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

I´m very frustrated. Nearly everytime I power up something has 
changed or dissappeared. And I save all CORRECTLY!!! Yes, I save 
all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everytime when I´m powering up and nothing has 
changed I´m so relieved...
I bought it to get away from the computer, but i can`t work with my 
XL-7. Its nearly impossible. I´m so frustrated... And EMU doesn`t 
work on a fix for that???????????????? That can`t be true... 
I´ve bought it for nearly 3000 DM and can`t work with 
it...................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gerald


--- In xl7@y..., Scott Ruda <scottr@e...> wrote:
> 
> On Tuesday, January 8, 2002, at 12:49  PM, adamhertzano wrote:
> 
> >  - Hopefully, a " Backing up " (while saving) Messege to let know
> > that the machine is actually backing up would be friendly, and 
would
> > prevent unfortunate loss of Data.
> > its still alittle hard to tell whether the machines is Saving ,
> > Baking Up, stuck, Or ....
> 
> 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.
> 
> There should be no lost data unless you power down (or lose power) 
> *while* the compact/backup is being done - and the screen will 
indicate 
> that is in progress. There have been some comments (or 
speculation?) 
> that data can be lost if you power down during a simple 'save' 
(i.e. a 
> save that doesn't require a compact/backup.) That is very unlikely 
> because it only takes a few milliseconds to do the actual save in 
those 
> cases. You would have to power down at nearly the exact instant 
that you 
> hit save - a very small window of <in>opportunity.
> 
> One other place where edits could be lost is where you edit a 
parameter 
> in one of the 'global' menus, - i.e. the 
Global/Master/Controller/MIDI 
> menus where there is no explicit Save command. You must exit the 
menu 
> first before powering down, because that is when the actual save is 
done.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Scott