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

This XL-7 is completley new. I got it two days ago (they tried to 
repair my old one but broke it totally, so they sent a new one). What 
I hate is the total lockups - a sequencer should NOT do this, you 
know what it feels like when you play live and this happends?

I'm going to play live with this thing on Saturday, and I'm afraid it 
will lockup while I change pattern in the middle of performing the 
song.

Not to mention the new bugs that wasn't in OS 1.01 - you probably 
know what I'm talking about, I'm unmuting and muting the patterns in 
real-time and changing them while performing the song. In OS 1.01 the 
leds at least always showed if the track was enabled or not. But the 
new OS has problems with this if you unmute / mute a lot while 
changing patterns. I mean, you can never be sure the leds really 
tells you the truth.

I think I have good reason to be dissapointed with the XL-7, it 
should never have been released, at least not yet. Or the EMU 
homepage should have said "Well, the machine has awesome features and 
this and that" (everything that the XL-7 page says now), "but it does 
some random lockups and you'll have to reboot it, but don't worry, 
this will only happend a few times per day"

//Nifflas

--- In xl7@y..., erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> 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...