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

--- In xl7@y..., "coscon23" <coscon@i...> wrote:
> 
> 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?... 

I think you should read more of the posts here before buying it. The 
re-channelize is weird and doesn't work as you would expect (not good 
if you want to controll external gear). The machine has a couple of 
bugs, and the sequencer doesn't always make sense. Buy it for it's 
sounds, it's great. Don't buy it for it's squencer, in my opinion 
it's strange and buggy. There's many better hardware sequencers out 
there. Perhaps you should buy yourself a nice hardware sequencer and 
the Mo Phatt sound module instead?

Not to mention that the machine crashes a few times per day (I don't 
use any sync, I use it on it's own, still it crashes). Not fun at 
all. In fact extremly disturbing.

I think you should have a look at the "Are you dissapointed with the 
xx-7" poll.

//Nifflas

> 
> 
> 
> --- 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...