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

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, daxe <snakefooot@y...> wrote:
> 
> without trying to dissect all the minor variations of your gear, 
suffice to say you should just hook up the XL-7 directly to your 
computer  both in and out (in other words..you need a real 2 way midi 
interface) and then try to transmit the presets. A gameport MIDI 
adapter is a good inexpensive choice as long as your computer has a 
gameport, like on the back of an ancient, outdated 16 bit 
soundblaster sound card.  Most computers I have seen that are 
anywhere near new dont have a gameport because USB is now used for 
game controllers rather than gameports.

I have a vaio laptop and unfortunely it doesn't have game port.
 
> It is likely that the XL-7 requires communication back to the 
computer to properly complete the preset upload, especially if you 
are seeing some activity on the midi out of the XL-7.  Its trying to 
talk to whatever is loading the presets into it and getting no proper 
reply.

This could be true for dumping sysex through midiox, but I have a 
midi file with embedded sysex, so I have to use a midiplayer such as 
cubase, and I doubt that cubase "wait" for some answer from the xl-7.
Maybe is there a method to exatract sysex from midi file and dump 
them with midiox?

> The Evolution midi controller i have has only a MIDI out (no in) 
but has a USB midi out as well.  I don't believe the one I have 
(MK249c) is designed to receive MIDI over USB and retransmit it 
through the MIDI out but it sounds like yours is. 

We have the same keyboard and I can assure you that you can do that. 
you have to press the first two button untill you see "yes" in the 
the little blu screen. I've done it many times to transmit midi 
events to my asr-x. but for sysex doesn't work very well : )
 
> You should also make sure before buying anything else that you try 
to transmit the presets with nothing else connected to the USB bus.  
That means mouse, keybaord, etc.  Dont touch the controls or keys on 
the Evolution while you are doing it, etc.

yes I've tried
 
> Sometimes the solution to a problem is to just use the right tools.
 
I'm thinking to buy a real midi interface... I'm just spending to 
many time on this problem!
 		
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