stays off.  
> Hmm, 
> > power cycle, it still nothing, dead as a door nail.  I pull the 
> power 
> > cord, wait 15 minutes, try again, and still nothing.   Tried 
again 
> a 
> > couple of hours later, and it still won't power up.
> > 
> > Big thanks to Aaron, the Emu expert, for his sage-like 
> advice.  :)  Hehe, 
> > just kidding with you man.
> > 
> > Anyway, I get up early this morning and try it again, and lo and 
> behold it 
> > turns on!  Ok, so now it seems to be working, but I'm not too 
> comfortable 
> > with it's stability at this point.  Kind of worrisome that took 
> all night 
> > before it would even turn on again, and I have no explaination 
> what could 
> > be causing it.  Long story short, everything appears to be fine 
> now, but 
> > for how long is the question that worries me.  Hopefully I'll 
know 
> more by 
> > Monday.
> > 
> > Thanks again to everyone for their advice, except Aaron (hehe, 
> that was a 
> > joke too).
> > 
> > rEalm
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