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

Yeah, I've been getting a lot of lock ups too the last couple of weeks, 
which is a bummer.  Total lockups, notes still sounding (MIDI panic 
function won't even work), all the leds come on, needs to be power cycled 
in order to work again :(

It was weird as for awhile there I had no problems at all with it, then 
all of a sudden it started happening more and more frequently.  I think 
that the XX-7's sequencer doesn't like to sync with EXT MIDI clock, all of 
my crashes happen when I'm either using the Micro Sync, or Cubase as the 
master.  By itself the XL is fine for me.  To test this, I connected it to 
my girlfriend's K2600XS and tried getting it to lock by randomly and 
quickly hitting stop, start, rec, stuff like that.  Sure enough I got it 
to lock two more times this way, while on it's own nothing happened. 
Weird, it might just be coincidence too, but it does seem to happen more 
frequenctly while synced...

Aaron, is there a way to reset the OS, without losing the User Presets and 
Patterns?  Sorry for the comparison, but on the mc505 you could reset the 
OS by powering on while holding shift, then scrolling until it said Reset 
System.  This was great as a monthly reset seemed to make that box run 
smoother, give you less lock ups.  Just curious.  I'd still like a run 
down of all the functions that become available when you power on while 
holding the cursors. :)

rEalm






I sent the XL-7 back since I wanted it "repaired". The XL-7 was 
hanging several times per week. The problem occurs at any time, when 
I press the start button, when I change pattern etc...

They sent me back a completley new XL-7. Same problem. I upgraded the 
OS to the latest version yesterday. Same problem.

I wonder if the XL-7 is like this...