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

BTW, I know the easy answer to this is "Only press STOP *2* times!" -
 That's not really what I'm looking for. :)

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "soundcrafter" <aurastar@...> wrote:
>
> So I've been working on a track, and having this maddening glitch 
pop 
> up on one of my other pieces of gear - Every time I reset playback 
> (ie, press STOP 3 times) the patch I'm using on my AN200 goes all 
> nutty on me and I have to reset it.  So I change to a different 
patch 
> & change back, and all is well - but it started to get on my 
nerves, 
> so I decided to try and track it down.
> 
> I fired up MIDIOx and did some testing.  Turns out the XL7 is 
causing 
> the problem!  If you have Channel Assign for a track set to EXT or 
> BOTH, a series of CCs are sent out on that channel when you reset 
the 
> sequence:
> 
>  07    7F    4  ---  CC: Volume     
>  0A    40    4  ---  CC: PAN        
>  4F    00    4  ---  Control Change 
>  50    02    4  ---  Control Change 
> 
> I understand the first 2.  Set CC#7 (Volume) to 127, and set CC#10 
> (Pan) to 64. But the next 2 correspond to CC#s 79 and 80 - and 
CC#80 
> controls LFO->VCA on the AN200! Unfortunately, there is no way to 
> disable that on the AN200, other than disable ALL CCs, which I 
really 
> don't want to do. 
> 
> So, my questions:
> 
> Why does the XL send CC 79&80 on reset?  What's the significance 
of 
> those 2 CC #s?
> 
> Is there any way to *not* send them? Or for that matter, is there 
a 
> way to not send *any* CCs to outboard gear on reset?  It seems to 
do 
> more harm than good, at least for me... 
> 
> I checked the manual, browsed the menus on the XL, and checked the 
> archives here, but I couldn't seem to find anything helpful.  
Sorry if 
> this is old hat, but any help you can provide would be greatly 
> appreciated!
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> DTK
>