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

hi,

i'm about to buy the mp7 and get a bit worried after reading this. i 
want to use it as a standalone sequencer for live use... can't have 
those crashes you're talking about... 
if rEalm is right about ext. sync "causing" these crashes i'm not too 
worried, so what i like to know of nifflas; has rEalm got a point 
here or are you using the xl-7 as a stand alone device too, and still 
getting these crashes?... 



--- In xl7@y..., "nifflas" <nifflas@m...> wrote:
> 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...