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

Thanks for the advice i think i just might give that a try!

Mike G.


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "xkrider1" <kenrider@e...> wrote:
> Mike,  This may not help, but when I got my new PX7 recently, it 
had 
> a mute button that would work when pressed at the top edge but 
> wouldn't work when pressed toward the bottom edge. I was intending 
to 
> return it for another one, but,in desperation/frustration, decided 
to 
> try hosing it out with a portable air compressor (w/ nozzle 
> attachment) and, unbelievably, it started working just fine. This 
> button felt like it should work, i.e., the same action as the 
others, 
> but just wasn't making complete contact, apparently.  If your's 
feels 
> different than the others, it probably is something more 
mechanically 
> wrong.  Still, if you have access to a low power air compressor (we 
> used to use this one for a yearly cleaning in a computer lab), you 
> might give it a try.  I've never opened my Emu, so I don't know if 
> you could get any better access to the keys from inside or not. (I 
> just shot the air right down through the front panel, while working 
> the button.) Probably a long shot, but ya never know; certainly a 
> pleasant surprise to me.  Whatever, Good Luck,  Ken  
> 
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "mike" <curiousproductions@r...> wrote:
> > I need parts for my xl7  
> > 
> > My track one mute button is on it's way to the grave.  I can use 
> the 
> > mutes on my mixer but it it is just not the same.
> > 
> > Anyone ?  h e  l   p      m    e     p   l  e  a se!
> > 
> > Mike G.