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Re: XL-7 won't respond to external MIDI keyboard

2008-02-05 by greg4ww

Are you somehow sending midi to the 1-16b channels?
Which are external tracks
May be in the midi/gobal settings
Do the os2 some features much better

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "wildstar_1701" <justin@...> wrote:
>
> I'm setting up a new XL-7 (well, it's used of course, but I just
bought it) and having trouble 
> with external MIDI control. I used a another XL-7 for years in my
studio, and never had this 
> problem.
> 
> Audio connections are good, and the XL-7 transmits MIDI just fine to
external devices. The 
> MIDI activity LEDs show that it's receiving MIDI input - but that
MIDI input won't trigger 
> sound. I've tried swapping MIDI cables, changing ports on my MIDI
interface, setting my 
> external keyboards to different MIDI channels, and have gone over
every Command Station 
> parameter I can think of. 
> 
> I'm stuck. Any ideas as to what the problem is? Have I missed something?
> 
> This XL-7 has OS 1.0 installed, and I'm wondering if that has
anything to do with it. My 
> previous unit was 2.0.
> 
> Cheers
>

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