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

I am not sure about your first question. (See explanation below.)  
But just to clarify a few basics:

Midi sysex strings start with F0 and end with F7.
FA, FB, and FC are not part of any sysex strings. They are 1-byte 
sysex commands.

Sysex command bytes go from 128 (0x80 in hex, 10000000 in binary) 
through 255 (0xFF in hex, 11111111 in binary). Sysex data--the stuff 
that is packaged within the F0 . . . F7 string--needs to be less 
than 128 (0x80).

So, you cannot send the FA, FB, or FC via sysex.  Nor can you send 
them via NRPN command.

Now to your first question: I used the MidiOx Sync Transport to 
start my E-Mu sequencer (using OS 2.0)when it was NOT set to ext.  
The MidiOx Transport successfully started, stopped, and continued 
the sequencer which played at the internal tempo.  The MidiOx 
Transport was sending out midi clocks (F8 bytes), but the E-Mu 
ignored them.

So, IF (and that's a big IF) you can manage to get the ReMOTE to 
send out just the single byte transport commands (FA, FB, and FC), 
you could do what I think you are trying to do.  However, when I 
looked at the ReMOTE pdf, I didn't see a way to do that.  Try 
Novation tech support.

Also, I have been playing around with MidiYoke in MidiOx and have 
not yet found a work around.  Based on Aaron's primer, I don't think 
it will work.  If ReMOTE only transmits MMC (not Midi Sync or MTC) 
and MidiOX only handles Midi Sync and MTC, you can't do it.

Hope this helps.

--Steve


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, ByronIV <earworm@g...> wrote:
> Well, my main question left is, does midi clock need to be sent in
> order to allow the XL7 to respond to start/stop commands? I assume
> naturally not, but still have a problem with the remote25 
programming,
> since it will not allow me to program a sysex string on its play
> button with 'FA' in it, since that is greater than 127....that does
> seem to be what it responds to from the PC though, so I guess what 
I'm
> really wondering is if there is a different way to program the 
command
> '00 FA' in sysex? I tried using the same command via NRPN, but 
unless
> I did it wrong, it didn't work. ;p
> Cheers
> BIV