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

OK.  I found the reply from SoundDiver.  In April of last year I 
made a number of suggestions to help them get their hands on either 
a P2500 or a command station.  (One of the issues was that E-
Mu/Creative would not supply them with the hardware.) I received a 
prompt, very polite reply. (See below).

I am not sure if they really needed access to E-Mu engineers. If 
their software uses sysex commands to access preset data, that info 
was already available. And since I took the time to mine the 1615 
byte sysex format (as well as the remote control commands), I would 
have been willing to help. I even offered to share some of the 
undocumented sysex capabilities I had uncovered!

After re-reading the reply I got almost a year ago, I kinda doubt 
that they ever decided to support the 16 controller format. Although 
I didn't post it previously, I post it here for historical interest.

Hope this info helps.

--Steve

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   Hi Steve,
 
    Thanks for your offer. We've been looking into the eBay option 
for a number of months now, but frankly, investing in a command 
station will not give us access to the inside information we require 
when developing an instrument module. Since Emu is done building 
these models, the engineers we would normally deal with regarding 
such issues have been laid off and are obviously not available. 
Furthermore, Emu does not wish to deal with these issues since they 
have nothing to do with their current revenue stream. In short, we 
are looking at a difficult project that does not fit in our new 
products development schedule, is of questionable sales potential 
and will have us working in the dark.
 
    Sound Quest has not ruled out adding support for these products, 
but it does look unlikely we'll develop modules for them in the next 
6 months. This may not be good news, but I'd rather tell the truth 
than dispense marketing hype to those who are looking for a quick 
solution.


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "zo7ot" <andras@c...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello xx-7 owners!
> 
> Could anyone ever use MIDIQuest XL or SoundDiver 3
> for XX-7 command stations? SoundDiver has presets 
> for XL-1 turbo, but it can't communicate with my XL-7.
> Any experience?
> 
> zoot