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

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There *is* a message when a unit is compacting/backing up. In the latest 
software it will even allow you to 'defer' the compact/backup to a later 
time. This is done for the case that you are in the middle of a 
performance and you don't want to go 'offline' at that instant (the 
compact/backup can take a few minutes).  Of course this will mean that the 
thing that you are currently trying to save won't be save-able until after 
you allow the compact/backup to complete. If you power down before you 
allow it to compact/backup/save, yes, your changes will be lost.

>>>Where/what is this Defer option?  Are you talking about the compacting 
that occurs when loading the new OS?  I've never seen this before in 
regular use, so I'm just curious what you mean.  Also when/why does 
Command Station compact and back up versus a regular save?  Does it happen 
in the background while the XL-7 is still playing?   Just confused at to 
what a back up is compared to a save. <<<

If someone can show a loss of data in other cases, please let us know. 
That shouldn't happen and it is not something that we are aware of, and 
therefore no fix is in the works.

>>>I'd like to say I've been trying to replicate the cases the where it 
happened to me, but... :)  I mean who wants to intentionally lose a bunch 
of hard work, hehehe.  Anyway, twice now I've had this happen to me, I'll 
be working on a Pattern and associated custom Presets for a couple of 
hours, and saving them many numerous times as I go.  Then I power off and 
go do something else.  The next time I power on, all the edits to my 
pattern and the Presets I made while it powered on last time are gone. 
It's like the previous two hours I spent on it didn't exist.  I know it 
dosen't make any sense, but it's happened to me twice.  It's not like the 
XL-7 generates an Error Log, so I don't know what else to do to help you 
guys out... Maybe we should call Scully and Moulder? :)

Regardless, this box still kicks ass!  The sounds I can tweak out of this 
thing are simple incredible, and it's a blast to play live too. <<<

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